The Federal Reserve is expected to cut interest rates on Wednesday at its final gathering of the year. Whether it...

Brad Lander, the New York City comptroller, will announce on Wednesday that he will challenge Representative Daniel Goldman, setting up...

The Democratic Party is planning an unusually aggressive push to win seats in state legislatures next year, targeting more than...

He grew up in a family of Palestinian refugees in Jordan. His one-room home, filled with eight siblings, their parents...

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The Supreme Court will revisit on Wednesday how states assess intellectual disabilities to decide which capital defendants should be spared...

The campaign arm of House Democrats is making the first formal expansion of what it considers to be the battleground...

President Trump on Tuesday night gave the first of a series of speeches intended to alleviate Americans’ concerns about the...

María Corina Machado, this year’s Nobel Peace Prize winner, will not attend the Norwegian Nobel Institute’s award ceremony in Oslo...

China should allow its currency to strengthen and rely more on domestic consumer spending instead of ever-rising exports, International Monetary...

In recent months, Thais living near the border with Cambodia have been reminded of a man-made danger that many thought...

Inside Cedric et la Chocolaterie, the new Paris chocolate shop from the celebrity pastry chef Cedric Grolet — a tattooed...

In a state dominated by conservatives, the University of Texas at Austin stood out. Its leadership had often been a...

Earlier this year, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine issued a warning about the dangers of misinformation. Social...

Long before the World Cup draw last week determined which teams would play where and when, one game was designated...