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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation on Wednesday giving Congress the power to kill dozens of recently enacted rules in one fell swoop, as Republicans charged ahead on their campaign to strip down federal regulations. It was the second time the…

Even in a city where gangs and gun violence have plagued neighborhoods for decades, the Hobos were in a class of their own. As they built a vast narcotics empire, the Hobos, a "super gang" made up of leaders from rival Chicago street gangs, ruled by fear, federal prosecutors alleged. They robbed…

Macy’s Inc. is closing the biggest store in downtown Minneapolis. The retail giant said Wednesday that it is selling the three buildings on Nicollet Mall that the store occupies, a place known to Minnesotans for decades as the flagship of the Dayton’s department store chain. A New York firm with a…

Republican leaders and the incoming Trump administration are still trying to sort out the basics, lawmakers said after Mike Pence met with House and Senate lawmakers to plan the GOP attack. | M. Scott Mahaskey Several senators worry the party’s plans to repeal and replace the law could blow massive…

Douglas Graham via Getty Images Former Rep. Tom Perriello (D-Va.) is considering running for Virginia governor, the New York Times reported Wednesday. Sources confirmed that report to The Huffington Post. Virginia’s gubernatorial race is likely to be the most closely watched of the 2017 cycle. While…

WASHINGTON ― Former Exxon Mobil chief executive Rex Tillerson attempted to alleviate concerns about his past ties with Russia during a series of meetings with senators from both parties on Wednesday. During his 10 years in charge at Exxon Mobil, Tillerson, who has been tapped to serve as secretary…

Spend less time in the kitchen this year with these light and healthy recipes. The best thing is that your whole family will love these too! Try it out and #ChicTribe on Instagram so we can see all your delicious recipes! Vegetarian Quinoa Bowl Mediterranean Chicken Curry Chicken Salad Fajita Pasta…

Editor's note: Four people who allegedly kidnapped and abused a mentally disabled man and streamed the attack on Facebook Live were charged on Jan. 5, 2016, with a hate crime and other charges. Full story here. (1:16 p.m.) Chicago police say they are considering hate crime charges against four…

This Article was coauthored by political scholar and writer, Matt Simmons It seems that a natural side effect of Hillary Clinton's historic candidacy as the first female major party nominee for president was the blatant sexism that followed her campaign. From "Life's a Bitch so Don't Vote for One"…

Rick Wilking / Reuters Despite being one of the leading causes of death in the United States, gun violence remains one of the country’s least studied and most underfunded public health crises, a study released Tuesday found. While gun violence kills more than 30,000 people in the U.S. every year,…

Bloomberg via Getty Images Chief Justice John Roberts belatedly caught a conflict of interest in a case the Supreme Court heard in December. WASHINGTON ― Chief Justice John Roberts will no longer participate in a patent dispute at the Supreme Court involving a unit of Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.,…

"Post-truth" was the big word for 2016, according to Oxford Dictionaries. And why not? Donald Trump won the presidency with lies and half-truths and spin , so the word does indeed resonate. But America has been edging toward post-truth for a long time -- even at its founding, skeptics might say. The…

SuperStock via Getty Images Marriage check-ins are necessary, especially when you're married to the silent type. Experts say that communication is the cornerstone of a good relationship . That’s why it can be deeply troubling when your partner is closed off and guarded. How do you get them to open…

The Charleston, S.C., shooting church suspect, Dylann Storm Roof, is escorted June 18, 2015, from the Cleveland County Courthouse in Shelby, N.C. (Photo: Chuck Burton, AP) CHARLESTON, S.C. — In the weeks after his attack on black parishioners at a Charleston church, Dylann Roof reflected on the…

It’s not much of a surprise Samsung brought a new Chromebook to CES this year. It’s been a while since the Korean manufacturer has updated its line of Chrome OS powered laptops, and the new Samsung Chromebook Plus and Pro are the best of the bunch. It’s fitted with a vibrant 2,400 x 1,600 display, a…

A mesentery. (Photo: Time) An Irish surgeon's breakthrough overturned more than a century of medical belief and may lead to improvements in digestive surgery and recovery. The mesentery, it turns out, is one connected organ, not a disjointed group of separate parts, a theory believed since the 19th…

Bill Stepien was expected to spend 2017 on the gubernatorial campaign of New Jersey Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno, sources say. | AP Photo During a salacious criminal trial last year into the 2013 lane closures at the George Washington Bridge, prosecutors and defense attorneys alike cited the hard-nosed…

Edward Lampert has been trying to revive Sears for years. Photo: Elise Amendola/Associated Press Hedge-fund manager Edward Lampert has pumped an additional $1 billion into his yearslong effort to revive Sears, but the CEO’s latest financing likely is just another short-term fix for the struggling…

Trump Attacks of U.S. Intelligence on Russia Unnerve Lawmakers Donald Trump’s VA Pick Could Offer Hint on Privatization How Republicans Might Replace Obamacare Senate Moves to Dismantle Health Law Democrats Gather Ammo Against Treasury Pick Steven Mnuchin Trump to Nominate Wall Street Lawyer Jay…

Much like Donald Trump , former Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson ― the Republican president-elect’s choice for secretary of state ― appears well on his way to making Sen. John McCain ’s (R-Ariz.) blacklist. Asked by reporters Wednesday if he would support Trump’s nomination of the oil tycoon, a friend…

Susan Walsh/Associated Press House Republicans launched a new Congress by trying to chain up their own ethics watchdog. WASHINGTON ― In 2013, nine U.S. House members jetted off to Baku, Azerbaijan, beside the Caspian Sea for an all-expenses-paid trip sponsored by a nonprofit source. It was meant to…

WASHINGTON ― A group of Democratic senators on Wednesday reintroduced legislation that would require President-elect Donald Trump to release his tax returns, a practice of most candidates for elected office that Trump repeatedly ducked during his presidential campaign . The Presidential Tax…

A man with special needs was allegedly bound, gagged and tortured in the Chicago area on Tuesday ― and much of the attack was streamed live over Facebook. Four suspects, two men and two women, are in custody awaiting charges, the Chicago Police Department said in a news conference. The suspects and…

Unbelief in God is a permanent and inextirpable feature of human life: belief has never claimed one hundred percent of the population at any time in human history. And yet in a new Pew Research Center review, no member of the USA Congress purports to be an atheist. The real question is, Why don't…

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) issued a warning to Democrats on Wednesday, one day after the Supreme Court nomination of Merrick Garland expired without any Senate action : Don’t consider staging a similar blockade on any of President-elect Donald Trump ’s high court nominees. “I…

President Obama arrived at the Capitol building on Wednesday morning to meet with congressional Democrats. Stephen Crowley/The New York Times WASHINGTON — The bitter divide over the fate of the Affordable Care Act played out at the highest levels on Wednesday as President Obama urged Democrats on…

Spencer Platt via Getty Images The billionaires and millionaires who white "working-class" people (we're told) voted overwhelmingly to put in charge of Washington have already signaled they intend to use the power of the federal government to wage class warfare against their constituents. The…

Eastman Johnson, A Ride for Liberty - The Fugitive Slaves On New Year's Eve, at 3:30am, I finished Colson Whitehead's gripping novel The Underground Railroad . I'd purchased the National Book Award winner and Oprah Book Club selection over the summer but had put it down early, not ready to go back…

Merrick Garland waited 293 days. His nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court , which sat gathering dust in the Senate for that long, expired at noon Tuesday — just as the 115th Congress was sworn in on the first day of its legislative session. As he said he would on Feb. 13, the day Justice Antonin…

These beautiful brides and grooms are kicking off the new year with a new spouse! Below, 16 wedding photos from HuffPost readers who said their “I dos” during the holiday season. "Such an epic NYE spent working with some of my best friends! I wouldn't have wanted it any other way. Confetti is now…

The poly lifestyle gets talked about a lot more these days, but unfortunately, misconceptions about polyamory (mainly, that it’s all about sex ) continue to persist. In Tikva Wolf’s long-running comic series Kimchi Cuddles , polyamorous people ― meaning, those who have emotional and sexual…

By Kira M. Newman, Tom Jacobs, Mariah Flynn, Summer Allen, Jill Suttie, Jason Marsh, Jeremy Adam Smith, Emiliana R. Simon-Thomas At the start of 2016, Barbara Ehrenreich published an essay in The New York Times that took aim at the science of gratitude, criticizing it for focusing solely on benefits…

Intarcia Therapeutics Inc. The Medici drug delivery system, a subdermal implant, could change the way people prevent the spread of HIV. People at high risk of contracting HIV can significantly lower their chances of getting the virus with a daily pill known as PrEP, or pre-exposure prophylaxis,…