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Democrats’ chances would be hurt if the map were approved, but they would still be favored.

Light pollution from Washington and the passenger jet’s dim lights might have contributed to difficulties spotting American Airlines Flight 5342 before the collision on Jan. 29, Army experts said.

The legislative hearing was part of a rapidly moving redistricting process, pushed by President Trump, that could see the map approved next week.

Steve Witkoff went to the Palestinian enclave amid growing pressure on Israel to ease a deepening hunger crisis there. Hamas derided the visit as a “propaganda show.”

Accountability and privacy are on a collision course that raises the stakes for the role of face-covering in modern life.

“We’re going to put sanctions,” the president said, even before a deadline he had given Russia this week to engage in cease-fire negotiations had passed.

Officials said a 90,000-square-foot addition to the East Wing would be paid for by President Trump and other donors.

The move represented a rare attempt to seek accountability for rank-and-file lawyers who have represented the Trump administration in court.

President Trump wants the Fed to slash borrowing costs, but the central bank is unlikely to take such aggressive steps even once it begins to lower interest rates.

After hours of testimony and thousands of pages of new documents, here’s what emerged in the first day of a marathon National Transportation Safety Board hearing.