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After lawmakers allied with President Nicolás Maduro shut out the opposition, Juan Guaidó said he will try to take his rightful place as president of the National Assembly.

The Senate majority leader says he has the votes to press ahead and won't seek a deal with Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, who demanded witness testimony and rules for evidence.

Bestselling author Elizabeth Wurtzel was 27 when Prozac Nation, her sensational memoir of a difficult life complicated by depression, was published. Wurtzel had cancer. She died Tuesday at age 52.

The House is expected to vote on a War Powers Resolution that could force the president to pull back U.S. troops from hostilities with Iran. The catch: it would have to be veto-proof.

The Pentagon says Iran fired more than a dozen ballistic missiles at bases in Iraq where U.S. troops are based.

Missiles hit two military bases in Iraq where U.S. forces are housed, as Iran says it has started its revenge for the U.S. drone strike that killed a top Iranian commander last week.

Both sides say they want the high court to quickly weigh in on a case that could invalidate the federal health law. Whatever the court decides will likely have consequences in 2020 elections.

A capsule landed in the Pacific with material from the space station including chocolate chip cookies. They were baked in a zero gravity oven, but astronauts weren't allowed to eat them.

A Ukraine airliner crashed near Tehran's international airport, according to Iran state television, which said all 176 people on board were dead. NPR's David Greene talks to journalist Charles Maynes.

NPR's David Greene talks to Brett McGurk, ex-U.S. special envoy for countering ISIS, about the importance of the U.S. remaining in Iraq. He says if the U.S. leaves, there will be serious consequences.