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WASHINGTON — After the White House secured the release of WNBA star and Houston native Brittney Griner from Russian prison in early December — the U.S.’s second prisoner swap of the year with Russia — it committed to bringing home all other Americans wrongfully detained abroad.

WASHINGTON — Texas Rep. Michael McCaul was asked in 2014 at a South By Southwest panel about the power of music to change the world.

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer are transforming the federal courts at a blistering pace and creating an unrivaled legacy of diversity that will redefine the federal bench for a generation.

Both Washington and Beijing are trying to manage their superpower competition — and still come out on top.

In 1980, artist Alexandra Grant, then 7 years old, and her mother set out in a red Chrysler LeBaron headed from Washington, D.C., to Mexico City. Her mother, formerly a professor at Oberlin College, was relocating the two of them so she could take a post as a foreign service…

All 11 states in the Western U.S. were under weather alerts due to the storm.

Drivers will be able to use the information to plan their journeys in advance

WASHINGTON — Joel Embiid clearly thought about attempting the potential game-tying three-pointer with less than a minute to play, but tried to drive to the bucket instead.

WASHINGTON — Rudy Giuliani was in daily contact with President Donald Trump between Nov. 5, 2020, and Jan. 15, 2021, as much as 10 times a day, according to testimony by former New York Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik.

WASHINGTON — A divided Supreme Court refused Tuesday to lift the Trump-era rule that has turned away migrants at the border as a public health threat.

The United States and Japan have begun making arrangements for a summit meeting between President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Washington on Jan. 13, the Yomiuri daily reported on Wednesday.