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With a narrow majority in the House, we look ahead to what Republicans can accomplish and what their control of the chamber means for the Biden administration's agenda.

The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance Loretta Lynch's nomination to be the next U.S. Attorney General on Thursday. Next stop: a full Senate vote on confirmation.

White House senior adviser Jared Kushner met with the special counsel's office for seven or eight hours and may now be out of the woods legally — or on his way.

U.S. Courts has hired new officers to deal with the release of drug offenders. Some "are not going to succeed. ... It's our job to minimize the harm they are going to create," chief of probation said.

Lawyer James Cole is in line to serve as the deputy attorney general, but an op-ed on the Sept. 11 attacks and his role monitoring bookkeeping for insurance giant AIG could spur Republican opposition to his confirmation.

A new team is starting to take shape at the Justice Department. Among their early moves, a signal they will change the approach to major civil rights cases.

Chuck Wendig's brisk new thriller deals in cutting-edge tech, but it's traditional at heart, pitting a rag-tag band of hackers against a big, sinister cyber-entity and the threat of global disaster.

The new book Back Channel to Cuba reveals how U.S. presidents, from Kennedy on, have held secret talks with Havana, even though the public stance was silence toward Cuba.

Now researchers in the U.K. are using maps to study variations in the way health services are delivered. The approach, pioneered at Dartmouth in the U.S., shows that the care provided can be quite different even when doctors are paid salaries.

As Pakistan's new parliament held its first session Monday, many saw the ceremony as highly symbolic. For now, power seems to be shifting from embattled President Pervez Musharraf to opposition lawmakers.