U.S. Rep. Tom Emmer will hold onto his congressional leadership post after fighting off a challenge from within his party as the GOP reckons with the outcome of the midterm election.

As House minority whip, Emmer will be the second-highest ranking Republican when the next session begins in January, and he vowed after prevailing in Tuesday’s ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Twenty-foot or even 30-foot ocean waves are likely off the coast of Northern California starting Friday and running through early Sunday. It might sound like a sightseer’s dream or pro surfer’s challenge.

But in reality, it’s a potential for tragedy that should be treated with the utmost caution, according to National...Read more

WASHINGTON — House Republicans blocked the impeachment of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for U.S. military actions in the Middle East and Latin America, effectively killing the effort until Democrats take over Congress in January.

GOP leaders forced a procedural vote to block quick consideration of the impeachment measure introduced on Monday...Read more

WASHINGTON — Members of the Kennedy family are seeking to intervene in the legal fight to block construction of a triumphal arch in Washington championed by President Donald Trump, saying it would interfere with memorial gravesites of family members — including JFK’s eternal flame.

In a motion filed Tuesday, attorneys representing the ...Read more

DENVER — Colorado Department of Transportation crews are working to reopen at least one southern Colorado highway this weekend after historic, back-to-back floods this fall caused extensive damage and left some communities largely cut off from the rest of the state.

Pagosa Springs remains all but completely isolated after floodwaters washed ...Read more

Veteran military medics could soon administer medications to patients at certain Massachusetts hospitals under a proposal by Gov. Maura Healey.

On the eve of Veterans Day, the governor revealed plans to advance new regulations to create a pathway for military medics to work in civilian healthcare settings, applying their training and experience...Read more

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, decisively won a closed-door vote to lead the Republican minority in the House of Representatives while Sen. John Thune was r-elected to lead the GOP caucus in the next Congress after the party suffered sweeping losses in the midterm elections.

Right-wing firebrand Jordan beat Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., by a healthy 106...Read more

WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader John Thune was reelected as the Republican leader on Tuesday and will steer the conference through their time in the minority.

The South Dakotan ran uncontested despite a push from some in his conference to delay the leadership elections following Republicans’ stunning defeats last week in the midterms, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s Republican nominee to the Federal Communications Commission faced opposition Tuesday from Senate Democrats who fear the commission could be controlled exclusively by Republicans under Chairman Brendan Carr, who they vowed to investigate in the next Congress.

Appearing before the Senate Commerce ...Read more

With less than three weeks left in the official 2026 Atlantic hurricane season, AccuWeather experts are predicting a quiet end without any direct land impacts to the U.S. for the remainder of the already-quiet season.

A historic El Niño has been the driving force this hurricane season and is expected to continue through the official end of the...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — The North Carolina Supreme Court on Tuesday heard Democratic Gov. Josh Stein’s challenges to a pair of laws that restrict his appointments to boards, commissions and the state’s appellate courts.

The cases stem from Republican lawmakers’ repeated efforts to weaken the office of the governor, sometimes redirecting those ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — A Minneapolis woman captured in a viral video of federal immigration agents dragging her from her car during Operation Metro Surge last winter has sued the federal government, alleging they used excessive force and violated her constitutional rights.

Aliya Rahman, a Bangladeshi-American who is autistic, alleges that agents ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Can your child keep that box turtle they found in the woods and fell in love with?

Maryland’s Department of Natural Resources is considering rules to prohibit taking native reptiles and amphibians from the wild, to more tightly limit ownership and to require permits for those taken before the new rules take effect. Public ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles County judge who has been accused of sexual harassment, making racist remarks and mistreating fellow members of the bench was officially removed from office Tuesday, officials said.

The state Commission on Judicial Performance upheld 17 findings of misconduct against Judge Robert Draper, 84, according to a ...Read more

NORFOLK, Va. — Federal prosecutors have divulged what kinds of evidence they are relying on to bring racketeering conspiracy and marijuana distribution charges against one of the state’s most powerful elected officials, as well as members of her family and former associates.

They made the revelations in a Nov. 6 court filing, asking a judge...Read more

CHICAGO — As aldermen grilled Mayor Brandon Johnson’s top procurement official for abruptly changing the mayor’s vague plan to test gunshot detection technology in Chicago neighborhoods, they were left without a key piece of information.

Before his administration backed off the small-scale pilot program the mayor had been promising would ...Read more

The U.S. is expected to lose its measles-free status this week as the Pan American Health Organization meets to review measles outbreaks in the Western Hemisphere.

Measles elimination means a country has not had a continuous, locally transmitted outbreak for at least 12 months. The United States is experiencing multiple measles outbreaks, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — British police have arrested a U.S. Army soldier on suspicion of being involved in a Russian espionage operation in a case that involved both U.K. and American authorities.

The 41-year-old man was arrested near Gloucester on Tuesday, and the national security case involves allegations related to Russia, the Metropolitan Police ...Read more

Despite Meghan Markle’s claims that she was “not strong enough, emotionally” to deliver a keynote speech on child safety at a European Parliament event Tuesday, following her father’s arrest on child pornography charges, she looked relaxed and even cracked a small smile while being photographed entering the parliamentary building ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Michigan U.S. Rep. Lisa McClain won reelection to her post as chair of the House Republican Conference in internal party elections held Tuesday, Nov. 10, after Democrats' rout of GOP candidates in last week's midterm elections.

McClain, a Bruce Township Republican elected to her fourth term last week, faced U.S. Reps. Erin ...Read more