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President Obama set out to create an administration with higher ethical standards and fewer ties to the lobbying industry in Washington. Obama also set out to assemble the most experienced, plugged in and hyperconnected team of Cabinet members and top-level staffers ever. Were these two goals mutually exclusive?

Jimmy Santiago Baca began writing poetry while he was serving a five-year sentence in prison. His new anthology tells the story of his journey to becoming a celebrated Chicano poet.

The new movie Baahubali 2: The Conclusion has broken sales records in India and is even a big hit at U.S. box offices. Shashank Bengali of the Los Angeles Times explains the phenomenon.

Supporters and opponents of abortion rights are reacting to President Trump's pick of Neil Gorsuch for the Supreme Court. The pick was the culmination of a promise Trump made to social conservatives.

Hezbollah has a new secretary-general in Naim Qassem. Experts say it's a position he was never intended to hold.

With the second Trump administration taking swift action on immigration, federal spending, US aid, and a host of other issues, it's setting off alarm bells for Kentucky Democrats — some of whom are taking to social media more frequently and with increasingly urgent messages.

Trump said he would delay imposing tariffs on Mexico for at least a month. In exchange, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum promised to send the country's National Guard to reinforce the border.

The National Security Agency's outgoing director of cybersecurity says the intelligence agency is still uncovering a massive Chinese hacking campaign into critical U.S. infrastructure.

Costco is raising pay for most workers as a Friday night deadline looms on a new contract with its unionized employees.

If there is a jewel in the crown of the prime minister's decade in power, it's Turkey's enviable record of growth. But with protesters clogging downtown Istanbul, business owners say his failure to quickly calm things down has them nervous.