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Mark Burnett and President-elect Donald J. Trump had a long and successful collaboration that made Mr. Trump a household name.

Two bills on pediatric cancer research and a football stadium site had been left out of the main spending package, but passed early Saturday as separate legislation.

In his books about Ronald Reagan, Barry Goldwater and other figures on the right, he was, one observer said, "a keeper of the flame and spreader of the gospel."

President Biden's signature, while technically coming after the midnight deadline for a shutdown, ensured that there would be no lapse in government funding.

The workers' union hopes that adding employees at the Staten Island warehouse to a protest started by delivery drivers will increase pressure on Amazon.

The revelation was included in a report by Democratic staff members on the Senate Judiciary Committee who had conducted a 20-month investigation into ethics practices at the Supreme Court.

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The measure still needed approval from the Senate and a signature by President Biden to avert a lapse in federal funding at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday.

With the vote, the Senate approved its 235th lifetime judge of President Biden's tenure, besting his predecessor by a single judgeship.

Tens of thousands of prisoners deemed to be at low risk of committing crimes again have languished in lockup for as long as a year after they reached their release date under the First Step Act.