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Donald Trump is now the most favored son of the Republican Party in a year when history favors the party's chances of winning the White House.

The new president was a fierce critic of Barack Obama's foreign policy during the presidential campaign. Here's a look at the difficult issues he has just inherited.

Attorney General Loretta Lynch said the Justice Department "retains the option of curtailing" federal funding for North Carolina as a civil rights case over the state's "bathroom bill" proceeds.

The schools in Erie, Pa., have had money trouble for a while. To give his students a better shot, the superintendent wants to send all his high schoolers to the more wealthy, whiter suburban schools.

Robert Mueller's report landed, but the aftershocks continue to shake Washington. The latest tremors took place in a Senate hearing on Wednesday with Attorney General William Barr.

As many as 400,000 workers are expected to leave their homes and return to their jobs as the national epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic begins easing stay-at-home restrictions.

U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona has tried to balance optimism around safe, in-person learning with political pugilism aimed at officials who are making it hard for schools to require masks.

No women ages 10 to 50 have been able to reach the temple since the ruling in September. "I'll block younger women with my own body if I have to," says a woman who waited until age 53 to visit.

The law drove generations of LGBTQ Indians into the shadows — and got in the way of basic access to health care.

China has become the biggest lender on the African continent. The Nairobi-to-Mombasa railway is a symbol of Kenya's ambitions. But critics say China is saddling Kenya with unsustainable debt.