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FILE - U.S. President Joe Biden, left, and India Prime Minister Narendra Modi talks during the G20 leaders summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, Nov. 15, 2022. Biden is honoring Modi with a state visit this week. Modi arrives in the U.S. on Wednesday, starting his visit at the United Nations.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin holds a press briefing with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley at the Pentagon on Thursday, May 25, 2023, in Washington.

Pentagon accounting error provides extra $6.2 billion for Ukraine military aid

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin holds a press briefing with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley at the Pentagon on Thursday, May 25, 2023, in Washington.

June 20, 2023, 2:59pm Nation & World

The Pentagon said Tuesday that it overestimated the value of the weapons it has sent to Ukraine by $6.2 billion over the past two years — about double early estimates — resulting in a surplus that will be used for future security packages. Read story

Biden is ready to fete India’s leader, looking past Modi’s human rights record and ties to Russia

June 20, 2023, 8:30am Politics

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is, on many counts, a curious choice for President Joe Biden to honor with a state visit. Read story

FILE - Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, speaks to guests during the White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House, April 18, 2022, in Washington.

Hunter Biden will plead guilty in a deal that likely avoids time behind bars in a tax and gun case

FILE - Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, speaks to guests during the White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House, April 18, 2022, in Washington.

June 20, 2023, 8:30am Nation & World

 President Joe Biden’s son Hunter will plead guilty to federal tax offenses but avoid prosecution on a separate gun charge in a deal with the Justice Department that likely spares him time behind bars. Read story

Supreme Court turns away veterans who seek disability benefits over 1966 hydrogen bomb accident

June 20, 2023, 8:30am Nation & World

The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal on behalf of some U.S. veterans who want disability benefits because they were exposed to radiation while responding to a Cold War-era hydrogen bomb accident in Spain. Read story

FILE - Abdullah Omar, from Iraq, holds his information packet and an American flag during a naturalization ceremony on Jan. 17, 2020, in Cleveland. Two decades after the U.S. invasion of Iraq, thousands of Iraqis are still trying to emigrate to the United States. An estimated 164,000 Iraqis have already found homes in America since the 2003 invasion. But many are still waiting.

20 years after the United States invaded Iraq, Iraqis are still trying to emigrate to the US

FILE - Abdullah Omar, from Iraq, holds his information packet and an American flag during a naturalization ceremony on Jan. 17, 2020, in Cleveland. Two decades after the U.S. invasion of Iraq, thousands of Iraqis are still trying to emigrate to the United States. An estimated 164,000 Iraqis have already found homes in America since the 2003 invasion. But many are still waiting.

June 19, 2023, 1:51pm Politics

Ammar Rashed has a stack of letters from U.S. troops attesting to his work during some of the most dangerous days of the Iraq War. But six years after he applied to immigrate to the United States under a program for interpreters who helped America, he is still waiting. Read story

President Joe Biden speaks during a political rally at the Philadelphia Convention Center in Philadelphia, Saturday, June 17, 2023.

Biden plans 4 fundraisers in San Francisco area as he revs up 2024 campaign

President Joe Biden speaks during a political rally at the Philadelphia Convention Center in Philadelphia, Saturday, June 17, 2023.

June 19, 2023, 8:51am Politics

President Joe Biden ramps up his reelection effort this week with four fundraisers in the San Francisco area, as his campaign builds up its coffers and lays strategic foundations for 2024. Read story

‘It was hell’: Hostage freed after years in Africa recounts ordeal and frustrations with U.S. response

June 19, 2023, 8:42am Nation & World

The Islamic extremists drove up to the American missionary’s home in Niger under the cover of evening, gunning down two guards who stood watch. Jeff Woodke recalls seeing the muzzle blasts and hearing the screams before being thrown into a pickup truck that then sped away. Read story

House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic member Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., questions witnesses during the subcommittee's first public hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on March 8 in Washington. Dingell co-chairs 15 caucuses, the most in Congress.

U.S. Congress home to approximately 820 caucuses

House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic member Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., questions witnesses during the subcommittee's first public hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on March 8 in Washington. Dingell co-chairs 15 caucuses, the most in Congress.

June 17, 2023, 6:09am Politics

No matter the topic, Congress has a caucus — or two, or three, or more — for you. Read story

Florida man gets 4 years, 9 months for attacking officer at US Capitol insurrection

June 16, 2023, 12:57pm Politics

A Florida man was sentenced Friday to four years and nine months in federal prison for storming the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection and attacking a police officer. Read story