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"I've been waiting for this swim for over two years now and have fought so hard to get here," wrote Sara Thomas on Facebook before setting off.

The court is not expected to rule immediately, but a judgment could come at the end of this week or early next week.

There was no claim of responsibility from any militant group after the blast.

"This election is about the same thing that every election in Israel has been about for the last 25 year: Benjamin Netanyahu."

The president made a rally pitch for Hispanic voters in a state he lost by 8 points in 2016: "Nobody loves the Hispanics more," he said at a rally here Monday night.

The former Senate Judiciary Committee chairman defended the investigation into allegations against the Supreme Court Justice.

A Congressional source says Democrats familiar with the details do not dispute that the attack was carried out by Iran—an important signal of bipartisan agreement.

Congressional Democrats had already subpoenaed six years' worth of records, but their case is tied up in court.

There may not have cracked the codes, but Russian agents gained insight into the activities of secret FBI teams tracking Russian operatives in the U.S.

A sugar-cube's worth of the dead star's material has a mass of about 100 million tons.

The Yankee great received the nation's highest civilian honor at a White House ceremony on Monday.

"We have our hands full with impeaching the president right now and that's going to take up our limited resources and time for a while," Nadler said.

Analysis: Security experts say the supposed gift of a mutual assistance pact is not as beneficial to Israel as it may seem.

As the new name shows, the Trump administration's full-throated support of Israel's right-wing government goes much further than any other U.S. administration.

Big rallies are back, and the campaign is trying to diversify its support as it focuses on early states.

Not all political polls are created equally so here are five key questions to ask when reading them.

The radio-emitting bubbles are near our galaxy's supermassive black hole.

First Read is your briefing from "Meet the Press" and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.

Some 600,000 Rohingya are living in "deplorable" conditions, the U.N. said.

Analysis: The House speaker has stood up to pressure from all sides this year. Will her strategy hold now that it's mounting quickly?

The demonstrations are the latest in nearly four months of sometimes violent protests.

"He thought Dorian was a monster," the 3-year-old-boy's mother said.

"If I gave a million dollars to a media company or consultants or hired like a small army of canvassers, no one would blink an eye," Yang said.

"I think it is really important for us to make sure that we are not forgetting, right, the aftermath of what happened after 9/11," Omar said.

"There can be no realization of the American Dream without grappling with the original sin of slavery," Biden said.