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Smoke rises from wildfires in the Great Smoky Mountains near Gatlinburg, Tenn., on Tuesday.

Wildfire Tears Through Tennessee As Region Suffers Exceptional Drought

At least three people died and hundreds of structures were damaged or destroyed in Tennessee's Sevier County after a wildfire moved through populated areas overnight.

Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., won re-election as House minority leader on Wednesday with support from just over two-thirds of her caucus.

Pelosi Overcomes Challenge To Win Re-Election As House Democratic Leader

The California Democrat got 134 votes to Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan's 63, but it was the most serious challenge to her leadership she has faced since taking over the top slot in the House in 2003.

Tracking The Money Race Behind The Presidential Primary Campaign

See which 2020 presidential candidate has raised the most money, who has spent the most, where a candidate's funding comes from — and how the Democrats stack up against President Trump.

New York Assembly Passes Bill Closing 'Double Jeopardy' Loophole As Rebuke To Trump

Top Democrats in the state are framing the change as a way to stand up to President Trump and allow for state prosecutions of those he pardons for federal crimes.

Capt. William Howard Hughes Jr. was formally declared a deserter by the Air Force on Dec. 9, 1983. He was apprehended June 6, 2018, by Air Force Office of Special Investigations special agents and is awaiting pretrial confinement at Travis Air Force Base, Calif.

After 35 Years, Air Force Deserter Found Living In California Under False Name

Capt. William Howard Hughes Jr. had top-secret clearance and disappeared in 1983. His family was baffled, and some people speculated he'd defected to the Soviet Union.

Omarosa Manigault Newman, when she was still a White House staffer. She has since written a book about her time with the Trump administration, which prompted President Trump to call her a "lowlife" on Twitter.

In Presidential Tweet, Trump Says Former Aide Was 'A Loser' And 'Vicious'

On the eve of Omarosa Manigault Newman's book release, Trump tweeted scathing criticism of his former top-level aide.

Spiders can fly long distances by releasing long strands of silk, which get picked up by the wind.

When Spiders Go Airborne, It's Electric — Literally

Many spiders ply the skies by riding "balloons" of silk. And they rely on something more than just the wind to take them high up and far away.

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan holds up statements from the FBI director and the secretary of Homeland Security about the risk involved in admitting refugees from Syria, during a news conference Wednesday about the House bill calling for a stricter vetting process for refugees from Syria and Iraq.

House Votes To Increase Security Checks On Refugees From Iraq, Syria

The GOP-authored bill would temporarily halt all refugee applications from the two nations, and require top security officials to sign off on every individual refugee.

Kenya's Jemima Sumgong celebrates after winning the gold medal in the women's marathon Sunday in Rio in a time of 2:24:04. Despite Kenya's wealth of distance running talent, she's the first from her country to win the women's marathon since it was introduced to the Olympics in 1984.

Kenya's Jemima Sumgong Pulls Away To Take Women's Marathon

The Kenyan took the lead with about two miles to go and never looked back. All three Americans finished in the top 10, but they failed to make the medal podium.

Injured Doctors Without Borders staff are seen after an airstrike in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz on Saturday. Doctors Without Borders has called the incident a war crime.

U.S. General Says Afghan Forces Called For Kunduz Airstrike

John Campbell, the top U.S. general in Afghanistan, said he was correcting initial reports that it was U.S. forces under fire from Taliban fighters. The weekend airstrike killed 22 civilians.

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