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Sen. Darline Graham's advantage in unpublished polling had narrowed in the run-up to Tuesday's Republican Senate primary runoff in South Carolina, but President Trump's rally on her behalf Friday in Myrtle Beach could provide a decisive late boost,

House Speaker Mike Johnson said Sunday that President Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, is "not directly involved" in the administration's day-to-day workings.

Fairfax County's top prosecutor is the target of a recall petition filed by Cheryl Minter, whose adult daughter Stephanie was allegedly stabbed to death by an illegal immigrant with a violent criminal history.

Sen. Darline Graham's lead in the polls shrank in the days leading up to Tuesday's Republican primary runoff, but that was before the president hosted a raucous rally for her Friday in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy rejected calls for wartime elections, saying such political contests at a critical moment in his country's war with Russia would "split Ukraine" apart.

Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland on Sunday added his name to the list of hopefuls for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2028.

Key Iranian officials warned over the weekend of "seismic" retaliation against the country's Middle East neighbors and the U.S. ahead of the Trump administration's massive new economic sanctions push, expected early this week.

Two people died and around half a million people were left without electricity across Latvia and Lithuania after a powerful cyclone, bringing rain and strong winds, hit the region on Saturday and into Sunday morning.

A Texas judge on Saturday denied Karmelo Anthony's request for a new trial, leaving intact his murder conviction and 35-year prison sentence for the fatal stabbing of Austin Metcalf at a high school track meet.

The Metropolitan Police Department arrested a man, Jamari Brighthaupt, who is accused of robbing a pharmacy in the 1800 block of Columbia Road NW while armed.