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Details: Written by Donna Cassata, The Associated Press; Published: 03 January 2017

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., listens to testimony on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 19, 2015. House Republicans on Monday, Jan. 2, 2017, voted to eviscerate the Office of Congressional Ethics. Under the ethics change pushed by Goodlatte, the independent body would fall under the control of the House Ethics Committee, which is run by lawmakers. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Independent body set up to keep lawmakers accountable is no longer independent

Details: Written by MARY CLARE JALONICK, Associated Press; Published: 03 January 2017

In this Dec. 8, 2016 file photo, House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., and others, listen as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Republicans' grip on all levers of power stands as a mandate to the GOP-led Congress, which will move swiftly to try to undo eight years of outgoing President Barack Obama's agenda. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Republican House, Senate and President will be able to push through conservative agenda

Details: Written by BASSEM MROUE and SUZAN FRASER, Associated Press; Published: 30 December 2016

Osama Abu Zeid of the the main moderate Syrian opposition group Free Syrian Army, shows what he said is a copy of the five-point cease-fire agreement for Syria, during a news conference in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016.

A potential breakthrough in the five-year conflict could be in sight

Details: Written by NAACP; Published: 30 December 2016

NAACP President Cornell William Brooks to Join Protests at Sessions' Mobile, AL Office

Protests at Five Sessions Offices in Alabama Scheduled

Details: Written by NAACP; Published: 29 December 2016

Historic and current failure to acknowledge voter suppression remains a key issue

Details: Written by By DAVID CRARY, AP National Writer; Published: 29 December 2016

(AP Photo/Max Becherer, File)

Trump victory, Brexit, police brutality top editors’ list of big stories

Details: Written by ADAM GELLER, AP National Writer; Published: 29 December 2016

In this Dec. 17 file photo, President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a rally at Ladd-Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Ala.

From Brexit to the Presidential race to the Oregon occupation, many headlines showed deepening distrust and division

Details: Written by By JEFFREY COLLINS, Associated Press; Published: 28 December 2016

This June 18, 2015, file photo, provided by the Charleston County Sheriff's Office shows Dylann Roof. Roof was convicted Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016, in the chilling attack on nine black church members who were shot to death last year during a Bible study, affirming the prosecution's portrayal of a young white man who hoped the slayings would start a race war or bring back segregation. (Charleston County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

U.S. judge warns Roof acting as his own attorney is a bad idea

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 24 December 2016

Nielsen membership and field representatives went into classrooms across the country for the Great American Teach In. This group of field associates taught business etiquette to students at Friendship Public Charter School in Southeast Washington DC.

Around one in seven of the Millennial generation (aged 16-34) are African American

Details: Written by By LEANNE ITALIE, Associated Press; Published: 23 December 2016

In this May 3, 2011, file photo, first lady Michelle Obama dances with students at Alice Deal Middle School in northwest Washington during a surprise visit for the school's Let's Move! event. When Michelle Obama considered the daunting prospect of becoming first lady, she purposely avoided turning to books by her predecessors for guidance. Instead, she turned inward (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Children talk about what Michelle Obama's career, initiatives have meant to them

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