A Syrian court sentenced Assad along with his brother to death in absentia for crimes against humanity and war crimes during ...

The deployment is expected to cost in the billions after it was quietly extended until Inauguration Day of 2029.

After Alabama redrew its congressional maps in May, voters in several districts saw their primaries pushed to August. Now, it ...

Today marks one year since the National Guard was deployed to the nation's capital. Here's what has happened since. And, a 7.4 magnitude earthquake leaves more than 100 people dead in Colombia.

New research from the March of Dimes says more than half of U.S. counties have no labor and delivery hospitals. One Black midwife tries to make a difference for moms in Alabama.

According to the NOCO Humane, a four-week-old Labrador retriever puppy was rushed to a treatment facility after being found with a swollen lower jaw in Evans.

From Nobel Prize-winning research to the Laffer Curve, Scabby the Rat, Veblen's peacock, and more — the economic ideas and inside jokes hiding throughout Planet Money's new board game.

Two fires in Reno, Nevada — the Bug Fire and the Fred Mountain Fire — have forced the evacuation of over 5,000 people. The ...

A new poll shows support for moving the U.S. toward proportional representation, a system that elects multiple ...

On a recent sunny day at a neighborhood park in Washington, D.C., dozens of people stretched out on blankets, laughing and picnicking with friends. Dogs happily rolled in the grass. A young dad played ...

A week after the Michigan primary, tests of progressive power will play out in the Midwest, raising questions of whether far left candidates can win come November or if the GOP can pick up moderates.

The shift comes as U.S. stockpiles of key weapons have dwindled and as stop-start talks seem again to have stalled. But Trump insists the pressure can lead to a breakthrough.