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The Democratic administration intends to work with Congress on legislation that would impose legal liability on software makers whose products fail to meet basic cybersecurity safeguards

Washington has issued a warning against any attempt by Beijing to provide military support to Moscow while the FBI assesses coronavirus originated in a ‘potential lab incident in Wuhan’

The administration called for money and more time to prosecute cases, to put into place new ways to prevent identity theft and to help people whose identities were stolen

U.S. officials said Blinken and Lavrov chatted for roughly 10 minutes on the sidelines of the G-20 conference in New Delhi

Blinken, according to remarks released by the State Department, spent much of his time describing U.S. efforts to bolster energy and food security

At stake is the loyalty of young, college-educated voters who are a critical part of the Democratic coalition that Biden is counting on to return him to the White House for a second term

The National Park Service announced that Washington’s 3,700 cherry blossom trees would reach peak bloom this year from March 22-25

The first attempt to launch them was called off Monday at the last minute because of a clogged filter in the engine ignition system

Maurice Hastings was released from prison last year after long-untested DNA evidence pointed to a different suspect

Many of the GOP’s best-known likely candidates — from Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to former Vice President Mike Pence — are skipping the marquee event

During closing arguments, a prosecutor said Wednesday that Murdaugh’s theft of millions of dollars was about to be revealed, so he killed his wife and son to buy time to figure a way out

The daughter of an immigrant mother who arrived on a cargo ship, Su said she believes ‘in the transformative power of America’

The findings cast doubt on the longstanding suspicions by many people who reported cases that Russia or another country may have been running a global campaign to harass or attack Americans

The Republican governor’s new memoir presents his credentials for the US presidency

A powerful South Carolina lawyer is on trial for killing his wife and son. Prosecutors say he did it to hide the extent of his financial crimes and opioid addiction

A number of major retailers, Target, Walmart and Home Depot among them, have issued weaker financial outlooks for 2023 in a challenging economic environment for Americans

In some states, Republicans are considering exemptions to sweeping bans or looking at ways to prevent abortions besides trying to roll back the number of weeks during which the procedure is allowed

The pharmaceutical company will also immediately expand a cap on costs insured patients pay to fill prescriptions

New Jersey wants to withdraw from a commission the states formed decades ago to combat the mob’s influence at their joint port

Lawmakers sought to demonstrate unity and the panel’s top Democrat made clear that he doesn’t want a “clash of civilizations” but a durable peace

The 191-foot (58-meter) cargo vessel collided with a grain hauler on a blustery night in September 1894, sinking both

More than 75 witnesses have been called and about 800 photographs, reports and exhibits have been presented as evidence

The homeless and those without electricity were at special risk from the cold, the weather service said

Though no one was injured or killed, the accident and its aftermath imperiled the entire village and nearby neighborhoods in both states

Candidates Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson will meet in a runoff to succeed her at the helm of America’s third-largest city

Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said the involvement of the U.S. intelligence community was evidence enough of the “politicization of origin tracing.”