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Navi Pillay, the South African-born jurist who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize last week, told The Associated Press in an interview that, as a judge, she needed to see the evidence before believing that she'd won.

Trump’s “diesel deal” with Russia shows once again that he is pro-Russian and an enemy of Ukraine.

Federal agents have searched Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home as part of a criminal investigation. That’s according to people familiar with the matter.

We love our Somali neighbors.

The White House has targeted opponents, including a Fed governor, for having more than one primary residence on their loan papers. ProPublica found that, in one case, a Trump cabinet secretary got two...

The White House has targeted opponents, including a Fed governor, for having more than one primary residence on their loan papers. ProPublica found that, in one case, a Trump cabinet secretary got two...

When U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner told Ukraine's delegation on Oct. 9 that President Donald Trump was preparing to lift sanctions on Russian diesel exports, the Ukrainians struggled to ...

The New York Times issued a statement explaining why one of the newspaper's columnists appeared in several newly released photos from Jeffrey Epstein's estate.The statement on David Brooks came minute...

Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ spending cuts will be fully felt next year, but hospitals are already feeling the squeeze

The New York Times issued a statement explaining why one of the newspaper's columnists appeared in several newly released photos from Jeffrey Epstein's estate.The statement on David Brooks came minute...

Carole Cadwalladr's investigation into Cambridge Analytica's role in Brexit led her to Russian connections and the Trump campaign. She says British investigators are working "closely with the FBI."

Officials lobby European capitals and Kyiv following Trump’s diesel deal with Putin

A Times investigation has found that violent threats have become a new normal among public officials, reshaped private lives, cost millions in security and pushed people out of office.

Columbine, Charlie Kirk, and the prophesied revival that never comes

The president’s despotism is itself a constitutional offense.