Former U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson, a political legend whose quick wit bridged partisan gaps in the years before today’s political acrimony, has died. He was 93.

Progressive Democrats wasted no time eulogizing the legacy of Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.), a progressive lion of the lower ...

Ian Ridlon, the executive director and president of the Rhode Island Interlocal Risk Management Trust, spoke to the R.I. House’s Climate Change Impacts Commission about those rising costs on Wednesday ...

New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D) kicked off an open race for her Senate seat with her announcement Wednesday that she would not seek another term in office.  Shaheen’s announcement makes her ...

In the Trump administration’s quest to “Make America Healthy Again,” there may be no bigger target than ultraprocessed foods. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation’s new health secretary, has cited ...

Prosecutors in the Justice Department section that handles public corruption cases have been told the unit will be significantly reduced in size, and that its cases will be ...

Today four states—Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Utah—list the firing squad in their menu of execution methods. The Idaho Legislature just passed a law making the firing squad its primary ...

Before August 2021, the name Emma Raducanu was only known by those in tennis circles. The Canadian-born Briton turned ...

Imagn Images The U.S. Open has been played since 1895, not counting a few years taken off during World War II. And while ...

This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. It is part one of a four-part series. Jose Gonzalez* wore no mask, despite the toxic chemicals he worked with in the oil field.

Hong Kong is betting on the RISC-V open-source chip architecture to drive innovation and secure a position in China’s semiconductor landscape amid escalating US chip restrictions. The city ...