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President Biden has tapped Jerome Powell to serve a second term as chairman of the Federal Reserve. Fed governor Lael Brainard will serve as vice chairman.

President Biden has tapped Jerome Powell to serve a second term as chair of the Federal Reserve as the economy faces huge challenges, including surging inflation.

An SUV sped through barricades and into a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wis., on Sunday — killing at least five people and injuring more than 40 others.

Opposition candidates participated in state and local elections in Venezuela for the first time in years, having concluded that boycotts only strengthened the government of President Nicolás Maduro.

Republicans are targeting Virginia's 7th Congressional District, currently represented by Democratic Rep. Abigail Spanberger, in next year's midterm elections.

Venezuela holds local elections Sunday and for the opposition, in a change in policy, is taking part.

Facing political and demographic changes in the state over the last decade, Republicans in Georgia used redistricting to expand representation in Congress while ceding ground in the state legislature.

NPR's Michel Martin talks with journalist Eliván Martínez Mercado about the state of Puerto Rico's power grid years after Hurricane Maria devastated it.

The latest Utah news from Friday morning, Nov. 19, 2021

The Utah Sustainable Health Collaborative will do three main things — conduct and coordinate pilot programs, help healthcare providers implement new programs and make policy recommendations to the state Legislature.