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WASHINGTON — The Senate confirmed Jay Clayton as the Trump administration’s spy chief, replacing an interim candidate who sparked broad concerns about the powerful role being used to influence U.S. elections.

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RALEIGH, N.C. — After a tumultuous road to a vote, North Carolina lawmakers further advanced a sweeping elections bill on Tuesday with Senate approval.

The legislation, which was added and subtracted from House and ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Senate on Tuesday evening confirmed Walter “Jay” Clayton to be President Donald Trump’s new director of national intelligence.

It was a party-line vote of 51-47, with no Democrats joining ...Read more

President Donald Trump asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear his appeal of an $83.3 million jury verdict against him in E. Jean Carroll’s defamation suit, according to a copy of the petition reviewed by Bloomberg News.

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SEATTLE — Three firearms, one of which was a potentially homemade ghost gun and another which was modified to become fully automatic, were recovered from the Bite of Seattle shooting scene that left three dead and four ...Read more

Florida executed two men Tuesday for separate murder cases from the 1980s amid a record-breaking surge in the state’s pursuit of capital punishment.

James Duckett and Dominick Occhicone both died by lethal injection at ...Read more

Keiko Fujimori has just taken on one of Latin America’s most perilous political jobs as the new president of Peru.

The 51-year-old conservative was sworn in just past midday Tuesday to become the ninth president in a ...Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump welcomed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House Tuesday as the U.S. leader sought to avoid renewed bombing in Iran and instead laid the ground for further ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The U.S. military said it had intercepted an Iranian attack on bases in the region, in what would be the first such attempted strike in days, sending crude oil prices soaring and raising fears of a return to...Read more

WASHINGTON — Recordings of former President Joe Biden speaking with his ghostwriter reveal occasional memory gaps amid detailed discussions of foreign policy — and some candid criticism of two-time running mate Barack ...Read more

Eva Mendes has called out an Instagram page for sharing an AI image which appeared to show her partner Ryan Gosling hanging out with Johnny Depp.

The account, which posts computer-generated images of a figure named ...Read more

Constance Wu had an epiphany when she realised her love of acting outweighed her "discomfort with poverty".

The screen star landed her career-making role in sitcom Fresh Off The Boat back in 2014, and has since starred in...Read more

Glee could be coming back to our screens - in a "new incarnation".

The beloved TV show about a high school glee club turned stars including Lea Michele into household names, and ran for six seasons from 2009 to 2015, ...Read more

DETROIT — Two coalitions say they are taking steps to protect Detroit and Michigan elections from "federal interference" during August primary and again during the November general election as President Donald Trump ...Read more

NEW YORK — New York City was under a flood watch as a massive storm threatened to sweep over the five boroughs on Tuesday.

Mayor Mamdani advised New Yorkers in garden and basement apartments to prepare go bags so they ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The late Sen. Lindsey Graham was remembered Tuesday by President Donald Trump and others as a Senate technician and foreign policy powerhouse, as lawmakers joined world leaders and his loved ones during a ...Read more

As Florida continues state executions at a record-setting pace, Catholic leaders are encouraging the public to oppose the death penalty and instead promote a “culture of life.”

On Monday, the Florida Conference of ...Read more

Kentucky’s congressional delegation has sent a letter to President Donald Trump, asking him to approve a major disaster declaration for flooding, tornadoes and storms that hit the state between June 17 and June 30.

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Law enforcement agencies around the country are facing new limits on their ability to sweep up location data from cellphone users near crime scenes, as a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling in a bank robbery case in Virginia ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — A wildfire along the Oregon-Idaho border has swelled in size, prompting officials to close popular recreation areas in Owyhee County.

The National Interagency Fire Center updated the Big Grass fire to 288...Read more