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This LIDAR image provided by researchers in January 2024 shows a main street crossing an urban area, creating an axis along which complexes of rectangular platforms are arranged around low squares at the Copueno site, Upano Valley in Ecuador. Archeologists have uncovered a cluster of lost cities in the Amazon rainforest that was home to at least 10,000 farmers around 2,000 years ago, according to a paper published Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024, in the journal Science.

Lost cities discovered in Amazon

This LIDAR image provided by researchers in January 2024 shows a main street crossing an urban area, creating an axis along which complexes of rectangular platforms are arranged around low squares at the Copueno site, Upano Valley in Ecuador. Archeologists have uncovered a cluster of lost cities in the Amazon rainforest that was home to at least 10,000 farmers around 2,000 years ago, according to a paper published Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024, in the journal Science.

January 16, 2024, 6:02am Life

Archaeologists have uncovered a cluster of lost cities in the Amazon rainforest that was home to at least 10,000 farmers around 2,000 years ago. Read story

Lloyd Austin, Secretary of defense

Austin is released from hospital after complications from prostate cancer surgery he kept secret

Lloyd Austin, Secretary of defense

January 15, 2024, 5:59pm Politics

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was released from the hospital on Monday, after spending two weeks there to treat complications from surgery for prostate cancer he kept secret from senior Biden administration leaders and staff for weeks. Read story

U.S. President Donald J. Trump (center) delivers his first address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress as U.S. Vice President Mike Pence (left) and Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (right) listen on Feb. 28, 2017, in the House chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. Trump&rsquo;s first address to Congress is expected to focus on national security, tax and regulatory reform, the economy, and healthcare.

Congress could be too feeble to counter Trump’s second-term plans

U.S. President Donald J. Trump (center) delivers his first address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress as U.S. Vice President Mike Pence (left) and Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (right) listen on Feb. 28, 2017, in the House chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. Trump&rsquo;s first address to Congress is expected to focus on national security, tax and regulatory reform, the economy, and healthcare.

January 15, 2024, 6:00am Politics

Former President Donald Trump has laid out broad plans to sculpt the government in his own image in a potential second term as president, and members of Congress may have little ability, or desire, to stop him. Read story

Republicans try to block Biden administration plan to cut money for anti-abortion counseling centers

January 14, 2024, 5:52pm Nation & World

In a new twist to the fight over abortion access, congressional Republicans are trying to block a Biden administration spending rule that they say will cut off millions of dollars to anti-abortion counseling centers. Read story

Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., arrives to speak with reporters after a policy luncheon on Capitol Hill Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, in Washington.

As shutdown looms, congressional leaders ready stopgap bill to extend government funding to March

Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., arrives to speak with reporters after a policy luncheon on Capitol Hill Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, in Washington.

January 14, 2024, 12:33pm Latest News

Congressional leaders are preparing a stopgap bill to keep the federal government running into March and avoid a partial shutdown next week. Read story

&ldquo;I voted&rdquo; stickers sit on a table inside the early voting Chicago Board of Elections&rsquo; Loop Super Site in Chicago, on Oct. 1, 2020.

House Democrats boost spending to reach Black, Latino, Asian voters

&ldquo;I voted&rdquo; stickers sit on a table inside the early voting Chicago Board of Elections&rsquo; Loop Super Site in Chicago, on Oct. 1, 2020.

January 14, 2024, 6:00am Politics

Democrats are expanding their effort to shore up support among voters of color, whom the party views as essential to its hopes of regaining control of the House. Read story

Democratic congressional candidate Mike Levin (D-CA) speaks with dignitaries and employees at ViaSat on Nov. 4, 2022, in Carlsbad, California.

In a purple district, Rep. Mike Levin stays focused on green energy

Democratic congressional candidate Mike Levin (D-CA) speaks with dignitaries and employees at ViaSat on Nov. 4, 2022, in Carlsbad, California.

January 14, 2024, 6:00am Politics

Just as sure as the sun rises in the east, and just as sure as the swallows return to San Juan Capistrano every spring, it used to be that as America’s economy grew, so too did its greenhouse gas emissions. Read story

Former President Donald Trump sits in the courtroom before the start of closing arguments in his civil business fraud trial at New York Supreme Court, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024, in New York.

Analysis: Trump’s return to anti-immigration message takes hold among Republicans

Former President Donald Trump sits in the courtroom before the start of closing arguments in his civil business fraud trial at New York Supreme Court, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024, in New York.

January 13, 2024, 6:00am Politics

Lawmakers return this week to a standoff over immigration and the southern border, but they are not the only ones focusing on the hot-button issue. Read story

The Architect of the Capitol spent more than $14,000 in taxpayer money to bring in a yoga instructor to teach free midday classes twice a week to a small group of Senate staffers &Ccedil;&fnof;&Oacute; expenditures that &Ccedil;&fnof;&uacute;appear wasteful,&Ccedil;&fnof;&ugrave; according to the agency&Ccedil;&fnof;&Ugrave;s inspector general.

Watchdog finds Senate yoga spending was a stretch

The Architect of the Capitol spent more than $14,000 in taxpayer money to bring in a yoga instructor to teach free midday classes twice a week to a small group of Senate staffers &Ccedil;&fnof;&Oacute; expenditures that &Ccedil;&fnof;&uacute;appear wasteful,&Ccedil;&fnof;&ugrave; according to the agency&Ccedil;&fnof;&Ugrave;s inspector general.

January 13, 2024, 5:27am Politics

The Architect of the Capitol spent more than $14,000 in taxpayer money to bring in a yoga instructor to teach free midday classes twice a week to a small group of Senate staffers — expenditures that “appear wasteful,” according to the agency’s inspector general. Read story

Hunter Biden indicates willingness to comply with a Republican subpoena under certain conditions

January 12, 2024, 3:09pm Politics

Hunter Biden on Friday indicated a new willingness to testify before lawmakers under certain conditions but held firm against complying with a current subpoena as House Republicans moved to hold him in contempt of Congress. Read story