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WASHINGTON —  When Niger was rattled by a coup in late July, it was just the latest West African nation to be challenged by mutinous militaries bent on unseating the existing …

LUBBOCK, Texas —  A Texas man who advocated for a mass shooting of poll workers and threatened two Arizona officials and their children has been sentenced to 3½ years in federal …

The Biden administration plans to expand a program that places families who cross the border without authorization under a home curfew, the agency confirmed Thursday. The expansion to new cities …

The timing was apt, if unintended: Just a day before we got the news Tuesday about the latest indictment of Donald Trump — setting up the most momentous legal case …

TRENTON, N.J. —  New Jersey Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver, who made history as the first Black woman to serve as speaker of the state Assembly, died Tuesday. She was 71. Oliver …

MIAMI —  The property manager of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate made his first court appearance Monday on charges in the classified documents case against the former president but did not enter …

In a move backed by former President Trump’s campaign, the California Republican Party on Saturday changed its rules for allocating delegates in the state’s presidential primary — a shake-up that …

Mayor Karen Bass’ plan to purchase a 15-story hotel in L.A.’s Westlake neighborhood and use it to house homeless Angelenos will likely cost the city more than $83 million, once …

WASHINGTON —  Former President Trump faces additional charges in the federal case related to his handling of classified documents, with a superseding indictment filed Thursday in a Florida federal court alleging …

WILMINGTON, Del. —  President Biden’s son Hunter’s plea deal on two tax charges fell apart on Wednesday, at least temporarily, after the federal judge hearing his case expressed concern over a …