Dick Cheney, one of the most powerful vice president in American history, died Monday, according to a statement from his ...

Propel makes a free app for people on food stamps. Now it's giving some of them $50 each, as some private companies, nonprofits, and individuals scramble to help.

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan sworn in for a second term amid disputed 98% win, deadly protests, and an information ...

Dozens of leaders in medicine, criminal justice and more issued an urgent call for collective action to tackle the gun ...

About 1 in 8 U.S. residents get an average of $187 a month per person in the food assistance known as SNAP. For the first ...

The war involving the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has created the world's largest humanitarian disaster, a leading ...

Former N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has a long list of accomplishments, many of them progressive. In the race for New York City ...

At the heart of the government shutdown is a debate about expiring subsidies for Affordable Care Act plans. Republicans in Congress detest the ACA, but some have now accepted that it's here to stay.

A new lawsuit argues the latest changes to Public Service Loan Forgiveness could exclude public servants whose organizations have resisted President Trump's policies.

The Trump administration says it will restart SNAP food benefits but that it will pay out only half the amount people normally get. The administration says it will use money from an Agriculture ...