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Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) wants to say "thank you" this Labor Day weekend to the working men and women who make this country great. Watch her video message in this post. 

Detroit, Labor Day and a Hard Day’s Night was originally published on The Hill's Congress Blog. The Beatles first visited Detroit just before Labor Day in 1964, and they gushed with admiration for the Motown sound. Detroit hummed with industry then, like the Beatle’s own Liverpool, England, with its bustling ports and pop music scene. Both industrial cities would soon flounder, losing 40 percent of their populations over the next 30 years.

Senator John McCain (R-AZ) criticized President Barack Obama’s plans for limited air strikes on Syria as “cosmetic” Friday, saying the failure of the United States to intervene in the country’s civil war was “shameful.

Senator John McCain (R-AZ) criticized President Barack Obama’s plans for limited air strikes on Syria as “cosmetic” Friday, saying the failure of the United States to intervene in the country’s civil war was “shameful.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Several aftershocks rattled a remote Aleutian Island region off Alaska in the hours after a major 7.0 temblor struck with a jet-like rumble that shook homes and sent residents scrambling for cover.At least three dozen aftershocks, including one reaching magnitude 6.

More than 100 protesters marched in Allentown, Pa., in opposition to U.S. military action in Syria. Lu Ann Cahn of NBC Philadelphia reports.Demonstrators gathered in cities and towns across America on Friday to protest a possible U.S.

PITTSFORD, N.Y. -- Darren Manzella, a gay combat medic discharged from the Army after criticizing the military's 'don't ask, don't tell' policy in a 2007 television interview, has died in a traffic accident in western New York. He was 36.His aunt, Robin Mahoney, on Friday confirmed his death.

Here's a snapshot of some of the top stories we're following Friday evening:Obama considering 'limited, narrow act' against SyriaWhile President Barack Obama said Friday that he hasn't made up his mind yet, he promised that any U.S.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry made the case on Friday for why the United States should punish Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for a "brutal and flagrant" chemical weapons attack that it says killed more than 1,400 people in Damascus last week.