In Trump era, Nancy Pelosi admits to nostalgia about George W. Bush. Here's why

Nancy Pelosi says taking on Donald Trump will differ from sparring with George W. Bush. With Trump, she says, there's no agreement on basic facts.

Why All Those Photos of Mike Pence Swearing In Newly Elected Senators Aren't What They Seem

The tradition of faking it goes back to as early as the 1930s

Saudi prosecutor seeks death sentences as Khashoggi murder trial opens

Saudi Arabia's attorney general sought the death penalty for five of 11 defendants charged with the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi as their high-profile trial opened in Riyadh on Thursday. All 11 accused were present with their lawyers at the opening hearing in the capital, according to a statement by the attorney general carried by the official Saudi Press Agency. The attorney general said Saudi Arabia had twice submitted formal requests for evidence from Turkey -- where Khashoggi was murdered inside the kingdom's Istanbul consulate -- but had received no response.

'No L-pocalypse!': New York's 'L' train to keep running during repairs

More than two years after news that one of New York City's busiest subway lines would stop running between Manhattan and Brooklyn to allow for repairs, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Thursday that the "L" train would keep rolling. The expected closure of the L train tunnel under the East River for at least 15 months had dismayed residents of the Brooklyn communities of Williamsburg, Bushwick and beyond. Cuomo told a news conference that engineering experts from Cornell and Columbia universities had looked at the plans over the last few weeks drawn up by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the state agency that runs the subway, and found them needlessly disruptive.

Chuck Grassley: I'm only three heartbeats from the presidency

Democrats took control of the House of Representatives on Thursday for the 116th Congress of the United States.

New Petrobras boss seeks free-market 'efficiency' for oil giant

"Monopolies restrict liberty," Roberto Castello Branco told a crowd of officials and Petrobras executives on the day he took up his functions. Petrobras a couple of years ago "was looted by a criminal organization made up of corrupt politicians, enemies of capitalism, and a small group of employees," he said. The harsh words referred to a sprawling, multi-billion-dollar corruption scandal implicating Petrobras and political parties, including those from the Workers Party that ruled Brazil from 2003-2016.

Video: Customer arrested for allegedly assaulting McDonald's employee over straw

Video shows the patron reach over an employee and forcefully shake the woman.