The new NBC News Decision Desk Poll powered by SurveyMonkey found adults divided over the health secretary but with a bare ...

Cuts to Medicaid and anti-poverty programs wipe out gains low-income households could see from policies like no taxes on tips ...

If you think the Democrat Party is fractured now—stick around. It is only going to get worse before it gets any better, ...

The head of a prominent U.S. teachers union resigned from her position in the Democratic Party on Sunday, saying she was "out ...

Follow along for the latest on the manhunt after the deadly shootings that claimed the life of a Minnesota lawmaker.

Randi Weingarten, the president of a national teachers union influential in Democratic politics, has left the Democratic ...

In a letter to the party’s chairman, Ken Martin, Ms. Weingarten wrote, “I appear to be out of step with the leadership you ...

"He was right-leaning politically but never fanatical, from what I saw, just strong beliefs,” said Paul Schroeder, who has ...

Readers respond to a column by David Brooks about the Democratic Party. Also: A litmus test for federal workers; principled ...

The man suspected of shooting two Minnesota lawmakers, killing one of them, has been taken into custody, a law enforcement ...

From the pulpit on Sunday, Father Joe Whalen exhorted his parishioners to avoid the kind of extreme partisanship and hate ...