President Biden and his economic team, concerned that elevated mortgage rates and housing costs are hurting Americans and hindering his re-election bid, are searching for new ways to make housing more available and affordable. Mr. Biden’s forthcoming budget request will call on Congress to pass a raft of initiatives to build more affordable housing and…
Reed Arnold was watching TV on Saturday at his home in Clarksville, Tenn., when he saw a warning on his phone. He stepped outside and filmed the swiftly moving clouds and a looming tornado. Minutes later, the twister hit his neighborhood. “One second you are sitting in your house, and all of a sudden, all…
Clearing skies over northwestern Nevada on Monday may permit the mass exodus of tens of thousands of people from the Burning Man festival, where they have been stranded for days after torrential rain swept the event’s remote desert location, organizers said. The improved forecast may also allow for the traditional climax to the celebration of…
A wildfire in eastern Washington State has left one person dead and destroyed dozens of structures as the authorities have raced to contain blazes across the state and in the nearby Canadian province of British Columbia. The Gray fire began in Washington around noon on Friday, prompting evacuations, and had burned through 9,500 acres by…
The wildfires on Maui, which have been linked to dozens of deaths and burned much of the historic district of the town of Lahaina, may also have long-term impacts on the tourism industry that plays an outsize role in the island’s economy. Local officials have asked visitors making nonessential trips to Maui to leave, and…
The State Department placed President Biden’s envoy for Iran, Robert Malley, on unpaid leave on Thursday amid a review of his security clearance. “I have been informed that my security clearance is under review,” Mr. Malley said in an email. “I have not been provided any further information, but I expect the investigation to be…