Here is how ‘Dry January’ can help and hurt you

Story at a glance ‘Dry January’ a commitment to abstain from alcohol for the first month of the year has grown in popularity in the U.S.   Health experts agree that abstaining from alcohol has many health benefits from weight loss, better skin and better sleep.   Experts urge heavy drinkers to talk to their doctors first before quitting booze su

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Six takeaways from House committee assignments so far

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Supreme Court says it has not identified leaker of draft abortion decision

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Zeldin: District support for Santos 'cratering'

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McConnell: US 'never will' default on its debt

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Thursday he is confident that the U.S. will never default on its debt and that he is not concerned a financial crisis could be on the horizon.  McConnell told reporters in his home state that while the push to raise the debt ceiling is "always a rather contentious effort," he believes lawmakers will succeed at doing so before the Treasury exhausts its "extraordinary measures" in June. "No, I would not be concerned about a financial crisis," McConnell told a gaggle of reporters following an event at the University o

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