U.S. & World

GOP senators anticipate that in a second term, Trump would have at least one Supreme Court vacancy to fill. Democrats hope that prospect motivates their voters this fall.

In the midst of the devastating destruction left by the deadliest hurricane to hit the mainland U.S. since Katrina, human connections are giving the survivors hope in western North Carolina.

The Israeli military has warned people to evacuate a city and other communities in southern Lebanon that are north of a U.N.-declared buffer zone. The warning on Thursday signals that the military may widen a ground operation launched earlier this week.

A former Colorado county clerk is set to be sentenced Thursday for orchestrating a security breach of her elections computer system.

Omaha’s police chief says an officer followed protocol when he shot a fleeing armed man eight times, killing him.

Experts call it completely unnecessary, yet some are apparently unable to resist the urge to panic-buy right now.

The action broadens the scope of the U.S. effort to counter products from entering the country that the government says are tied to human rights abuses.

Pinang Island is a rustic eco-resort that opened two years ago in Indonesia. But traveling to the remote island often requires three flights and a boat ride.

The Aug. 8, 2023, blaze — the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century — emerged in the afternoon in the same area as the blaze that began early that morning.

Stephanie Lazarus had previously been found suitable for parole in the 1986 killing of Sherri Rasmussen.

U.S. kindergarten vaccination rates dipped last year and the proportion of children with exemptions rose to an all-time high.

Easterly’s trust in the election process comes as intelligence officials have warned of escalating efforts by foreign adversaries to influence voters, deepen partisan divides and undermine faith in U.S. elections.

The spy agency, which has already reached out to Russian speakers, says it wants people living in “authoritarian regimes know that we’re open for business.”