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Climate activists and some Democrats have pushed Biden to declare a climate “emergency,” but the White House has resisted

The number represents the toll of people who died in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. Two people who initially survived died in subsequent years from causes that were attributed to wounds they suffered

Local crises, like the desperately needed upgrade of water and sewer systems, are going unreported. And there is no one to keep disinformation in check

Walton rejected the specific argument surrounding undue command influence, but he said a reasonable person could question the judge’s impartiality under the circumstances

The lawsuit by St. Luke’s Regional Health accuses Ammon Bundy and his associate Diego Rodriguez of making defamatory statements against the hospital and its employees

This week, the prospect of impeaching Biden over the business dealings of his son, Hunter Biden, emerged from the far corners of the GOP’s right flank to its mainstream.

The firing came one day after Circleville’s police chief announced Speakman was put on paid administrative leave

The latest 10-year budget and economic outlook from the nonpartisan office shows how difficult it is to figure out where the United States is going in the wake of the pandemic

Georgia resident Bruno Joseph Cua was 18 when he attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, making him one of the youngest people charged in the riot

McConnell stared vacantly for around 20 seconds before his colleagues in Republican leadership, who were standing behind him, grabbed his elbows and asked if he wanted to go back to his office

The city first told residents on July 20 that a diesel fuel spill at a treatment plant tainted the water supply system. The order came after residents reported a fuel smell in their water

The co-creator of the ‘Dollar Smile’ hypothesis — devised in 2001 — believes that his theory is still valid today. He thinks the US currency is just as dominant as it was 20 years ago

Three witnesses, who testified Wednesday, denounced that commercial and military pilots suffer ‘reprisals’ for sharing their experiences. Lawmakers from both parties have called on the Pentagon to end secrecy on the subject

The president’s son was charged last month with two misdemeanor crimes of failure to pay more than $100,000 in taxes from over $1.5 million in income in both 2017 and 2018 and had been expected to plead guilty Wednesday

The cause of the fire and partial collapse on Manhattan’s West Side is being investigated

The move lifted the Fed’s benchmark short-term rate from roughly 5.1% to 5.3% — its highest level since 2001

Giuliani was part of then-president Donald Trump’s legal team that tried to overturn results in some key states during the 2020 presidential election

The funnel cloud never touched down on the ground and therefore can’t be classified as a tornado

Wisconsin became the last of 20 states to drop out of the two lawsuits, which were rendered all but moot when President Joe Biden issued an executive order in 2021 that halted wall construction

Before this year, the longest stretch of days where temperatures reached at least 110 degrees was 18, in 1974

If the House were to hold Zuckerberg in contempt, the Justice Department would decide whether to prosecute him

Biden’s attorneys are still seeking to keep information deemed private out of the public court record

It would require restrictions imposed past a fetus’ viability outside the womb, which is typically around the 24th week of pregnancy and was the standard under Roe v. Wade, to be based on evidence of patient health and safety benefits

White House spokesman Ian Sams said in response that the House GOP’s eagerness to go after the president “regardless of the truth is seemingly bottomless”

President Joe Biden has signed a proclamation establishing the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument, which will be located across three sites in Illinois and Mississippi and will be federally protected places

Top colleges’ preferential treatment of children of alumni, who are often white, has faced mounting scrutiny since the Supreme Court last month struck down affirmative action