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Israel bombed parts of central Beirut in what it says is a campaign to destroy the militant group Hezbollah. In return, Hezbollah retaliated with a missile attack on Tel Aviv.

The House voted Thursday to end a record-breaking agency shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security.

Congregations with underutilized houses of worship are trying to convert them to affordable housing or homeless shelters. There are significant challenges.

President Joe Biden met with Japanese prime minister Yoshihide Suga yesterday to talk about security in East Asia.

The agency's focus will be different from the Trump administration, which fired the head of the interagency council on homelessness and replaced him with an advocate for a more punitive approach.

Former Trump White House strategist Steve Bannon could face charges of criminal contempt after he defied a congressional subpoena to sit for a deposition.

More than 50 Texas lawmakers are camped out in D.C. to block voting restriction legislation and to push lawmakers in Washington to make it harder for states to limit access to the ballot.

The government shutdown should end tonight and America should be able to pay its bills. Both the House and Senate will vote this evening on legislation to achieve those goals. For months, President Obama has said he would not negotiate with Republicans in Congress about Obamacare or the federal deficit until those goals were met. After weeks of stalemate and more than two weeks into a partial shut down of the federal government, the GOP met his demands.

The West Virginia Democrat raised concerns about debt and inflation and instead urged House lawmakers to approve a separate bipartisan infrastructure bill.

Recognizing COVID-19 will never be eradicated, the strategic plan by the Biden administration aims to manage future outbreaks with improved surveillance, testing and treatment.