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Powerful Hurricane Milton is closing in on Florida's Gulf Coast

Powerful Hurricane Milton has made landfall along Florida's Gulf Coast as a Category 3 storm

Hurricane Milton spawned dozens of tornadoes and barreled across Florida, knocking out power to millions, damaging homes, causing flooding and leading to hundreds of residents needing rescue

Cleanup from Hurricane Milton is underway as residents are returning home after the storm barreled across Florida

The last time the eye of a major storm like Hurricane Milton directly struck Tampa Bay was 1921 when the city was a sleepy backwater

Donald Trump says Ohio Sen. JD Vance will be his vice presidential pick.

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump on Wednesday agreed to hold two campaign debates — the first on June 27 hosted by CNN and the second on Sept. 10 hosted by ABC — setting the stage for their first presidential face-off to play out in just over a month.

The Justice Department on Wednesday appointed former FBI Director Robert Mueller as a special counsel to oversee a federal investigation into potential coordination between Russia and Donald Trump's campaign during the 2016 presidential election.

The Senate on Monday confirmed former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue to be agriculture secretary in President Donald Trump's administration as the farming industry looks to Washington for help amid a downturn in the market.

In an impromptu Easter Sunday speech, Pope Francis on Sunday encouraged people to hold fast in their `'fearful hearts'' to faith despite all the wars, sickness and hatred in the world, acknowledging that many wonder where God is amid so much evil and suffering.