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WASHINGTON — Nikki Haley is releasing her delegates and encouraging them to support her onetime primary rival Donald Trump at next week’s Republican National Convention. Haley, in a statement Tuesday, called the convention a “time for Republican unity” and cast her decision as important to denying President Joe Biden another term in the White House. “Joe Biden is not competent to serve a ...

KYIV – The United States and its allies have agreed to provide additional air defenses to Ukraine following devastating Russian missile attacks Monday that killed at least 38 people across Ukraine and destroyed a Kyiv children’s hospital.

Not a worthy business partner. “Unfit” for the White House. “Con artist.”

A U.S. sailor has been disciplined by the Navy for attempting unsuccessfully to access President Biden’s medical records without authorization, officials disclosed Tuesday amid ongoing scrutiny of the president’s health and fitness for office.

Colorado State University has updated its hurricane season forecast, calling for a more active season than the already “extremely active” forecast from June.

NEW YORK — The idea that mounds of cash and gold bars found in Sen. Bob Menendez’s house were bribe money was nothing but “cherry-picked nonsense,” his lawyer said in closing arguments during his corruption trial. Waving his arms and pacing back and forth energetically, defense lawyer Adam Fee slammed the prosecution’s arguments, saying they were “fudging.” Prosecutors have charged the New ...

WASHINGTON — Leaders from 32 countries are gathering in Washington for NATO's 75th anniversary summit, but all eyes are on just one: President Biden. With questions circulating over his mental and physical fitness to run for reelection, Biden will now be tested on a world stage. At stake is not just Biden's presidency but, potentially, the future of the transatlantic alliance that has kept ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Tuesday signed into law legislation to block local governments from issuing eviction moratoriums, part of a years-long effort targeting housing laws in Kansas City and St. Louis. The legislation, which takes effect on Aug. 28, bans county and local governments from imposing or enforcing a moratorium on eviction proceedings unless approved by ...

Thomas Dambo was rummaging through a city dump in Minnesota when he stumbled on perfection: large yellow plastic bins that had been tossed by a tool manufacturing company.

WASHINGTON – Congressional Democrats emerged from caucus meetings on Tuesday with a mostly muted message of support for President Joe Biden, despite signs that many in the party still quietly harbor doubts about Biden’s ability to win and serve a second term in office.

Donald Trump told officials Monday he supports a new Republican Party platform, one that reflects the presumptive nominee’s position on abortion rights and slims down policy specifics across all areas of government.

The Israeli military said Monday that it had started a new ground operation in Gaza City overnight, the latest in a series of raids targeting areas where it says Hamas militants have reestablished themselves since Israeli forces turned their focus to other parts of the Gaza Strip.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy denounced a Russian-launched missile attack that partially destroyed a children’s hospital in Kyiv as part of a barrage of strikes across the country that killed at least 31 people. Ukraine’s Air Force said 30 of 38 missiles were intercepted in the attack, with damage caused by the remaining missiles and from falling debris. In the capital, images ...

Former president Donald Trump’s campaign is aiming to announce his running mate by July 15, the first day of the Republican National Convention, according to people familiar with the situation, and internal discussions have largely centered on two finalists as he nears a decision.