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"That was an act of God. It's not the administration's fault that the flood hit when it did, but there were early and consistent warnings and, again, the National Weather Service did its job," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said.

Former federal officials and outside experts have warned for months that President Donald Trump's deep staffing cuts to the National Weather Service could endanger lives. After torrential rains and flash flooding struck Friday in the Texas Hill ...

Trump has been talking for a while about ending trade negotiations and sending out letters informing countries about their tariff rates.

The meeting between Trump and Netanyahu could give new urgency to a U.S. ceasefire proposal being discussed by Israel and Hamas, but whether it leads to a deal that ends the war is unclear.

Camp Mystic in Kerr County says Monday morning that it is "grieving the loss" of 27 campers and counselors as the search continues for victims of the disaster. The flooding sent a wall of water through the century-old summer camp Friday.

Uncertainty is causing problems in big states like California, where farms produce more than three-quarters of the country's fruit and more than a third of its vegetables. But it's also affecting small states like Vermont.

The Trump administration is stepping up pressure on trading partners to quickly make new deals before a Wednesday deadline, with plans for the United States to start sending letters Monday warning countries that higher tariffs could kick in Aug. 1.

Eight men deported from the United States in May and held under guard for weeks at an American military base in the African nation of Djibouti while their legal challenges played out in court have now reached the Trump administration's intended ...

In our news wrap Friday, President Trump signed his One Big, Beautiful Bill Act into law, Ukraine says Russia unleashed an assault of drones and missiles in its biggest all-out attack of the war, at least 35 Palestinians were killed in another day of ...

As the Supreme Court headed into its summer break, the justices gave President Trump a big win, saying that district court judges don't have the authority to issue the sort of nationwide injunctions that had blocked administration policies. It capped ...