Rob Gunther

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has held power in the country for decades, but his recent plan to overhaul social security has driven thousands of protesters to the streets.

Cathy Myers is a lifelong high school teacher, union leader, and a twice elected member of the Janesville school board. Now she wants to bring her experience to Congress.

Randy Bryce is an iron worker looking to swing Wisconsin's first congressional district, currently occupied by soon-to-be retired House Speaker Paul Ryan, from red to blue.

Fidel and Raúl Castro have managed Cuba's government for 60 years. As Castro hands the presidency to Miguel Díaz-Canel, uncertainty clouds the island's future.

Seven inmates were killed and 17 more injured in a series of fights that broke out at a maximum security prison in South Carolina on Sunday night.

While President Trump has repeated his claim of a $10-billion net worth, his companies are arguing otherwise, with lawsuits across the country attempting to lower Trump's tax burden.

Despite a lack of permanent legal status, undocumented immigrants contribute significant amounts of money to state and local coffers, yet they are largely ineligible for benefits.

Every year around tax season, countless Americans receive calls from parties claiming to be agents of the I.R.S. These scams bilk thousands of taxpayers out of hard-earned savings.

Tax Day is next week, and even though the new G.O.P. tax bill won't affect the 2017 filings, tax professionals are scrambling to make sense of upcoming changes.

E.P.A. Administrator Scott Pruitt is becoming increasingly isolated as a string of ethical violations lead many to question his ability to survive the growing scandals.

An attack at YouTube HQ in California on Tuesday points to an alarming increase in workplace homicides.

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court threw out an Arizona woman's lawsuit against a police officer who shot her four times in her own front yard.

When Paul Storey was convicted of murdering Jonas Cherry, a Texas prosecutor successfully argued for capital punishment, claiming Cherry's family wanted him dead. But it wasn't true. 

Henry was a high school student on Long Island looking for a way out of MS-13. He served as a government informant. Then I.C.E. put him in detention.

Many online saw the selection of a white woman to curate the Brooklyn Museum's African art department as particularly tone deaf.

Ransomware attacks, like the one that took government services offline in Atlanta last week, are becoming an increasingly common threat for cities across the U.S.

After a deadly fire tore through a busy shopping mall in the Siberian town of Kemerovo, thousands of Russians have taken to the streets to demand answers.

The Trump administration on Monday expelled 60 Russian nationals, in a belated show of solidarity with the U.K. Over a dozen additional countries followed suit.

Many saw it as a preordained contest: Russian voters went to the polls on Sunday to choose a new president in an election marred by low turnout and political apathy.

After being arrested last December while investigating crimes against the Rohingya in Myanmar, two reporters from Reuters have been languishing in detention while awaiting trial.