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The United States and South Korea are in the process of planning for a series of scenarios mainly involving North Korean aggression, the White House announced Tuesday.

Russia’s Wagner Group can take "weeks to capture a house” in Bakhmut, according to a battlefield update that puts a spotlight on Russia's military equipment shortage throughout the war in Ukraine.

New Jersey homeowners have until the end of the month to apply for a program that will provide them with some extra cash this year.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) has fallen short during the second ballot vote for speaker, failing to move a single vote and setting off another round of balloting as he attempts to cobble together enough votes to secure a majority in the House of Representatives. A group of Republicans who have been opposed to McCarthy's bid to become the next House speaker shifted their support from Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) to Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH). This comes after Jordan nominated McCarthy in an attempt to garner support for the California Republican, but that attempt was unsuccessful.

The White House extended prayers to Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin but declined to comment further Tuesday on his horrific injury in Monday night's game.

The Food and Drug Administration is expected to decide by Friday whether to grant accelerated approval for Eisai and Biogen's experimental Alzheimer's drug, lecanemab.

A pair of would-be burglars in Florida were arrested Saturday after they called police in an attempt to move items they were allegedly trying to steal.

The 19 lawmakers who voted against Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) on the first ballot to become the next speaker of the House stuck by their guns, with the group shifting their votes toward House Judiciary Chairman-elect Jim Jordan (R-OH) on the second ballot on Tuesday.

At least 11 GOP lawmakers voted against Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) on the second ballot for who will be the next speaker of the House after the top Republican faced 19 defections on Tuesday's first ballot.

A wave of restrictions on travel from China is “simply unacceptable,” according to Chinese officials who protested the measures amid widespread doubts about coronavirus data shared by Beijing.