Neither Porto Alegre, Brazil, nor Valencia, Spain, are in the news this week. But they have been before, and almost certainly will be again, as bouts of extreme drought, followed by deluge, become ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said today that Democrats have the votes to block the House-passed GOP spending bill and called on Republicans to cut a deal to avert a shutdown Friday night.

A top House Democrat exploded in anger during a committee hearing on Wednesday, outraged over the absence of Elon Musk, the ...