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It Is A Truth Universally Acknowledged That Jane Austen Pairs Well With Tea

Pinkies up, Janeites! We mark the bicentennial of Austen's death with a look at her relationship with a beloved cuppa.

In a photo provided Saturday by the Shenyang Municipal Information Office, Liu Xia, center, the widow of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, holds a portrait of him during his funeral. She stands with Liu Hui, her younger brother (left) and Liu Xiaoxuan, the younger brother of her late husband, who is holding his cremated remains.

After Liu Xiaobo's Death, Concerns Grow For His Widow's Well-Being

Officials say Liu Xia is "free" but foreign reporters who've sought her out say they were harassed by security officials. Friends say her isolation during house arrest has thrown her into depression.

President Trump said on Tuesday that he was surprised at the effective failure of the Senate health care bill, which did not have enough support to move forward to a vote.

After Low-Key Lobbying Effort, Trump Says He Was 'Let Down' By Senators

The president was blindsided by the latest collapse of a Republican health care bill, which happened just after a White House dinner he held with seven lawmakers.

POV: Memories Of A Penitent Heart

Airs Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV

Marchers unfurl a rainbow flag at the Equality March for Unity and Pride in Washington, D.C., in June.

Census Bureau Found No Need For LGBT Data Despite 4 Agencies Requesting It

At least four federal agencies asked the Census Bureau to add questions about sexual orientation and gender identity to the American Community Survey, NPR has learned.

Inside The 'Shakespearean Irony' Of Trump And Bannon's Relationship

Author Joshua Green says that although Steve Bannon was instrumental to Donald Trump's election, it now appears that the president lacks the ability to implement Bannon's nationalist vision.

Jacquelyn Atkinson, a Marine veteran who challenged Rep. Scott Peters, D- San Diego for reelection last year, was appointed to the city of San Diego's Civil Service Commission, July 18, 2017.

Marine Veteran Appointed To San Diego's Civil Service Commission

A Marine veteran who challenged Rep. Scott Peters, D- San Diego, for reelection last year was appointed on Tuesday to the city of San Diego's Civil Service Commission.

Sen. Susan Collins of Maine arrives on Capitol Hill on Tuesday. She is one of three Republicans who said publicly that she opposes a GOP plan to repeal Obamacare without a replacement.

McConnell Backup Plan To Repeal Affordable Care Act Falters

Three GOP senators, Lisa Murkowski, Shelley Moore Capito and Susan Collins, say they will oppose any measure to kill the Affordable Care Act without a suitable replacement.

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach talks with a reporter in his office in Topeka, Kan., in May of this year, after he was appointed by President Trump to co-chair the Presidential Commission on Election Integrity.

When Is A Meeting 'Open' To The Public?

Several rights groups are suing President Trump's commission looking into election fraud, saying the panel is skirting a federal law that allows public access to its meetings.

Gov. Jerry Brown, center, flanked by lawmakers from both sides of the aisle, speaks of the passage of a pair of climate change measures, Monday, July 17, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif.

Brown, Lawmakers Celebrate Bipartisan Cap-And-Trade Victory

California's signature initiative to fight global warming will get another decade of life after lawmakers from both parties joined Gov. Jerry Brown in extending the law credited with reducing the state's carbon footprint.

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