Rep. Annie Kuster (D-N.H.) is leaving Congress with the goal of opening doors for a younger generation in leadership. “I’m trying to set a better example,” Kuster told the Boston Globe in a report published Thursday about her decision to not seek reelection. “I think there are colleagues — and some of whom are still...

Plans for the military to participate in the detention and deportation of 9 million immigrants will have negative consequences for current service members and future veterans, as well as damage the morale, reputation and readiness of the armed forces.

Unemployment insurance claims dropped to their lowest level in a month, showing signs of health in the U.S. labor market amid a broader slowdown in employment conditions. Initial claims fell by 1,000 to 219,000 for the week ending Dec. 21, the Labor Department reported Thursday. The four-week average of claims increased by 1,000 to 226,500....

To secure U.S. interests and reputation, Washington must deter Turkey’s aggression. 

Americans feel like they should increasingly avoid political news content, according to a study published Thursday by the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research at the University of Chicago. Their research found 65 percent of adults have felt the need to limit their media consumption about the government and politics due to information overload, fatigue,...

Mike Jeffries and two others have been charged with sex trafficking and interstate prostitution.

Handsome Brook Farms said the cartons included eggs that were “not intended for retail distribution.”

There have been more than 30,000 cases of whooping cough reported in the U.S. this year.

The State Department’s foreign disinformation center, accused by conservatives of censoring American citizens, shut its doors due to lack of funding this week.

Three House Democrats are calling on a U.S. agency to stop its investigation into Spain's arms embargo of Israel.