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As the Trump administration accelerates the pace of federal executions in its final days, some Democrats are feeling more urgency to push the president-elect to act upon taking office.

The two Democratic presidential candidates are increasing their scrutiny of each other's long records.

President Biden has said the U.S. is committed to defending Taiwan, but Washington has traditionally stayed strategically ambiguous. Here's why.

President Biden is expected to address the surge in omicron cases, but is his administration's response fast and sufficient enough to meet what could be the most challenging month yet in the pandemic?

The U.N. is coordinating much of the aid to refugees. But central to the efforts are self-organized groups of volunteers, often coming together on social media, who have dropped everything to assist.

Two years after they first squared off, nine-term Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar faces progressive Jessica Cisneros in a March 1 primary. Both Democrats and Republicans are watching the key race.

A senior U.S. military official gave additional details in a background briefing Friday on the intelligence that led the U.S. to warn that Russia could invade Ukraine in the coming days.

A new survey shows a significant decline in the incomes of primary care doctors between 1995 and 2003. During that same period, the U.S. was trying to get more medical students to go into primary care. The drop was largely the result of reduced payments by insurance companies. One Washington, D.C., family doctor is trying to reverse the trend.

The ascension of Sheikh Mohammed, 61, had been expected after the death Friday of his half-brother and the UAE's president, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, at the age of 73.

Daily Beast editor Tina Brown joins Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep to recommend some of the best things she has read lately. This month, she focuses on stories of change, choice and the limits of control.