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 ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson is working with House Republicans to advance a budget bill that would allow Republicans to pass ...

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

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 ...

President Trump signed a series of executive actions that would limit transgender and nonbinary people's rights by focusing ...

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

The rebels continued advances in eastern Congo despite their own announcement of a cease-fire. The U.N. secretary-general ...

The move came one day after President Donald Trump signed an executive order intended to ban transgender athletes from girls' ...

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

Picture book author Mac Barnett has been named the Library of Congress' new ambassador for young people's literature. He discusses what the role means when engaging kids in reading can be a struggle.