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A surge of infections in the Southwest and the Midwest is partly driving an uptick in cases nationally. The eight remaining...

The rules and partisan breakdown of the Senate make it possible for Republicans to swiftly confirm President Trump’s...

The fight over the confirmation of Judge Garland in 2016 set the tone for an even more brutal battle over who should...

Republicans hold a narrow majority in the Senate, meaning they can only afford to lose a few votes in their push to confirm...

Justice Ginsburg’s death on Friday night plunged Washington into what is certain to be a fierce clash as liberals seek to...

Mr. Biden has spent months assailing President Trump’s handling of the coronavirus. With a bitter Supreme Court...

The death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the second woman appointed to the Supreme Court, has injected new uncertainty...

Social conservatives and evangelical groups sprang into action after the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, encouraging...

A nomination battle is brewing in the wake of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death Friday. While it is unclear how...

A group waving Trump flags and chanting “four more years” created a commotion at a polling location in Fairfax, Va. A...

The president is likely to nominate a successor this coming week to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died on Friday, but...

Letters with the lethal substance were also sent to local law enforcement offices in Texas, an official said. Investigators...

Plans for a commemoration and services have yet to be made final, but large crowds are expected to pay their respects for a...

It's not just the nearly 7,900 wildfires that have consumed more than 3.4 million acres and claimed 26 lives in California...

A fire incident management team went into temporary isolation this week in Washington State after a member of a resupply...

While the newest class of NASA astronauts is presented with opportunities like never before, how they are chosen from a...

A Times Magazine series examines how climate change will force millions worldwide to move. Recently, Meridith Kohut...

As the town of Lake Charles, Louisiana attempts to recuperate from the arduous challenges posed by the coronavirus...

Lee stood out as a Chinese immigrant, giving speeches, writing articles and helping to lead a 10,000-strong march through...

A docuseries on slavery through the lens of sunken slave ships that never reached their destination — ships that became...

New York City's Democratic Mayor Bill de Blasio said Friday that he is confident the city will be able to meet a revised...

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has a plan to change 401(k) retirement savings accounts to give low-income...

September started off rough for fast-food fanatics: Taco Bell announced it was eliminating the beloved Mexican Pizza as...

President Donald Trump has updated a roster of more than 20 potential Supreme Court nominees in recent weeks, a list that...

Sarah Collins Rudolph lost her right eye at age 12 when a bomb went off at the 16th Street Baptist Church and killed four...

The U.S.S. Grenadier was scuttled in April 1943 after being attacked by Japanese bombers. Surviving crew members were...

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva blasted local leaders Friday as calls intensified for him to step down in the...

Oregon’s fate has always been intertwined with the forests that blanket the state. Now millions of trees are charred, and...

A manhunt was underway early Saturday in Rochester, N.Y., after a shooting at a backyard party left at least two people...

Democrats won some important legal battles in the critical states of Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. But the legal...

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden promised in February to nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court and said in...

Just hours after her death, a sizeable crowd of mourners gathered Friday outside the Supreme Court building in Washington...

She became the second woman appointed to the Supreme Court in 1993 by President Bill Clinton after a career defined by...

The late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg told her granddaughter that her dying wish was not to be replaced until...

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the enigmatic, longtime Supreme Court justice who attained near cult-like status among progressive...

Americans are divided on the forthcoming coronavirus vaccine as just 51% say they would get vaccinated for the disease if a...

A grand jury indicted a White Nebraska bar owner accused of killing a Black man in May -- weeks after a county prosecutor...

A Tennessee man was executed in front of his pregnant wife by a carjacking suspect who took them hostage at gunpoint for...

Aileen and Jordan Stevens were driving to church on Sunday when a car rear-ended their Ford Mustang on Interstate 24 in...

Are you having difficulty registering or voting, whether in person or by mail? Are you worried about receiving or returning...

For years, Costco and Sam's Club have dominated warehouse club retail, where members pay an annual fee to buy large...