More than 100 wildfires stretched thousands of firefighters to the limit in northern Portugal on Wednesday, with seven deaths ...

As they fought to keep Sean "Diddy" Combs out of jail after his sex trafficking arrest, the music mogul's lawyers highlighted ...

Federal firefighters who battle blazes and work to prevent them in California are staring down a looming pay cut. A local ...

Repairs on the San Simeon Pier began this week. The nearly 70-year-old pier at Hearst San Simeon State Park was closed last ...

The State Department announced Wednesday that its online renewal system is now fully operational, after testing in pilot ...

The Republican vice presidential nominee continues to rail against Haitian migrants living in Ohio, though many have ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Georgia Republican Party chair Josh McKoon in Atlanta ahead of the 2024 presidential election.

Congress is running out of time to avert a government shutdown. House Republicans will put up a partisan proposal that does not even have enough votes within their own party.

In Lebanon, funerals took place for a dozen people killed by exploding pagers targeting Hezbollah — but as they buried their dead, more electronic devices blew up, claiming yet more lives.

After months of anticipation, the Federal Reserve cut interest rates on Wednesday by half a point. That will have an impact ...

Prosecutors revealed last week that Weinstein had been indicted on additional sex crime charges that weren’t part of the case ...

Franco Ordoñez is a White House Correspondent for NPR's Washington Desk. Before he came to NPR in 2019, Ordoñez covered the White House for McClatchy. He has also written about diplomatic affairs, ...