Scientists are using the Maui wildfire as a chance to study how chemicals and metals from burned plastics, lead paint and lithium-ion batteries might affect delicate reef ecosystems
Trump is challenging a groundbreaking decision by the Colorado Supreme Court that said he is disqualified from being president again and ineligible for the state’s primary
The Republican National Committee had made the pledge a prerequisite for all candidates, and nearly every major contender signed, except for Donald Trump
The National Weather Service said conditions would improve as winds weakened Sunday, but precipitation would quickly return, with heavy snow in some areas and rainfall in others
The South Carolina senator failed in his own bid for president. But his enthusiastic campaigning for the former president has been generating buzz about his prospects as Trump’s potential running mate
If Trump becomes the nominee, he will likely need to win over some of the moderates who supported Biden in 2020 if he wants to return to the White House
Academics and democracy analysts said the presidential primary system, in which a small percentage of the nation’s voters often determines the candidates, is one of several quirks that make the United States stand out
Next week, the business tycoon is likely to be crowned the presidential candidate of the group which, three years after losing the White House, is once again dancing to his beat
The break with five decades of tradition follows chaos that mired the party in 2020 and the reshuffling of the Democrats’ 2024 calendar to prioritize more diverse states
The former president is also on the primary ballot as he seeks to all but eliminate his last remaining rival, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, from mathematical contention for the GOP nomination
The judge heard arguments over whether Willis’ relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade created a conflict of interest that should force both of them off one of four criminal criminal cases against the former president
Jose Uribe was among three businessmen charged in the case against Menendez and his wife, Nadine Menendez. Authorities say the couple accepted bribes of cash, gold bars and the luxury car in exchange for his help and influence over foreign affairs
The former ambassador to the UN noted that she outraised Trump in January and insisted that the donations have continued to flow despite her not having a long-term plan to challenge the former president’s commanding lead in the primary
The ruling Maduro government has offered up 27 potential dates for voting day, while the body that is actually in charge of announcing the elections has remained silent. Democratic guarantees have not yet been established between the government and the opposition
The testimony of a protected witness indicates that the logistics of the murder committed last August in Quito were in the hands of members of the Lobos gang while they languished in Cotopaxi prison
While visiting the U.S.-Mexico border, the Democratic president invited his political rival to join forces on the immigration crisis, but the Republican ex-president spoke of a ‘Biden invasion’
The case is one of dozens of lawsuits nationwide filed to remove Trump from the ballot over his handling of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol
Manuel Rocha, 73, told a federal judge he would admit to two federal counts of conspiring to act as an agent of a foreign government, charges that carry a maximum penalty of between 5 and 10 years in prison each