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The presidential campaign of Gov. Ron DeSantis is clearly in a downward spiral, whether measured by polling, internal upheaval, shifting strategies or money woes.Early this year, Mr. DeSantis seemed to have a...

An F.B.I. agent on Wednesday fatally shot a man in Provo, Utah, who officials said was armed and had threatened to assassinate President Biden just hours before the president was scheduled to...

Fast-moving wildfires on the island of Maui in Hawaii have damaged a historic town, forced some residents to take refuge in the Pacific Ocean and severed access to a popular stretch of...

Prosecutors in the office of the special counsel Jack Smith are pressing forward with their investigation into former President Donald J. Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election, asking at least one...

Rosa Jimenez, a Texas babysitter who had been sentenced to 99 years in prison after being convicted of murder in the 2003 death of a toddler, was exonerated on Monday after years...

Officials in Ohio were counting votes Tuesday evening on a referendum with an ostensibly straightforward question: Should it be harder to amend the State Constitution?But the results in Tuesday’s election could have...

In the government’s emergency application, Ms. Prelogar asked the justices to consider an analogy.“Every speaker of English would recognize that a tax on sales of ‘bookshelves’ applies to Ikea when it sells...

Airports across the Eastern United States grounded numerous flights because of the threat of severe weather on Monday afternoon, leading to thousands of flight delays and cancellations that extended into the evening.The...

A “complicated and active” storm system swept across the Eastern United States on Monday evening, delivering widespread thunderstorms that killed at least two people, grounded thousands of flights and left more than...

BackgroundOn May 25, 2020, Minneapolis police officers arrested Mr. Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, after a store employee told the police that he had bought cigarettes with a counterfeit $20 bill. Mr....