New polling shows that, given a slate of elements of democracy, Americans are least confident that elected leaders are ...

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The Maduro government says it has arrested at least nine U.S. citizens in the months since Venezuela’s widely discredited ...

Nearly 3 million Americans are poised to see bigger Social Security benefit checks. For some, that could trigger larger tax ...

The US offered to trade a Guantanamo Bay prisoner in exchange for the release of three Americans held in Afghanistan, a ...

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy shares his "parting prescription" for the country in a letter shared exclusively with ...

The Biden administration finalized a new rule that will prevent Americans from the harm caused by medical debt, including ...

WASHINGTON — More Americans say immigration should be a top focus for the U.S. government in 2025, as the country heads ...

People hoped to save $8,506, on average, in 2024 but missed that mark by more than $1,000 even though they saved more than ...

The nearly 1-point increase on a 30-year fixed mortgage equates to a more than $200 increase in monthly mortgage payments, or ...

Just two days after Election Day, Maggie Mosher, a retired history teacher based in San Jose, California, began setting up ...

The White House has discussed a possible swap with the Taliban for a prisoner at Guantánamo Bay, according to people familiar ...