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After days of no direct talks between Joe Biden and congressional leaders, many lawmakers have been grappling with a potential crisis that could reach beyond the results of the presidential election

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet for the second time in as many months as they visit Kazakhstan for a session of an international group founded to counter Western alliances

Sizzling sidewalks and unshaded playgrounds increasingly are posing risks for surface burns as air temperatures reach new highs during the searing summers in Southwest cities like Phoenix and Las Vegas

Sizzling sidewalks and unshaded playgrounds are a danger for catastrophic burn injuries as air temperatures reach new summer highs in desert cities like Phoenix and Las Vegas

Abortion-rights advocates are set to deliver about 800,000 petition signatures in hopes of getting an Arizona issue on the November general election ballot

Abortion-rights advocates in Arizona have submitted more than enough signatures to put the issue on November’s ballot in the key swing state

Arizona and Nebraska organizers have turned in enough signatures to get abortion-related questions before their states' voters in November

Pro-choice advocates are set to deliver about 800,000 petition signatures Wednesday in hopes of getting the Arizona abortion rights issue on the November general election ballot

Organizers of competing abortion measures in Nebraska say they collected enough signatures to get on the November ballot

A Supreme Court opinion giving broad immunity to former President Donald Trump matters in the current presidential race