Americans marked the nations 250th birthday with fireworks, cookouts, and family gatherings, but in New York City, a different kind of celebration unfolded as Marines and civilians pounded the pavement together in a display of unapologetic patriotism.

At least 25 people are believed to have died in New Jersey since Thursday as a punishing heat wave gripped the state and much of the East Coast, exposing once again how vulnerable residents are when basic infrastructure fails.

President Donald Trump warned that the Republican Party will be DEAD if Democrats seize power and carry out their stated plans to overhaul the Supreme Court and dismantle Senate rules in ways that would permanently tilt the system to the left.

A CBS Chicago news crew came under violent attack near Adler Planetarium, leading authorities to detain three suspects in a case that again highlights the growing dangers faced by journalists in Americas big cities.

In the middle of elaborate festivities marking the 250th anniversary of American independence, President Donald J. Trump still found time to devote an hour and a half to a substantive telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Director Jeff Schaffer is hailing Rob Reiners posthumous turn as George Washington in Larry Davids Obama-produced HBO series as the late filmmakers last laugh against President Donald Trump.

New York City health authorities are sounding the alarm over a growing Legionnaires disease cluster on Manhattans Upper East Side, where at least 14 infections have now been confirmed.

Democratic Michigan state Sen. Mallory McMorrow has abruptly halted her bid for her partys nomination for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Democratic Sen. Gary Peters, underscoring deep fractures and strategic anxiety within Michigans Democratic ranks.

Prince Harry is set to return to Britain this week, and once again the royal familys most restless son is bringing a storm of controversy in his wake.

Dont California my Texas has become more than a bumper sticker in the Lone Star State; it is now a defining fault line in a bruising U.S. Senate race where both candidates wield Californian as a political slur.