The right-wing Republican from Georgia made her long-threatened move despite little chance of success in removing the speaker, given that Democrats have said they would work with the G.O.P. to block it.

The number of tornadoes so far in the United States this year is just above average. But their distribution is changing.

A liberal, antiwar California congressman, he had defeated Shirley Temple Black in a special election before launching a long-shot bid for the 1972 G.O.P. nomination.

The measure, which must still be signed into law, echoes a practice used by Russia, which has drafted tens of thousands of inmates into the war.

Judge Aileen Cannon has given sober consideration to arguments that some experts say should have been promptly dispensed with, leaving a backlog of pretrial issues without a trial date in sight.

The gasoline-powered Malibu was the last sedan sold by Chevrolet, the General Motors brand, in the United States.