The barrier to safe, affordable passenger rail is not geography or insufficient spending but outdated federal rail policy.

Fears over the omicron variant are overshadowing Biden's plans for December, which includes passing a key social and climate spending package

Corporations are ramping up disclosure of political spending amid intense scrutiny of their advocacy by the public and by shareholders focused on social justice and governance issues in the wake of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol. Some 295 S&P...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court's six conservative justices, hearing the biggest challenge to abortion rights in decades, have indicated they will uphold a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy. The conservative majority...

The African Union's health watchdog on Thursday appealed for calm over Omicron, the new, heavily mutated Covid-19 variant which has prompted many governments to impose new restrictions. The Omicron variant has been reported in four African countries including...