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As a dragnet aimed at Islamic State operatives spiraled across Brussels and into at least five European countries Friday, authorities were also focusing on a narrower but increasingly alarming threat: the vulnerability of Belgium’s nuclear power plants.

Mitt Romney’s and John McCain’s calls to defeat Donald J. Trump have antagonized many rank-and-file Republicans, with the furious reaction capturing the essence of the party’s breakdown.

Republicans are undertaking a frantic, last-ditch campaign to block Donald Trump, but scores of them have become convinced it will fail.

A list of the winners from the 58th annual Grammys.

The Republican Party is focused on Donald J. Trump's standoff with Fox News rather than on the presidential debate. And neither Fox News nor Trump show any sign of budging.

Iran announced on Saturday that it had released four Iranian-Americans as part of a prisoner exchange with the United States, a move that came as the United States and Iran were negotiating the final steps before the expected lifting of oil and financial sanctions related to Iran’s nuclear program.

Feld Entertainment, the parent company of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus, said that it was phasing out its Asian elephants and moving the creatures from their traveling circuses to a conservation center in Florida in May.

Dow Chemical and DuPont, two of the biggest and oldest companies in the U.S. chemical industry, are in talks to merge.

Starting next week, the two leading daily fantasy sports sites will be barred from taking bets from a lucrative market — New York state. But one of them, DraftKings, leaves open a simple digital loophole that may let New Yorkers play anyway.

The New York state attorney general on Tuesday ordered the two biggest daily fantasy sports companies, DraftKings and FanDuel, to stop accepting bets from New York residents, saying their games constituted illegal gambling under state law.

The revelation has left parents outraged, administrators searching for missed clues, and the police and the district attorney’s office debating whether to file child pornography charges — including felony charges — against some of the participants.

Political campaigns are seeking voter data and insights that will propel them to victory. Now that includes the contentious field known as neuromarketing — or in this case, neuropolitics.

The speaker's role is one part landlord, the person who opens the House doors most days. It is another part partisan politician, who coordinates his party’s messaging and legislative goals. And it is a final part parent to 434 other members, who must be told in excruciating terms exactly why they need to vote a certain way.

In a change from previous debates, the candidates dove into the gritty details of economic plans and entitlement programs, but exchanges grew testy and political friendships were strained.

The Republican presidential candidates will gather Wednesday in Boulder, Colorado, for their third debate of the primary season.