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It's an unusual winter for respiratory illnesses. The flu is peaking twice: once in early January and again in February. Meanwhile, it's the mildest COVID winter since the pandemic began.

That's the way one scientist puts it — referring to how infected wild birds survive long enough to spread it to birds and mammals around the world. And that's a serious risk for human health.

The House education committee is charged with forging consensus on the nation's education policy. But at a recent meeting, partisan differences were on full display.

There is one economic riddle ahead of Super Bowl Sunday: The egg market has been hit hard by avian flu, but wings are abundant and relatively affordable this year. So what gives?

President Trump signed a series of executive actions that would limit transgender and nonbinary people's rights by focusing on "gender ideology." But the term is loaded, without a universal definition.

House Speaker Mike Johnson is working with House Republicans to advance a budget bill that would allow Republicans to pass many of Trump's top policy priorities without threat of a Senate filibuster.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is the first Asian leader to visit the second Trump administration. He faces challenges in overcoming President Trump's skepticism toward alliances.

It's common for young people leaving jails and prisons to end up back behind bars, often after lapses related to untreated mental illness or substance abuse. A new law will help them get Medicaid.

An attempt to identify and explain some of the biggest things that happened each week, and draw attention to some that have been overlooked.

The 19th century term describes the perceived right of Americans to use force or the threat of force to wrest desireable land from the grasp of others.