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The special election in Alabama on Tuesday coincided with the first night of Hanukkah, and some onlookers are hailing Doug Jones’s triumph over Roy Moore as this year’s Hanukkah miracle. The Jewish holiday is a joyous festival that celebrates the miraculous victory of an underdog resistance movement led by the Jewish priest Mattathias and his

Rebecca Boening was driving by herself on the interstate when her blood sugar became dangerously low. After stopping at a fast food restaurant, however, she found a guardian angel in the drive-thru worker. Because Boening has diabetes, her low blood sugar “makes it difficult to think or act”. When she felt herself start to get

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer said Wednesday that President Trump is out of his depth in policy discussions. “He doesn’t know the details and he says whatever he wants to say,” Mr. Schumer told reporters when asked about the president’s negotiating strategy on legislation, including the tax-cut bill. Taking a victory lap after Democratic

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said Wednesday he has not seen any reason to fire special counsel Robert Mueller during the course of the Russia investigation, despite the emergence of text messages that show officials working on the probe disliked President Trump. Mr. Rosenstein was in the hot seat to address questions from members of

Democrat Doug Jones’ victory in Alabama’s special Senate election sent shock waves Wednesday across Capitol Hill, buoying and emboldening Democrats while forcing Republicans to grapple with a soon-to-be slimmer Senate majority that will make enacting U.S. President Donald Trump’s agenda all the more difficult in 2018, an election year. “Things are looking good for us,”