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After better than expected election results, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has been reelected to lead his conference in the next session of Congress. His top lieutenants were also reelected.

Richard is a freelance writer and father of four whose work has appeared in The Commercial Appeal, The Memphis Daily News, Memphis Parent, Memphis Magazine, Memphis Crossroads Magazine, Chapter 16 (Humanities Tennessee),The Memphis Flyer, River Times Magazine, Rhodes Magazine, The Memphis News, ArtsMemphis Magazine, Oxford American, MBQ magazine and Edible Memphis, and in syndication through the Associated Press and Scripps Howard News Service. He is the author of the bi-weekly parenting column, “Because I Said So,” in The Commercial Appeal since 2008, and the blog Urf! since 2006. Through Nautilus Publishing, he was a contributor to the book Memphians.

Rosemary Misdary is a 2020-2021 Kroc Fellow.

The lawsuit alleges that the Homeland Security secretary has turned the agency into a "frat house."

The 4-year-old made the rest of the field in England's Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot look like they didn't belong to be on the same track with him. His brother, Bullet Train, looked like a steam engine in comparison.

The state's highest court rejected new maps widely seen as favoring Democrats. The court largely agreed with Republican voters who argued the district boundaries were unconstitutionally gerrymandered.

Syracuse University is being investigated for possible NCAA violations. In February, the school announced a self-imposed ban on post-season basketball, which apparently included the ACC mascot game.

Top Republicans in Congress praised President Trump for the operation in Venezuela amid calls for briefings in the days to come.

Johnathan Lee Iverson, the first African-American ringmaster of "The Greatest Show on Earth," helms the famed Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus for its last performance this Sunday.

The world of central banking is largely a man's world. But Janet Yellen, the Federal Reserve's new leader, has been undeterred by such barriers since she was in high school in Brooklyn. Now global financial markets will be watching her every move.