Search results for

About 40,000 people were under evacuation orders and schools shut down Friday in Southern California after a storage tank continued to leak a hazardous chemical that officials said could rupture or explode.

This week, Republican lawmakers in Michigan and Wisconsin have called special sessions to curb authority of newly elected statewide Democrats who pose a threat to Republicans' accomplishments.

The approval clears a final set of hurdles for Japan's postwar arms sales and facilitate its future sale of weapons such as a next-generation fighter jet and combat drones.

Controversial Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton challenged Sen. John Cornyn's reelection and won President Trump's endorsement in the bitter primary fight that cost Republicans more than $100 million.

In a public letter, hundreds of scientists expressed their dissent to the Trump administration's policies affecting the National Institutes of Health and called on its director to support the agency.

Liz Goggin, a social worker with the Veterans Health Administration, took the offer to resign in exchange for pay and benefits through September. Then she learned her position was exempt.

The war with Iran has opened a rift inside of the MAGA movement. Now, some of its biggest names have gone from criticizing the war, to the rare step of criticizing President Trump himself.

The sale caps a dizzying saga for Twitter and Elon Musk, the world's richest man and a prolific user of the social media platform.

An annual picnic in Kentucky became a platform for GOP Senate candidates to show how closely they align with President Trump. Some also attempted to distance themselves from Sen. Mitch McConnell.

Vaccines for a fall immunization drive against COVID-19 just got the green light from the Food and Drug Administration. The agency says the vaccines can protect people, as hospitalizations tick up.