BUFFALO, N.Y. — Snow and cold records fell as an arctic airmass that started in Siberia spilled over a big chunk of the eastern half of the U.S., including the normally mild South, on Tuesday.

NEW YORK — The unredacted Senate Intelligence Committee report on the CIA’s detention and enhanced interrogation program runs approximately 6,700 pages and includes some 38,000 footnotes. It d…

WASHINGTON — A top House lawmaker announced Tuesday that Congress will pass a governmentwide temporary spending bill to keep the government running through Dec. 20, forestalling a government s…

WASHINGTON — Sharply at odds with liberal justices, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority seemed ready Tuesday to allow the Trump administration to abolish protections that permit 660,000 …

BOSTON — A federal court in Boston has ruled that warrantless U.S. government searches of the phones and laptops of international travelers at airports and other U.S. ports of entry violate th…

ATLANTA — Former President Jimmy Carter was recovering Tuesday after surgery to relieve pressure on his brain from bleeding linked to recent falls.

For many of us who love to cook and host on Thanksgiving, one central mystery remains: What to pour?

CAPON BRIDGE, W.Va. — Like characters from “High Fidelity,” my friends and I are constantly making, revising and debating lists of our favorite burgers. The entries in these hallowed pantheons…

Some people have a strict definition of chili, but to me a major joy of the dish is that it’s more a big open field than a narrow path, with plenty of room to play. I suppose at a minimum it n…

CHICAGO — The 2020 Democratic presidential primary campaign drew a record six female candidates to the field. But with just less than three months until voting starts, only one has risen to th…

WASHINGTON — The view among the national security officials was unanimous: Military aid to Ukraine should not be stopped by the White House.