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The country's lower chamber of Congress has passed a bill that would legalize abortion before 14 weeks, approving it by a four-vote margin. But it's likely to face a tougher test in the upper chamber.

A new NPR/Ipsos poll finds about 6 in 10 Americans are opposed to training teachers to carry guns in schools. But two-thirds of Republicans, including 71 percent of Republican men, are in favor of it.

A 90-year-old woman from Coventry received the first vaccine shot as part of the United Kingdom's nationwide immunization campaign launched Tuesday.

House Democrats made good on their plans to respond to a national outcry for reform of the nation's law enforcement departments, with the chamber on…

A broad majority of Illinois voters support major changes to the state income tax, favoring a system where the wealthy pay more. That’s according to new...

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee to urge approval of the Bush administration's latest emergency funding request. The Bush administration has requested $91 billion, mainly to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The director of the National Intelligence has released another set of previously secret documents about NSA surveillance programs. The released followed a freedom of information request by the ACLU and the Electronic Frontier Foundation. The documents, many heavily redacted, reveal more about NSA programs.

An experimental drug appears to slow memory loss. Researchers say people with early Alzheimer's who got the drug for 18 months experienced 27% less cognitive decline than people who got a placebo.

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Military servicemembers who took part in the country's nuclear testing program are on the verge of losing federal benefits.