For years, public-health authorities downplayed the risk that pathogens could spread via droplets light enough to circulate ...

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has managed to do the impossible: unite almost the entire left (against him).

Discount carrier Spirit Airlines has emerged from bankruptcy protection. The budget airline — known for its no-frills, ...

The market, in turn, has tumbled as Trump’s trade war sparks fears of a forthcoming recession. Last week, the Dow dropped 670 ...

A pilot and a student pilot were released without criminal charges Wednesday after their plane flew within three miles of the White House, prompting evacuations throughout the capital, officials said.

Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the Democratic leader, broke with his party on Thursday and said he would vote for a Republican-written bill to keep federal funding flowing past a midnight Friday ...

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. Along with former ...