Story at a glance Devastating earthquakes struck southern Turkey and northern Syria early Monday, claiming the lives of more than 2,600 people and causing widespread destruction. The first 7.8 magnitude earthquake was the most powerful to strike the region in decades, and was followed by a 7.5 magnitude quake. Hospitals, roads, and homes are among...

More than 2,000 people died and thousands more were injured following a massive earthquake that hit Gaziantep, a town in southeastern Turkey near the Syrian border early Monday morning. Additional aftershocks, including one almost as strong as the initial quake, made it an especially disastrous event.  Registering as a 7.8 magnitude earthquake, the Gaziantep event is...

Federal authorities arrested two individuals for conspiring to attack Baltimore power grids, officials said in a press conference on Monday. Officials said that Brandon Russell and Sarah Clendaniel "took steps" to shoot at numerous Baltimore electrical substations, aiming to "completely destroy this whole city." Officials said that the two of them were taken into custody...

Former House Speaker Thomas P. “Tip” O’Neill, Jr. (D-Mass.) is often credited with observing that “all politics is local.” Relatedly, “all politics is personal.” The art of governing is people interacting with people to get things done — whether it’s members of Congress interacting with their constituents on local problems or with their House colleagues on national...

A Chicago-based publishing house will offer free e-books focused on Black history after the College Board revised its Advanced Placement African American studies course earlier this month. And Haymarket Books has Florida, specifically, in its sights. The College Board’s revisions came after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) refused to allow the class in Florida high schools. In the revised course,...

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Monday said she sees the possibility of “significantly” easing inflation in the U.S. economy, even as the government deals with the ramifications of reaching its borrowing limit and as economists worry about a potential recession. “You don’t have a recession when you have 500,000 jobs and the lowest unemployment rate...

A record number of Americans now say they are worse off since President Biden took office, according to a new ABC News/Washington Post poll.

The Chinese spy flight crisis subtly revealed that a backchannel exists enabling officials in the highest levels of the U.S. and Chinese governments to speak during emergencies.

The White House would not say whether President Biden has any concerns about potential intelligence taken by the Chinese spy flight is in Beijing's hands.

Democratic Michigan Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin, a rumored Senate candidate, announced she and her husband of 12 years are divorcing.