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In 2016, 30 people were sentenced to death in America, and 20 people were executed. Both numbers are the lowest in decades, but voters in three states also voted to keep execution on the books.

The president-elect hasn't held a news conference since July. He promised one for Wednesday, and there's a lot to ask about, from his alleged ties to Russia to what he plans to do about Obamacare.

Senate Republicans want to speed the confirmation process for their colleague, Alabama's Jeff Sessions, to become attorney general. Democrats and civil rights groups are trying to pump the brakes.

President Obama came into office hailed as the "Great Communicator," but when it came to explaining the $780 billion stimulus, he came up short, setting up a pattern that would repeat.

The Alabama Republican senator counted himself as one of Donald Trump's earliest supporters on Capitol Hill. Now, he's in line to become the next U.S. attorney general.

Sessions was the first sitting senator to endorse Trump's candidacy. He's campaigned with Trump and serves as an important ally for the candidate that the GOP leadership still hasn't fully embraced.

Sexual harassment allegations against Fox News chief Roger Ailes cost him his job. We examine Ailes' legacy, an unparalleled figure in the twin realms of media and politics.

Community activist and Clinton delegate Malcolm Kenyatta gives Michel Martin a tour of his neighborhood in North Philadelphia, where he was born and where he sees lessons for the Democratic Party.

Republican vice presidential candidate Mike Pence will debate Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine on Tuesday. Here's what you need to know about Pence before they face off.

For decades, New Zealand has tried to reduce the populations of destructive, non-native predators. Now the country has a more ambitious goal: eliminating invasive rats, stoats and possums by 2050.