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A TV version of The Rainmaker is out this week, which gave critic Linda Holmes as good a reason as any to rank the on-screen adaptations of John Grisham's legal novels.

The Trump administration sent reduction-in-force notices to more than 1,400 staffers at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in April.

Tension in the nation's capital escalated over the question of who controls the city's police department after Washington, D.C.'s Attorney General sued over the White House's bid for full control.

Spike Lee's latest collaboration with Denzel Washington — their first in nearly 20 years — reimagines a 1963 story about a wealthy businessman. In this version, Washington plays a music executive and Jeffrey Wright plays his chauffeur.

While just a fraction of Republicans in Congress are holding town halls during the August recess — in-person and virtual — the questions from voters, and answers from lawmakers, strike a similar tune.

President Trump told reporters on Friday that he's willing to talk about business with Russian President Vladimir Putin, but said there would be no deals "until we get the war solved" in Ukraine.

President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet in Anchorage today to talk about Ukraine. Here's what to know.

Bret McKenzie has made fans laugh with his lyrics as part of Flight of the Conchords. Now he's back with a solo album of wide-ranging moods called "Freak Out City."

Stars are starting their own companies and marketing products directly to their fans. We talked to people following and making these deals, including John Legend who started his own skincare brand.

Attorney General Pam Bondi has named the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration to be Washington D.C.'s emergency police commissioner. The National Guard, FBI and other entities are now working to follow President Trump's directive to clean up the nation's capital.