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Missouri's new US House map goes to court while Louisiana and South Carolina consider redistricting

Missouri's new US House map goes to court while Louisiana and South Carolina consider redistricting

Hegseth faces bipartisan grilling about weapons drawdown during the Iran war

Trump FDA chief is leaving after angering pharma CEOs, vaping lobbyists and anti-abortion groups

The Latest: Hegseth defends $1.5 trillion budget to Congress as Iran war cost climbs

Nebraska Democrats clash in US House primary for the state's 'blue dot' district

The Latest: Starmer fights for political survival as calls for his resignation grow in UK

Putin hails Russia's test launch of a new ballistic missile and calls it the world's most powerful

Nigerian military airstrike kills 100 civilians at a market, rights group claims

Denver airport security initially missed trespasser who was killed by plane on runway

Spain reports new hantavirus case in passenger from cruise ship as total cases grow to 11

Ship operator and employee are charged in crash that caused the deadly collapse of Baltimore bridge

Harvey Weinstein defense urges acquittal as rape retrial nears a close

Uganda's president Museveni sworn in for seventh consecutive term as son emerges as de facto ruler

Kuwait says Iran attacked an island where China is helping to build a port

Ukraine officials say Zelenskyy's ex-chief of staff is a suspect in a money-laundering probe

Trump and Xi appear intent on keeping deep differences over Iran war from overshadowing China summit

Greece says attack sea drone found on island is Ukrainian, calls incident 'extremely serious'

85-year-old French widow caught in Trump's immigration crackdown describes her detention

Invasive plant threatens livelihoods in Colombia’s largest coastal wetland

NATO allies' war game tests response to Russia and to US support

French president announces billions in African investments at summit focused on partnership

Bomb rigged to rickshaw explodes in Pakistan bazaar, killing 9 and wounding more than 2 dozen others

Philippine senator vows to fight International Criminal Court order to arrest him over killings

Eurovision song competition starts with the first semifinal after boycott over Israel

New gang violence in Haiti displaces hundreds of people

The MD-11 cargo planes like the one in last fall's deadly UPS crash in Louisville return to the air

Trump is getting another medical checkup at the end of May, the White House says

Israeli lawmakers set up a special tribunal and allow for death penalty for Hamas-led 2023 attackers

Survey work begins for contested Trump Triumphal Arch project in Washington

A nonprofit sues to halt Trump’s 'American flag blue' repaint of the Reflecting Pool

Trump says he'll move to suspend federal gasoline tax. He can't do it on his own

Supreme Court halts order for Alabama to use US House map with 2 largely Black districts

Senate Republicans move ahead with $1B for Trump's ballroom security as Democrats pledge to fight

Trump administration cancels rule that made conservation a 'use' of public lands

Trump and Xi dialed down the trade war, but challenges lurk at their China summit

Southern California mayor resigns, will plead guilty to acting as agent for Chinese government

Voter confusion and headaches for election officials follow hasty GOP push to redraw US House seats

Heat stroke is suspected among 6 found dead in a shipping container at a rail yard near Texas border

Trump nominates Cameron Hamilton, fired after defending FEMA, to lead the agency

Democrats ask the Supreme Court to halt a Virginia ruling blocking new congressional districts

Venezuela's acting president defends country's territory and rejects Trump's 51st state remarks

Trump nominates David Cummins to head the TSA after a rocky period for the agency

Starmer pledges to prove his doubters wrong but faces a wave of resignation calls

Supreme Court temporarily extends women's access to a widely used abortion pill

Man charged in White House correspondents' dinner attack pleads not guilty

VIDEO: Reducing your cancer risk

VIDEO: Reducing your cancer risk

VIDEO: Northshore School Board rejects SRO program

VIDEO: Board votes to remove school resource officer at Bothell H.S.

VIDEO: Plan delayed to bring light rail to Ballard

VIDEO: Audit finds millions of dollars missing from King Co. homelessness organization

VIDEO: Hospital practices mass injury response for World Cup

VIDEO: Search for suspect in deadly UW stabbing

VIDEO: School Resource Officer vote tonight

VIDEO: Whatcom emergency alert system

Country singer Ella Langley owns top 2 spots on Billboard’s Hot 100 pop chart

Idaho National Guard rescues injured hiker after avalanche

Top baby names: Social Security releases list for 2025 birth year

Byron Allen to buy BuzzFeed, will become company’s CEO

Ralph Lauren partners with USPS for America 250 stamps