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Major plumbing headache haunts $13 billion U.S. carrier off the coast of Venezuela

The crew of USS Ford is struggling to handle sewage problems on board the Navy's newest carrier.

U.S. Deaths Top 170,000 As Coronavirus Pandemic Continues To Take Its Toll

The CDC estimates there could be up to 200,000 deaths in the U.S. from COVID-19 by Labor Day. As schools begin to reopen, there are renewed calls for vigilance in social distancing and masking.

Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe during his Senate confirmation hearing earlier this year.

Security Gaps Persist, Report Warns, After U.S. Blames Iran In Election Scheme

A report published on Thursday described how many government and political domains don't observe a security practice that makes it more difficult for attackers to run spoof email scams.

Combat veteran and oyster farmer Graham Platner in Sullivan, Maine, in 2025; Maine Gov. Janet Mills in National Harbor, Md., in 2023. Both Platner and Mills are Democrats vying to defeat Sen. Susan Collins, who is running for a sixth consecutive term in Maine.

Hoping to unseat Collins, Maine Democrats battle it out in an expensive U.S. Senate primary

As June's primary election nears, Democratic Gov. Janet Mills and combat veteran Graham Platner are effectively engaged in a proxy battle between factions in their own party.

Hurricane Laura formed early Tuesday morning and has shown signs of becoming better organized as it crosses the Gulf of Mexico. Laura is forecast to make landfall along the Gulf Coast as a Category 4 storm.

Hurricane Laura Is Forecast To Hit U.S. Gulf Coast As Category 4 Hurricane

The storm is expected to have winds of at least 130 mph — a Category 4 storm — when it makes landfall near the Louisiana-Texas border. Its storm surge could be up to 14 feet.

Former White House Director Of Legislative Affairs Discusses New Job At U.Va.

Marc Short, President Trump's former legislative director, talks with Mary Louise Kelly about his new job at the University of Virginia, the controversy that followed him and how he is moving forward.

University Hospitals officials say new forms of COVID-19, that spread much faster, are already circulating in Northeast Ohio. A UH spokesperson says variants have showed up in COVID-19 patient samples as far back as December.

Morning Headlines: Ohio Curfew Shortened Thanks to Falling Hospitalizations; UH Discovers U.K. COVID

The statewide curfew has been moved back one hour, to 11 p.m.; University Hospitals officials say new forms of COVID-19 that spread much faster are already circulating in Northeast Ohio; after hinting that he might run for U.S. Senate in 2022, Lt. Gov. Jon Husted says he’s going to keep his current job; and more stories.

Former Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., surrounded by senators, jokes about having a lectern her size during the room dedication ceremony in Washington, D.C., on June 8. She retired in 2017 after 45 years in Congress.

The U.S. Capitol has named two rooms after female senators for the first time ever

Sens. Barbara Mikulski and Margaret Chase Smith couldn't wear pants or use the main bathroom during their tenures, when female senators were scarce. Rooms in the Capitol now honor their legacies.

The new poet laureate of the United States, Tracy K. Smith, visits the Library of Congress Poetry and Literature Center in Washington, D.C., last month.

Tracy K. Smith, New U.S. Poet Laureate, Calls Poems Her 'Anchor'

The Pulitzer Prize-winning poet says she plans to use her new role to meet people who don't read poetry ... yet, anyway. She believes poetry can be a resource for people in fraught or isolating times.

U.S. ski star Lindsey Vonn is in 'stable condition' after crash in Olympic downhill

In an explosive crash near the top of the downhill course in Cortina, Vonn landed a jump perpendicular to the slope and tumbled to a stop shortly below.

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