A tree fell on Gov. Ron DeSantis's (R-FL) home while his wife, Casey DeSantis, and children were home as Hurricane Idalia made its way through Florida.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) appeared to have difficulty speaking during a press conference in Kentucky on Wednesday, and froze up for about 30 seconds when he was asked if he would run for reelection, the second such incident this summer.
The Biden administration is actively following the military coup in Gabon on Wednesday, though an official said it's too soon to characterize the recent rash of coups as a "trend."
The European Union is slated to import record amounts of Russian liquefied natural gas this year, a trend in conflict with its aim to reduce reliance on Russian fossil fuels and cut off funding for President Vladimir Putin's war machine.
An immigrant woman has died while at a Border Patrol facility in Harlingen, Texas, the same facility where an eight-year-old girl died earlier this year after being denied adequate medical care, according to United States Customs and Border Protection.
A new state law in Texas that extends the notification period for hospitals to tell families that their loved ones will be taken off of life support will go into effect on Friday.
Assistant Secretary of Health Rachel Levine asked Drug Enforcement Administration Administrator Anne Milgram to reclassify marijuana as a lower-risk drug, a move that would have major implications for the legal status of the popular drug nationwide.
President Joe Biden will speak on his administration's response to the latest natural disasters to hit the United States over the last few weeks on Wednesday.
