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The approval of the budget blueprint is critical to Republicans’ hopes of remaking the tax code even if Democrats are unified in opposition.

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With life on their island still badly disrupted two weeks after Hurricane Maria, thousands of Puerto Ricans are joining a rush to leave. Many of them say it will be for good.

A federal watchdog investigating the Internal Revenue Service’s targeting of conservative political groups said the agency also scrutinized liberal organizations.

New rules announced Thursday by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau could largely eliminate short-term, high-interest loans to working-class Americans.

While stirring separatist instincts in Catalonia, the independence referendum has also deepened pride elsewhere in a unified Spanish identity.

Although consumers clamored for the firearm attachment used by the Las Vegas gunman, Walmart and Cabela’s stripped the item from their online stores.

The downturn wiped out jobs that haven’t come back, a worrying sign for future recessions. But economists aren’t certain even a strong economy will solve the problem.

Floral artists are taking their cues from ’60s-era happenings, creating public works that offer flashes of beauty — all the more potent for their brevity.

It’s easy to mock an Instagram poet. But Rupi Kaur took over while you were sleeping.

With the refugee crisis on his mind, and the city as backdrop, the media-minded dissident is building 300 public art installations.

Even if he stays, the secretary of state has become a wounded figure, his credibility diminished by his rift with the president.

The gun lobby group on Thursday called for tougher rules on the kind of device used by the Las Vegas gunman to convert a weapon to fire rapidly.

France grapples with a case that raises questions about how it sees children and sexual freedom.

The New York City cult street-wear brand created a real life retail sculpture. And the skaters, avatars of good taste and box-logo hounds came out.

Proponents of gun ownership argue that they are critical for self-defense and protection from government. Neither claim holds up.

The tiny creatures live on rock nodules containing metals like iron, cobalt and copper that are targeted for deep-sea mining in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone.

With his latest film, the director Sean Baker continues his look at people on the margins of American society, stories he isn’t seeing in cinema.

Susan Lacy’s HBOdocumentary makes the case that the director’s mainstream, commercial touch comes from deeply personal history.

Stephen Paddock was well known to casino hosts: He would sit at video poker machines for hours, often wagering more than $100 a hand, and sometimes winning tens of thousands.