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Donald J. Trump has the backing of 48 percent of likely caucusgoers ahead of Monday’s election, a commanding lead for the former president, according to the Iowa Poll by The Des Moines...

Residents in Billings, Mont., woke up to a temperature of minus 25 degrees Fahrenheit. In Des Moines, homeowners were digging out from a blizzard and facing wind gusts of 45 miles per...

Winslow Dumaine was heading to a store on Chicago’s North Side when he saw it: a hole in the sidewalk on Roscoe Street with an uncanny resemblance to a rodent.Mr. Dumaine, who...

As the Iowa caucuses draw near, Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida has increasingly focused on a peculiar target as he looks to win the Republican nomination: the conservative news media ecosystem that...

From the outbreak of the Israeli-Hamas war nearly 100 days ago, President Biden and his aides have struggled to keep the war contained, fearful that a regional escalation could quickly draw in...

Six students sued Harvard on Wednesday, claiming that the renowned university had become a “bastion of rampant anti-Jewish hatred and harassment” that was exacerbated by the Hamas attack on Israel last October.The...

Here is President Biden’s full statement on the strikes conducted against the Houthi militia in Yemen by the United States and allies, as released by the White House on Thursday:Today, at my...

Speaker Mike Johnson came under mounting pressure on Thursday from House G.O.P. hard-liners to renege on the spending deal he struck with Democrats over the weekend for avoiding a government shutdown, as...

January is a month for feeling hopeful. The year is new and offering us all a chance to re-evaluate and reset.In fact, my colleague Steven Kurutz argues that January is the best...

One person was killed and one other person was injured in an avalanche at a popular ski resort in Lake Tahoe in California on Wednesday, the authorities said.Two other people were caught...