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US President Joe Biden will hold his first campaign event next week in the swing state of Pennsylvania, according to a statement released by the White House. Biden, 80, will attend a rally with union members in Philadelphia on June 17, the statement said. Biden said in April he would …

Two powerful tornadoes have wrought a path of destruction though parts of eastern Pennsylvania, leaving at least five people injured as authorities in one hard-hit county declared a “mass casualty” event. The pair of twisters touched down in Pennsylvania’s Bucks County on Thursday, virtually destroying a car dealership and a …

President Joe Biden will nominate academic Amy Gutmann as US ambassador to Germany, two sources familiar with the issue said on Wednesday, as the two countries move closer after relations deteriorated under former President Donald Trump. Gutmann, 71, who would be the first woman to serve in the role, is …

US President Donald Trump continues to trail Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden in a slew of key battleground states, including Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Florida—which voted for former President Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012 then flipped red in 2016. The current averages of state-level polls compiled by FiveThirtyEight show …

Police have confronted protesters outside the White House, where officers in riot gear are trying to push demonstrators away from the US president’s residence. The crowds have been trying to make their way into the pedestrian part of Pennsylvania Avenue outside the White House fence. Outside the White House, now: …

Workers ordered not to criticize the president. Workers at a Royal Dutch Shell plant in Pennsylvania were forced to choose between attending a speech by Donald Trump or earning less than their coworkers who did. Attendance was optional, but contract workers who chose not to stand in the crowd would …

Turkey has ordered the arrest of 128 military personnel suspected of supporting US-based opposition figure Fethullah Gulen, whom Ankara blames for the failed 2016 coup attempt against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The state-run Anadolu news agency reported on Tuesday that police were looking for more than half of the military …