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.

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.

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.  

As the luckiest Americans worry less about their basic needs, more of us are seeking jobs with a moral or social mission.

Of all those cheering Donald Trumps recent re-election as a victory over leftist tyranny, one group has especially personal reasons to celebrate: the roughly 1,400 Americans charged with crimes rel...

Dangerous weather is battering both coasts just as the Thanksgiving holiday rush gets underway. Major storms walloped the West Coast and Northeast, bombarding millions of Americans with heavy rain and snow. Rob Marciano has details.