Congress has many roles in the U.S. political system, including aiding constituents, approving presidential nominees and overseeing the executive branch. Its main job, however, is passing laws – ...

WASHINGTON — A statistically unproductive Congress has officially left town until after the midterm elections, punting a long list of tasks into the lame-duck session. The Republican-controlled ...

This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, the voters -- they are voting! Just not in Colorado, quite yet! As the bluenami potentially turs into a Bluicane or a Bluenado or another, more intense azure ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Last July, to mark the United States' 250th birthday, The New York Times asked its readers, "What is the definitive movie about ...

IndieWire talks to co-writer Etan Cohen, former 20th Century chairman Tom Rothman, and more about how Mike Judge's movie that once had a nonexistent theatrical release became one of the definitive ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson told NBC News’ “Meet the Press” that Congress would “work through” President Donald Trump’s promise to give $5,000 to American adults if Republicans keep the House and ...

Members of Congress are confronting a grim reality: They are ill-equipped to rein in advanced artificial intelligence that one expert warns could “kill us all” by the end of the decade. A viral social ...

Mike Judge has always had a soft spot for dimwits. Beavis and Butt-head might leave chaos and destruction in their muttering, giggling wake, but they rarely suffer lasting harm themselves. In another ...

Corporations twist public institutions into thinly veiled cash cows. Unprecedented drought and food insecurity loom. A civil servant who tries to use science to save millions of lives is threatened ...

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