Politics

An expert committee advising the Food and Drug Administration voted unanimously on Tuesday to recommend Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine for use in children and adolescents ages 6 to 17. The vote was an...

Outside advisers to the Food and Drug Administration voted unanimously on Wednesday to recommend that the agency authorize the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccines for very young children, a move that could...

Tyfanee Pratt’s son Julian was born in November 2019 in Burlington, N.J. Before long, Ms. Pratt was ready to introduce him to the world. But then, she wrote, “Covid-19 slammed the door...

WASHINGTON — A man who toured the Capitol complex with a Republican lawmaker the day before the Jan. 6, 2021, attack later marched on the building while making threats against Speaker Nancy...

The number of abortions in the United States has increased, reversing what had been a three-decade decline, according to a new report.The uptick began in 2017, and as of 2020, one in...

Voters in several states weighed in on key contests in Tuesday’s primaries. Here are some of the most notable wins and losses:South CarolinaRepresentative Tom Rice, one of the 10 House Republicans who...

An independent panel of experts advising the Food and Drug Administration is scheduled to vote on Wednesday on whether to recommend to the agency that very young children be allowed to receive...

The potential for far-right Republicans to reshape the election systems of major battleground states is growing much closer to reality.As the halfway point nears of a midterm year that is vastly friendlier...

Republican voters in Nevada on Tuesday elevated conservative candidates who have ardently embraced Donald J. Trump’s false claims of election fraud, turning a key swing state into a contest this fall between...

Adam Laxalt, a former Nevada attorney general, has won the state’s Republican primary for Senate and will face Senator Catherine Cortez Masto, a Democrat, in what is likely to be a highly...