As House Republicans aim to use their majority to divide Democrats on toxic political issues, they found early success this month making new hay out of an old idea: the "horrors" of socialism. House GOP leaders staged a vote Thursday on a resolution condemning socialism as a fundamental threat to American prosperity and independence — a...

Two progressive Democratic House freshmen from Florida and Texas will host parents of two victims of school shootings as their guests for President Biden's State of the Union Address address on Tuesday. Rep. Greg Casar (D-Texas) will host Brett Cross, whose son Uziyah García was one of the 19 schoolchildren who died at Robb Elementary...

A new report found that just about 25 percent of hospitals are fully compliant with a federal price transparency rule that requires all hospitals to post their prices online in an accessible and searchable format. The report, published by the Patient Rights Advocate on Monday, said that it surveyed the websites of 2,000 large hospitals...

The Manhattan district attorney possessed sufficient evidence to convict former President Trump last year and was wrong to not seek charges, an ex-prosecutor in the case contends in his forthcoming book. Mark Pomerantz argued his team built a “solid case” for securing Trump’s conviction on financial crimes, and he offered a searing criticism of how...

A New York middle school and its food vendor are apologizing for serving chicken and watermelon for lunch on the first day of Black History Month, an error the vendor called “unintentionally” insensitive. Students at Nyack Middle School in Rockland County, just outside New York City, were served chicken and waffles with watermelon, foods stereotypically...

The post-midterm honeymoon President Biden experienced in recent months could be coming to an end.  Biden experienced a boost following the midterm elections with a better-than-expected outcome that had Democrats holding their Senate majority and losing the House — but keeping their losses down. The president has also been bolstered by record-high jobs numbers and...

As the 118th Congress begins its work for 2023, hospitals and health systems continue to face significant challenges that are jeopardizing access to care for patients and communities. At the top of the list are workforce pressures and financial challenges. The health care workforce is exhausted — physically and mentally — as we persevere through...

Tech industry group Chamber of Progress is urging President Biden to lay out a plan to support recovery and job growth in the tech sector after widespread layoffs during his State of the Union address on Tuesday. The CEO of Chamber of Progress, whose corporate partners include Apple, Amazon, Google parent company Alphabet and Meta,...

The move follows a days-long encampment of illegal migrants who refused to leave a Midtown Manhattan hotel for relocation to the shelter last week.

China said a second spy balloon seen over the Caribbean and Latin America was also blown off course by the weather, the same explanation it gave for the one found over the U.S.