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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken called on the Senate to quickly confirm more than three dozen State Department nominees, charging that delaying tactics employed by Republican senators seeking leverage on unrelated...

A relentless heat wave that has sent temperatures into the triple digits brought Phoenix its 18th consecutive day of high temperatures at or above 110 degrees on Monday, tying a record set...

South Florida’s Argentine community, the largest in the United States, has swelled with delight that the South American country’s most recognized man is now one of its own.“Argentinians have an immense sense...

Air polluted by the Canadian wildfires is back in the United States this week.There are nearly 900 wildfires burning across Canada, but the smoke this week will be coming from the western...

A 25-year-old woman in Alabama who was reported missing on Thursday night after telling a 911 dispatcher that she saw a toddler walking along the side of an interstate and would pull...

Senate Democrats staring down tough re-election fights can look to one bright spot: sizable fund-raising hauls and cash stockpiles more than a year before Election Day.In states where they are most vulnerable...

At least four people were dead and three others remained missing on Sunday morning after severe floods on Saturday swept through areas of Pennsylvania.In a news conference Sunday morning, Tim Brewer, the...

When President Biden traveled to San Francisco last month, he raised more than $10 million in 36 hours from wealthy Democrats. Trips to Chicago and New York netted millions more, as did...

Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida has started cutting campaign staff just months into his presidential bid, as he has struggled to gain traction in the Republican primary and lost ground in some...

People across the southwestern United States were trying to stay cool on Saturday as a punishing heat wave was posed to break temperature records.The National Weather Service issued an excessive heat warning...