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Zooey Zephyr, state Rep.-elect for the 100th district of the Montana House of Representatives, is the first openly trans woman to be elected in the state legislature. Zephyr poses for a portrait at the JW Marriott Hotel in Washington D.C., on Dec. 2, 2022.

After record election year, some LGBTQ lawmakers face a new challenge: GOP majorities

Montana state Rep.-elect Zooey Zephyr is the first openly trans woman elected to the state legislature. She and other lawmakers across the country are now faced with trying to curb anti-LGBTQ bills.

Twenty contestants are sequestered in a castle in <em>The Traitors. </em>Three of them are designated as traitors. If all the traitors have been banished when the game ends, the remaining faithfuls split the money. If there are any traitors left, the traitors split the money.

You will not be betrayed by 'The Traitors'

The Peacock competition series combines a solid cast, the perfect host, an entertaining atmosphere and a nice, juicy game design. And it all adds up to a highly binge-able show.

This 2019 aerial photo provided by ConocoPhillips shows an exploratory drilling camp at the proposed site of the Willow oil project on Alaska's North Slope. President Joe Biden will prevent or limit oil drilling in 16 million acres of Alaska and the Arctic Ocean, an administration official said on Sunday.

As Biden weighs the Willow oil project, he blocks other Alaska drilling

The move to limit oil drilling in 16 million acres in Alaska and the Arctic Ocean comes as regulators prepare to decide on the Willow project, a controversial plan pushed by ConocoPhillips.

B. Todd Jones, acting director of the ATF, speaks in Washington in 2010 while Attorney General Eric Holder looks on.

Head Of Embattled ATF Says Running Bureau 'Testing All Of My Skill Sets'

Nearly a year ago, Justice Department leaders turned to B. Todd Jones to solve one of their most urgent problems: a crisis at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. In a rare interview with NPR, Jones discusses the unique challenges of his job.

Black smoke billows from a fire on the Kerch bridge that links Crimea to Russia after an explosion on Saturday.

After the Crimean bridge attack, there are plenty of theories but few real answers

Theories abound about who is responsible for the attack and how they did it. On Wednesday, Russia arrested eight men alleged to have set off a truck bomb. Ukraine says Russia planned the attack.

Ukraine says it needs help shooting down Russia's missile attacks

Russia is hammering Ukraine with missile attacks, many aimed at electricity stations. Ukraine is shooting down many of these attacks but says it needs more help from the U.S. and NATO.

Obama Commutes 111 Prison Sentences; DOJ Working To Clear Backlog

The prisoners got word on Tuesday that their sentences are being shortened, as a result of the White House's efforts on clemency. Justice Department officials are working through a backlog of cases.

In a frame grab from video, United Auto Workers presidential candidate Shawn Fain is interviewed, Friday, Jan. 13, 2023, in Detroit. The vote count in the election to decide the United Auto Workers' top leader should come to an end Thursday. Challenger Fain leads incumbent Ray Curry, but they're still counting challenged ballots that could change the outcome.

The president of the United Auto Workers union has been ousted in an election

A challenger defeated the president of the United Auto Workers in a close election and vowed Saturday to take a more confrontational stance in negotiating with the big automakers.

What to know about Sunday's Oscars

A preview of what observers are expecting — potential firsts, records and oddities — at the 95th Academy Awards on Sunday.

White House chief of staff Jeff Zients, seen here in a Feb. 1, 2023 file photo, says President Biden wants to keep talks about government spending separate from a bill needed to raise the debt limit.

First raise the debt limit. Then we can talk about spending, the White House insists

White House chief of staff Jeff Zients says debt limit talks and spending negotiations must be kept separate — despite House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's insistence they be tied together.

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