Senate Democrats’ decision to allow Republicans to pass a spending bill will avert a short-term shutdown, but it will also give Republicans the power to grant President Donald Trump new leverage to ...

Carolyn Woo’s statements come after the U.S. bishops issued a “very urgent” appeal earlier this week for Catholics to ...

Nimrod Cohen’s mother never got to ask him why he chose a raven for the tattoo he got in October 2023. Three days after ...

A journey through the front lines of global poverty shows that when the world’s richest men slash aid for the world’s poorest ...

Patrick Healy, the deputy Opinion editor, hosted an online conversation with the Times Opinion columnists M. Gessen, Tressie ...

The Trump administration’s recent changes to student loans are causing frustration and confusion for some borrowers.

Maryland Sens. Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks voted against the bill. Alsobrooks said in a statement ahead of the ...

While Trump has abolished other agencies by executive order, he can't end the Education Department on his own because Congress created it in statute.

A fire set by gangs at the country’s largest public hospital underscores long-simmering problems in Haiti, which is heavily dependent on international aid.

The president and his allies accuse South Africa of discriminating against and killing white people, and warn that it could ...