Politics

Max Cleland, who lost three limbs in a hand grenade blast during the Vietnam War but went on to become a U.S. senator from...

The United Kingdom experienced its highest temperature on record on Tuesday, breaking 40 degrees Celsius for the first time, after the government declared a...

Did you know that nearly 60% of the universe consists of dark matter that remains unseen by us? This is a much lesser known...

Ashley Adirika, a teen from Florida, has always wanted to attend an Ivy League school. So she applied to all eight of them in...

Authorities say a suspect shot and killed four people and injured three others, including a police officer, in a shooting spree that began in...

The Senate passed a short-term spending bill Thursday night, averting a government shutdown that was scheduled for Saturday unless Congress acted. Senators voted 65-27 to...

Jill Biden's weekend included five flights, 11 events, and three meetings with Democrats who all asked for her assistance ahead of the midterm elections....

Advisers to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo influenced state health officials to remove data from a public report that showed coronavirus-related nursing-home deaths in...

Police said Tuesday that a candidate for Louisville's metro council has been charged with attempted murder after allegedly opening fire on a mayoral candidate...

As the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks approaches, relatives of victims are pressing courts to answer what they see as...

Looking for a new reason to exercise? Here's an example: A large international research review discovered that regular exercise appears to significantly reduce your risk...

When the United States opened trade relations with communist China, we were promised great things. Free trade, we were told, would expose the Middle Kingdom...

As thousands of Afghans scrambled to catch an evacuation flight following the Taliban's takeover of their country, chaotic scenes at Kabul's international airport turned...

Since the beginning of the pandemic, a sizable minority of coronavirus infections have resulted in long COVID, a perplexing collection of lingering and often...

Former employee and whistleblower Frances Haugen testified before Congress last week that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg owns 55 percent of the company's voting stock. This...

In an effort to keep the controversy surrounding his godmother's treatment of a Black advocate for victims of domestic abuse from overshadowing his visit...

In 101 months, the United States will have either fulfilled or failed to fulfill President Biden's most important climate promise. Right now, it is...

A volcano in the Caribbean has been erupting for quite some time. Residents on some eastern Caribbean islands were placed on alert last week...

Britain awoke Friday without its queen for the first time in 70 years. And, as the country entered a lengthy period of national mourning...

According to a new watchdog report, the Department of Homeland Security intelligence division identified "specific" threats related to January 6, 2021, prior to the...

On Tuesday, a massive reservoir known as a boating mecca fell below a critical level, raising new concerns about a source of power that...

The family of Daunte Wright gathered around his white coffin draped in red roses Wednesday, taking in one of the last times they would...

The Justice Department charged an Army doctor and a Johns Hopkins anesthesiologist on Thursday with conspiring to provide medical information about US soldiers and...

After a difficult first two years in the White House, Reagan, Clinton, and Obama all rebuilt enough public support to win reelection to a...

Reshad Jalali was nine years old when U.S.-backed forces ousted the Taliban from Kabul in 2001, and he recalls hearing Afghan singers on the...

The Supreme Court upheld Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's death sentence on Friday, overturning a lower court decision. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was one of two brothers responsible for...

According to a monitoring group, more than 1,300 people were detained across Russia on Wednesday for participating in nationwide anti-war protests, with some directly...

Residents of the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson have suspected Russian forces had a special plan for their town since the occupiers took control...

According to a report released Wednesday by the British Defense Ministry, some Russian military units that suffered heavy losses in Ukraine have been forced...

The Democratic Party has been tearing itself apart over whether to spend $3.5 trillion, $2 trillion, or even $1.5 trillion on its latest reconciliation...

Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis' recent battle with what he sees as the "woke" agenda is pushing Florida further to the ideological right and positioning...

While conservatives on the Supreme Court prepare to hear cases on affirmative action and gay rights this fall, the court will also hear two...

Approximately 1,000 Air National Guard troops assigned to space missions are experiencing identity crisis. Their units, torn between the Air Force, where they have traditionally...

Former President Donald Trump returned to campaign mode with a vengeance Saturday night, vowing at a rally in Ohio that Republicans would retake Congress,...

According to watchdog groups, an antisemitic hate group was behind a banner hung over a busy Los Angeles freeway on Saturday that said, "Kanye...

The European Union's drug regulator approved Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine for use on children aged 5 to 11, paving the way for shots to be...

New allegations of sexual misconduct leveled against former Missouri governor Eric Greitens have prompted all of his primary opponents to call for him to...

Elon Musk threatened to cancel his agreement to purchase Twitter Inc. in a letter accusing the company of failing to comply with his request...

Community groups in New Jersey and California are suing the EPA to force trash incinerators across the country — many of which are in...

Moderna announced preliminary findings on an updated coronavirus vaccine targeting the Omicron variant on Wednesday, calling it "our lead candidate" for a fall booster...

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || ).push({}); Mike Lindell, the CEO of the company MyPillow, is being...

High school athletics are feeling the effects of the omicron surge, from paused games to restricted fans, during a winter season that coaches and...

When news broke in July that a 10-year-old rape victim had been forced to travel to Indiana for an abortion due to Ohio's six-week...

2024 was everywhere on a holiday weekend marred by yet another numbing tragedy, midway through a year with enormous political implications. Just recently, Vice President...

As the number of Covid-19 hospitalizations exceeds those seen during the Delta variant surge in the summer and fall, more states are enacting emergency...

President Joe Biden insists that his $3.5 trillion ($5 trillion if the budget gimmicks are removed) "human infrastructure" bill "costs zero dollars." While every president...

Russia and China are making plans to further their geopolitical relationship, this time, in space with the building of a new space station on...

The solar energy industry is in a frenzy, and projects are coming to a halt, after the Biden administration launched an investigation that some...

Republican legislators in Oklahoma and Iowa have passed bills granting immunity to drivers whose vehicles strike and injure protesters in public streets. And in Florida, Gov....

When the dew on Adam Thomas's Illinois farm evaporates in the morning, he begins harvesting soybeans. Dry weather accelerated the work this year, allowing...

Uber Technologies Inc and Lyft Inc are spending millions of dollars to provide drivers with access to COVID-19 vaccines and offering tens of millions...

For families who are struggling financially, budgeting can be a chore. It can be especially frustrating because even when you have everything planned and...

According to officials, 46 people were found dead and 16 others were taken to hospitals Monday after a tractor-trailer carrying suspected migrants was discovered...

How has the livestream of the actors' legal dispute impacted public perceptions as well as survivors of sexual violence? The defamation trial of Hollywood...

Following Bill Russell's death, his daughter's account of the racism he faced is being shared on social media. Russell died on Sunday at the age...

The United States military will remain in Afghanistan until September, with the option of launching airstrikes against the Taliban to defend Afghan forces, according...

Russia has issued a warning against a repeat of the NATO Western military alliance's bombing campaign of Yugoslavia on its 22nd anniversary, as Washington's...

According to two organizations involved in the effort, more than 100 US citizens and green card holders, as well as nine special immigrant visa...

Tens of thousands of Afghan nationals risked their lives to help the US military in Afghanistan, many of them as interpreters alongside American soldiers...

According to chip giant Intel, which unveiled details of upcoming processors on Thursday during its annual "Architecture Day" ritual, the processing of neural networks...

On Monday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the "Momnibus Act" into law to address racial disparities in maternal and infant health, a significant victory...

The question hanging over the mountain of paperwork after FBI agents carted away about a dozen boxes of presidential records from Donald Trump's opulent...

The delay in confirming President Biden's nominees for positions at the State Department and USAID has already harmed our national security. That is easier...

Google is facing a $5 billion lawsuit over complaints that its Chrome browser tracks users even when using "Incognito" mode. A U.S. District judge ruled last...

Night after night, tear gas has hung like a cloud over the Sterling Square Apartments, just across the street from the Brooklyn Center Police...

Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's chair, conceded defeat on Wednesday, a humiliating defeat for Democrats and the party's campaign arm. He...

The extreme hypocrisy of the United States' position on NATO and Ukraine begs for journalistic coverage and open debate in major American media outlets....

Britney Spears' court-appointed conservatorship lawyer resigned on Tuesday, a day after her longtime manager resigned, saying the singer planned to retire and no longer...

In a wave of communal unrest, rival Arab and Jewish mobs carried out beatings and torching cars on the streets of Israel late Wednesday. As...

The shaggy dog who greets Eilyn after school is one of the 8-year-few old's familiar comforts in her new life. When her parents boarded a...

When Apple or Samsung unveils a new smartphone, consumers can preorder the device within days and expect to get it in their hands within weeks. When Motorola introduced the first-ever...

Blink Science, a Florida-based startup, heard something startling while developing a rapid test that detects the coronavirus in someone's saliva: The Food and Drug...

The six-month suspension of Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving from playing home games due to his vaccination status appears to be coming to an...

The Supreme Court of the United States has consistently prohibited school-sponsored prayer in public schools. Simultaneously, lower courts have generally prohibited public school employees...

Sofia Suarez, a receptionist at a Chicago dental office, was out of work for about three months during the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to reduced hours,...

In a speech titled "The Return of Geopolitics" on April 27, British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss made a compelling case for a rethinking of...

The names of Trump administration officials and associates who played a role in the scheme to allow President Donald Trump to retain power by...

The Movement for Black Lives launched a new climate change initiative on Thursday, bringing together more than 200 Black environmental leaders and organizations from...

President Joe Biden has described Russia's war on Ukraine as genocide and accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of war crimes. His administration, on the...

In stark contrast to the exaggerated fears of the past, most people now believe cannabis is relatively harmless. While marijuana is less dangerous than...