A gunman opened fired as Republican members of a congressional baseball team held a practice. He was killed in a shootout.
The president, more familiar with the role of political agitator than comforter of a nation, struck a tone of gravity, appearing shaken by what he called a “brutal assault.” Mr. Scalise, the House majority whip, has played for years in the annual charity congressional baseball game. He was shot in the hip during a practice for the game.
James Thomas Hodgkinson, 66, of Belleville, Ill., who died after a shootout with the police, had traveled to Washington in recent weeks to protest, his brother said.
Witnesses describe the scene of the shooting that injured Representative Steve Scalise and others Wednesday morning. President Trump and Senator Bernie Sanders made statements. Party labels weren’t the defining trait as Democratic and Republican members of Congress assessed where the harsh political climate had led them.
The attack on lawmakers in Virginia was less an aberration than the latest example of a grim trend, widely remarked upon by leaders in both parties, but never slowed or stopped.
Past mass shootings have brought calls for greater gun control, but the targeting of Republican lawmakers Wednesday prompted the opposite response.
The special counsel’s request for interviews with three officials is the latest indication he will investigate whether the president obstructed justice.
The Senate overwhelmingly approved a proposal aimed at punishing Russia for its meddling in the 2016 election. The House has yet to take it up.
Nearly 200 members, believed to be the most to ever sue a sitting president, will contend that the president has accepted gifts from foreign powers in violation of the Constitution.
Read about how the other side thinks: Reactions to testimony by Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the suggestion the president might fire the special counsel and more.
Residents had complained about fire safety for years, and experts were already questioning whether the materials used on the building’s exterior might have helped spread the flames.
A blaze consumed the 24-story Grenfell Tower, killing at least six people. The cause is under investigation, but here is what’s known.
The fire that engulfed a building in London on Wednesday joined a list of disasters that have shaped the city’s history. Here are examples from the last 100 years.
Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day.
Wednesday: An intraparty spat, Senator Kamala Harris is interrupted (again) and a particularly loud frog.
The Fed raised its benchmark interest rate for the third consecutive quarter, to a range from 1 percent to 1.25 percent.
With signs that the Fed has undershot its inflation target yet again, it raised rates in a move that could define her chairmanship.
The bank denies allegations in lawsuits that it changed the loan terms of customers in bankruptcy without their knowledge, putting them at risk of default.
The findings reinforced fears by humanitarian groups over the heavy loss of civilian life that could result from the American-led coalition’s airstrikes. The Frugal Traveler, Lucas Peterson, takes us on a 360 tour of the Tio Pepe bodega in Spain’s Sherry Triangle. Andalusia, the Sherry Triangle and the vistas of southern Portugal might be the ideal frugal corner of Europe.
For the first time, investigators have directly linked the conduct of Michigan government officials to the deaths of residents in the water contamination crisis.
Stewart and Emily Altman have known Robert Durst for decades, and a prosecutor wants to call them as witnesses in his trial in the murder of Susan Berman.
Despite its enmity toward the United States, the North remains sensitive to outside criticism of its human rights record and generally tries to use Americans as bargaining chips.
Gwyneth Paltrow’s company stages a Comic-Con for the wellness set.
Members of the extremist group bombed a hotel popular with foreigners and then began firing at a nearby restaurant in Mogadishu.
The company apologized for the episode, in which a 71-year-old man was pushed to the floor at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston. The man, dressed in a UPS uniform, opened fire and then killed himself.
In a long-awaited bout, McGregor, a mixed martial arts fighter and U.F.C. star, will box against Mayweather, who is considered a heavy favorite.
The Education Department vowed to protect student borrowers victimized by fraud but said regulations drafted by the Obama administration were flawed.
Her life embraced a fabled childhood and personal tragedy after her father and a son were killed by the Irish Republican Army in a bomb attack at sea.
The authorities have increased their reward to $90,000 as they search for Donnie R. Rowe and Ricky Dubose, who they say killed two prison guards.
On the third day of deliberations, the jurors in the sexual assault trial seem to be facing some hurdles as they work to come to a consensus.
“Fair and Balanced,” the motto that has long been a rallying cry for Fox News fans, has been replaced by “Most Watched, Most Trusted.”
The novel by David Grossman, about a stand-up routine that goes off the rails, won the prize honoring a work written in a language other than English.
The 405-acre site will be the city’s largest development of open space since Golden Gate Park in 1871.
Expanding the airport will add to the environmental damage of high-speed ferry traffic and other infrastructure projects, biologists say.
A Slate article on Tuesday alleged that Mr. Dylan cribbed lines from a SparkNotes online guide to “Moby-Dick.”
Asbury Park F.C. has devised a plan to maintain the perfect record. Forever.
A police task force leader and his crew aren’t much better than the criminals they pursue in this gritty thriller, set in New York.
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