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It was a moment of triumph for Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on Wednesday, as he announced his office had persuaded a securities firm to refund $6.7 million to investors who lost money in an alleged $156 million Ponzi scheme.

The plan represents a return to what Republican senators had in mind when, early Friday, they passed a bipartisan funding agreement through unanimous consent.

Investigators long suspected that Bundy was responsible — police said he verbally acknowledged his culpability leading up to his execution — but the case remained open until they could be sure.

The European Union's energy commissioner says skyrocketing oil and gas prices in Europe as a result of the ongoing Iran war won't return to normal levels any time soon, even if peace is declared tomorrow.

As climate change intensifies droughts, disrupts rainfall patterns and fuels wildfires, more regions are turning to the sea for drinking water.

Oil prices also fell back toward $100 per barrel after President Donald Trump said late Tuesday that the U.S. military could end its offensive in two to three weeks.

The Food and Drug Administration's decision Wednesday means patients in the United States will soon have access to a second daily oral medication to treat obesity and weight-related issues.

Good Friday is a unique — and uniquely solemn — day in the Christian calendar.

U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta's decision now sets the stage for a possible civil trial.

Democrats have run California for years, but in a nationally critical election the party is being confronted by the limits of its own power: the race for governor is out of control.

President Donald Trump has attended oral arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court, marking a first for a sitting president.

President Donald Trump, scheduled to give a televised address Wednesday evening, said Tuesday he could walk away from the war in two to three weeks once he felt confident Iran would not be able to build a nuclear weapon — even if Tehran does not agree to a ceasefire. But his latest Truth Social post struck a harder line.

With both seen as the party's strongest potential candidates in a 2028 primary, the two Cabinet members have to balance their roles in the Trump administration with their future political plans.

The new Homeland Security Secretary, Markwayne Mullin, was sworn in last week to lead a department that was steeped in controversy during Kristi Noem's tenure but also central to President Trump's mass deportation agenda.

TMZ built its brand tracking celebrities. Now it is turning its attention to Congress.

Should the U.S. decide to send in military forces to secure Iran's uranium stockpile, it would be a complex, risky and lengthy operation, fraught with radiation and chemical dangers, according to experts and former government officials.

Russia's armed forces have taken control of the entire Luhansk region of Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry claimed Wednesday, but a Kyiv military official denied the claim as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy prepared for talks with U.S. envoys trying to mediate an end to Moscow's invasion.

Counterterror police are investigating the fire as an antisemitic hate crime. They were looking into a claim of responsibility by a group with potential links to Iran, but have not declared it an act of terrorism.

Thousands of people marched on Sunday in Santiago and other cities in Chile to mark World Water Day following the withdrawal of dozens of environmental decrees by arch-conservative President José Antonio Kast.

President Trump and his allies insist they were always prepared for Iran to block the strait, yet the president's erratic strategy has fueled criticism that he is grasping for answers after going to war without a clear exit plan.