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Leon Panetta, President Barack Obama's nominee to lead the CIA, told lawmakers at his confirmation hearing Thursday he sought advice from former agency chiefs about how to make up for his lack of experience. Panetta has almost no experience in the intelligence field.

Eels sometimes swim thousands of miles from their birthplace in the Atlantic to rivers and lakes where they live. Researchers say the creatures might use the Earth's magnetic field to find their way.

The two Democratic presidential candidates are increasing their scrutiny of each other's long records.

Mike Bloomberg made his debate debut last night in front of a record TV audience. It didn't go great for the former New York mayor.

Northern Virginia is home to one of the largest Afghan communities in the U.S., making it a prime destination for new arrivals. One refugee organization is scrambling to prepare.

The devastating 2015 earthquake killed thousands and leveled entire mountain villages. Residents are only now getting the first installment of the money promised by the government.

Lamb appears to have an insurmountable lead over Republican Rick Saccone in the 18th District. Lamb, a Marine veteran and former federal prosecutor, had to spend a lot of time introducing himself.

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Rep. Tom Lantos (D-CA) has died. The 14-term legislator was chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, founding co-chairman of the Human Rights Caucus — and the only Holocaust survivor in Congress.

When the World Cup champions visited the White House, Obama praised the team for changing stereotypes of women and girls in sports, and for inspiring "millions of boys to look at girls differently."