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President Biden’s decision to drop out of the presidential race was met with praise and tributes from America’s allies in Europe, while the Russian government said that it did not yet view Mr. Biden’s preferred successor, Vice President Kamala Harris, as someone likely to alter relations between Washington and Moscow.Mr. Biden’s disjointed…

President Biden said he would no longer seek re-election and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris. Follow live updates.Several people close to President Biden said on Thursday that they believe he has begun to accept the idea that he may not be able to win in November and may have to drop out of the race, bowing to the growing demands of many…

A dangerous heat wave, gusty winds and potential lightning strikes posed a critical fire risk for large parts of the Pacific Northwest on Sunday, as firefighters in Oregon battled wildfires that have burned over 400,000 acres in less than two weeks.About 1.7 million people in Oregon and Washington State were under red flag warnings, the highest…

Texas Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee died at 74, her family announced on Friday, just two months after the longtime lawmaker revealed she had been diagnosed with cancer. The Democratic congresswoman, who served Texas’ 18th District since 1995, recently announced in June she was battling pancreatic cancer. “A local, national, and…

Tens of thousands of Bangladeshi citizens took to the streets on Thursday, joining university students demanding an overhaul of how government jobs are distributed.The protests have turned increasingly violent in recent days, resulting in a groundswell of anger against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina after she deployed the police and paramilitary…

Senator J.D. Vance drew a direct line on Wednesday from his traumatic upbringing in southwest Ohio to his new standing as the top lieutenant in Donald J. Trump’s conservative movement, promising the Republican National Convention that he would bring his working-class roots to Washington and help fight “for the people who built this…

Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey, a powerful Democrat who once led the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was convicted on Tuesday of participating in a vast international bribery scheme, in which prosecutors said he had accepted gold, cash and other payoffs worth hundreds of thousands of dollars in exchange for political favors abroad and…

Follow the latest news on the Trump assassination attempt.In documenting the Pennsylvania campaign rally on Saturday afternoon that turned into an attempt on a former president’s life, Doug Mills, a veteran New York Times photographer, appeared to capture the image of a bullet streaking past former President Donald J. Trump’s head.That is the…

Milwaukee was always an unlikely host for the Republican National Convention: small in population with 560,000 residents, short on hotel rooms and unaccustomed to holding large-scale gatherings.The city is now facing even more scrutiny in the wake of an assassination attempt Saturday night against former President Donald J. Trump at a…

Stop & Shop announced that it will be closing the doors on 32 of its underperforming grocery stores across five New England states by the end of the year.  The community grocery chain, which is owned by Ahold Delhaize USA Company, released plans Friday for closures in these states:“Stop & Shop is proud of the deep roots and community…