Hillary Clinton was finally released from the hospital today, after undergoing three days of treatment for a blood clot in a vein in her head.

The clot was a complication from the concussion she suffered in December after fainting, the result of dehydration from battling a stomach virus. Health issues prevented Clinton from testifying before Congress about the Sept. 11 attacks on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, or from being present when President Barack Obama announced Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., as his nominee for Secretary of State.

There are a few interesting things that you should know about the blood clot Clinton suffered from. These include: Read 

We might have gotten a deal to handle the fiscal cliff, but that doesn’t mean things are cheery in Congress.

The hatred between parties on Capitol Hill is deeper than ever, Politico reports — sources say House Speaker John Boehner apparently told Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid “Go F**k Yourself” just a few days before a deal was reached.

The incident occurred last Friday in the White House lobby as the two were arriving to continue discussions about averting the fiscal cliff. Several sources told Politico that Boehner delivered the remark, then repeated it to the surprised Reid. Read 

The price of milk, set to rise because of a lack of action on the Farm Bill by Congress, will remain stable for the next nine months.

Congress passed a short-term extension of the Farm Bill last night as a part of the overall “fiscal cliff” deal, The Wall Street Journal reports. The extension was written into the legislation early Tuesday morning in the Senate and became law when the House of Representatives voted to pass the bill around 11 p.m. Tuesday.

Congress had been unable to renew the 2008 Farm Bill. If it had expired, a 1949 law would have taken over that set a floor for milk prices that is more than double the current market cost. Read 

When the clock struck midnight, we rolled into a new year — and with that came a whole host of new laws.

The laws — passed in 2012 and taking effect in 2013 — are part of more than 400 new pieces of legislation set to kick in, Reuters reports. Laws covering items as important as gun control and abortion all begin enforcement with the new year.

However, not all the laws enacted are of the gravest importance. Some of them will have you scratching your head in disbelief, either in that they were enacted or that they needed to be enacted. Read 

Despite Congress’ last-minute deal to prevent Bush-era tax cuts from expiring for people earning less than $400,000 a year ($450,000 for couples), most Americans will still see their taxes rise this year.

The deal passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday doesn’t cover a 2% reduction in the Social Security payroll tax that had been effect for the last two years, the Associated Press noted.

Under that temporary tax cut, the payroll tax fell from 6.2% to 4.2%, saving the average American household about $1,000 annually. While there was broad agreement to preserve Bush-era tax cuts, especially for middle-class Americans, neither congressional Republicans nor President Barack Obama pushed to extend the payroll tax cut. Read