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A family is displaced, and one resident is in critical condition after a home caught on fire in Gaithersburg, Maryland, officials said....

Friday's study looks more at steering currents of future storms than past research, focusing on where storms will go instead of how big or frequent they will be....

One of Montgomery County's newest residents made a...

The EPA is reportedly considering tighter pollution standards for cars. That would mean more EVs in the U.S. than investors currently expect....

While a new call taker gets congratulated, another is under investigation...

New Hampshire Avenue has reopened in all directions....

Storms will impact the area between now and 10 p.m....

Since 2018, over 75,000 victims have lost $28 million to IRS imposters over the phone, email, texts and more. Here's how the IRS actually contacts taxpayers and how you can spot imposters....

When I spoke with Werner Herzog in 2019 for the Political Theater podcast, he had just released his documentary "Meeting Gorbachev," about Mikhail Gorbachev, an elegiac look at the last president of the Soviet Union and winner of the Nobel Peace P...

F-150 Lightning used vehicle inventories are up at the same time. But that's how it should be at this point in the truck's life cycle....

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Global stocks and American stock-index futures drifted on Friday ahead of the release of the U.S. jobs report—a key economic indicator for the Federal Reserve—with many Wall Street investors taking the day off for the...

The Roman historian Suetonius described Julius Caesar as timid and noncommittal as he initially approached the Rubicon River -- a shallow and narrow waterway that, at the time, demarcated the boundary between Cisalpine Gaul and Italy proper -- in January ...

Dimon said he nevertheless expects interest rates to stay higher for longer....

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While developing democracy was a U.S. goal in Iraq, 20 years after the U.S.-led invasion, adults in Iraq and 12 other Muslim-majority countries doubt the U.S. is serious about it....

The Tennessee House of Representatives voted Thursday to expel two Democratic members who last week stood with protesters as they swarmed the chamber and threw the House into disarray....

Democrats seeking to flip a New York House seat in 2024 could soon be casting ballots for a candidate with a recognizable name: the sister of Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer (D.)....

The Biden administration handed down proposed guidance Thursday that would permit public schools and colleges to ban transgender athletes from competitive teams but forbid them from issuing blanket bans, a move framed as a compromise that is likely to inf...

Iran is promising to deliver a...

NEW YORK (Reuters)—The Federal Reserve's preferred bond market signal of an upcoming recession has plunged to fresh lows, bolstering the case for those who believe the central bank will soon need to cut rates in order to revive economic activity...

The Biden administration released a report on the Afghanistan withdrawal Thursday that largely pointed the finger at former president Donald Trump for the botched exit that resulted in the country's rapid fall to the Taliban....

WASHINGTON (Reuters)—The U.S. Internal Revenue Service plans to hire nearly 30,000 new employees and deploy new technology over the next two years as it ramps up an $80 billion investment plan to improve tax enforcement and customer service, it said...

A Democratic lawmaker in Connecticut has no recollection of a drunk driving crash that saw her hit two vehicles and flip her own just blocks from the state's capitol building, bodycam footage shows....

Welcome to At the Races! Each week we bring you news and analysis from the CQ Roll Call campaign team. Know someone who'd like to get this newsletter? They can subscribe here. A lot happened this week — elections in Wisconsin, Chicago and Denver...

House Republicans escalated their investigation into the Manhattan district attorney's office responsible for charging former president Donald Trump by subpoenaing a prosecutor who resigned from the office last year over the investigation....

The Biden administration took steps Thursday meant to strengthen the rights of transgender athletes to participate in scholastic sports while giving high schools and colleges the ability to limit eligibility for competitive teams to ensure fairness. The D...

The IRS unveiled a 10-year plan Thursday for going after upper-income households and bigger businesses that dodge taxes while also becoming a more nimble agency with top-tier customer service. The IRS mapped out how it plans to use $80 billion that Democr...

The Air Force is lowering its fitness standards to counter dismal recruitment numbers as the Biden administration pushes a diversity, equity, and inclusion agenda in the military....

When asked about China's opposition to his meeting this week with Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R, Calif.) said he won't let the Communist regime tell him whom he can speak to....

The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee said Republicans might consider legislation to "insulate" current and former presidents from state prosecutions, among other potential changes in the wake of state charges against Donald Trump in New Y...

Pay more attention to teens, ethics, the planet, long COVID and more. NPR asks public health leaders what this U.N.-created agency should add to its docket in this anniversary year....

GAZA (Reuters)—Palestinian militants fired rockets into southern Israel for a second day on Thursday, the Israeli military said, after a police raid at a Jerusalem flashpoint holy site triggered crossborder fire and stoked fears of further escalatio...

Top executives at SKDK, the Democratic public relations juggernaut that works for TikTok and other corporations, met recently with White House officials, visitor logs show....

WASHINGTON (Reuters)—Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a lawyer and vaccine skeptic, will make a bid for the White House in 2024, becoming the second long-shot Democratic candidate to challenge President Joe Biden in his expected run for re-election....

(Reuters)—Republicans who control the Tennessee House of Representatives will vote on Thursday on whether to expel three Democratic members for their role in a gun control demonstration at the statehouse last week....

Another member of Congress has called on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to challenge former President Donald Trump for the Republican nomination. This time it is Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie.Endorsements are not unusual, but the move by Massie could undercut re...

No state police were injured in the shooting. A firearm was also recovered from the driver's vehicle....

New names have been added to the 2023 season list....

A US Park Police officer shot and killed 17-year-old Dalaneo Martin, in March, after DC Police officers found him in a car, in DC, they thought was stolen....

The White House rolls out its annual post-Easter celebration Monday with flocks of kids and 30,000 eggs on the South Lawn despite suggestions that it opt for potatoes or even rocks amid an avian flu outbreak and soaring prices. The egg industry is crowing...

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Stocks wobbled into the final trading day before the long Easter weekend, with investor attention remaining on signs of inflationary pressures and the health of the U.S. economy ahead of the release Friday of the monthly jobs report.Futures for the Dow Jo...

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Same-store sales at Costco fall 1.1% in March, Lumentum says fiscal third-quarter revenue will come in under the low end of its prior guidance range, and FedEx stock receives an upgrade....

Irvin Cartagena, 39, allegedly sold fentanyl-laced drugs to an undercover NYPD officer on several occasions. Narcotics found in William's apartment were linked back to Cartagena, police say....

Tweaking the way bank executives are compensated could do a lot to make the financial system more stable, argues the Ellevest CEO....

Claims made by president of the Federated States of Micronesia...