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Republicans relishing role reversal in shutdown fight

WASHINGTON (AP) — Gathered in the unusually quiet halls of the U.S. Capitol, Republican leaders faced the cameras for a second day and implored Democrats to reopen the government. “We want to protect ...

Film to explore how Holyoke’s factories went silent — and what came after

A new documentary called "Rusted" aims to explores Holyoke’s fall from a booming paper city to decades of economic decline, ...

Republican Rep. Nancy Mace claps back at claims she’s retiring from Congress over frustrations with Speaker Mike Johnson

On Wednesday evening, the South Carolina Republican took to social media to emphatically deny claims that she may retire ...
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Republicans and Democrats appear unwilling to negotiate as shutdown enters sixth day

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican and Democratic lawmakers have provided few public signs of meaningful negotiations to break an impasse on reopening the federal government as the shutdown entered its ...

'With 'The American Revolution' series, director Ken Burns warns against the tendency to judge heroes of the past through the eyes of the present'

COLUMN. In a spectacular documentary, the filmmaker advocates for a nuanced and diverse understanding of the history of the ...