This trenchant treatise from economist Prasad (The Future of Money) argues that China’s rise and America’s wane are leading to global instability. The issue isn’t brinkmanship per se but a ...

WASHINGTON — With a potential end to the government shutdown in sight, the Supreme Court on Tuesday extended a freeze on a federal judge’s ruling that would require the Trump administration to fully ...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday at least temporarily allowed the Trump administration to withhold about $4 billion in payments for the SNAP food benefits program that a federal judge had ...

Anxious travelers across the U.S. felt a bit of relief Friday as airlines mostly stayed on schedule while still cutting more than 1,000 flights largely because of the government shutdown. Plenty of ...

Scientists are reporting the first compelling evidence in people that cognitive training can boost levels of a brain chemical that typically declines with age. A 10-week study of people 65 or older ...

BLADENSBURG, Md. — A 66-year-old D.C. man was driving in reverse when he crashed into a children's birthday party and ran away on foot in Bladensburg Saturday night, leaving his car behind, trapping ...

Retirement looks different now than it did for previous generations. While it was common at one point to arrive at your golden years with a robust pension, a paid-off home and enough savings to ...

Dozens of sitting judges shared with The Times their concerns about risks to the courts’ legitimacy as the Supreme Court releases opaque orders about Trump administration policies. The judges were ...

A judge in Illinois has temporarily blocked federal agents from using certain types of force and crowd-control measures against protesters, after video of a pastor being repeatedly shot by pepper ...

WASHINGTON, Oct 1 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump has pledged to treat any armed attack on Qatar as a threat to the United States' own security, according to a document published on Wednesday ...

Acting on his own, the chief justice issued an “administrative stay” pausing a trial judge’s ruling while the full court considers the matter. By Adam Liptak Reporting from Washington Chief Justice ...