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Virginia Del. Kathy Tran often brings her baby to work and has breastfed on the House floor in Richmond.

Statehouses Have A Ways To Go To Accommodate New Moms

In Virginia, a new class of state lawmakers includes mothers of young children. The delegates are finding a workplace not as accommodating as they would like.

The Civita housing development in San Diego, June 30, 2017.

California's Housing Crisis Builds Appetite To Limit Local Control

As local governments in San Diego County work to encourage more housing production to alleviate the region's housing crisis, lawmakers in Sacramento are debating changes to a long untouchable facet of California law: local control over housing and land use.

Flunkies of the late Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin jockey for power in Armando Iannucci's new film <em>The Death of Stalin.</em>

If It's Awkward, 'My Instinct Is To Make Fun Of It,' Says Armando Iannucci

The Scottish satirist's new movie, The Death of Stalin, spoofs the way the dictator's lackeys jostled each other after his death — all part of a lifetime of mocking the pompous and powerful.

Shoppers explore the goods on display in Ha Giang, Vietnam. The country's textile industry was expected to be one of the biggest winners from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which would have provided tariff-free access to U.S. markets. Under the new agreement, the industry is still expected to gain — if not nearly as much.

The TPP Is Dead. Long Live The Trans-Pacific Trade Deal

The U.S. pulled out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership last year. But the remaining 11 signatories carried on, cobbling together a pact under a new name they're signing Thursday. Here's how it happened.

Review: Meshell Ndegeocello, 'Ventriloquism'

The cover album becomes an unlikely site for deconstructing gender norms — and R&B's staid '80s tropes — in Ndegeocello's genre-bending care.

Review: PRhyme, 'PRhyme 2'

Royce 5'9" and DJ Premier bridge the ageist divide with a sophomore release worthy of definitive hip-hop statesmen.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., says Republicans in Congress are concerned that President Trump's proposed tariffs might metastasize into a larger trade war.

Congressional Republicans Unlikely To Act To Counter Trump On Tariffs

Since taking office, no issue has pitted the president against his allies in Congress more than tariffs. Party leaders, including Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., have voiced rare public concern.

Ethiopian teams Adama City and Welwalo Adigrat University play in a soccer match. Stadiums have become battlefields and teams have become a proxy for the political divisions in the country.

In Ethiopia, Soccer Stadiums Have Become Political Battlefields

Protests have raged across Ethiopia for three years — and they're spilling over to the country's favorite sport.

A pedestrian walks past Austin City Hall, an early voting center, on Tuesday in Austin, Texas.

The Texas Primaries: 6 Takeaways To Kick Off The 2018 Election Cycle

Democratic enthusiasm was up in Texas, but it's still a very Republican state. Statewide, Democrats face an uphill climb, but in key suburban House races, they could make gains.

California Gov. Jerry Brown, left, accompanied by California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, listens to a question concerning remarks made U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Wednesday, March 7, 2018

California Gov. Brown Denounces Jeff Sessions Over Federal Immigration Lawsuit

California Gov. Jerry Brown denounced U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions for coming to the state to speak about a lawsuit targeting policies that limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities, saying Wednesday it was unprecedented for him to "act more like Fox News than a law enforcement officer."

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