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WATCH: Speaker Pelosi heralds ‘new dawn’ at opening of 116th Congress

By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press

In a nod to the moment, Pelosi, the first female speaker, was broadly pledging to make Congress work for all Americans.

WATCH: House elects Pelosi speaker as Democrats take control

By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press

The near party-line majority vote makes her the country's most powerful Democrat as the party begins two more years of confronting President Donald Trump.

WATCH: Democrats take control of the House as new Congress convenes

By Joshua Barajas

The House will convene at noon today. Watch the event here.

WATCH: Senators sworn in as new Congress begins

By Joshua Barajas

The Senate convened today. Watch senators being sworn in here.

Saudi Arabia says 5 suspects face death penalty in Jamal Khashoggi killing

By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press

The killing of Khashoggi, who wrote columns critical of Prince Mohammed, has strained the decades-long ties the kingdom enjoys with the United States. It also has added to a renewed international push to end the Saudi-led war in Yemen.

Pelosi not ruling out impeachment proceedings

By Associated Press

Pelosi says the partial government shutdown stemming from Trump's demand for wall funding has nothing to do with Democrats.

Talks go nowhere as partial government shutdown enters 13th day

By Lisa Mascaro, Catherine Lucey, Associated Press

No one budged at President Donald Trump's closed-door meeting with congressional leaders, so the partial government shutdown persisted over his demand for billions of dollars to build a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico. They'll all try again Friday.

AP fact check: Trump’s claims on border wall, drug prices, Mattis

By Calvin Woodward, Hope Yen, Associated Press

President Donald Trump is, at once, demanding billions of dollars from the U.S. Treasury for a border wall and insisting the wall won't really cost America anything.

WATCH: Trump fires at Democrats over shutdown, says Vatican has ‘biggest wall of them all’

By Zeke Miller, Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press

President Donald Trump said Wednesday at a Cabinet meeting at the White House that if Democrats are going to say a border wall is "immoral," then "you've got to do something about the Vatican."…

Congolese flee to Uganda after contentious election, raising Ebola fears

By Rodney Muhumuza, Associated Press

Some Congolese trying to cross the border were forced back after resisting the efforts of Ugandan health officials screening people for Ebola, a spokeswoman for the Red Cross in Uganda said.