The Senate Finance Committee will meet on Jan. 29 to discuss the confirmation of RFK Jr., whose stances on vaccines and abortion have raised questions from Democrats and Republicans alike.

Just outside New York City’s Central Park Zoo, not far from where Robert F. Kennedy Jr. once stealthily deposited a dead bear cub, stands a bronze statue to another animal: Balto, the husky that, 100 ...

On Wednesday, Senate Democrats blocked a bill that proponents said would ensure that newborns surviving abortions received medical care and critics said would add legal risks for doctors. The ...

President Donald Trump has kicked off his second term with a flurry of executive actions on immigration, the economy, DEI and more. Trump can be expected to talk more about his economic agenda when he ...

The Laken Riley Act will now go to Trump's desk and symbolically will become the first measure he signs into law of his ...

President Trump has selected conservative activist and media executive Brent Bozell to serve as the next CEO of the United ...

Who was Laken Riley? Georgia nursing student who was brutally killed by Jose Antonio Ibarra, who entered the US illegally in September 2022.

Abortion opponents see Trump’s second term as a chance to revive federal enthusiasm on a longtime social issue.

The Supreme Court has already affirmed the original meaning of the 14th Amendment and the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Now the ...

Republicans hoping to thwart Beijing’s influence in Latin America urge the Panamanian government to cut ties with Chinese ...

In today’s edition … Wikler announces support of 131 DNC members heading into third chair forum … Senate Republican ...

Editorial page editor Jim Dao sits down with Globe Opinion columnist Joan Vennochi and Globe political reporter James Pindell ...