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Lawyers representing former President Donald J. Trump against federal charges accusing him of seeking to overturn the 2020 election offered an outraged response on Monday to the government’s request for a gag...

A spokesman for former President Donald J. Trump posted a video on Monday showing him at a gun shop in South Carolina, declaring that he had just bought a Glock pistol.The post...

Five members of a family and a friend who were on their way to a birthday party were killed after the S.U.V. in which they were traveling was struck by a train...

For decades, Republicans have outmaneuvered and outspent Democrats in state legislatures, gerrymandering them into the minority in both red states and political battlegrounds.G.O.P. state lawmakers have used that advantage to pass countless...

Tropical Storm Philippe formed on Saturday, becoming the latest named storm of the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season, but it remained far from land by late Sunday night.The National Hurricane Center estimated that...

The NewsGov. Gavin Newsom of California vetoed a bill on Friday that would instruct judges presiding over custody battles in the state to take into consideration a parent’s support for a child’s...

Shortly before Gov. Roy Cooper, a North Carolina Democrat, began his first term in 2017, his rivals in the Republican-controlled legislature voted to strip the position of key powers, including the governor’s...

Drought-like conditions in the Midwest over the summer have created a growing water problem in the New Orleans area this fall.Water levels of the Mississippi River have dropped low enough to make...

A Louisiana man convicted of attempted murder was returned to the United States this week after hiding in Mexico for more than 30 years, the F.B.I. announced on Wednesday.The man, Greg Lawson,...

In the wake of George Floyd’s murder in May 2020, protests, looting, and anger were boiling up in the streets of Boston, a city that has played host to both abolitionists and...