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As federal agencies prepare to enact their contingency plans for a shutdown, this is where the public could notice changes in the coming days.

Venezuelans continue to leave their homeland in record numbers. It is the largest refugee exodus ever recorded in the Western Hemisphere.

More than 20 hard-right Republicans defied Speaker Kevin McCarthy and defeated their own party’s bill, making a lapse in funding at midnight on Saturday all but certain.

Kenyan-British artist Michael Armitage painted Curfew after a violent flare-up in Mombasa, Kenya, during the early days of the pandemic. One art critic calls it a “modern masterpiece.” (Image credit: Jonathan Muzikar/The Museum of Modern Art, New York)

Trump addresses California Republicans two days after skipping debate  CNN Trump, DeSantis supporters battle for California’s presidential delegates: ‘Rig it for him’  Fox News Republican candidates speak at convention in Anaheim  KTLA 5 Trump supporters, critics gather outside GOP convention in Anaheim  KABC-TV Trump

Lainey Wilson’s rock-tinged country songs are taking Nashville—and beyond—by storm.

The popular annual competition in Alaska will likely be postponed as ‘petty political squabbles’ take hold

NPR’s Scott Simon speaks to Moninder Singh about the reaction of the Canadian-Sikh community to accusations that India was involved in the killing of a Canadian-Sikh activist.

Nearly the entire ethnic-Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh has fled to neighboring Armenia after Azerbaijan assumed control of the enclave.

Gaetz’s war against McCarthy could leave Dems playing kingmaker  CNN McCarthy: ‘It’s only failure if you quit’  Reuters House Speaker Kevin McCarthy still has no plan to avert a government shutdown  MSNBC Republicans ‘still can’t get their s*** together’ – this week proves