President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Brooke Rollins, president of the America First Policy Institute, to be agriculture secretary. She chaired the Domestic Policy Council during Trump’s first term. Winter storms could impact Thanksgiving travel for many Americans. Forecasts expect cold temperatures, gusty winds, rain, and even possible heavy snow in some areas.

Half of Americans who havent retired yet expect to rely on Social Security benefits, but more than 70% of them are concerned that the retirement benefits theyve been promised wont be there for them.

The people that president-elect Donald Trump has selected to lead federal health agencies in his second administration include a retired congressman, a surgeon and a former talk-show host. All of them could play pivotal roles in fulfilling a new political agenda that could change how the government goes about safeguarding Americans...

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Disabled people who use rideshare apps Lyft and Uber say their experience is not a seamless task of pressing a few buttons and being whisked to their destination minutes later.

Democratic National Committee (DNC) Vice Chair Ken Martin criticized the party for losing to Republicans this election cycle, describing the loss as a damning indictment from the American people during a Friday evening appearance on The Lead with Jake Tapper. For the first time, the majority of Americans believe that the Republican Party best represents...

English is the most common second language and English skills can expand opportunities. But Ukraine has among the lowest rate of English fluency in Europe.

About a third of Americans plan to skip the cooking altogether by ordering in for Thanksgiving.

Americans are getting sick from food contamination. Experts believe it's going to get worse.

Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) signaled openness to supporting President-elect Trumps pick for Labor secretary, Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-Ore.), on Friday. Murray, chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, argued that Americans deserve a Labor secretary who knows that growing a stronger economy requires standing up for workers, not billionaires and giant corporations....

A potentially record-breaking Thanksgiving travel rush is on, with AAA estimating nearly 80 million Americans to make a trip of more than 50 miles and airlines expecting more than 30 million people to take to the skies between now and the Monday after the holiday. Here's how the country is preparing and how weather might throw a wrench into plans.

The number of deaths caused by alcohol-related diseases more than doubled among Americans between 1999 and 2020, according to new research. Alcohol was involved in nearly 50,000 deaths among adults ages 25 to 85 in 2020, up from just under 20,000 in 1999.

More than 4 million Americans currently hold a security clearance. Every one of them had a background check that was conducted by the FBI. During my 30 years of federal government service, I also held a security clearance, so I’m familiar with background checks, with the procedures for handling classified information, and with the importance […]

The issue of transgender use of any bathroom seems like a tempest in a teapot.

Nick Rathod, former senior political adviser for presidential candidate Kamala Harris and former campaign manager for Texas gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke, discussed with NTD’s Steve Lance the failures of the Democratic Party in the Nov. 5 election, how President-elect Donald Trump reached younger voters, and the shifts of demographics toward Trump.