Record shipping rates through the Strait of Hormuz could offset falling crude prices.

The president vacillated but decided on Sunday not to join Saudi Arabia, for now, in joint strikes against the Houthis in Yemen. But he also needs the kingdom’s cooperation in his war against Iran.

The former public health official has defeated Rep. Haley Stevens, NBC News projects, despite facing a huge advertising disadvantage.

The secretary of defense is making one of the most dangerous jobs in America more lethal.

"There is a hunger for Democrats to not be feckless, not be the party of strongly worded letters."

Instead of allowing visitors to focus on the best of America, he showed them the worst of himself.

Two legal scholars deconstruct a big court decision long in the making.

With the end of this term of the Supreme Court in sight, Monday started off with a bang when the Justices declined to hear Donald Trump’s appeal of the $5 million verdict against him in the first of E...

He seems to hope to slip away without Americans noticing the magnitude of this defeat.

Ten U.S. mayors from cities such as Chicago and Cincinnati have joined a pact with European mayors to defend democracy and progressive values and fight right-wing populists and authoritarianism.

ProPublica’s Brett Murphy and Anna Maria Barry-Jester examine how America’s foreign aid cuts are threatening the survival of the world’s most vulnerable populations.

There’s no telling where this leads.

Tonight, Stephen Colbert’s show will end. Trump’s deeply corrupt and autocratic efforts to harass and censor late-night TV hosts who mock or criticize him... will not.

An American television institution goes off the air this week. And it almost certainly portends more changes to come.

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is finalizing a plan to assume responsibility for the CIA-backed venture capital firm In-Q-Tel.

A month ago, Wall Street traders were swapping bets on how soon the Federal Reserve would return to cutting interest rates. With the oil shock from the Iran war threatening higher prices, however, fut...

Once polls close, there is no lead to be gained or lost. No matter what order the votes are counted in, someone has already won.

Some airports have suspended wait time data, with one advising passengers to allow four hours or more for security screenings.

Failed wars have tail risks for democracy.

Iranian blockade of the strategic strait of Hormuz is hitting global fertiliser supply chain The global fertiliser supply chain could face significant disruption if the effective closure by Iran of the strait of Hormuz persists, prompting concerns from analysts about crop production and food security. Passage through the waterway, located off Iran’s southern coast, has mostly stopped since the US and Israel launched their attacks at the weekend. Continue reading...