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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., pauses during a news conference at the Capitol on Tuesday. With Democrats out of power in Washington, D.C., the party faces a challenging 2025.

After major 2024 defeats, the Democratic Party searches for a new direction

The Democratic Party begins 2025 with several looming questions. Among them: who will lead its national party apparatus, and how it will handle President-elect Donald Trump's second term.

Expand your idea of what it means to cook, says Margaret Eby, author of You Gotta Eat: Real-Life Strategies for Feeding Yourself When Cooking Feels Impossible. That includes assembling a charcuterie board and dressing up foods like cottage cheese or instant ramen with simple, nutritious toppings.

Hate cooking? 3 mindsets to make it less of a chore

Even if you dislike cooking, you still have to eat every day. Here's how to gain more confidence in the kitchen and think outside the box when it comes to meal prep.

Old photo of fire captain Shane Lawlor and his two sons at a Santa Monica Fire Station. Lawlor has been a firefighter for 17 years. He was dispatched last week to the Pacific Palisades and is still fighting the fires there.

A California fifth grader interviews his firefighter father

Cian Lawlor's father was dispatched to the Palisades Fire just over a week ago and he's been working it ever since. The 11-year-old had some questions for his dad.

David Lynch at his studio in 2005. The director, whose death at 78 was announced Thursday, made musical curation and interpretation a pivotal part of his storytelling.

The musical universe of David Lynch

From Twin Peaks to his films to his own recording career, the director understood how much sound mattered — not only to the audience, but to the characters in his stories.

President Ronald Reagan is sworn in by Chief Justice Warren Burger in an Inauguration ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 21, 1985.

Trump's return recalls when inaugurations have been more than ceremonies

Presidential inaugurations are by definition historic acts, but when we think of past Inauguration Days there is clearly a hierarchy of historical pop.

First responders work the scene following a Russian missile attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Saturday.

Russian attack kills at least 3 people in Kyiv

Russia attacked Ukraine's capital with a barrage of drones and missiles Saturday, leaving at least three people dead, while industrial sites in Russia were set ablaze by Ukrainian strikes.

A Pakistani Mohammad Akram shows a picture of his son Abu Bakar, one of the victims of a migrant boat that capsized in West Africa's Atlantic coastline, on his cell phone at his home, in Jura village, in the Lalamusa district in Pakistan, on Friday.

More than 40 Pakistani migrants feared drowned off African coast

Pakistan said that the boat, carrying 80 passengers including some Pakistanis, had set off from Mauritania on their way to the Canary Islands.

Rescue workers look on as a cage is lifted from an abandoned gold shaft in Stilfontein, South Africa, on Thursday.

A South African horror story: Illegal mining standoff draws to an end

In South Africa a months long standoff between police and illegal miners in an abandoned gold mine comes to end, with close to 80 found dead in grim recovery operation.

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Ashley Rusch

Ashley Rusch is a producer for KPBS Midday Edition. Before joining KPBS, she was an associate producer at LAist 89.3, where she worked on AirTalk with Larry Mantle, Weekend Edition and All Things Considered.

San Diego Wave FC Watch Party for Paris Olympic Games

San Diego Wave will then co-host a watch party with San Diego FC on Sunday, July 28 for the USWNT’s match against Germany at Novo Brazil’s Otay Ranch location. The match kicks off at 12:00 p.m. PT and fans will have the opportunity to enter raffles and receive giveaways from both clubs. For more information visit: sandiegowavefc.com Stay Connected on Facebook and Instagram

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