City employees in Mt. Vernon, Wash., inspected a flood wall as the Skagit River continued to rise on Thursday.
A gas line explosion in Hayward, Calif., sent multiple victims to the hospital and led to a fire that burned several houses. Two people remained unaccounted for, an official said.
Legislators at the Indiana Statehouse on Thursday as discussion over a proposed political map was underway.
Speaker Mike Johnson’s hold on his razor-thin majority has become increasingly slippery, as rank-and-file Republicans flout his wishes.
President Nicolás Maduro during a rally in Caracas on Wednesday.
A flood defense project on the East Side of Manhattan in 2021.
Talk of a FEMA overhaul comes as disasters are becoming more frequent and costly as a result of climate change.
Also, Indiana Republicans rejected Trump’s redistricting push. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.
María Corina Machado at a news conference in Oslo, Norway, on Thursday after spending more than a year in hiding.
Do Kwon, a crypto entrepreneur who went on the run after the crash of two virtual currencies that he created, was escorted by Montenegro police in 2024.
Letitia James, New York’s attorney general, and President Trump have clashed for years, in part because of the civil suit she brought against him, his company and his family members.
Tyler Robinson, accused in the murder of Charlie Kirk, appears during a hearing in Provo, Utah, on Thursday.
The S&P 500 edged higher as investors shrugged off concerns over Oracle’s earnings. It was just enough.
Trump is not interested in refighting the Cold War. He is, in my view, interested in fighting the civilizational war over what is the American “home.”
Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, faced a panel of lawmakers at a time when the federal government is stepping up its immigration enforcement efforts and seeking to increase deportations.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent argued that financial stability was best achieved through faster economic growth, which he said was constrained by unnecessary regulations.
Barred from leaving Romania, Andrew Tate courted powerful figures on the American right, from Tucker Carlson to Barron Trump. Then an extraordinary order let him go.
A closed road in Fraser Valley, British Columbia.
An oil tanker docked at Cardon Refinery in Venezuela, in 2021.
After a Russian missile attack in Ternopil, western Ukraine, last month.