It's an unusual winter for respiratory illnesses. The flu is peaking twice: once in early January and again in February. Meanwhile, it's the mildest COVID winter since the pandemic began.

That's the way one scientist puts it — referring to how infected wild birds survive long enough to spread it to birds and ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is the first Asian leader to visit the second Trump administration. He faces ...

An attempt to identify and explain some of the biggest things that happened each week, and draw attention to some that have ...

It's common for young people leaving jails and prisons to end up back behind bars, often after lapses related to untreated ...

An attempt to identify and explain some of the biggest things that happened each week, and draw attention to some that have ...

The House education committee is charged with forging consensus on the nation's education policy. But at a recent meeting, ...

Trump has long felt that Japan and other wealthy allies take advantage of the U.S., racking up big trade surpluses, while ...

Some companies have announced diversity rollbacks — but many more are deleting or softening language from their investor ...

This week calls for some throwback thinking. If you can recall how Roman numerals work, you'll get at least one question ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson is working with House Republicans to advance a budget bill that would allow Republicans to pass many of Trump's top policy priorities without threat of a Senate filibuster.

The 19th century term describes the perceived right of Americans to use force or the threat of force to wrest desireable land from the grasp of others.