A legal battle over when to wrap up the 2020 census is part of a broader push by the Trump administration to exclude illegal immigrants from the count that drives congressional reapportionment. A series of…

A trio of scientists from the U.S. and the U.K. have won this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of the hepatitis C virus, a major cause of liver cancer. Americans…

The Internal Revenue Service is investigating longtime National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre for possible criminal tax fraud related to his personal taxes, according to people familiar with the matter. Mr. LaPierre was paid $2.2…

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said tiny particles that linger in the air can spread the coronavirus, revising its guidelines on the matter just a few weeks after the health agency had…

A two-track recovery is emerging from the country’s pandemic-driven economic contraction. Some workers, companies and regions show signs of coming out fine or even stronger. The rest are mired in a deep decline with an…

WASHINGTON—President Trump said he would leave the hospital and return to the White House later Monday, saying he was feeling “really good” despite questions about his condition and after other officials in his inner circle…

The recovery for U.S. services businesses gained momentum in September, surveys of purchasing managers show, while fresh coronavirus restrictions hurt activity in Europe and Asia. The Institute for Supply Management’s nonmanufacturing index—a survey-based measure of…

WASHINGTON—Investigators probing whether traders at JPMorgan Chase & Co. rigged silver prices seven years ago decided there was no case to bring. Last week, the same agency hammered the megabank with a $920 million fine.…