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FILE- A boat motors between flooded homes after heavy rains inundating the region, in Hammond, La., on Aug. 13, 2016. A new study Thursday, May 18, 2023, finds the natural burst of El Nino warming that changes weather worldwide is far costlier with longer-lasting expenses than experts had thought, averaging trillions of dollars in damage.

El Ninos are far costlier than once thought, in the trillions, study says — and one’s brewing now

FILE- A boat motors between flooded homes after heavy rains inundating the region, in Hammond, La., on Aug. 13, 2016. A new study Thursday, May 18, 2023, finds the natural burst of El Nino warming that changes weather worldwide is far costlier with longer-lasting expenses than experts had thought, averaging trillions of dollars in damage.

May 19, 2023, 6:00am Latest News

The natural burst of El Nino warming that changes weather worldwide is far costlier with longer-lasting expenses than experts had thought, averaging trillions of dollars in damage, a new study found. Read story

Former FBI employees testify on GOP politicization claims after losing clearances

May 18, 2023, 5:55pm Nation & World

Former FBI employees accused the bureau of politicization in congressional testimony Thursday, a day after the agency disclosed that two of the men had seen their security clearances revoked over concerns about how their views of the Capital attack on Jan. 6, 2021, affected their work. Read story

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., is assisted to a wheelchair by staff as she returns to the Senate after a more than two-month absence, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, May 10, 2023. The 89-year-old California Democrat was out longer than expected which has slowed the push to confirm President Joe Biden's judicial nominees. (AP Photo/J.

Feinstein’s office details previously unknown complications from shingles illness

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., is assisted to a wheelchair by staff as she returns to the Senate after a more than two-month absence, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, May 10, 2023. The 89-year-old California Democrat was out longer than expected which has slowed the push to confirm President Joe Biden's judicial nominees. (AP Photo/J.

May 18, 2023, 4:02pm Politics

Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s office said Thursday that she is suffering from Ramsay Hunt syndrome, a complication from the shingles virus that can paralyze part of the face, and that she contracted encephalitis while recovering from the virus earlier this year. Read story

FILE - President Joe Biden speaks on the debt limit during an event at SUNY Westchester Community College, Wednesday, May 10, 2023, in Valhalla, N.Y.

Biden campaign sees multiple ‘viable pathways’ to 2024 election win

FILE - President Joe Biden speaks on the debt limit during an event at SUNY Westchester Community College, Wednesday, May 10, 2023, in Valhalla, N.Y.

May 18, 2023, 2:14pm Politics

President Joe Biden ‘s reelection campaign is vowing to hold the states that won him the White House in 2020 but also compete in places it lost like North Carolina and increasingly Republican-dominated Florida, providing what it says are “a number of viable pathways to the 270 electoral votes” needed… Read story

White House expected to withdraw federal appeals court nomination, in judicial defeat for Biden

May 18, 2023, 12:00pm Politics

In a rare judicial defeat for President Joe Biden, the White House is expected to soon withdraw the nomination of Michael Delaney for the Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, according to a person familiar with his confirmation process. Read story

At least 80 calls to National Archives since 2010 about mishandling of classified information

May 17, 2023, 3:51pm Nation & World

The National Archives has been called more than 80 times in the past decade-plus about classified materials found in the papers of former members of Congress and other U.S. officials, according to newly released congressional testimony. Read story

State Department offers Republican lawmaker a chance to view Afghanistan dissent cable

May 17, 2023, 3:51pm Nation & World

The State Department offered Wednesday to allow the Republican chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee to view a classified cable from U.S. diplomats in Kabul sent shortly before the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan. Read story

FILE - Massachusetts U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins addresses the media at the Moakley Federal Courthouse, May 24, 2022, in Boston. Rollins will resign after a monthslong ethics investigation by the Justice Department's inspector general into her appearance at a political fundraiser and other potential issues, her attorney said Tuesday, May 16, 2023.

Justice Department watchdog finds U.S. attorney in Massachusetts tried to influence DA election

FILE - Massachusetts U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins addresses the media at the Moakley Federal Courthouse, May 24, 2022, in Boston. Rollins will resign after a monthslong ethics investigation by the Justice Department's inspector general into her appearance at a political fundraiser and other potential issues, her attorney said Tuesday, May 16, 2023.

May 17, 2023, 10:56am Latest News

The top federal prosecutor in Massachusetts, who has announced her resignation, tried to use her position to influence the outcome of a race for Boston’s district attorney by leaking information aimed at sabotaging the campaign of her preferred candidate's rival, the Justice Department’s internal watchdog said in a report released… Read story

Biden off to Japan for Group of Seven summit, says there’s ‘work to do’ on global stage

May 17, 2023, 10:53am Politics

President Joe Biden said there’s “work to do” on the global stage as he headed to Japan on Wednesday to consult with allies on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and China’s assertiveness in the Pacific at the same time that a debt limit standoff looms at home. Read story

President Joe Biden presents the Medal of Valor, the nation's highest honor for bravery by a public safety officer, to Cpl. Jeffrey Farmer, of the Littletown, Colo., Police Dept., during an event in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, May 17, 2023, in Washington.

‘True heroism:’ Biden honors 9 with Medal of Valor including 2 NYPD cops killed during 911 call

President Joe Biden presents the Medal of Valor, the nation's highest honor for bravery by a public safety officer, to Cpl. Jeffrey Farmer, of the Littletown, Colo., Police Dept., during an event in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, May 17, 2023, in Washington.

May 17, 2023, 10:51am Nation & World

Two New York Police Department officers ambushed and killed after responding to a 911 call and the rookie cop who took down the gunman were honored Wednesday, along with six others, by President Joe Biden with the Medal of Valor, the nation's highest honor for bravery by a public safety… Read story