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1397 episodes transcribedThe sports world continues to mourn American soccer journalist Grant Wahl, whose body was returned to the U.S. after he died while covering the World...
Congress has until Friday to reach an agreement on a spending package that will fund the government through the next fiscal year, but lawmakers are cl...
WNBA star Brittney Griner is finally free from Russian imprisonment, 294 days after she was first arrested. U.S. officials negotiated her release, whi...
The Washington Post reported that a team hired by former President Donald Trump’s lawyers found at least two documents marked “classified” inside a st...
Georgia Senator Raphael Warnock is heading back to D.C. for a full 6-year term, after defeating Republican challenger Herschel Walker in Tuesday’s spe...
Today is election day in Georgia’s Senate runoff. Voters are headed to the polls to decide between Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock and Republican...
The rule-making arm of the Democratic National Committee voted to reshuffle the presidential primary schedule, making South Carolina the first state t...
In this special bonus episode of What a Day, we look back on the life and legacy of Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to Congress, and t...
President Biden’s student loan forgiveness program is headed to the Supreme Court. While the plan is blocked for now, the justices will hear arguments...
House Democrats voted unanimously Wednesday to make New York Congressman Hakeem Jeffries their new leader – making him the first Black person to lead...
New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued a directive to city agencies on Tuesday to begin involuntarily hospitalizing unhoused people who are, presumably...
Protesters in China continue to voice their discontent over the country's strict "zero Covid" policies. And while authorities have eased restrictions...
A mass shooting left five people dead and dozens of others injured last week at Club Q, an LGBTQ+ bar that’s served as a safe space for the Colorado S...
After leading congressional Democrats for over 20 years, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced she won’t be seeking a leadership role in the next Congr...
Whether we like it or not, the 2024 campaign season has officially kicked off, after Donald Trump announced he’s running for president for the third t...
Republicans have essentially secured a House majority for the next two years. But the GOP is in disarray, as members vying for leadership positions po...
48,000 academic workers across the University of California’s 10 campuses walked off the job on Monday in the nation’s largest strike of the year. Lab...
Democrats have officially retained their majority in the U.S. Senate, after incumbent Nevada Senator Catherine Cortez Masto held off a challenge from...
As the vote count continues from Tuesday's midterm elections, both parties are eyeing next month's Senate runoff in Georgia, but Arizona and Nevada ar...
Pollsters and pundits warned there would be a “red wave” of Republican victories on Election Day, but the results tell a different story. We share som...
