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Mike Johnson answers a question

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EXCLUSIVE

Speaker Mike Johnson echoes Trump's 'frustration' with cases and believes threats to his gavel are behind him

In a wide-ranging sit-down with NBC News, the House speaker discussed what he called a "spontaneous" trip to visit Donald Trump in New York and his plans for 2025.

Utah Governor Spencer Cox and Senator Chris Murphy, D-Conn., speak during an interview with Julie Tsirkin in Washington, DC on Thursday, May 9, 2024. The two are working on solutions to address loneliness in the United States.

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Congress

A bipartisan odd couple takes on hefty problems: Division and loneliness

Brandon Johnson portrait against a black backdrop

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2024 Election

In Chicago, a mayor with activist roots prepares for a potentially volatile Democratic convention

scenes from the Westminster Dog Show in New York on Tuesday.

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Animal News

Sage the miniature poodle takes best in show at the Westminster dog show

Southlake, Texas and Angela Jones.

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EXCLUSIVE

Feds find civil rights violations in Southlake, Texas, schools, students' lawyers say

Celebrities attend the Met Gala in New York.

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Culture & Trends

See the red carpet looks from the 2024 Met Gala

Scenes of women in hats and dresses and kids in sunglasses and a horse at Churchill Downs before the Kentucky Derby

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Sports

Photos of the grit and glam of the 150th Kentucky Derby

Carol Hampton stands among racks of Derby hats inside her store.

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Sports

On the sidelines of a pricier Kentucky Derby, the race is on for small-dollar spending

A hand holds two bottles of sunscreen against a blue sky with clouds

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Health news

A decades-old FDA rule is keeping Americans from having better sunscreen

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SPECIAL REPORT

How police officers preyed on teens in the Boy Scouts’ police Explorer program

Attendees participate in a live taping of "FlashPoint" in Virginia Beach on Friday, April 26, 2024.

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EXCLUSIVE

Inside the Christian TV show rallying Trump superfans with apocalyptic warnings

A side by side of two people holding hands and a box of Mifepristone on a table

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Abortion Rights

At a clinic in Hialeah, immigrants wrestle with Florida's new abortion ban

Details of Belle Mead, N.J.

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Asian America

Inside the tiny N.J. suburb with the fastest-growing Asian population in the country

Ralph Yarl sits for a portrait

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Guns in America

Ralph Yarl's family sues homeowner in wrong-door shooting

Actors Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Danai Gurira talk to Oskar Eustis in the Russell Senate Office Building while advocating for the Save Our Stages Act on April 11, 2024.

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Congress

Democrats fret it could be curtains for local theaters without federal funds