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Local firefighting officials provided few details about the incident at Olympic National Forest. Federal officials rarely enforce immigration laws at the site of an emergency.

The meeting focused on the postwar future of the Gaza Strip, where Mr. Trump has mused about removing Palestinian residents and setting up a luxury resort.

The Supreme Court has said the Federal Reserve Board’s independence warrants protection. President Trump’s effort to fire a member will test that commitment.

The conservative majority has been largely receptive to the administration’s claims of executive power.

As students arrive on campus for fall classes, several universities have locked down their campuses after reports of mass shootings that turned out to be false.

The Senate seat in the Sioux City area had been held by a Republican. It would be the second time this year that Iowa Democrats had flipped a legislative district.

Lawyers for Ms. Cook promised to take legal action one day after the president moved to fire her over allegations of mortgage fraud.

For months, the former special counsel has remained silent as the president and his advisers have publicly attacked him.

George Herman Ruth, a Tennessee man with the same full name as the Yankees slugger, used the names of retired and dead players to commit fraud, prosecutors said.