Our quiz writer digs deep on politics and … bowler hats. Can you score 11?

The shutdown continues, but somehow the news cycle rolls on, kicking up moderately entertaining quiz questions like so much dust.

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California fire victims say fighting with insurance companies has delayed rebuilding

Wildfires last January destroyed communities around Los Angeles. Homeowners say recovery has been slowed by fights with insurers to get their claims paid.

‘Fly, Wild Swans’ is Jung Chang’s painfully personal tribute to her mother

A historian of modern China, Jung Chang turns the lens back on herself in her newest book to understand how she sees the world and why she writes about China today.

What to know about Trump’s ugly feud with the Federal Reserve

A Justice Department probe of the Federal Reserve marks the latest escalation in the Trump administration's effort to bend the independent central bank to the president's will.

Today is the Smithsonian’s deadline to give thousands of documents to the White House

The White House says the Smithsonian Institution must submit materials about current and upcoming exhibitions and events for a review that will determine whether they express "improper ideology."

A conservative Supreme Court tackles the question of trans women in school sports

The first case involves an Idaho student barred by state law from trying out for the track team; the second was brought by a West Virginia middle schooler barred by state law from competing.

Trump administration to shutter an immigration court, adding to judges’ backlog

The planned closure of the San Francisco Immigration Court comes as immigration judges spent the last year facing pressure to move through their caseloads faster and streamline deportations.

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