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Democrats are hoping to use a maneuver called budget reconciliation to pass a big economic plan over Republican objections. Here's what you need to know about the process.

The suspects, 16, 17 and 20, were arrested in connection with a shooting at a Sweet Sixteen birthday party, investigators said Wednesday. The district attorney said the teens would be tried as adults.

It's nearly been two years since Virginia Democrats lost the governor's office and the House to the GOP. Before attempting a comeback this fall, they must first survive Tuesday's expensive primaries.

In his new book, journalist Tom Ricks explains how the conservative British politician and the leftist author of 1984 challenged their respective political parties.

The two ministers resigned after a day in which the prime minister acknowledged he had changed his story on how he handled sexual misconduct allegations against a government official.

Journalist Thanassis Cambanis puts what has been going on in Egypt in a historical context — and explains what the popularity of other political parties, like Hezbollah, could mean for relations with Israel and the United States.

Warnock's win now gives Democrats firm control of the Senate and makes life easier for them in a number of ways --among them: a cushion in trying to pass bills and assured committee control.

Unlike Hamas, which rules Gaza, the Fatah party favors a peace process with Israel, but is widely seen as weak. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Sabri Saidam of the Fatah Central Committee.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Anne Applebaum describes the tactics the Soviets used after World War II to take over and transform much of Eastern Europe. Her book Iron Curtain was recently nominated for the National Book Award.

Trump was in Washington, D.C., to meet with GOP congressional leaders to hash out differences. David Greene talks to blogger Erick Erickson, who backed Ted Cruz and is a #NeverTrump movement leader.