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Policymakers will need to patch the Social Security program by 2033 to avoid draconian cuts in benefits, a year earlier than had been predicted. A trust fund for Medicare will run out of cash by 2031.

Two years ago, the president promised to run the most transparent administration in history. Scholars and privacy experts have some doubts about how well the administration has fulfilled its commitment.

A bipartisan group of senators has spent three years hashing out a proposal to reduce mandatory minimum prison terms for many nonviolent crimes.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, had stinging words for his old friend, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, after the Justice Department opposed a bipartisan sentencing bill.

The Labor Department is handing out $5 million in grants to fund job centers for people coming out of jail. The program is part of a broader effort to reduce recidivism.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken kicks off a summit to strengthen democracy, hosting an event with Ukraine's president.

With a Ted Cruz or Donald Trump GOP nomination looking possible and Bernie Sanders gaining on the Democratic side, the former New York City mayor and billionaire is seriously eyeing a White house run.

An influx of investment and new residents has brought great prosperity to the Indian metropolis of Mumbai, home to the Bollywood movie industry. However, with the emergence of "New" Mumbai, wealth disparities have been exposed and difficulties confronted.

Early Air Force experiments helped pave the way for the space program. Joseph Kittinger, who jumped from a balloon 103,000 feet up, talks about his experience.

Nat Read says he has ridden every mile on the Amtrak rail network, and he's never grown tired of looking at the country through a train window.