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Federal officials failed to act quickly or decisively enough in response to Hurricane Katrina, congressional investigators say. The failure to designate a single official to lead the overall federal response made matters worse, according to the Government Accountability Office.

As part of the new health law, officials published information on 4,000 individual insurance plans today. A health insurance trade group says the site is misleading. A government spokeswoman says that it holds insurance companies more accountable.

Congressional Democrats' impeachment inquiry is gaining momentum after the White House released an account of the July phone call between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

Mark Feldstein's gripping new account of the long-running rivalry between Richard Nixon and columnist Jack Anderson examines what is likely the all-time low point in American journalist-politician relations. His analysis of their relationship is even-handed, and hard to put down.

Patrimony is a nonfiction account — almost a diary — that Roth wrote about the last years of his father's life. Author Ben Dolnick calls it one of Roth's best and most surprising books.

The U.S. government has asked a federal judge to allow it to seize four mosques and a Manhattan skyscraper that are owned by a nonprofit group. The government says the group is a front for the Iranian government, which has been under economic sanctions for decades.

People were gathered for a Muslim celebration in Kaduna state when a drone struck, in what the president called a "bombing mishap."

The number of children who were burned to death in a school dormitory in central Kenya has risen to at least 21, while dozens of boys remain unaccounted for.

Legislators say the change will help improve kids’ mental health. Gov. Kathy Hochul is expected to sign the bills.

I guess it all boils down to what you believe it means to be special. In my case, if being special means becoming a world-famous artist who performs Carnegie Hall recitals, then no, I’m not special.