The Biden administration argued that Gov. Greg Abbott’s directive intruded on federal authority.

The president took aim at local officials, including the Florida and Texas governors, over laws that prevent public health measures in the wake of surging COVID-19 cases.

An officer has died after being attacked on Tuesday morning at a transit station just outside the Pentagon, federal officials say.

The US couple who pointed guns at Black Lives Matter protesters marching past their mansion in Missouri last year were pardoned in the misdemeanor convictions related to the case, the Midwestern state's governor's office said Tuesday. Republican Missouri...