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The speaker’s decision to hold the House in an indefinite hiatus during the shutdown is his latest move to diminish the role of the legislative branch — and his own post. With the House on hiatus, ...

Hogging the couch, grazing the fridge and hitting the shower, a flatties's partner can add to the already high cost of living - perhaps a "petty tax" is in order?

Off-year election results deliver psychological boost to Democrats with gubernatorial victories, but questions remain about ...

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“There were no lights, nowhere,” said Brown, recalling the power outage that summer ... “They ate all my snacks.” Brown’s house is a “hub home,” one of seven in a Northeast Houston pilot program meant ...

FOR the love of God, just make it stop. If I hear another word about Rachel Reeves’ feckin’ “Budget betrayal”, I’m gonna head ...