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A major winter storm sweeping the US this week may bring the coldest Christmas in four decades to parts of the country, say forecasters.

The Arizona senator explains why she has left the Democratic Party.

Democrats have cemented their control of the US Senate by winning a bitterly fought seat in Georgia, according to projections.

Congressman from New York becomes first black person to lead a political party on Capitol Hill

Democratic Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, the first woman to hold the top role in the US lower house, said on Thursday that she will step down from party leadership to make way for "a new generation" but will remain in Congress.

Catherine Cortez Masto re-elected after beating Republican challenger Adam Laxalt

Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly won his bid for reelection Friday in the crucial swing state of Arizona, defeating Republican venture capitalist Blake Masters to put his party one victory away from clinching control of the chamber for the next two years of Joe Biden’s presidency.

Biden appeared on track for perhaps the best midterm showing of any recent Democratic president. 

Republicans – and Trump - emerge from election with unexpected bruises in surprisingly close fight

With fuel prices surging ahead of the midterm elections, the White House is pushing hard to bring them down

The US President has promised pardons for pot possession

Ultimately, Ian made landfall more than 100 miles to the south, very near the first position estimate for a potential Florida landfall. 

"This was a brazen scheme of staggering proportions," said US Attorney Andrew M. Luger for the District of Minnesota.

At least two are dead from the first major hurricane of this year’s Atlantic hurricane season, as it brings rain and flash floods to the northernmost Caribbean islands

Floods and rain wreak havoc as critics say total blackout shows authorities have learnt nothing since 2017 hurricanes

President Joe Biden declared a state of emergency in the U.S. territory as 'life-threatening' floods expected

Luma, the company that operates power transmission and distribution, said bad weather had disrupted transmission lines, leading to “a blackout on all the

About 50 mainly Venezuelan migrants including a baby deposited unannounced at Naval Observatory in Washington

A senior diplomat has been appointed to oversee transfers of detainees from the prison facility, the outlet reports

White House says South Carolina senator’s proposed bill ‘wildly out of step with what Americans believe’