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Ninety-six of those killed were in the hardest-hit county in central Texas, Kerr County, where the toll includes at least 36 children. State officials vowed to continue searching for over ...

We need to do better. We should be supporting school meals at home and overseas. School meals fight hunger but also improve ...

Live updates and the latest news as President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump tour the Texas flood devastation and ...

Senators had the Capitol all to themselves as the Texas floods coincided with the confirmation hearing for the next NOAA administrator.

A record-high majority—nearly eight in ten Americans—now view immigration positively, with similarly strong support for a ...

Son of legend Tiger Woods attends Benjamin School in Florida (tuition's about $39,000 a year). Famous classmate? Kai Trump ...

President Trump was asked if his deteriorating relationship with California Gov. Gavin Newsom would impact federal support for wildfire recovery efforts.

The risk of the catastrophic flooding that struck Texas Hill Country as people slept on July 4 and left at least 120 dead was potentially underestimated by federal authorities, according to an ABC ...

The U.S. State Department is firing more than 1,300 employees on Friday in line with a dramatic reorganization plan from the Trump administration that critics say will damage America's global ...

The United States is selling weapons to its NATO allies in Europe so they can provide them to Ukraine as it struggles to fend ...

President says Canada’s tariff retaliation, lack of progress on curbing fentanyl smuggling is behind new import penalty ...