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Several tornadoes tore through eastern Nebraska on Friday, leaving a trail of destruction.

Political and military leaders are still absorbing the extraordinary exchange of fire, writes James Landale.

Six arrests in quick succession show Germany is being targeted by spies but also that it is fighting back.

Marcus, 16, says he fled a life as a child soldier in South Sudan and hopes to study in the UK.

Activists say the woman gave birth alone in a forested area at the border with Belarus.

A rebel group that took a key town lost it to the junta two weeks later. But there's more to the story.

People are grappling with power cuts as well as extreme heat blamed on human-induced climate change.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will travel to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Sunday to speak with top Arab officials and try to figure out possible solutions for the thorniest issues of the Israel-Gaza war, including humanitarian aid, reconstruction and hostages, the State Department said on Saturday.

One of Mr. Blinken’s priorities on Monday and Tuesday will be discussing “ongoing efforts to achieve a cease-fire in Gaza that secures the release of hostages,” a department spokesman, Matthew Miller, said in a statement. He added that Mr. Blinken...

It hasn’t been the “nerd prom” for a while. Once a popular target of jokes about bad fashion (and not just from the evening’s featured comedian host), the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner has morphed in recent years into a less campy, more staid prelude to the Met Gala, which takes place days later. It’s only fitting, really, given the subtext of journalists being jailed around the world.

Still, the bar for serious style has been raised by the mix of media, political and Hollywood figures that populate the guest list. Consider this...

The following is a transcript of an interview with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell that will air on April 28, 2024.

MARGARET BRENNAN: Thank you for making time for us today.

SENATOR MITCH MCCONNELL: Glad to be with you.

MARGARET BRENNAN: A lot of topics I need to get to you on in regard to national security. I want to start here at home with these protests that we have seen on college campuses throughout the US in support of Palestinians in Gaza, but mixed in there, some posters, some statements that are anti-semitic. Speaker Johnson...

Washington, D.C., chooses its wars. And, for now, leaders in Washington have decided the U.S. has a vested interest in the war in Ukraine.

After months of consternation, lawmakers eventually approved $62 billion for Ukraine to fight Russia in recent weeks, with most Democrats endorsing American assistance.

But Congress only dislodged the money after a lengthy push by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. President Biden, McConnell and others finally pushed House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., to support the aid, even though most House...

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas raised a question Thursday that goes to the heart of Special Counsel Jack Smith's charges against former President Donald Trump.

The high court was considering Trump's argument that he is immune from prosecution for actions he took while president, but another issue is whether Smith and the Office of Special Counsel have the authority to bring charges at all.

"Did you, in this litigation, challenge the appointment of special counsel?" Thomas asked Trump attorney John Sauer on Thursday during a nearly three-hour...

More than 12,000 people rally to urge the prime minister to stay in office as he decides whether to resign.

The man went near the animal on an ice floe near the world's northernmost settlement in Svalbard.

Keith Siegal's family react to a Hamas video of him, 202 days after he was taken captive.