Republicans have long sought to make public a recording of the 2023 interview, arguing that it might offer evidence of a decline in Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s mental acuity.

Widespread damage, including toppled trees and power lines, were reported. The tornado was part of a larger severe weather system that threatened numerous states.

The office in Jackson, Ky., is one of several left without an overnight forecaster after hundreds of jobs were recently cut from the National Weather Service.

Investigators, who did not identify the teenager, now 18, said they believed she had been sexually abused by her stepfather.

Administration officials had said the post — a picture of seashells forming the numbers “86 47” — amounted to an assassination threat by the former F.B.I. director.

More than lying to the public, too many Democrats were lying to themselves.

Now all three major credit rating firms no longer give the United States their best rating.

The Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office said the inmates, who should be considered “armed and dangerous,” might have had help from jail workers.

The bronze sculpture, erected near Ms. Trump’s hometown in eastern Slovenia, was chopped off at the feet and stolen, the police said.

With their party facing record low approval ratings, many top Democrats are trying to reposition themselves from Biden boosters to truth-tellers of what really happened in 2024.

A lawsuit is seeking to stop Los Angeles Zoo officials from shipping their two surviving elephants to another zoo in Oklahoma. Cher and other advocates want them to go to an animal sanctuary.

Whether the ultraconservatives dig in and force big changes to the megabill carrying President Trump’s agenda or capitulate, as they have in the past, will determine the fate of their party’s signature legislation.

President Trump went on a social media posting spree after four days overseas, where he basked in the kind of lavish praise that so delights him.

The move followed a disclosure that intelligence agencies disagree with a key factual claim Trump made to invoke a wartime deportation law.

Many flights have been delayed at the busy hub because of radar outages, shortages of air traffic controllers and construction on a runway. The F.A.A. plans to cut the number of arrivals by late May.

Danette Colbert, who is awaiting trial in the death of Adan Manzano before the Super Bowl, had her probation revoked in a 2021 case under Louisiana’s repeat offender law.

Fire victims from Altadena and Pacific Palisades have moved across Los Angeles and the country looking for firm footing to start over.

For years, Democratic state leaders believed their immigrant programs were free from federal interference. But Republicans in Washington are now threatening to penalize states that continue them.

With quirky social media videos, Boxcar, which was founded in 2017, is seeking to elevate its profile as commuters look for alternative ways to reach Manhattan.