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The 2018 midterm elections were terrible for the Republican Party. The GOP lost 41 seats in the House of Representatives, and Democrats beat GOP candidates by more than 10 million votes — the largest raw vote margin in a House midterm election ever. Democrats also gained seven governorships that year.

Former Miami Dolphins head coach and current Minnesota Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores' lawsuit against the NFL and three teams -- the Denver Broncos, the New York Giants and the Houston Texans -- can proceed instead of going to arbitration, a federal judge said on Wednesday.

First lady Dr. Jill Biden offered a window into her marriage with President Joe Biden, telling CNN in an interview that she maintains a "good balance" in the types of insight and advice she offers her husband.

A viral video of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky takes his remarks out of context to wrongly make it sound like he demanded that Americans send their sons and daughters to fight in the war in Ukraine.

Claire Bridges was a 20-year-old model with a genetic heart condition who caught Covid-19, lost her legs and nearly died. A rare surgery and her own resilience have given her hope.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with his Russian counterpart, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, on the sidelines of the G20 in New Delhi, according to a State Department official traveling with Blinken.

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A Spirit Airlines flight was diverted and landed safely in Jacksonville, Florida, after the crew reported a battery in an overhead bin was on fire. Passenger video from inside the flight shows a retired firefighter helping the crew extinguish the fire.

The US is once again set to wrestle with a range of brutal weather Thursday as storms are poised to bring heavy snow to the southwest and the triple threat of tornadoes, damaging winds and rain to the South.

Wall Street investors are reaching for their neck braces in preparation for yet another volatile swing in stock markets: A surging US dollar.

Two dueling high-profile Republican gatherings this week -- one featuring former President Donald Trump and the other Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis -- showcase the deepening divide within the GOP as it barrels toward its 2024 nominating process.

A year after it was destroyed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Antonov AN-225 -- the world's biggest commercial plane -- has taken flight once again in the Microsoft Flight Simulator program.

Shahida Raza, a football and hockey player who left her native Pakistan to secure medical treatment for her son, was among those killed in a shipwreck off the coast of Italy on Sunday. She was 29.

Inflation in Europe fell again in February, though not as sharply as expected, and national data showed accelerating price rises in many of the region's top economies.

FIFA's decision to appoint Brazilian supermodel Adriana Lima as its global fan ambassador ahead of the Women's World Cup has been derided as "tone deaf" and "truly baffling" by former Australian international Moya Dodd.

One of China's richest women has fully taken over Country Garden, a top real estate developer, after her father resigned, which added to a string of prominent entrepreneurs retreating from their posts during a historic downturn in the property market.

More than a week after embattled Rep. George Santos named his new campaign treasurer, questions persist over the identity of the person who has filled that role and the campaign's filings with federal regulators.

Easy to miss in Russian President Vladimir Putin's speech to parliament last week was a glancing reference to the possibility of Russia resuming nuclear testing.

Scientists are puzzling over a strange feeding technique that they think whales recently began using: The creatures swim to the surface of the ocean, open their mouths into a gaping yawn with their upper jaw sitting just below the water's surface, and wait for hoards of fish to swim in.