Life expectancy in the United States varies by more than 20 years depending on your race and ethnicity and where you live, according to new research. The authors call the level of health disparities ...

Washington — Former Fox News host Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, met with senators on Capitol Hill on Thursday as new details emerged about an alleged sexual ...

Washington — Rep.-elect Sarah McBride, a Delaware Democrat who is set to become the first transgender member of Congress, characterized a GOP effort to restrict bathroom use as an attempt “to get ...

Already, the poorest Gazans scavenge for food in garbage dumps as pitifully little aid gets across the Israeli border. Much of what does make it into Gaza is being stolen at gunpoint, exacerbating the ...

Haley, who challenged Trump in the GOP primaries and later endorsed him, also criticized Gabbard, a former congresswoman who represented Hawaii and Trump’s pick to be director of national intelligence ...

Incumbent Sen. Bob Casey on Thursday conceded in the U.S. Senate race in Pennsylvania to Republican challenger Dave McCormick. In an email from his campaign, Casey, a Democrat, said he called ...

After former Rep. Matt Gaetz withdrew himself from consideration for attorney general, President-elect Donald Trump announced Thursday evening that he was selecting Pam Bondi, Florida’s former ...

Washington — The House Ethics Committee, meeting to consider the release of a report on its investigation into former Rep.

Giraffe subspecies from across Africa are at risk, according to the agency. The service proposed listing West African, ...

If nothing is done to restore a forest after a wildfire, a vicious cycle begins. Fewer surviving trees means fewer pine cones for humans to pick and plant. That’s what happened in the Fremont-Winema ...

Jeffries made history in 2023 when he became the first Black lawmaker to lead a party in Congress, succeeding former House ...

A so-called “doomsday fish” has washed up on a Southern California beach — typically an extremely rare occurrence, but this ...