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As President Biden took the stage in Philadelphia on Wednesday to kick off his Black voter outreach program, he methodically ticked through more than a dozen accomplishments, executive orders, appointments, investments and...

The Scripps National Spelling Bee, the annual competition that challenges erudite children and teenagers to spell some of the most obscure entries in the dictionary, will begin its final round on Thursday.The...

In a warehouse off Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway in an industrial area outside Dallas, the future of American military ammunition production is coming online.Here, in the Pentagon’s first new major arms plant...

Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. said on Wednesday that he would not recuse himself from two cases arising from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol after reports that flags flown...

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken plans to spend this week showing U.S. support for nations facing a hostile Russia in visits to Moldova and the Czech Republic, where he is scheduled...

Representative Tony Gonzales, the Texas Republican who represents a large swath of the southern border, on Tuesday narrowly turned back a right-wing primary challenger who called himself the “AK Guy,” in a...

A natural gas explosion ripped the facade off a building in downtown Youngstown, Ohio, on Tuesday afternoon, injuring at least seven people, one critically, officials said.Local news outlet WKBN reported that the...

Normally, seeing your presidential opponent convicted of a felony would be a cause for celebration.But here we are in 2024. As President Biden’s campaign and its closest allies wait for a potential...

Much of Texas is bracing for another round of powerful storms that could bring strong rain, high winds and very large hail on Tuesday, forecasters said, just as the region was recovering...

Melisa Swearingen woke up early on Sunday morning as a tornado bore down on her home in the northwestern corner of Arkansas. As she raced down the stairs with her toddler, she...