The 85-year-old California Democrat's departure will mark the end of an era in Congress. In 2007, Pelosi became the first woman elected to serve as U.S. House speaker.

A shrewd political strategist, California Rep. Nancy Pelosi has had an unprecedented career in Congress. First elected in a ...

There's a global shortage of radiologists. Now artificial intelligence is helping speed up the diagnosis of tuberculosis in hard-to-reach communities.

The federal budget shutdown is dragging on. The Trump White House responded to orders from two federal judges. The ...

The construction industry, where more than a quarter of workers are foreign-born, has long struggled to find enough workers.

Migrating wild birds are spreading the virus to domesticated flocks, increasing the risk of eventually seeing a human ...

After Republicans lost big in Tuesday's elections, adding pressure to end the government shutdown, President Trump pushed ...

Under court order to restart SNAP food aid, the Trump administration said it would provide 50% of benefits. But a policy ...

NPR's data analysis shows that the DOJ has tended to fire judges with immigrant defense backgrounds in its recent rounds of ...

The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, or LIHEAP, helps about 6 million U.S. households pay energy bills, buy fuel, ...

Telehealth for Medicare started during the pandemic and became popular quickly. But the shutdown put an abrupt halt to ...

Electric bills are also going up because of increased power demand. For the first two decades of this century, demand for ...