After complaints about staffing cuts and long waits to get help at the Social Security Administration, its commissioner says things are getting a lot better.

Southern Baptists elected a new leader who has decried a “decline and drift” within the denomination.

Researchers commissioned by President Joe Biden's Democratic administration to investigate alcohol-related health harms have released their findings independently.

Renderings of a dramatically redesigned Pennsylvania Station in New York City have been released by Amtrak and the developers.

Nick Reiner, son of Rob Reiner, is seeking funds from a trust his parents established.

The World Cup is offering the 16 host cities a chance to take action against one of the biggest problems they face — homelessness.

Rahm Emanuel has been making moves in New Hampshire, hinting at a possible return to Washington politics.

A Democratic group that previously focused on presidential races is wading into more than a dozen House and Senate contests across the country.

Republican Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo will face Democratic Attorney General Aaron Ford in a battle to hold onto his seat in November.

Nevada, South Carolina and North Dakota have hosted primary elections, but much of the political world is focused on Maine’s high-stakes U.S. Senate contest.

A Texas teenager who fatally stabbed a 17-year-old athlete from a rival track team has been found guilty of murder.

Scott Pelley has spoken out in a raw and emotional podcast interview about his last days at CBS News, where he spent 37 years.

Senators are warning that a key U.S. surveillance authority could expire this week after bipartisan opposition to President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the nation’s intelligence community derailed an extension effort.

Bill Maher is set to receive the Mark Twain Award for American Humor at the Kennedy Center on June 28.

A new Treasury inspector general report raises concerns about Immigration and Customs Enforcement's ability to safeguard taxpayer information.

A teenager charged with murder in the fatal stabbing of a competitor at a Texas track meet won't be testifying in his own defense.

Three more cases of the New World screwworm have been confirmed, including one outside Texas, demonstrating the difficulty of stopping a pest that could potentially devastate the nation’s cattle industry.

Tropical Storm Boris has formed and is expected to bring heavy rain to parts of southern Mexico's Pacific coast.

Police in Ohio are still searching for suspects who opened fire near a busy street festival in Toledo and wounded 12 people over the weekend.

“Schmigadoon.

Rob Sand rallied a crowd for the first time as the official Democratic nominee for Iowa governor on Sunday.

Authorities say a shooting near a busy street festival in Ohio has wounded at least 12 people.

Attorneys for musician Chuck Redd said on Friday that a D.C. Superior Court judge had dismissed a breach of contract lawsuit filed against Redd after he canceled a Christmas Eve performance at the Kennedy Center in protest of President Donald Trump’s influence over the venue.

Stadium workers near Los Angeles have voted to authorize a strike as the venue prepares to host the U.S. men’s soccer team’s opening World Cup match.