Iraq is over, Iran is on the electoral calendar, Hegseth is rebuilding the Pentagon, and America’s fragile guardrails need a plan before the next moment of leverage arrives.

A Senate hearing became a basketball farce while Jack Smith testified about serious crimes and the rule of law.

Trump says the people building “super intelligence” can police themselves. Their track record suggests we may want more than love.

President’s outlandish and extensive conspiracy theories endanger US freedoms, health and science, experts say

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

Fairford, America.gov, and the widening gap between what Washington asserts and what the evidence supports.

From San Marino to Enron, Taiwan, Venezuelan gold and Iran, a reminder that the guardrails usually exist for a reason.

Trump declares victory by the transaction while the costs pile up in the next column.

Hundreds of mental health professionals have left the Department of Veterans Affairs since President Donald Trump took office, leaving staff “at a breaking point” and some veterans waiting as long as ...

New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez appeared at the More Perfect University’s fourth “Students vs. Billionaires” town hall, where she discussed the need to abolish the wasteful…

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Trump’s war on the free press is continuing.

Trump claims the spoils at the UN, while the deals, the casualty counts and the alliances tell a different story about what trust is worth

After 200 days of war, Congress still won’t take the wheel while the troops, the Treasury and America’s credibility absorb the cost.

Trump says America is the most respected country in the world. The allies, the courts and the planet kept their own scores this week.

Congenital measles has rarely been seen in the U.S. That’s changing as vaccination declines and more pregnant women become infected.

Please sign on to this letter to the CEO of Starbucks to support workers in this critical next phase of their campaign for a union contract. After signing, your organization’s name will appear on the ...

Xi Jinping gets a B-2 flyover, a state dinner, and America's full contradiction on China deterrence, dependence, and a satellite-imagery scandal, all under one red carpet

Trump returned to the UN with bigger numbers, more “ended” wars — and several boasts from last year conspicuously missing.

Inside the 72 hours that decided whether America opened a new front in Yemen and why Congress still doesn't know who was in the room.

The White House Can Stage the Deal. Reality Still Gets the Final Cut.

A press ban, a $5,000 promise, and a warning from a conservative judge about January 3, what a nervous president looks like six weeks before the midterms.

The economy is strong until you open the credit-card statement—and Americans have started voting.

The Fed voted unanimously, Trump doubled down, and Mark Carney offered a very different definition of economic strength.

Silent auction 'Truman Clinton Gala Fundraiser Auction' hosted online at 32auctions.

The vigil took place at the end of a week that saw the doors to the marble building locked shut.

Paramount Skydance is in "advanced talks" with California Attorney General Rob Bonta to settle the 12-state antitrust suit that's holding up its takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, the WSJ reported.