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To secure a key vote, an "absurd policy" was created that winds up encouraging states to make more mistakes.

The cause of the explosion in Esparto, Calif., remained unclear. Two people were injured, and a one-mile evacuation order was still in effect on Wednesday afternoon, officials said.

President Trump's decision to pause the delivery of some air defense interceptors and precision-guided munitions to Ukraine is part of a broader effort.

Republicans deferred some of their most painful spending cuts until after the midterm elections.

A11pI3Z is only the third interstellar visitor to be discovered, and astronomers can't say yet whether it is a comet or a rocky body.

Also, House Republicans were divided over the party's big policy bill. Here's the latest at the end of Wednesday.

Fiscal hawks have repeatedly threatened to bring down their party's agenda out of debt fears, only to back down after pressure from party leaders and President Trump.

Using falsified and stolen IDs, prosecutors say, North Koreans secure jobs that help finance the regime by evading sanctions. They also steal corporate secrets, some related to military technology.

As Europe buckles under a punishing heat wave, residents and summer travelers are struggling to find relief. Here's how and where to look for respite.

But the new review of the earlier assessment does not dispute the conclusion that Russia favored the election of Donald J. Trump.