Historians defended Anthea Hartig, director of the National Museum of American History, after the Trump administration accused her of spreading “radical activist ideology.”

The best of New York’s dynamic dining scene (mostly) between two buns.

By 2018, fentanyl overdoses in Estonia had plummeted. But powerful new drugs are appearing fast, with the authorities racing to respond.

Scientists have never quite understood how hail works. Meet the storm chasers trying to change that.

The number of U.S. adults taking an obesity medication has nearly quadrupled from just two years ago.

After days of public mourning ceremonies in the Iranian capital, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s coffin arrived in Tehran’s Azadi Square. This is what I saw covering the miles-long procession on Monday.

A public housing employee made more than $465,000 in a year with overtime, while apparently running two private plumbing businesses at the same time. The city is investigating.

The focus at a leaders’ summit in Turkey this week will be on building a new model for the alliance, as President Trump pushes to do less and pressures others do more.

The comedian and actress joked that “there was more people at my bat mitzvah” than at America’s 250th birthday party.

A court will decide on Tuesday whether to uphold Ms. Le Pen’s embezzlement conviction. If it does, the far-right leader will probably be barred from running for the presidency next year.

Many Democrats want representatives as furious as they are. That makes it easier for unfit candidates to escape proper vetting.

In New York City, emergency rooms last week logged the highest number of patients treated for heat-related illnesses in years.

“This is something that I tried for many years to forget,” the woman, Jenny Racicot, said on CNN.

Senator Mitch McConnell was admitted to the hospital on June 14, and his office has provided few updates about his condition. Here’s what we know.

Graham Platner can be replaced on the ballot if he withdraws in the next week. If he does, Maine Democrats would face an uncertain two-week race to choose a replacement.

Publicly and behind the scenes, the president continues to try to impose his own views of American history and culture, presenting an ongoing challenge to Lonnie Bunch, the institution’s leader.

Nuctech’s rise from a Chinese state-backed start-up to a global border-security supplier has made it a lightning rod in trade and subsidy disputes.