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WASHINGTON — Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, dropped out of the speaker’s race Friday after he lost a vote of confidence during a closed-door meeting of House Republicans, just moments after the Donald Trump-backed candidate was defeated on the House floor for a third time this week. The internal, secret-ballot vote …

A Maryland judge was fatally shot in the driveway of his home Thursday, and authorities are now looking for a man whose divorce case the judge was overseeing. Washington County Circuit Court Judge Andrew Wilkinson, 52, was found outside the residence in the 19100 block of Olde Waterford Road in Hagerstown …

Pediatricians are sounding the alarm about three products that have been increasingly or frequently landing kids in the emergency room. According to research being presented this weekend at the American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference, children are getting burned by hair styling tools, swallowing tiny magnets found in desk toys …

WASHINGTON — David Weiss, the special counsel investigating Hunter Biden, will sit for a closed-door transcribed interview with the Republican-led House Judiciary Committee next month, three sources familiar with the matter confirmed to NBC News on Thursday. He will appear before the panel for a voluntary interview on Nov. 7, …

Leonard Cure’s mother held a photo of her son as she somberly addressed the crowd at a news conference Wednesday, two days after a Georgia deputy fatally shot Cure during a traffic stop. “My heart is disconnected and my soul aches,” Mary Cure said during the event.  Leonard Cure died …

Former Trump attorney Sidney Powell pleaded guilty Thursday morning in the Georgia election interference case. Powell entered her guilty plea in Fulton County Superior Court. She was one of 19 defendants charged by District Attorney Fani Willis in the indictment that also charged former President Donald Trump. Powell, who acted as …

A Louisiana man is accused of setting a New Orleans home on fire and killing three children Tuesday. Joseph Washington Sr., 29, was arrested in New Orleans a day after the fire that killed his three children, ages 8, 5 and 3, police said in a statement. The children’s mother …

Pfizer will price a five-day course of its Covid antiviral drug Paxlovid at $1,390 when the company starts to transition it to the commercial market later this year. A company spokesperson on Wednesday confirmed the price, which was first reported by The Wall Street Journal. That list price, which is before rebates and other discounts to insurers and …

A 4.2 magnitude earthquake was felt across California’s Sacramento County and parts of the Bay Area on Wednesday morning, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The quake hit southern Sacramento at 9:29 a.m, exposing the towns of Rio Vista and Isleton to “moderate” shaking. It was initially estimated …

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela’s government and a faction of the opposition formally agreed Tuesday to work together to reach a series of basic conditions for the next presidential election, including scheduling the contest for the second half of 2024. Their accord was part of a partial agreement that is expected …