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Dozens of ambassadorial jobs remain vacant, as do some 30 top jobs at State Department headquarters requiring Senate confirmation — positions from deputy secretary of state on down to regional assistant secretaries.

Worries Grow As Top Posts Remain Vacant At State Department

The administration has cleared out the State Department's top echelons. Congress is noticing the vacuum. So are other countries: Mexico's visiting foreign secretary went straight to the White House.

Wyoming GOP Rep. Liz Cheney serves as vice chair of the House select committee investigating January 6. She will give an opening statement at the primetime hearing Thursday laying out the panel's initial findings.

Republican Liz Cheney's leading role in Jan. 6 hearings threatens her own future

Cheney, vice chair of the House select committee, will make a statement at Thursday's primetime hearing and lead the questioning of witnesses. Breaking with her party may cost Cheney her House seat.

Fencing is placed around the exterior of the Capitol grounds on Thursday, the day after pro-Trump rioters stormed the building. Lawmakers from both parties have criticized the U.S. Capitol Police's response to the security breach.

Top Capitol Security Officials Resign After Insurrection Under Pressure From Lawmakers

Lawmakers took aim at top Capitol security officials the day after a mob of pro-Trump extremists breached the building and forced evacuations. Now top Capitol security officials have quit.

Connecticut's Moriah Jefferson drives past Texas A&M's Jordan Jones during Monday night's game in Lincoln, Neb. Connecticut extended its unbeaten streak and is headed to the women's Final Four.

Who Will Join UConn And Notre Dame In Women's Final Four?

Maryland plays Louisville and Stanford faces North Carolina tonight. The winners then head to Nashville for a chance at the NCAA women's basketball championship. Two undefeated teams are waiting.

Bernie Sanders' economic proposals are facing new criticism. Will voters care?

Top Wonks Take Aim At Sanders Economic Estimates

Ex-chairs of the Council of Economic Advisers are blasting an analysis from UMass-Amherst professor Gerald Friedman that Bernie Sanders' camp has praised recently. Do their opinions matter to voters?

Israel's top leaders are divided over the handling of the war in Gaza

A war of words has erupted among Israel's top leadership over the government's handling of the war in Gaza. The country's military chief and prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu have been trading barbs.

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