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FILE - First lady Jill Biden speaks during an event to launch the American Cancer Society's national roundtables on breast and cervical cancer in the State Dining Room of the White House, Oct. 24, 2022, in Washington.

Lesion removed from Jill Biden’s eyelid was non-cancerous

FILE - First lady Jill Biden speaks during an event to launch the American Cancer Society's national roundtables on breast and cervical cancer in the State Dining Room of the White House, Oct. 24, 2022, in Washington.

January 18, 2023, 7:15pm Politics

A lesion removed by surgeons last week from first lady Jill Biden’s left eyelid was a non-cancerous growth, Dr. Kevin O'Connor, physician to President Joe Biden, said Wednesday. Read story

FILE - Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, the Administrator for the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services, poses for a photograph in her office, Feb. 9, 2022, in Washington. The federal government is cracking down on nursing homes' abuse of antipsychotic drugs after an investigation in 2022 revealed an overwhelming majority of their residents are prescribed the medication.

Feds to investigate nursing home abuse of antipsychotics

FILE - Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, the Administrator for the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services, poses for a photograph in her office, Feb. 9, 2022, in Washington. The federal government is cracking down on nursing homes' abuse of antipsychotic drugs after an investigation in 2022 revealed an overwhelming majority of their residents are prescribed the medication.

January 18, 2023, 11:52am Health

The federal government says it will begin a targeted crackdown on nursing homes’ abuse of antipsychotic drugs and misdiagnoses of schizophrenia in patients. Read story

This combination of 2017-2022 photos shows the logos of Facebook, YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat on mobile devices. On Friday, Jan. 6, 2023, Seattle Public Schools filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court, suing the tech giants behind TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Snapchat, seeking to hold them accountable for the mental health crisis among youth.

White House, House GOP take aim at Big Tech, but see different targets

This combination of 2017-2022 photos shows the logos of Facebook, YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat on mobile devices. On Friday, Jan. 6, 2023, Seattle Public Schools filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court, suing the tech giants behind TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Snapchat, seeking to hold them accountable for the mental health crisis among youth.

January 17, 2023, 8:14am Latest News

President Joe Biden and Republican lawmakers last week launched yet another effort to confront thorny issues relating to Big Tech and social media platforms that have bedeviled previous administrations and Congress, but the path to progress this time around is just as murky. Read story

Yellen heads to Africa with U.S. seeking to counter China’s influence

January 16, 2023, 9:02am Politics

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen departs Tuesday to visit three African countries central to President Joe Biden’s strategy to rejuvenate ties on the continent and counter China’s influence across the developing world. Read story

Rep. Suzanne Bonamici recovering from concussion after car hit her, husband

January 16, 2023, 8:58am Politics

Rep. Suzanne Bonamici was recovering at home after she and her husband were hit by a car. Read story

FILE - First Lady Jill Biden hosts a conversation on women's empowerment at the residence of the US ambassador in Mexico City, on Jan. 9, 2023.

Jill Biden’s skin cancer could fuel advocacy in cancer fight

FILE - First Lady Jill Biden hosts a conversation on women's empowerment at the residence of the US ambassador in Mexico City, on Jan. 9, 2023.

January 16, 2023, 8:47am Health

Jill Biden’ s advocacy for curing cancer didn’t start with her son’s death in 2015 from brain cancer. It began decades earlier, long before she came into the national spotlight, and could now be further energized by her own brush with a common form of skin cancer. Read story

President Joe Biden talks with Oscar Leeser, Mayor of the City of El Paso, Texas, as they stand near a stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border in El Paso Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023.

House Republicans united on border policy focus

President Joe Biden talks with Oscar Leeser, Mayor of the City of El Paso, Texas, as they stand near a stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border in El Paso Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023.

January 15, 2023, 6:02am Politics

Despite Republican Conference divisions laid bare by a dayslong internal battle for speaker, the party has emerged united on plans to focus this year on immigration issues and oversight of the Biden administration’s border policies. Read story

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks during a news conference in Statuary Hall at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023. McCarthy rounded his first full week as House speaker in the most outwardly orderly way. There was hardly a hint of the chaotic, rebellious fight it took for the Republicans to arrive here, having barely installed him as the leader with the gavel.

Debt limit battle set to dominate 2023 fiscal agenda

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks during a news conference in Statuary Hall at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023. McCarthy rounded his first full week as House speaker in the most outwardly orderly way. There was hardly a hint of the chaotic, rebellious fight it took for the Republicans to arrive here, having barely installed him as the leader with the gavel.

January 15, 2023, 6:00am Latest News

Lifting the statutory debt ceiling is set to dominate this year’s budget agenda. Republicans first need to agree among themselves on what to ask for in exchange. Read story

Campaign to renew U.S. spy powers faces bitter battle in Congress

January 14, 2023, 3:26pm Nation & World

The U.S. intelligence community faces a hard battle to renew foreign surveillance powers that have enabled authorities to repeatedly access private information about Americans despite constitutional protections. Read story

Montana man who brought juvenile son to Capitol riot charged

January 13, 2023, 1:40pm Politics

A Montana man who authorities say entered the U.S. Capitol with his juvenile son during the Jan. 6, 2021 riot was charged with misdemeanor crimes including disorderly conduct. Read story