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As Fed chair, Janet Yellen helped the central bank largely achieve its mandate to engineer full employment while keeping inflation at a level that fosters growth.

Republican Greg Abbott and Democrat Wendy Davis are expected to easily dispatch their primary opponents in the race for governor. But the reality of Texas politics will likely carry Abbott further.

After one CEO warned of an economic downturn that will be like a "hurricane," other chief executives suggest the debate over the likelihood of a recession is a tempest in a teapot.

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

President Obama's acceptance of the Democratic nomination capped two weeks of speeches at the political conventions. Host Michel Martin discusses hits and misses with Mary Kate Cary, former speechwriter for President George H.W. Bush; and Paul Orzulak, former speechwriter for President Clinton and Vice President Al Gore.

When was the first State of the Union delivered? Did every president give one? Who delivered the "Four Freedoms" speech? Find out here.

Former White House adviser Karen Hughes is appointed as undersecretary of state for public diplomacy, where she will be charged with remaking the United States' image abroad.

The House committee investigating Jan. 6 says it has evidence showing that former President Trump broke the law by trying to overturn the 2020 election.

Only one of the teenager's wounds was not survivable, pathologist Dr. Michael Baden says. The preliminary findings of his autopsy show the teenager was shot at least six times in Ferguson, Mo.

Egyptian authorities are preventing six Americans, including the son of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, from leaving the country. They work for non-governmental agencies that were raided by Egyptian security forces last month.