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Ambassador Monica Crowley, the 35th chief of protocol of the United States, called herself an anglophile, saying she "grew up sort of watching the royal family."

The Democratic Republic of the Congo's health minister on Friday denounced travel bans imposed by the U.S. and other nations in response to the country's Ebola outbreak, calling the restrictions "discriminatory" and unsupported by science.

Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. won't retire until the Supreme Court overturns a roughly 30-year-old religious liberty precedent.

D.C. police discovered a deceased 13-month-old girl and her severely malnourished twin brother inside a cluttered apartment.

D.C. Board of Elections Chair Gary Thompson walks voters through ranked choice voting ahead of the June 16 primary, explaining how to rank candidates, where to vote, and what to expect on the ballot.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer 's office on Friday condemned comments by U.S. Vice President JD Vance, who blamed immigration for the death of a university student who was handcuffed as he lay dying from a stab wound.

President Trump is increasingly fighting the Iran war on two fronts, battling a defiant Islamic regime that's stringing out peace talks and grappling with growing domestic pushback because of higher prices and anti-war sentiment.

ELTON JOHN on Pride month: "The hostility is real, and it is growing. We are seeing rights rolled back, funding cuts, and communities that were already vulnerable being made more so."

The New York Legislature has passed a bill that would strip the words "mother" and "father" from sections of state family law and replace them with gender-neutral alternatives, sending the measure to Gov. Kathy Hochul for her signature or veto.

Lawyers representing the federal government argued Friday that a court could not stop construction of a White House ballroom because it was already underway and because of the sensitive security concerns they say the structure is meant to address.