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Federal prosecutors investigating former President Donald J. Trump’s handling of classified material have a recording of Mr. Trump from 2021 discussing a sensitive military document he had kept after leaving the White...

Why It MattersOklahoma is among a number of Republican-led states that moved to ban abortion in anticipation of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade last year. Legal challenges...

Follow for live updates as the House prepares for a vote on the debt limit deal.Speaker Kevin McCarthy toiled on Wednesday to lock down the votes to pass his deal with President...

At the height of Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s quest for his post in January, Representative Chip Roy, Republican of Texas, darted from meeting to meeting ensuring that hard-line conservatives got what they wanted...

A South Carolina convenience store owner has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a 14-year-old Black boy whom he falsely accused of shoplifting, chased and shot in the back...

On Monday morning, hours after part of a century-old apartment building crumbled onto a downtown street, officials in Davenport, Iowa, said they were not aware of anyone still trapped in the rubble.That...

It’s Tuesday. Introducing the California issue of The New York Times Magazine. Plus, reparations proposals put Democrats in a quandary.The New York Times Magazine is doing something this week that it has...

Legislation to raise the government debt ceiling and set federal spending limits begins its obstacle-laden route through Congress on Tuesday with consideration by a crucial panel where it will face its first...

At least nine people were wounded when gunfire erupted on Monday between two groups near a beach in Hollywood, Fla., in a shooting that sent dozens of panicked beachgoers fleeing or ducking...

A search and rescue effort was winding down in Iowa on Monday after the partial collapse of a six-story apartment building the day before, officials said.The Davenport Police Department said its officers...