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Today was the day for the US government's big emergency alert drill, which sent a test message to every TV, radio and cell phone in the nation.

President Joe Biden is expected to strike a "business as usual" tone in the wake of Kevin McCarthy's unprecedented fall as House speaker, according to two officials, while the Democrat's campaign is using social media to highlight the GOP's disarray.

As Donald Trump scrambles to defend his business empire in court, the former president has suffered another blow: dropping off The Forbes 400 list of the richest Americans.

More than 75,000 unionized employees of Kaiser Permanente, one of the nation's largest not-for-profit health providers, are walking off the job Wednesday, marking the largest health care worker strike in US history.

October has a long history of spooking Wall Street, and this week's market action is serving up a particular dose of terror for traders.

The Supreme Court considered the strength of the Americans with Disabilities Act on Wednesday when it heard arguments in a dispute over whether a self-appointed "tester" of the civil rights law has the right to sue hotels over alleged violations of its provisions.

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House Majority Leader Steve Scalise and Rep. Jim Jordan both jumped into the race Wednesday to become the next House speaker, setting up a fight to replace Kevin McCarthy after his historic ouster.

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Following Kevin McCarthy's historic ouster as House speaker, names have started to emerge as possible successors to take over the gavel.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis returned to South Carolina on Wednesday to reengage with Republican voters who last saw the GOP presidential candidate in mid-July.

Tropical Storm Philippe will interact with a potent cold front this weekend and funnel tropical moisture across the Northeast, raising the risk of flooding rainfall in an area that has been soaked repeatedly in recent weeks.

A slump in government bonds around the world has pushed up the cost of some nations' debt to levels not seen in more than a decade. That's bad news for governments in the red but also for the wallets of millions of mortgage borrowers, stock investors and businesses.

Duane Keith Davis, aka "Keffe D," made his first appearance in court in connection with the 1996 fatal shooting of rapper Tupac Shakur.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis's political operation announced raising $15 million for his Republican presidential bid during the third quarter of this year, but only $5 million of that haul was available to spend in the bruising primary fight ahead, a senior campaign official said.

Climate researcher Dr. Gianluca Grimalda says that he risks losing his post at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy in Germany for refusing to use a plane as a means of transport back from Papua New Guinea.

Hunter Biden has racked up more than $10 million in legal bills over the past five years and could spend millions more as he confronts federal charges and the possibility of a costly trial.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak got up to speak from a podium bearing the words "Long-Term Decisions for a Brighter Future" -- the slogan for this year's Conservative Party conference. But over the past three days on the fringes of the governing party's annual meeting, members have been planning their own long-term future -- and in some cases for one that doesn't involve him.

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has taken the axe to Britain's biggest current infrastructure project, ignoring warnings from business leaders that a U-turn would damage investor confidence in the country.