As A.I. capabilities accelerate, the technologist is shocked by the “complete lack of engagement” with the question of how to manage its risks.

The scene that unfolded today at a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee was a snapshot of politics in the U.S.

Ken Paxton, one of the party’s top Senate candidates and a Trump loyalist, said that “everybody’s numbers dropped” after the event, according to audio obtained by The Times.

A wild attempt at a “gotcha” moment resulted in the ass/hole-in-ground mix-up.

Far-right ideologues have transformed American foreign policy into a tool of private gain and antidemocratic reaction.

It has become routine for Trump to spend the weekend posting wildly on social media, and this weekend was no exception.

A former Justice Department special counsel who brought two federal indictments against President Donald Trump has told lawmakers he “will not be silenced by continued threats of prosecution” from the...

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Councilors in an eastern German town voted to stop installing memorial plaques outside homes of Holocaust victims, saying they would instead build a memorial at a cemetery.

A new ad by Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders put white men at the center of her state welfare work requirement policy.

The Kennedy Center’s orchestra begins its season in the first of a series of new venues.

The United States is deporting parents without their children, creating a whole new family-separation crisis.

The administration is brokering deals in a notoriously corrupt industry, including one with a company that the United States deems a security threat.

Ten years ago this month, in my old job as Washington correspondent for the Toronto Star, I started what I believed would be a quick little side project: fact-checking underdog presidential candidate ...

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I learned late this afternoon that, in addition to being Dolly Parton Day, today is National Lobster Day, honoring the cultural and economic history of the lobster industry.

After a hearing yesterday about Trump’s Friday ban of CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House campus, very early this morning—I was still awake writing yesterday’s letter—U.S.

Some units would "possibly [be] needed in 90-120 days," according to an internal Army message reviewed by CBS News.

MOSCOW, Sept 24 (Reuters) - The governor of Russia's southern Krasnodar region, a major agricultural producer, has declared a state of emergency over Ukrainian drone attacks that have inhibited the

Yesterday, William Turton, Avi Asher-Schapiro, Molly Redden, and Kirsten Berg of ProPublica published a blockbuster story reporting that the anti-corruption group of the Federal Bureau of Investigatio...

“It is our duty as trustees of the Adolf Hitler Estate to ensure that the Fuhrer’s intellectual property rights are vigorously protected.”

And if he blames the next administration for whatever happens, he’ll likely succeed.

When Trump-aligned billionaires control the networks Americans trust for news, they don’t just own the cameras. They gain the power to decide what the entire country sees, hears, and never learns…

In 1945, still reeling from World War II, representatives from 50 nations reached back to the U.S.

Trump’s advisers have been working for months to move his focus away from baseless theories of election fraud. A group of outsiders is making that difficult.

Americans pay extraordinary sums for a system that can still deny doctor-recommended care, while Canada’s Medicare fight shows another path…

“Henceforth, the former Mr. Kennedy will be known as Robert Fitzgerald Trump,” the judge ruled.

They now figure isolationism and protectionism will be U.S. foreign policy for a long time to come.

Thousands of people gathered outside the John F.

“When I heard about the ban, naturally I was concerned,” Fox chief Lachlan Murdoch said. “So I called President Trump and asked, ‘Does this impact us?’ And he said, ‘No, this is just about companies t...

Don’t ignore this kind of warning.

It is, unfortunately, the wrong question.

Ukrainian forces fired more than 1,000 drones at Russia overnight, including hundreds that were launched toward Moscow, officials said Sunday, as the Kremlin was wrapping up the third and last day of ...

On September 19, 1676, three hundred and fifty years ago today, Nathaniel Bacon and his followers burned Jamestown, the capital of the Virginia Colony.

According to the American Automobile Association, diesel hit its highest recorded average price today at just above $6.44 per gallon.