President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row, converting their punishments to ...

The U.S. military says two U.S. Navy pilots have been shot down over the Red Sea in an apparent “friendly fire” incident.

Congress has pushed through final passage of a bipartisan plan to fund federal operations and prevent a government shutdown.

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As Syrians seek to recover from decades of a brutal dictatorship, they want to learn what happened to missing loved ones. For ...

The city of Berlin pays half the cost if you repair electronics and don't throw them away. That sounds better than it worked ...

First Hamas, then Hezbollah, now Syria. As key components of Iran’s anti-Israel/anti-U.S. “Axis of Resistance” are sidelined ...

An author who studied J. Edgar Hoover’s complicated legacy at the FBI says she sees warning signs in the overt political ...

Elon Musk, the world’s wealthiest man, is proving his outsized influence on American politics. His railings against Congress’ ...

A guide to what you might hear from millennials and Generation Zers while you eat dinner, binge holiday movies, and laze ...

As our writers unwrap their favorite memories of childhood holiday gifts, something else comes into focus: the giver.

Despite the secular trappings of an imported holiday, the Chinese have devised a type of giving that captures the Christmas ...