POLITICS

President Joe Biden plans private climate talks with world leaders to try to spur hard-and-fast commitments to cut climate wrecking pollution globally.

The U.S. Treasury Department is issuing a new report that details the high expense and low wages for child care.

The Biden administration says federal protections may need to be restored for gray wolves in the western U.S. after Republican-led states made it much easier to kill the predators.

In this week’s episode, Matthew speaks with Ross, Alexa and James about the coming legislative session and legal fights over redistricting in Texas.

The Biden administration has begun notifying governors and state refugee coordinators about how many Afghan evacuees from the first group of nearly 37,000 arrivals are slated to be resettled in their states.

Religious objections were once used only sparingly around the country to get exempted from various required vaccines.

Boston voters have for the first time narrowed the field of mayoral candidates to two women of color who will face off against each other in November.

President Joe Biden says nearly 3 million consumers took advantage of a special six-month period to sign up for subsidized health insurance coverage made more affordable by his COVID-19 relief law.

Hours after California Gov. Gavin Newsom beat back a recall election that could have removed him, his fellow Democrats in the state Legislature said they will seek changes to make it more difficult to challenge a sitting governor.

A defiant Republican Larry Elder conceded his fight to become California's next governor with a provocative hint about his political future: “Stay tuned.”.

The Associated Press has declared that Gov. Gavin Newsom had survived a recall effort, with a majority of voters choosing not to oust the Democratic governor with just over a year remaining in his first term.

An AP analysis shows that 26 of 50 largest public university campuses in the U.S. are not mandating that students receive vaccinations against the coronavirus.