We call it the “rare disease community,” but there is nothing rare about the number of Americans whose lives are touched by these diseases. Cancer afflicts 18 million Americans. Comparatively, an estimated 30 million Americans — roughly 1 in 10 — live with a rare disease. Individually, the more than 7,000 rare diseases affect relatively […]
Enough. I have tried making this argument politely. I have tried making it historically. I have tried making it legally. So let me make it as plainly as possible: Lemkin Institute, give the Lemkin family back its name. You don’t own it. You didn’t earn it. And you should not get to wrap your political […]
Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is suggesting that there should be a mandatory retirement age of 75 for the president, Congress and Supreme Court justices.
A conservative group filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday challenging a Los Angeles schools policy meant to address the harms of segregation, alleging that it discriminates against white students.
A judge on Wednesday threw out the boundaries of the only congressional seat in New York City represented by a Republican, ordering the state to redraw the district on the grounds that its current composition unconstitutionally diluted the votes of Black and Hispanic residents.
Ahead of the annual March for Life this week, House Republicans passed legislation that would ensure federal funding continues for pregnancy resource centers serving low-income women.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced it is requesting public information on gluten labeling and cross-contamination in packaged foods, marking an initial effort to enhance transparency for consumers with celiac disease and food allergies.
Congressional Republicans moved closer Wednesday to lifting a 20-year ban on mining near Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, pushing a resolution to end the moratorium through the House despite environmentalists' warnings that it could devastate a premier destination for campers, kayakers and canoeists.
NATO chief Mark Rutte says U.S. versus Danish control of Greenland was not discussed in his talks with President Donald Trump, which led to an agreement on new Greenland "framework."
A court ruling temporarily removed restrictions on federal agents after protesters allegedly faced pepper spray during immigration enforcement operations.
After President Donald Trump took to the stage in Davos to declare that Western civilization must defend itself, Somali-born activist and author Ayaan Hirsi Ali said, “Trump is right."
Lawmakers vote to restore mineral access in Minnesota's federal lands, citing national security needs for domestic critical minerals over foreign imports.
House Republicans are calling the new Virginia congressional map proposed by state Democrats an "illegal action," and say the GOP will continue to fight the proposal in court.
