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With the United States hosting two sets of Olympic Games and the World Cup, lawmakers are pressing for the State Department to step up its sports diplomacy.

The Pickett fire spread across more than 2,000 acres overnight, threatening the city of Calistoga and nearby vineyards.

The tariffs would hamper a clean energy industry that the president has often railed against.

It was not the first time that the vice president had addressed Ukraine’s leader with words more commonly spoken to toddlers than heads of state.

Long confined to the medical fringe, “restorative reproductive medicine” has unified Christian conservatives and proponents of the Make America Healthy Again movement on the political right.

Two sailors sustained minor injuries, the Navy said, adding that the ship’s crew will remain on board in Okinawa.

A Texas Legislative Committee heard for the first time from the parents who demanded better flood warning systems, better training and equipment for camps near the river.

The administration accused the official, Lisa Cook, of mortgage fraud and said it would refer the matter for criminal investigation.

Democrats hoping to retake the Senate in the midterm elections next year are targeting the seat of Senator Collins, a Maine Republican who is seen as a moderate.