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A driver fled the scene after ramming a vehicle into a group of people, including children, outside a Maryland home on Saturday night, the police said. Read full article

Mayor John Whitmire of Houston believes the best way to govern a diverse, immigrant-heavy city in the current political climate is by keeping your head down and your ambitions modest. Read full article

In New Jersey, Virginia and beyond, voters have been inundated with ads linking Republican candidates to the president. Some Democratic strategists see a missed opportunity to forge a more positive message. Read full article

An immigration raid on an apartment building in Chicago followed years of problems with crime, and neglect by landlords. It swept up dozens of U.S. citizens who were detained in the middle of the night. Read full article

The spending showdown has highlighted Republicans’ failure to produce an alternative to Obamacare, which many of them assail but concede is too politically risky to undo. Read full article

Vice President JD Vance’s trip to a military base in California illustrated rising tensions between the federal government and Democratic leaders. Read full article

The crash killed two Amish children and injured two others in rural Minnesota in 2023. Read full article

The Health and Human Services and Homeland Security Departments were among the agencies posting messages that blamed Democrats for the federal shutdown. Read full article

The bystanders were injured when a Denver police officer fired, while facing a crowd of people, at an armed man outside a bar in 2022. Read full article

The U.S. military rescued the two men in the Caribbean Sea after Special Operations forces fired on a semi-submersible that was assessed to be smuggling drugs. Read full article