Star receiver DeAndre Hopkins reportedly traded from Titans to Chiefs, giving Patrick Mahomes much-needed help on offense
Fallout from 2023 Hamas attack lingers as Jews worldwide prepare for a holiday meant for joy
Kansas City Chiefs acquire three-time All-Pro wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins from the Titans
Comedian Jon Stewart is pressing the Biden administration to fix a loophole in a massive veterans aid bill that has left out some of the very first troops who responded after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks
July 23, 2024
Polling suggests Harris might be able to outperform Biden against Trump among these groups
July 22, 2024
Harris campaign begins to conduct outreach to youth organizations to win over young voters
July 22, 2024
If you’re trying to get up to speed on Vice President Kamala Harris’ swift emergence as Democrats’ possible nominee this fall, you really need to know your memes
July 22, 2024
‘The Simpsons’ are once again getting credit for predicting American politics
July 22, 2024
Multiple false claims and conspiracy theories have surfaced since Vice President Kamala Harris announced her plans to replace Joe Biden as the Democratic nominee for the White House
July 22, 2024
Who is Kamala Harris? The life of the woman stepping into the 2024 limelight
July 22, 2024
Charli XCX called Kamala Harris ‘brat.’ Here’s why that’s a strong endorsement for the candidate whose meme stock is bullish
July 22, 2024
Black voters are expressing a mix of hope and worry over Joe Biden’s exit from the presidential race and the prospect of Vice President Kamala Harris becoming the Democratic nominee
July 22, 2024
Long-time Texarkana, Ark. woman honored with street topper in neighborhood
July 22, 2024
Outside fighters are not merely mercenaries – they are participants in a deeply rooted, historically complex struggle for resources.
July 22, 2024
Montgomery once closed all of its parks rather than desegregate them. Today, the city’s long history of racial inequality is still reflected in the state of its parks and green spaces.
July 22, 2024
There were times Brittney Griner thought she would never wear a USA Basketball jersey again
July 22, 2024
‘House of the Dragon’ Season 2, episode 6 recap: The one where everyone has an identity crisis
July 22, 2024
Voters nationwide reacted with relief and hope to news that President Joe Biden would drop his reelection bid
July 21, 2024
Legal experts are dubious of any court challenge to Democrats’ move to put forward new nominee
July 21, 2024
Democrats are quickly rallying around Vice President Kamala Harris as their likely presidential nominee after President Joe Biden’s ground-shaking decision to bow out of the 2024 race
July 21, 2024
Speaker Johnson calls on Biden to resign after the president announces he won’t seek reelection
July 21, 2024
Historians and political advisers say history will be kinder to President Joe Biden than voters have been
July 21, 2024
Harris will seek Democratic nomination and could be the first Black woman and Asian American to lead a major party ticket
July 21, 2024
READ: Joe Biden’s statement dropping out of 2024 presidential race
July 21, 2024
President Joe Biden on Sunday posted a letter to social media announcing that he would no longer seek reelection
July 21, 2024
Democratic lawmakers are hailing President Joe Biden’s historic decision not to seek reelection as putting his country and his party before himself
July 21, 2024
The Democratic party will be taking a historic gamble if it now turns to Vice President Kamala Harris to become its presidential candidate, betting that a
July 21, 2024
The uproar over President Joe Biden’s reelection bid is showing no signs of abating
July 21, 2024
Restaurant critics appear to have the best job in journalism, enjoying meals a few nights a week on someone else’s dime
July 21, 2024
The head of the Paris Olympics boldly declared that France’s capital would be “the safest place in the world” when the Games open
July 21, 2024
The recently opened archives of Pope Pius XII are providing details about the scandal over the founder of the Legionaries of Christ
July 21, 2024
Border Patrol agents are breaking from a practice in effect since 1997 by no longer asking migrants if they fear deportation
July 21, 2024
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi gave a speech largely lacking mention of President Joe Biden's reelection bid to North Carolina Democrats in Raleigh
July 21, 2024
The U.S. criticized "the breadth" of the top U.N. court's opinion that Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories is illegal, with Washington saying it
July 20, 2024
4 big questions couples who want to live together should ask each other, especially if they’re over 50
July 20, 2024
Trump’s epic week began with cheating death
July 20, 2024
CNN's Laura Coates shares personal memories of Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, a longtime Democratic congresswoman from Texas who has died, according to a statement from her office. She was 74.
July 20, 2024
Prosecutors ask judge for trial date for man charged with attempting to kill Justice Kavanaugh in 2022
July 20, 2024
Two top Biden administration officials say Iran is talking more about getting a nuclear bomb, and has made strides in developing one key aspect of a weapon in recent months
July 19, 2024
Journalist Carl Bernstein discusses President Joe Biden's new round of defections from Democratic lawmakers publicly calling on him to leave the presidential race, and addresses Democratic donors’ push for the president to step down as the Democratic nominee.
July 19, 2024
HIV-positive people who were convicted in Tennessee of sex work under a decades-old aggravated prostitution law will no longer be required to face a lifetime registration as a “violent sex offender” under a lawsuit settlement finalized this week
July 19, 2024
Philadelphia doctor, former patient on mission to help others in need of organ transplants
July 19, 2024
NYC landlords would be required to provide air conditioning for tenants under newly introduced bill
July 19, 2024
Kamala Harris turns her attention to JD Vance amid speculation about Biden’s future
July 19, 2024
In the eyes of much of the media, Donald Trump failed to stick the landing with his acceptance speech at the Republican national convention
July 19, 2024
Inside the ‘doom loop’ of Joe Biden’s campaign
July 19, 2024
In a 90-minute, wide-ranging speech accepting the Republican presidential nomination, former President Donald Trump painted a bleak vision of the state of America, distorting facts around crime by immigrants in the country illegally, the state of the economy and jobs
July 19, 2024
In a speech at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, former President Donald Trump formally accepted the GOP nomination. This is his first public speech since the attempted assignation at a rally in Pennsylvania.
July 19, 2024
Takeaways from the final night of the Republican National Convention
July 19, 2024
CNN's David Axelrod and Van Jones react to former President Donald Trump's speech at the 2024 Republican National Convention.
July 19, 2024
Fact check: Trump makes more than 20 false claims in RNC acceptance speech
July 19, 2024
CNN's Daniel Dale fact-checks former President Donald Trump's Republican National Convention speech.
July 19, 2024
CNN's Van Jones weighs in on the growing number of prominent Democrats trying to get President Joe Biden to abandon his election campaign.
July 19, 2024
Many senior Biden officials believe he must drop out as he becomes increasingly isolated
July 18, 2024
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy acknowledged in an interview published on Thursday that a victory for Donald Trump in the U.S. election in November would be difficult for his country but
July 18, 2024
READ: Raskin’s letter encouraging Biden to reconsider reelection campaign
July 18, 2024
Top Democrat Raskin privately encouraged Biden to reconsider reelection campaign
July 18, 2024
Appeals court halts fresh Biden administration efforts to cancel some student debt
July 18, 2024
Tiger Woods says he lost sleep over Trump assassination attempt
July 18, 2024
Biden’s health and age under even further scrutiny amid questions over his political future
July 18, 2024
Simone Biles reflects on Tokyo Olympics in ‘Rising’: ‘I felt like I was in jail with my own brain and body’
July 18, 2024
Shakeups in the 2024 race provide much-needed jolt in interest for news outlets
July 18, 2024
The founder of the modern Olympics and former IOC president, Pierre de Coubertin, once said women competing in the Games would be “impractical, uninteresting, unaesthetic and improper.”
July 18, 2024
Critics say undocumented students put a strain on limited school resources, but research suggests otherwise.
July 18, 2024
In two recent rulings, the conservative justices handed state lawmakers new power to redraw congressional maps to their liking – including in ways that end up diluting the Black vote.
July 18, 2024
Donald Trump, somber and bandaged, has accepted his party’s presidential nomination at the Republican National Convention
July 18, 2024
Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance paid tribute to his mother during his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention.
July 18, 2024
Democrats at the highest levels are making a critical push for President Joe Biden to reconsider his election bid
July 18, 2024
Takeaways from the third night of the Republican National Convention
July 18, 2024
Biden is trying to salvage his campaign. Democrats say things are only getting worse
July 18, 2024
Former President Donald Trump has maintained since his defeat in 2020 that the election was stolen
July 18, 2024
Pelosi privately told Biden polls show he cannot win and will take down the House; Biden responded with defensiveness
July 18, 2024
Newly minted vice presidential nominee JD Vance built his speech to the Republican National Convention around his own Appalachian roots
July 18, 2024
Is it too soon for political comedy
July 18, 2024
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr's approval and trust ratings slightly dropped as he entered his third year in office, according to independent opinion pollster Pulse Asia.
July 18, 2024
Activists in the Dominican Republic are protesting against a bill for a new criminal code that would retain a total abortion ban
July 18, 2024
CNN's Daniel Dale fact checks JD Vance's speech at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.
July 18, 2024
A new moment for Biden? One Democratic adviser says: ‘He’s being receptive’
July 18, 2024
Republicans were welcoming JD Vance as Donald Trump’s running mate on the same night devoted to blasting President Joe Biden’s leadership on the world stage
July 18, 2024
Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper says it was time for the Biden administration “to do better than just playing defense” to Iranian threats on Trump administration officials
July 17, 2024
A federal appeals court has refused to lift a judge’s order temporarily blocking the Biden administration’s new Title IX rule expanding protections for LGBTQ+ students
July 17, 2024
CNN’s Jake Tapper shows clips from an interview on YouTube with President Biden where the president seemed to confuse when former President Obama asked him to be his vice president.
July 17, 2024
Trump says he wouldn’t fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell. Don’t hold your breath
July 17, 2024
Thousands of Nebraskans with felony convictions could be denied voting rights under an opinion from the state attorney general
July 17, 2024
JD Vance said in 2022 he ‘would like abortion to be illegal nationally’
July 17, 2024
A prominent aid group along the U.S.-Mexico border is asking a Texas judge to push back on a widening Republican-led investigation into nonprofits that help migrants
July 17, 2024
President Joe Biden has made it clear basically any which way you ask him: he’s definitely, assuredly, “one thousand percent” staying in the presidential race
July 17, 2024
Gov. Lujan Grisham addresses bills targeting homeless population
July 17, 2024
Rep. Adam Schiff calls on Biden to drop out of the race
July 17, 2024
Migrants, homeless families dropped off at MBTA stop because Massachusetts emergency shelters are full
July 17, 2024
The U.S. Navy has exonerated 256 Black sailors found to be unjustly punished in 1944 following a California port explosion that killed hundreds of service members and exposed racist double standards among the then-segregated ranks
July 17, 2024
Boys and men are experiencing a ‘crisis of connection,’ expert says
July 17, 2024
Nearly two-thirds of Democrats say President Joe Biden should withdraw from the presidential race and let his party select a different candidate, according to a new poll
July 17, 2024
A common refrain on the streets of Butler, Pennsylvania, in the wake of Saturday’s assassination attempt on Donald Trump was: “Of all the places.”
July 17, 2024
Independent voters who feel high levels of nostalgia were more likely to vote for Republicans in the 2022 midterm elections.
July 17, 2024
Born enslaved, John Andrew Jackson spent his life fighting for freedom as a fugitive, abolitionist, lecturer and writer. Along the way, he met an aspiring writer.
July 17, 2024
The Supreme Court’s recent ruling means that judges will have more power than scientific experts in determining whether people should be able to get an emergency abortion, for example.
July 17, 2024
JD Vance, the new heir to Trump’s MAGA movement, steps into the spotlight
July 17, 2024
CNN political commentator Van Jones reacts to Sarah Huckabee Sanders' speech given during the second night of the Republican National Convention.
July 17, 2024
Takeaways from the second night of the Republican National Convention
July 17, 2024
CNN Senior Reporter Daniel Dale debunks claims from day two of the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.
July 17, 2024
Britain’s new Labour Party government has set out its plans for “national renewal,” saying it will calm the country’s febrile politics and ease its cost-of-living crisis
July 17, 2024
JD Vance used his Wednesday night address to the Republican National Convention to share the story of his hardscrabble upbringing and make the case that his party best understands the challenges facing struggling Americans
July 17, 2024
A father in Gaza is mourning a baby boy killed in bed by an Israeli airstrike
July 17, 2024
During the Republican National Convention, former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley endorsed former President Donald Trump and had a message to Republicans who don't always agree with him.
July 17, 2024
The Republican National Convention marched into its second day Tuesday, showcasing classic GOP themes like border security and public safety that have become the centerpieces of former President Donald Trump’s campaign
July 17, 2024
Nikki Haley offers her ‘strong endorsement’ of Trump in convention speech
July 16, 2024
Republican Senate candidates take the spotlight at Milwaukee convention as GOP eyes expanded map
July 16, 2024
Over 70 arbitrary detentions reported days into campaigning for Venezuela election, NGO says
July 16, 2024
President Joe Biden is seriously considering proposals to establish term limits for U.S. Supreme Court justices, and an ethics code that would be enforceable under law, amid growing concerns that the justices are not held accountable
July 16, 2024
In an excerpt of a recent conversation between former President Donald Trump and independent presidential candidate Robert F
July 16, 2024
A federal judge’s order blocking a Biden administration rule for protecting LGBTQ+ students from discrimination applies to hundreds of schools and colleges across the U.S. A group that opposes the rule now hopes to extend it further
July 16, 2024
Schools' rejection of AP African American studies course hotly debated at meeting
July 16, 2024
Why Europe looks at Trump’s VP pick with anxiety
July 16, 2024
Growing faction of Democrats revolt against Biden’s upcoming virtual nomination
July 16, 2024
Tiger Woods rebuts Colin Montgomerie’s call for him to retire: ‘As a past champion, I’m exempt until I’m 60. Colin’s not’
July 16, 2024
When political discourse is devoid of facts and high on demonization, it’s no surprise that political violence is the result. There is a way out, but it’s slow and will take effort.
July 16, 2024
In 1988, the US Supreme Court ruled that independent counsels were constitutional.
July 16, 2024
Here’s why people have fond memories of the Trump economy
July 16, 2024
Do Olympians get paid? Everything you need to know about prize money – for some – at Paris Games
July 16, 2024
The leader of the Welsh government says he will resign amid a campaign donation scandal
July 16, 2024
Gazans endure deadly weekend of Israeli strikes as UN chief laments ‘incomprehensible and inexcusable’ destruction
July 16, 2024
How Donald Trump landed on JD Vance as his vice presidential pick
July 16, 2024
Former President Donald Trump's White House communications director, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and CNN political commentator Van Jones weigh in on the RNC programming and Sen. Tim Scott’s speech.
July 16, 2024
CNN’s Gregory Krieg talks to Republican National Convention attendees about former President Donald Trump’s decision to select Ohio Sen. JD Vance as his vice-presidential running mate.
July 16, 2024
In a typical presidential campaign, Donald Trump's selection of JD Vance as his running mate on the Republican ticket would have dominated media discussions for a week or two
July 16, 2024
Who is Usha Vance, the wife of Trump’s running mate?
July 16, 2024
CNN Senior Reporter Daniel Dale debunks claims from the first day of the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.
July 16, 2024
Private efforts to nudge Biden to step aside continue
July 16, 2024
Biden says he considers himself a Zionist, adds that he’s done ‘more for the Palestinian community than anybody’
July 16, 2024
JD Vance, Trump’s VP pick, once called him a ‘moral disaster,’ and possibly ‘America’s Hitler’
July 15, 2024
The conservative think tank that drew up a nearly 1,000-page guidebook on how the next Republican administration can remake the federal government is highlighting its policies while defending itself from Democratic criticism
July 15, 2024
President Joe Biden addressed his comments made to donors about putting Donald Trump in a "bullseye," calling the verbiage a mistake during his interview with NBC's Lester Holt.
July 15, 2024
At the heart of JD Vance’s journey from venture capitalist to vice presidential candidate is a memoir he first thought of in law school, “Hillbilly Elegy.”
July 15, 2024
Conspiracy theories spread wildly after the first assassination attempt on a US president in the social media age
July 15, 2024
Aileen Cannon’s nuking of the Trump documents case continues her trend of embracing long-shot legal theories
July 15, 2024
Takeaways from the dismissal of the mishandling classified documents case against Donald Trump
July 15, 2024
Tim Robbins condemns drawing parallels between his ‘Bob Roberts’ film and Trump assassination attempt
July 15, 2024
Donald Trump says Ohio Sen. JD Vance will be his vice presidential pick
July 15, 2024
What to watch at the Republican National Convention this week
July 15, 2024
Trump’s ‘luck’ and American ‘violence’ are the talk of China’s internet
July 15, 2024
Presidential conventions can be memorable for floor fights and bloody battles on the streets outside or for scenes that stand out as outlandish or awkward
July 15, 2024
“Tone it down!”
July 15, 2024
Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley will speak Tuesday at the Republican National Convention
July 14, 2024
Biden and his campaign grapple with a delicate national moment
July 14, 2024
Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson called for an end to divisive political rhetoric on NBC's "TODAY" show after former President Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt at his rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday.
July 14, 2024
President Joe Biden is urging Americans to reject political violence and recommit themselves to resolving their differences peacefully
July 14, 2024
Confidence is key to well-being. Here are 5 ways to boost yours
July 14, 2024
A scholar of political assassinations says the US just narrowly avoided plunging into wholesale violence and potential civil war when Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt.
July 14, 2024
Biden says he’s grateful Trump is safe after rally shooting, denounces political violence
July 14, 2024
Full list of expected speakers at the Republican National Convention
July 13, 2024
D’Vontaye Mitchell’s widow remembers husband as ‘beautiful person’ as attorney calls for charges to be filed in his death
July 13, 2024
‘It was a mistake’: Zelensky defends Biden’s ‘President Putin’ gaffe
July 13, 2024
Pastors see a wariness among Black men to discuss abortion restrictions, which have become a key issue in the 2024 presidential campaign
July 13, 2024
Black voters helped Biden win Georgia in 2020. Some say it’s too risky to abandon him now
July 13, 2024
Trump transformed the federal judiciary. He could push the courts further right in a second term
July 13, 2024
President Joe Biden is on a public and private blitz to shake off concerns about his cognitive capacities
July 13, 2024
‘Pod Save America’ hosts hit back at Biden team: ‘What are you spending time on us for?’
July 12, 2024
Since Donald Trump's emergence on the political scene, late-night comics like Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel have made him a relentless target
July 12, 2024
The uproar over President Joe Biden's ability to win reelection is leaving Democrats at a standstill
July 12, 2024
Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and other presidents showed that getting limited information as president can have some benefits – but also risks.
July 12, 2024
‘Show the violated work’: Artist requests beheaded sculpture remains on view
July 12, 2024
The most successful teams at Europe’s soccer championship comprise diverse players, often thanks to immigration. Could that be influencing fans’ views of nationalism?
July 12, 2024
Immigration rhetoric and policies have created a chilling effect for immigrants seeking medical care. Two dozen Latina immigrant mothers share their experiences during pregnancy.
July 12, 2024
Overseas-based sports betting companies offer wagers in the US on who will clinch a party’s presidential nomination and which candidate will win the election. What does this mean for democracy?
July 12, 2024
if political loyalty replaces merit as the basis of key federal appointments, Americans can expect government to be less competent – as Andrew Jackson learned during his administration
July 12, 2024
By giving dogs a second chance through adoption, these vulnerable kids are getting a second chance of their own
July 12, 2024
Trump isn’t leaving himself many options to save Social Security
July 12, 2024
President Joe Biden is forcefully defying the growing number of critics in his own party who have called on him to exit the race, pivoting to warnings about a second Donald Trump term and declaring he is “not done yet.”
July 12, 2024
Republicans have nominated Donald Trump for the presidency twice before
July 12, 2024
It's been two weeks since President Joe Biden's debate with Donald Trump and Democrats are torn over what to do about their predicament
July 12, 2024
Fact check: Biden’s false and misleading claims at high-stakes news conference
July 12, 2024
According to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, relatively few Americans fully endorse the idea that a fertilized egg should have the same rights as a pregnant woman
July 12, 2024
If you watched President Joe Biden's news conference, two weeks after a poor debate performance, you may have been reassured by his ability to talk about complex issues
July 12, 2024
During a news conference at the NATO summit, President Joe Biden pushed back on reporting that he has privately suggested that he may push for earlier evening events.
July 12, 2024
Obama and Pelosi huddled as Democrats look to steer Biden out of 2024 race
July 12, 2024
Joe Biden faced a test Thursday that he had avoided so far this year — a solo news conference with questions from the White House press corps
July 11, 2024
Donald Trump’s lawyers are urging the judge in his New York hush money case to overturn his conviction and dismiss the case in the wake of the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on presidential immunity
July 11, 2024
A statewide referendum vote is set in South Dakota for the Nov. 5 general election on a so-called “landowner bill of rights” related to a controversial carbon dioxide pipeline project proposed for the Midwest
July 11, 2024
Harris under pressure to outline stakes of the election as Biden faces calls to step aside
July 11, 2024
Why fast food value menus aren’t as good a deal as you might think
July 11, 2024
Angry and stunned Democrats blame Biden’s closest advisers for shielding public from full extent of president’s decline
July 11, 2024
Jasmine Paolini has reached her second consecutive Grand Slam final with a 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (10-8) victory over Donna Vekic at Wimbledon
July 11, 2024
An important name from Hollywood is calling on President Biden to step aside and let another Democrat be the party's standard bearer in the November election.
July 11, 2024
Ugandan human rights advocates on Thursday filed an appeal in the Supreme Court against a ruling by a lower court that upheld a draconian anti-homosexuality law which includes the
July 11, 2024
Whether sharing online about health topics or chatting about the weather, you communicate about science. Borrowing a tactic from antiscience advocates can help make your stories more persuasive.
July 11, 2024
Ending tuition might not result in more doctors serving the communities that need them most without further steps.
July 11, 2024
The U.S. and other western governments criticized a controversial security bill in South Sudan that would allow the government to detain people without warrants, saying it would undermine open political and civil space ahead of the country’s elections
July 11, 2024
Welcome to summer! Body-shaming is everywhere
July 11, 2024
Jailed human rights campaigner Oleg Orlov compared Russia's justice system to that of Nazi Germany on Thursday as a judge rejected his appeal
July 11, 2024
Sport climbing's debut at the Tokyo Olympic Games was a bittersweet experience following criticism of the format from athletes, but with an extra gold medal on offer
July 11, 2024
CNN's Abby Phillip speaks with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) about the debate within the Democratic Party over President Joe Biden's 2024 presidential campaign.
July 11, 2024
The framers creating the U.S. Constitution knew they needed SOMEONE to be at the helm of the federal government, a president
July 11, 2024
Democrats face uncertainty around roll call timing amid questions about Biden’s political standing
July 10, 2024
Trump says Burgum’s signing of near-total abortion ban in North Dakota is ‘an issue’
July 10, 2024
Progressives offer strategic aid to Biden as he fights for his presidency
July 10, 2024
New York Lieutenant Governor Antonio Delgado, a Democrat, said on Wednesday that President Joe Biden should end his campaign.
July 10, 2024
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is now expected to address former President Donald Trump’s nominating convention next week
July 10, 2024
Ron DeSantis now expected to speak at Republican convention
July 10, 2024
Ex-Obama aides David Axelrod and Jon Favreau join Inside Politics with Dana Bash to discuss Democratic donor and actor George Clooney's op-ed calling on President Joe Biden to step aside.
July 10, 2024
He’s calling into his favorite morning cable news show, bashing the “elites” of his party and dismissing unfavorable polls
July 10, 2024
The wife of an imprisoned Belarusian Nobel Peace Prize laureate says that the Belarusian authorities are depriving her husband of medicine
July 10, 2024
Is there a plot among journalists to push President Joe Biden out of the race? Why are so many journalists focusing on Biden’s problems and not Trump’s? A journalism scholar explains what’s going on.
July 10, 2024
On issues and policies in which government has a serious role – taxes, immigration, the state of the economy and even abortion – a 2023 survey found a great deal of agreement among Americans.
July 10, 2024
While people rely less on TV for their daily news than they used to, it remains influential − and the TV storytelling about student protests against Israel’s war in Gaza and more can shift opinions.
July 10, 2024
The author of ‘A Black Philadelphia Reader,’ a new anthology of writing by Philadelphia authors past and present, revisits four riveting works by local women.
July 10, 2024
Paris mayor vows to swim in River Seine next week despite pollution concerns ahead of Olympics
July 10, 2024
Democrats are still fretting about Biden’s disastrous debate. He’s ready to be done talking about it.
July 10, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris put the focus on the dangers of a second Trump administration, rather than the growing concerns over President Joe Biden’s candidacy, as she attempted to convince Black voters to once again deliver a win for the Biden-Harris ticket. CNN's Eva McKend reports.
July 10, 2024
Bennet becomes first Democratic senator to publicly warn Biden can’t win 2024 election
July 10, 2024
Republican officials in Montana will ask the state Supreme Court on Wednesday to overturn a landmark climate ruling in a lawsuit brought by young environmentalists
July 10, 2024
Facing pressure from within his own party to abandon his reelection campaign, President Joe Biden is relying on labor unions to help make the case that his record in office matters more than his age
July 10, 2024
The Biden administration had anticipated a Supreme Court decision that limits federal regulatory powers to interpret ambiguous laws when crafting and
July 09, 2024
US intel officials warn Russia plans to target swing states in 2024 election with influence operations
July 09, 2024
The Rev. Al Sharpton is set to travel to Milwaukee to deliver a eulogy for a Black man who died after being pinned to the ground by hotel security guards
July 09, 2024
The nation's top intelligence official says Iran has been working to encourage campus protests over Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza
July 09, 2024
Caitlin Clark leads Angel Reese in the race for WNBA Rookie of the Year honors at the midpoint of the season, according to a national panel of voters who also rank the AP Power Poll each week
July 09, 2024
Democrats see Tuesday as make-or-break day for Biden’s political future
July 09, 2024
Statisticians and demographers are sounding the alarm about threats to official data gathering in the U.S. They warn that funding for the federal statistical agencies is inadequate and measures in a House appropriations bill could undermine what Americans know about themselves
July 09, 2024
How to stay calm and maintain your sexual health during election season
July 09, 2024
A fraught and violent history for centuries disrupted Indigenous people’s lives in the Upper Midwest, barring them from traditional food gathering practices like spearfishing, hunting and harvesting wild rice
July 09, 2024
In the ugly spectacle of American politics, it’s hard to keep humanity in sight. But literature, says a poet and scholar of the classics, can remind us of what we know about growing old.
July 09, 2024
Talking about mental health can be difficult for anyone. It’s even harder for athletes, who are expected to exhibit mental toughness.
July 09, 2024
No room for privacy: How Airbnb fails to protect guests from hidden cameras
July 09, 2024
For Joe Biden, a career defined by proving the doubters wrong faces its biggest test
July 09, 2024
President Joe Biden insists that only “the Lord Almighty” can convince him to quit the presidential race
July 09, 2024
A new poll finds that a solid majority of Americans oppose a federal abortion ban and that a rising number appear to support access to abortions for any reason
July 09, 2024
READ: 2024 Republican Party platform
July 08, 2024
What we know about the White nationalist group Patriot Front
July 08, 2024
Biden pitches himself to top donors as Democrats’ best bet against Trump
July 08, 2024
The Republican Party released its platform on Monday that denies anti-abortion activists within the party the far-reaching language they sought
July 08, 2024
RNC panel approves new Trump-backed platform softening abortion and same-sex marriage language
July 08, 2024
Olympic medal-winning gymnast MyKayla Skinner Harmer is drawing criticism for saying the U.S. Center for SafeSport is making it difficult for coaches to do their job
July 08, 2024
Biden’s fate could come down to House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries
July 08, 2024
Columbia removes three deans from power for ‘very troubling’ antisemitic text messages
July 08, 2024
$1 billion prison isn’t delivering promised programs
July 08, 2024
Fun or frightening? A brief history of Olympic mascot design
July 08, 2024
In an MSNBC interview, President Joe Biden reaffirms his commitment to the presidential race. Despite recent setbacks after a challenging debate. CNN's Kayla Tausche reports from the White House.
July 08, 2024
Biden tells Hill Democrats he is staying in the race
July 08, 2024
Knowing which kind of provider to see and how to access help can be half the battle.
July 08, 2024
A new poll finds Americans are increasingly skeptical about the value and cost of college
July 08, 2024
Inside a despondent White House: Aides gripped by unease as Biden’s political future remains uncertain
July 08, 2024
Americans are about evenly split on whether former President Donald Trump should face prison time for his recent felony conviction on hush money charges, according to a new poll from the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research
July 08, 2024
President Joe Biden is standing firm against calls for him to drop his reelection candidacy and calling for an end to the intraparty drama that has torn apart Democrats since his dismal debate performance
July 08, 2024
A group of Baltimore teachers is asking voters to approve a ballot initiative that would give $1,000 to new parents in hopes of reducing childhood poverty starting from birth
July 08, 2024
‘House of the Dragon’ Season 2, episode 4 recap: It’s best to just be nice to your siblings
July 08, 2024
Several top House Democrats call on Biden to step aside during leadership call
July 07, 2024
President Joe Biden is attending a Black church and rallying with union members in the critical swing state of Pennsylvania, trying to project enough strength for his reelection campaign to quell a growing clamor from within in his own party for him to abandon his candidacy
July 07, 2024
Every so often, a debate bubbles up around whether it makes sense for men to keep playing best-of-five-set matches at Wimbledon and other Grand Slam tournaments
July 07, 2024
Pope Francis denounced populist politics and what he called "the dross of ideology" on Sunday, warning that democracy was not in good shape in many parts of the world.
July 07, 2024
The ‘fearless young activists’ thrown in jail for climate campaigns in Cambodia
July 07, 2024
President Joe Biden’s campaign provided lists of approved questions to two radio hosts who interviewed him after his faltering debate performance
July 06, 2024
Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta talks about troubling behaviors demonstrated by President Joe Biden during the recent CNN debate. These include slow responses, trouble finding words, and less facial movement. Dr. Gupta stresses the need to tell the difference between one-off incidents and possible underlying conditions, urging the president to undergo cognitive testing and share his results.
July 06, 2024
George Stephanopoulos steadily presses Biden with tough questions but got no fireworks
July 06, 2024
Some transgender and nonbinary people may want to change their voices. Gender-affirming vocal coaches are there to help
July 06, 2024
The UK used to be a European tourism hot spot. Here’s how it all went wrong - and how it could be fixed
July 06, 2024
CNN’s Brian Todd explains the process for picking a new Democratic presidential nominee, should President Biden decide to end his bid for reelection
July 06, 2024
There is no historical precedent for Biden dropping out now
July 06, 2024
CNN's Pamela Brown, David Chalian, and Jeff Zeleny discuss the newly released clip from President Joe Biden's interview with ABC News' George Stephanapoulos.
July 06, 2024
Reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian has won Iran’s presidential election, defeating his hardline rival in a pivotal vote amid heightened domestic and international tensions. CNN's political and national security analyst David Sanger explains why Pezeshkian will face difficulty bringing the country out of isolation.
July 06, 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin's message to NATO was simple and stark: Don’t go too far in providing military support for Ukraine, or you’ll risk a conflict that could quickly turn into a nuclear one
July 06, 2024
Sen. Mark Warner looks to align Democratic senators amid questions over Biden’s future
July 06, 2024
Biden downplays poor debate performance, says it’s not indicative of larger issues
July 05, 2024
For years, it’s been a Republican scare tactic
July 05, 2024
Boxer Ryan Garcia has apologized in a series of social media posts after he used racial slurs against Black people and disparaged Muslims in livestreamed comments
July 05, 2024
Trump seeks to distance himself from pro-Trump Project 2025
July 05, 2024
CNN's Boris Sanchez speaks to Rep. Jared Huffman (D-CA) about President Biden's political future, and who he thinks should replace Biden on the ticket if he drops out.
July 05, 2024
Amy Coney Barrett has been a firm member of the conservative Supreme Court supermajority she cemented four years ago on issues ranging from abortion to guns, but her latest opinions reflect an increasing willingness to occasionally step away from that bloc
July 05, 2024
U.S. President Joe Biden, struggling to move on from his shaky debate performance, said on Friday he can still beat Donald Trump in November's election.
July 05, 2024
'I'm awed': 100-year-old Tuskegee Airman honored on his birthday
July 05, 2024
Archbishop critical of Pope Francis excommunicated for schism
July 05, 2024
The Kansas Supreme Court has struck down state laws regulating abortion providers more strictly than other health care providers and banning a common second-trimester procedure
July 05, 2024
Candidates in France's pivotal and polarizing legislative elections are making their last push for the second and decisive round of voting after a three-week campaign marked by hate speech, verbal abuse and physical attacks
July 05, 2024
Biden’s uncertain future set to overshadow NATO summit as concerns about Trump winning election grow
July 05, 2024
Biden tells Democratic governors he needs more sleep and plans to stop scheduling events after 8 p.m.
July 04, 2024
‘Chaos is our friend.’ How Trump is quietly planning around Biden’s uncertain future
July 04, 2024
Jesse Owens’ achievements at 1936 Olympics were ‘thumb in the eye’ to Adolf Hitler, says US athlete’s grandson
July 04, 2024
9 out of 10 voters say there are important differences between Biden and Trump. Here’s what they see as the biggest ones
July 04, 2024
Conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett in a March public appearance alongside liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor said that one way to promote compromise on the U.S.
July 04, 2024
Why July 4 fireworks sound different to me now
July 04, 2024
The Supreme Court gave presidents immunity. Legal experts say it won’t extend to staffers
July 04, 2024
Pro-Palestinian protesters have breached security at Australia’s Parliament House to unfurl banners from the roof as a senator quit the government over its direction on the Gaza war
July 04, 2024
Voters in the U.K. are casting their ballots in a national election to choose the 650 lawmakers who will sit in Parliament for the next five years
July 04, 2024
CNN's Jake Tapper spoke with three House Democratic lawmakers as they grapple with President Joe Biden's debate fallout.
July 04, 2024
White supremacist groups must pay more than $2 million in damages to ‘Unite the Right’ victims, appeals court rules
July 04, 2024
All signs point to big celebrations for Americans this Fourth of July
July 04, 2024
Democratic governor says Biden ‘fit for office’ after president meets with group of state leaders
July 04, 2024
Biden family is ‘all in’ on president continuing in 2024 race, source says
July 04, 2024
UK voters head to polls for a momentous election
July 04, 2024
CNN Poll: Most Americans don’t expect Trump to concede if he loses election
July 03, 2024
Sen. Bob Menendez’s defense rests without him taking the stand at his corruption trial
July 03, 2024
A federal district court judge has temporarily halted parts of a nondiscrimination rule that would have kept insurers and medical professionals from denying hormone therapy, gender transition surgeries and similar medical care for transgender people
July 03, 2024
Jim Clyburn is often credited as the man who delivered the presidency to Joe Biden with a pivotal endorsement four years ago
July 03, 2024
Did the media covering President Biden miss a story that was right in front of them
July 03, 2024
Donald Trump has established a sizable lead over President Joe Biden in the White House race since the two candidates debated last week, according to separate opinion polls
July 03, 2024
At least one mystery about President Joe Biden’s often convoluted answers during the presidential debate has been solved
July 03, 2024
Officials recognize many homeless are veterans; discussions underway on plan to get funding
July 03, 2024
The leader of a conservative think tank planning for a massive overhaul of the federal government says we are in the midst of “a second American Revolution” that will be bloodless “if the left allows it to be.”
July 03, 2024
‘Bridgerton’ sparks discussion about ‘mixed weight’ couples on screen – and not everyone is happy about it
July 03, 2024
White House chief of staff Jeff Zients has urged during an all-staff meeting to tune out the “noise” and focus on the task of governing as senior aides scramble to contain the political fallout from President Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance
July 03, 2024
Democrats fear Biden could jeopardize their chances of flipping the House
July 03, 2024
Asheville synagogue leader speaks out on library assault, community unrest
July 03, 2024
The mandate from Kamala Harris’ camp: Stay the course, dispel Biden replacement theories
July 03, 2024
Historical housing discrimination in Detroit persists today and causes disparities in health outcomes. Policies are making a difference, but more needs to be done.
July 03, 2024
What’s at stake for the climate if Trump wins? ‘A catastrophic outcome’
July 03, 2024
House Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) has called on President Joe Biden to withdraw from the 2024 presidential race. He talks with CNN's Anderson Cooper about his decision.
July 03, 2024
Let’s stop pretending that parades are fun
July 03, 2024
Burgum set to decide on massive pipeline project that’s pitting his rural constituents against GOP megadonors
July 03, 2024
Egypt’s new Cabinet has been sworn in and features major changes in the defense, foreign ministry and economy portfolios as the country faces mounting public discontent and conflicts in neighboring nations
July 03, 2024
Christiane Amanpour speaks to Former Atlanta Mayor, Keisha Lance Bottoms.
July 03, 2024
From unanimity to ‘fear mongering’: How the raucous Supreme Court term turned in Trump’s favor
July 03, 2024
Athletes at the last Summer Olympics remember the unmistakable sadness of competing with nearly no one in the stands amid pandemic-era restrictions in Tokyo three years ago
July 03, 2024
Former Republicans were ready to embrace Biden to beat Trump. And then came the debate.
July 03, 2024
Washington Post: Justice Department to pursue Trump prosecutions past the election, even if he wins
July 03, 2024
Pro-choice advocates are set to deliver about 800,000 petition signatures Wednesday in hopes of getting the Arizona abortion rights issue on the November general election ballot
July 03, 2024
A Supreme Court opinion giving broad immunity to former President Donald Trump matters in the current presidential race
July 03, 2024
President Joe Biden's campaign used the second anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision overturning abortion rights on Monday to spotlight Donald
July 03, 2024
Philanthropist Melinda French Gates has given Democratic incumbent Joe Biden her first ever U.S. presidential endorsement, citing his support for reproductive
July 03, 2024
U.S.
July 02, 2024
Television producer-writer Norman Lear, whose ground-breaking hit comedy shows such as "All in the Family" and "Maude" addressed social issues such as race and abortion that
July 02, 2024
A U.S. appeals court on Friday ruled that New York state could bar gun owners from carrying weapons in "sensitive locations" like parks, zoos, bars and theaters, but it
July 02, 2024
President Joe Biden and Chief Justice John Roberts will deliver remarks on Tuesday at the funeral of Sandra Day O'Connor, the U.S.
July 02, 2024
Republican presidential contender Nikki Haley has risen in opinion polls in recent months largely on the back of college-educated, affluent, suburban
July 02, 2024
Republican presidential contender Nikki Haley declined on Wednesday night to say that slavery was one of the main causes of the U.S.
July 02, 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin castigated Europe on Saturday for "Russophobia" and criticized the Baltic States over human rights at the unveiling of a World War Two memorial.
July 02, 2024
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an interview aired on Sunday that "enough" of the 132 remaining Israeli hostages held in Gaza are alive to justify Israel's ongoing war in
July 02, 2024
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley said on Wednesday that she believed frozen embryos created through in-vitro fertilization (IVF) were babies, endorsing a controversial ruling
July 02, 2024
The Alabama Attorney General's office had "no intention" of prosecuting providers of in vitro fertilization or families who use their services, it said on Friday after the
July 02, 2024
Republican frontrunner Donald Trump accused President Joe Biden on Saturday of engaging in a "conspiracy to overthrow the United States"
July 02, 2024
Thousands of reproductive rights supporters rallied on Saturday in Florida to support a voter referendum that would enshrine abortion protections into the state constitution,
July 02, 2024
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape says his nation does not deserve to be labelled cannibals, and urged the U.S. to clear up the remnants of World War Two
July 02, 2024
By Eduardo Baptista, Fanny Potkin and Max A.
July 02, 2024
About half of U.S. voters oppose putting immigrants in the country illegally into detention camps while awaiting deportation, a new Reuters/Ipsos
July 02, 2024
The Southern Baptist Convention, the largest Protestant denomination in the U.S., on Wednesday voted to condemn the use of in vitro fertilization, signaling the campaign by
July 02, 2024
Three British opinion polls released late on Saturday presented a grim picture for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Conservative Party, and one pollster warned that
July 02, 2024
Pro-Israel education group warns of ‘antisemitism and anti-Israel bias’ in teachers’ union proposals
July 02, 2024
RFK Jr. denies eating a dog while sidestepping sexual assault allegations in Vanity Fair article
July 02, 2024
The National Black Farmers Association is calling on Tractor Supply’s president and CEO to step down, days after the rural retailer announced that it would drop most of its corporate diversity and climate advocacy efforts
July 02, 2024
Biden’s mental fitness could have been better covered leading up to the debate, some White House reporters acknowledge
July 02, 2024
Donald Trump and the conservative interests that helped him reshape the Supreme Court have gotten most of what they wanted this term — from substantial help for Trump’s political and legal prospects to sharp blows against the administrative state they revile
July 02, 2024
A student pleaded with Pope Francis on Thursday to stop using offensive language against the LGBT community, taking the 87-year-old pontiff to task over homophobic slurs he
July 02, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to consider the case of a Black man on death row in Georgia who says his trial was unfair because the prosecutor improperly excluded Black jurors
July 02, 2024
Biden has scheduled his first interview after his shaky debate performance
July 02, 2024
As Britain's election campaign enters its final stretch, the work of opinion pollsters is back in the spotlight with several recent projections of a record victory for the
July 02, 2024
The last two remaining survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre are asking the Oklahoma Supreme Court to reconsider the case they dismissed last month
July 02, 2024
Sen. Bernie Sanders says he’s not confident President Joe Biden can win the election this fall in the wake of last week's debate
July 02, 2024
Lloyd Doggett becomes first sitting Democrat to call on Biden to withdraw
July 02, 2024
President Joe Biden plans to meet with Democratic governors as he attempts to solidify support among his party’s top leaders after last week’s shaky debate performance
July 02, 2024
‘Despicable Me 4’ rolls out another tired helping of warmed-over Gru-el
July 02, 2024
CNN Poll: Most voters think Democrats have a better chance of keeping White House if Biden isn’t the nominee
July 02, 2024
Judge partially terminates agreement governing conditions for migrant children in US custody
July 02, 2024
Trump amplifies posts calling for televised military tribunal for Liz Cheney
July 02, 2024
Dozens of members from Pakistan’s civil society have rallied in the southern port city of Karachi against the death sentence handed down to a Christian man on blasphemy charges, nearly a year after one of the worst mob attacks in the country on Christians
July 02, 2024
Top leader of RNC Platform Committee entertained idea of imprisoning women who get abortions, opposes exceptions
July 02, 2024
Two scholars of nonprofits explain what is and isn’t permissible.
July 02, 2024
Argentina's right-wing President Javier Milei reiterated criticism of his leftist Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio 'Lula' da Silva on Tuesday in an escalation of their recent
July 02, 2024
ARFID: the eating disorder you haven’t heard of
July 02, 2024
Three opinion polls on Wednesday predicted a record defeat for British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Conservatives at a July 4 election,
July 02, 2024
The Supreme Court ended its term by ruling for the first time that former presidents have broad immunity from prosecution, a decision that almost certainly means Donald Trump won’t stand trial before the November election
July 02, 2024
Biden campaign chair gives a staunch defense of the president’s health to donors, says campaign is clear-eyed about debate
July 02, 2024
Australia is giving the internet industry six months to come up with an enforceable code detailing how it will stop children seeing pornography and other inappropriate material
July 02, 2024
Biden issues a warning about the power of the presidency – and Trump – after Supreme Court’s immunity ruling
July 01, 2024
Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL) joined "CNN This Morning" to discuss whether he thinks Joe Biden's performance at the presidential debate could jeopardize Democrats winning congressional seats.
July 01, 2024
Frustrated Democrats watch for debate fallout as Republicans pounce on Biden’s poor showing
July 01, 2024
Biden and Trump touted what they’ve done for HBCUs at CNN’s debate. Here’s what their records show
July 01, 2024
'No questions asked:' Local couple begs community for stolen service dog back
July 01, 2024
President Biden's performance in last week's debate with Donald Trump led to some extraordinary media moments
July 01, 2024
Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey says President Joe Biden is able to run a strong race and serve a second term in the Oval Office
July 01, 2024
France soccer player Jules Koundé says he is “disappointed to see the direction our country is taking."
July 01, 2024
The Supreme Court is allowing a president to become a “king above the law,” in the use of official power, Justice Sonia Sotomayor said in a biting dissent that called the majority opinion on immunity for former President Donald Trump “utterly indefensible.”
July 01, 2024
President Joe Biden warns that a Supreme Court ruling granting presidents broad immunity from prosecution would make an unchecked Republican Donald Trump “more emboldened to do whatever he wants” if he regains the White House in November’s election
July 01, 2024
Community rallies together after family loses Rapidan Dam Store, home in same week
July 01, 2024
A family experienced tragedy and hope in the NICU. Now they're helping thousands of others.
July 01, 2024
CNN senior legal analyst Elie Honig explains why the Supreme Court ruling that Donald Trump may claim immunity from criminal prosecution for some of the actions he took in the waning days of his presidency in a decision will likely further delay a trial on the federal election subversion charges pending against him.
July 01, 2024
As President Joe Biden attempts to reassure supporters following his widely panned debate performance on Thursday, Democrats still worried about having him at the top of the ticket in November have few realistic options at their disposal
July 01, 2024
The dissenting judges argued that the Supreme Court’s decision will dramatically expand the president’s powers while in office.
July 01, 2024
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is insisting that President Joe Biden can still win her state, a key battleground in the 2024 election, even as many national Democrats question whether Biden should move forward after his shaky debate performance
July 01, 2024
Supreme Court rules Trump has limited immunity in January 6 case, jeopardizing trial before election
July 01, 2024
The Supreme Court has opened the door to new, broad challenges to regulations long after they take effect, the third blow in a week to federal agencies
July 01, 2024
Voters in five states will decide referendums on abortion rights this year, with potentially more to come
July 01, 2024
A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday revived a lawsuit challenging an Oklahoma law prohibiting transgender people from changing their birth certificates to match their gender
July 01, 2024
What is Canada Day and how is it celebrated? The answer is more complicated than some might think
July 01, 2024
The United Kingdom will hold its first national election in almost five years on Thursday, with opinion polls suggesting that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party will be punished for failing to deliver on promises made during 14 years in power
July 01, 2024
In new Alzheimer’s criteria, some see progress while others fear profit-driven ‘diagnostic creep’
July 01, 2024
A landmark settlement for student-athletes is raising questions that will take big-time college sports into uncharted territory, 2 sports management experts say.
July 01, 2024
What happens if the highest court in the land loses legitimacy?
July 01, 2024
For more than three decades, Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum has led the nation’s largest LGBTQ+ synagogue through the myriad ups and downs of the modern gay rights movement
July 01, 2024
Supreme Court justices are taking the bench to release their last few opinions of the term, including their most closely watched case: whether former President Donald Trump has immunity from criminal prosecution
July 01, 2024
How to avoid the ‘stupid American’ stereotype while traveling abroad
July 01, 2024
The coming SCOTUS decision on Presidential immunity is "truly unprecedented," says Elie Honig. But "I do not think we're going to see a categorical win or loss either way. And "the million-dollar question" is if the court will rule on whether Trump was acting on January 6 within the scope of his official duties.
July 01, 2024
Supreme Court prepares to issue ruling on Trump immunity and final cases Monday
July 01, 2024
It’s hard to refer to someone as “Hitler” and end up in their good graces, let alone potentially become the person they choose to help lead the country
July 01, 2024
‘House of the Dragon’ Season 2, episode 3 recap: It’s a Queen’s world… or is it?
July 01, 2024
Fareed hears from former George W. Bush speechwriter David Frum and Financial Times columnist Edward Luce about what's next after Thursday's presidential debate -- and whether president Biden should consider dropping out of the race.
June 30, 2024
Fareed hears from former George W. Bush speechwriter David Frum and Financial Times columnist Edward Luce about what's next after Thursday's presidential debate -- and whether president Biden should consider dropping out of the race.
June 30, 2024
Trump looks to carry debate momentum into a critical stretch before GOP convention
June 30, 2024
How the Supreme Court’s blockbuster ‘Chevron’ ruling puts countless regulations in jeopardy
June 30, 2024
Long-serving Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has urged his country to support Ukraine and international cooperation in his final address to his compatriots
June 30, 2024
My daughter came out, and I missed the punchline
June 30, 2024
How does someone with power and fame walk away from it? It’s not easy, as these three examples from politics and sports show.
June 30, 2024
With summer having gotten off to a scorching start, workers across the country may be dreaming of a seaside escape or cutting out early to watch a movie in an air-conditioned theater
June 30, 2024
Throughout Tim Scott's life, people have offered him a hand to help him get ahead
June 30, 2024
The Taliban is saying the West should look past their harsh edicts on Afghan women and girls to improve relations
June 30, 2024
As a legal battle ensues over a new Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in classrooms, the details of exactly how the mandate will be implemented and enforced remain unclear
June 30, 2024
Donors stress over path forward after Biden’s debate performance
June 30, 2024
A sense of deep concern is growing among some Democratic officials that leaders inside Joe Biden’s campaign and the Democratic National Committee are not taking seriously enough the impact of the president’s troubling debate performance
June 30, 2024
‘Biggest worry in captivity was for my parents,’ rescued Israeli hostage Noa Argamani says
June 30, 2024
Jill Biden has been a near-constant presence at her husband's side since his disastrous debate performance against Republican Donald Trump on Thursday night
June 29, 2024
SF couple to renew their vows 20 years after city's first same-sex marriages
June 29, 2024
Couple's Pride flags have been stolen 5 times from their front lawn
June 29, 2024
N.A.A.C.P. demands firing of South Florida officer accused of using racial slurs
June 29, 2024
As the UN comes under fire for giving the Taliban a seat at the table while excluding women, Anna Coren updates us on the dire consequences of the Taliban’s misogyny, as suicide rates among girls surge.
June 29, 2024
As the UN comes under fire for giving the Taliban a seat at the table while excluding women, Anna Coren updates us on the dire consequences of the Taliban’s misogyny, as suicide rates among girls surge.
June 29, 2024
Trump campaign managers in memo outline plans to cut GOP platform
June 29, 2024
The 14th Amendment has been used to dismantle race-based programs. Historians say there are clashing interpretations
June 29, 2024
For many voters in the United States, there's despair in the air after the presidential debate this past week
June 29, 2024
Here’s what voters had to say following the first 2024 debate showdown between Joe Biden and Donald Trump
June 29, 2024
Christians and Jews believe in the Ten Commandments — just not necessarily the version that will hang in every public school and state-funded college classroom in Louisiana
June 29, 2024
In the last 10 days of June, on a frenetic pace of its own making, the Supreme Court has touched a wide swath of American society in decisions on abortion, guns, the environment, health, the opioid crisis, securities fraud and homelessness
June 29, 2024
Oral dissents are back in vogue at the Supreme Court as liberals lament latest rulings
June 29, 2024
A federal judge has approved the Biden administration’s request to partially end a nearly three-decade-old agreement to provide court oversight of how the government cares for migrant children in its custody
June 29, 2024
NYT Editorial Board calls for Biden to leave the 2024 presidential race
June 28, 2024
Guatemala's top court on Friday issued a resolution that called for "good manners" and authorities to protect moral values at this year's annual LGBT pride parade, after a
June 28, 2024
President Joe Biden's debate performance spurred anxiety and silence among some Democrats running in competitive races across the country
June 28, 2024
Foreign diplomats react with horror to Biden’s dismal debate performance
June 28, 2024
Fact check: Sea levels are already rising faster per year than Trump claims they might rise over ‘next 497 years’
June 28, 2024
Human rights advocates on Friday condemned former President Donald Trump's references to Palestinians, and immigrants allegedly taking Black American jobs,
June 28, 2024
During Thursday’s presidential debate, President Joe Biden had plenty of opportunity to lay out a clear vision regarding abortion rights in the face of growing restrictions and worsening medical care for women since the fall of Roe, something his campaign sees as a major motivator for voters
June 28, 2024
Donald Trump's warning during his debate with Joe Biden that immigrants are taking “Black jobs" and “Hispanic jobs” prompted outrage from Democrats and Black leaders who found the language vague and racially discriminatory
June 28, 2024
Supreme Court rulings indicate that the Justice Department overstepped by charging hundreds of January 6 Capitol rioters with obstruction. CNN's Elie Honig reports
June 28, 2024
President Joe Biden addressed concerns over his age while speaking at a rally in North Carolina the day after a shaky debate performance against former President Donald Trump.
June 28, 2024
Civil rights groups warned that Friday's ruling by the U.S.
June 28, 2024
Turning pain into change; grieving mother pleas for boaters to stay sober
June 28, 2024
Nigel Farage's Reform UK Party overtook Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Conservatives in an opinion poll for the first time on Thursday ahead of Britain's election on July 4.
June 28, 2024
A federal judge in Louisiana on Thursday blocked President Joe Biden's administration from enforcing in four states a new rule that protects LGBT students from
June 28, 2024
Young voters, what is driving you to the polls? We want to hear about it
June 28, 2024
Thousands of women protested on Saturday against a bill advancing in Brazil's conservative Congress that would equate abortions after 22 weeks of
June 28, 2024
On MSNBC, the mood turns somber following Biden’s debate performance
June 28, 2024
A University of Nebraska regent has proposed a way for football-crazy Cornhusker fans to carry their fandom into the afterlife
June 28, 2024
The Texas Supreme Court has upheld the state’s ban on gender-affirming medical care for transgender youths and rejected pleas from parents that it violates their right to decide on and seek care for their children
June 28, 2024
Homeless people can be ticketed for sleeping outside, Supreme Court rules
June 28, 2024
The Supreme Court will issue the final opinions of its terms on Monday
June 28, 2024
The Supreme Court has upended a 40-year-old decision that made it easier for the federal government to regulate the environment, public health, workplace safety and consumer protections
June 28, 2024
California Gov. Gavin Newsome says a Supreme Court ruling that cities can enforce bans on people sleeping outdoors in West Coast areas will give local officials more freedom to address the crisis
June 28, 2024
An opinion poll published in the newspaper Les Echos on Friday showed that French far-right party National Rally (RN) might win as much as 37% of the popular vote, two days before the
June 28, 2024
Above all, Joe Biden’s allies have wanted him to demonstrate strength and energy on the debate stage this week to help put to rest questions about the 81-year-old Democrat’s physical and mental acuity
June 28, 2024
Scholars of communication and politics assess a presidential debate with a clear loser, but no clear winner.
June 28, 2024
Iranians have voted in a presidential election to replace the late President Ebrahim Raisi, killed in a helicopter crash in May along with the country's foreign minister and several other officials
June 28, 2024
President Joe Biden responds to former President Donald Trump’s alleged comments calling fallen soldiers ‘losers’ prior to his visit to a military cemetery in 2018.
June 28, 2024
President Joe Biden responds to former President Donald Trump’s alleged comments calling fallen soldiers ‘losers’ prior to his visit to a military cemetery in 2018.
June 28, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris is acknowledging that President Joe Biden had a “slow start” during his debate against Donald Trump
June 28, 2024
CNN political commentator Van Jones weighs in on President Joe Biden's performance during CNN's presidential debate.
June 28, 2024
Tensions over the war between Israel and Hamas have seeped into the festivities at LGBTQ+ Pride events across the U.S. They have spurred boycotts and demonstrations and exposed divisions within the movement
June 28, 2024
CNN’s Daniel Dale fact checks the false claims made by former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden during the CNN Presidential Debate.
June 28, 2024
CNN’s Daniel Dale fact checks the false claims made by former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden during the CNN Presidential Debate.
June 28, 2024
The Supreme Court conceded that it should not have taken up the case to begin with.
June 27, 2024
Two task forces charged with proposing ways to combat anti-Muslim, anti-Arab and antisemitism at Harvard University have delivered their preliminary recommendations to the school’s interim president
June 27, 2024
Oklahoma's top education official is ordering public schools to incorporate the Bible into lessons for grades 5 through 12
June 27, 2024
The first general election debate of the 2024 season has come to a close
June 27, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court did not settle the debate over whether federal law requires hospitals to stabilize pregnant patients with emergency abortions on Wednesday, despite saying Idaho hospitals can provide abortions in medical emergencies even with the state’s restrictions
June 27, 2024
A federal bankruptcy judge has stopped an effort by the parents of a boy killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting to begin collecting on some of the $50 million they won in a lawsuit against conspiracy theorist Alex Jones
June 27, 2024
A Dutch beach volleyball player convicted and imprisoned eight years ago for raping an underage girl in Britain has qualified for the Paris Olympics
June 27, 2024
A dozen social and racial justice groups said Thursday that the federal law requiring TikTok’s parent company to sell the platform, or face a ban, would disrupt a vehicle that many minority communities use to form connections online and advocate for causes
June 27, 2024
Antisemitism has surged as a hot-button issue in France's high-stakes legislative election campaign
June 27, 2024
Another 400,000 people formally have left the Catholic Church in Germany last year
June 27, 2024
The pope has again used a highly disparaging word against gay people for which he had already apologised last month, ANSA news agency said on Tuesday.
June 27, 2024
Racism and intolerance are rising in France, fuelled by the war in Gaza and far-right ideas in public debate, France’s human rights commission, the CNCDH, said in an annual report
June 27, 2024
Critics say British Labour Party leader Keir Starmer is dutiful, managerial and a bit dull
June 27, 2024
As the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule on a major case involving former President Donald Trump, 7 in 10 Americans think its justices are more likely to shape the law to fit their own ideology, rather than serving as neutral arbiters of government authority
June 27, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court appears ready to release an opinion that will allow doctors in Idaho to perform abortions to stabilize patients at least for now, despite the state's strict abortion ban
June 26, 2024
James Lawson, a prominent civil rights leader whose advocacy of nonviolent protest influenced Martin Luther King Jr. and helped shape the 1960s movement to outlaw
June 26, 2024
The Supreme Court has sided with the Biden administration in a dispute with Republican-led states over how far the federal government can go to combat controversial social media posts on topics including COVID-19 and election security
June 26, 2024
Most efforts to project how well a candidate will do in an election are based largely on factors over which presidents have little to no control.
June 26, 2024
A study shows that Americans believe news organizations report the news inaccurately not because they are politically biased, but because they want to generate larger audiences and larger profits.
June 26, 2024
Voter support for Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida slid by three points to 21%, the lowest since he took office in 2021, a poll by public broadcaster NHK showed on Monday,
June 26, 2024
Perhaps the most famous one-liner in a presidential debate, Ronald Reagan's "Are you better off than you were four years ago?"
June 26, 2024
Pope Francis spoke out on Wednesday against the legalisation of drugs and denounced drug traffickers as "assassins", while also calling for help and support for addicts.
June 26, 2024
A new poll finds most U.S. adults plan to watch or listen to some element of Thursday's presidential debate
June 26, 2024
It’s a conundrum: While vaping can help some adults stop cigarette smoking, it also appeals to young people who may take up the habit.
June 25, 2024
Sixteen Nobel prize-winning economists signed a letter on Tuesday warning that the U.S. and world economy will suffer if Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump wins the
June 25, 2024
CNN Political Director David Chalian and CNN ‘One Thing’ podcast host David Rind break down the rules for the CNN Presidential Debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. Watch CNN's Presidential Debate on June 27, 2024 at 9pm ET.
June 25, 2024
Whether you’re a reporter, a teacher or a nurse, it’s becoming more difficult to find meaning in your work.
June 25, 2024
Catholics gathered for three days of traditional devotions in the small Ohio city of Steubenville as part of the two-month National Eucharistic Pilgrimage
June 25, 2024
‘On the roadsides there were shot up cars where people had been killed’: Facing war, death and destruction ahead of Olympics
June 25, 2024
Olympic champion Athing Mu’s hopes for a repeat title came crashing down during the first lap of the 800-meter final at U.S. track trials
June 25, 2024
The stakes are high for Joe Biden and Donald Trump for Thursday's first presidential debate
June 25, 2024
After months of casting President Joe Biden as a senile shell of a man incapable of putting two sentences together, Donald Trump has changed his tune
June 24, 2024
Civil liberties groups have filed a lawsuit challenging Louisiana’s new law mandating that the Ten Commandments must be displayed in every public school classroom
June 24, 2024
On the second anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, Vice President Kamala Harris is telling voters Donald Trump is “guilty” of rolling back women’s freedoms and setting off a nationwide health care crisis
June 24, 2024
On the second anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, Vice President Kamala Harris is telling voters Donald Trump is “guilty” of rolling back women’s freedoms and setting off a nationwide health care crisis
June 24, 2024
Patricia Kobylski remembers when there were plenty of people in her eastside Detroit neighborhood
June 24, 2024
Critics are decrying the long time the Supreme Court has taken to rule in a crucial Trump case, charging that it’s politically motivated to help Trump. A scholar of the court says they’re wrong.
June 24, 2024
The Supreme Court is planning to weigh in on whether states can ban gender-affirming care for transgender minors
June 24, 2024
The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Josh Duggar, a former reality television star convicted of downloading child sexual abuse images
June 24, 2024
The secret recordings of two Supreme Court justices reveal dramatic differences in how they see American political life.
June 24, 2024
A sociologist and former high school math teacher found that Philadelphia students face starkly different expectations for college depending on what type of school they attend.
June 24, 2024
The Biden administration is announcing new steps to increase access to affordable housing
June 24, 2024
An outside group is quietly investigating scores of federal employees suspected of being hostile to the conservative policies promised by Republican Donald Trump
June 24, 2024
Columbia University says it is putting three administrators on leave while it investigates allegations that they exchanged unprofessional text messages while attending a panel about antisemitism on campus
June 23, 2024
The heads of major Christian denominations in Israel say that local governments across the country are demanding they pay property tax, violating a longstanding arrangement in a manner they say reflects growing intolerance for Christians in the Holy Land
June 23, 2024
Can Keir Starmer give Britain the change it desperately wants?
June 23, 2024
Abortion-rights supporters in several states have used the citizen initiative process to protect access in the two years since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a constitutional right to the procedure
June 23, 2024
Illinois is poised to right a 175-year-old wrong by returning land in northern Illinois guaranteed to a Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation chief in 1829
June 23, 2024
A 22-year-old woman who's become a vocal reproductive rights advocate after she was raped by her stepfather as a child will campaign with first lady Jill Biden in Pennsylvania this weekend
June 22, 2024
The president of the Teamsters Union is set to speak at this summer’s Republican National Convention
June 21, 2024
The Supreme Court has ruled against a California woman who said her rights were violated after federal officials refused to allow her husband into the country, in part, because of the way his tattoos were interpreted
June 21, 2024
Trump ally Steve Bannon has asked the Supreme Court to delay his prison sentence while he fights his convictions for defying a subpoena from the House committee that investigated the U.S. Capitol attack
June 21, 2024
The U.K. general election is nearly two weeks away
June 21, 2024
The Pentagon says Ukraine’s military is allowed to use longer-range missiles provided by the U.S. to strike targets inside Russia across more than just the front lines near Kharkiv if Kyiv is acting in self-defense
June 21, 2024
Utah voters will decide whether Sen. Mitt Romney’s brand of politics can still succeed in Republican primaries
June 21, 2024
A traffic engineer argues that, contrary to his profession’s view, ‘human error’ is not the main cause of deaths in car crashes in the US.
June 21, 2024
A high court in Namibia declared two colonial-era laws that criminalised same-sex acts between men unconstitutional on Friday, in a landmark win for the LGBTQ
June 21, 2024
The horrors of World War Two are being forgotten, thereby raising the risk of a new global conflict, Pope Francis said on Wednesday in comments marking the 80th anniversary of
June 21, 2024
Just months into office, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has gained national attention for his push for groundbreaking conservative policies
June 21, 2024
Two years after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the debate over abortion access is playing out in elections and the courts
June 21, 2024
Attorneys for migrant children who arrived to the United States on their own say the Biden administration’s new rules are not enough to ensure their safety while they are in U.S. custody and should not replace a decades-old agreement that requires court oversight
June 21, 2024
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in a podcast released on Thursday said that students graduating from U.S. colleges should get a green
June 20, 2024
Retired LSU baseball coach Skip Bertman is impressed by Tennessee's bid to break the 1997 Tigers' NCAA record of 188 home runs in a season
June 20, 2024
An ongoing fight between residents and animal rights activists over whether to cull pigeons in a small German town has led to an uproar
June 20, 2024
American foreign aid to Israel has long relied on the support of American Jews. But American Jews have never been unified in their support for Israel or about Israel’s role in American Jewish life.
June 20, 2024
Independent U.S. presidential candidate Robert F.
June 20, 2024
Marriages in which a partner undergoes a gender transition can not only survive, but also thrive under the light of new honesty
June 20, 2024
The Equal Justice Initiative nonprofit invoked the Juneteenth holiday as it dedicated a monument that honors the people who endured and survived slavery
June 19, 2024
Louisiana has become the first state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public school classroom
June 19, 2024
Darren Sands, now a reporter for The Associated Press, was researching his family history three years ago when he found a riveting missing piece
June 19, 2024
Districts across the country have struggled to improve access and diversity in advanced math classes for years. A new approach offers hope.
June 19, 2024
A scholar of nonprofits explains why she’s concerned that the decision in the Fearless Fund case could discourage all efforts focused on diversity, equity and inclusion.
June 19, 2024
Abortion rights have found an unlikely champion in swing state Pennsylvania
June 19, 2024
The Vatican's point man on migration and social justice on Monday urged EU citizens who might be tempted to vote for far-right parties in this week's European Parliament
June 19, 2024
Britain's Conservatives will clearly define sex as biological in the Equality Act if they win an election on July 4 to end an "ambiguity" that is putting women and girls' safety at
June 19, 2024
British opposition leader Keir Starmer pledged on Monday to secure the country's armed forces and nuclear deterrent, trying to reassure voters before an election
June 19, 2024
Not even a WNBA basketball game is an escape from the arguments and polarization that are so common in American life these days
June 19, 2024
Biden’s executive action will shield approximately 500,000 undocumented spouses of US citizens, as well as 50,000 children, from deportation and give them the legal right to stay in the US.
June 18, 2024
Noam Chomsky’s wife, Valeria Wasserman Chomsky, says reports that the famed linguist and activist had died are untrue
June 18, 2024
The U.S. government has acknowledged for the first time the harms that the construction and operation of dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers in the Pacific Northwest have caused Native American tribes
June 18, 2024
Many Americans are celebrating Juneteenth, marking the day in 1865 when the last enslaved people in the U.S. learned they were free
June 18, 2024
President Joe Biden is hemorrhaging support among voters without college degrees - a large group that includes Black people, Hispanic women,
June 18, 2024
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party-led alliance is projected to win a majority in the general election that concluded on Saturday, an exit poll summary
June 18, 2024
How the Supreme Court could decide Trump’s blockbuster fight for immunity
June 18, 2024
Artificial intelligence could be misused to spread misleading or false claims about the Holocaust
June 18, 2024
Majorities of Americans favor forgiving all or some of an individual’s medical debt if the person is facing hardships
June 18, 2024
In a move reminiscent of her political mentor, incoming Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has displayed a series of surveys commissioned by her political party that she says show a wide majority approve of controversial judicial changes
June 18, 2024
A trio of extraordinary stories are increasing the pressure on The Washington Post's new leadership, along with highlighting the differences in journalism practices in England and the United States
June 17, 2024
An anti-abortion group in South Dakota has filed a lawsuit to block an abortion rights measure from the November ballot
June 17, 2024
Rudy Giuliani should be stripped of his law license for his work on a failed lawsuit challenging former President Donald Trump's 2020 U.S. election loss in Pennsylvania, a
June 17, 2024
The University of Michigan and the City University of New York didn't adequately investigate complaints about antisemitic or anti-Palestinian harassment linked to campus protests over the Israel-Hamas war and other incidents
June 17, 2024
The 2022 Dobbs decision that overturned 50 years of abortion rights is affecting where young people choose to go to college, to work and to live, as well as the way they vote.
June 17, 2024
Had James Crumbley taken 10 seconds to secure a cable lock, the lives of four teenagers may have been spared.
June 17, 2024
Lawyers, advocacy groups and think tanks are soliciting historians’ expertise on the history underlying certain Supreme Court cases. Yet this history-for-hire approach raises questions.
June 17, 2024
At what age should kids be on social media
June 17, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris' husband will deliver remarks at the groundbreaking of the memorial to victims of the 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue shooting
June 17, 2024
A Missouri judge has rejected the argument that lawmakers intended to “impose their religious beliefs on everyone” in the state when they passed a restrictive abortion ban
June 15, 2024
Italian anti-fascist activist Ilaria Salis has returned to her parents’ house in the northern Italian city of Monza
June 15, 2024
On Father’s Day, Kansas residents Jen and Whitney Wilson will pack up their three young children and head to the home of a childhood friend for a picnic to celebrate the man who helped make their family possible
June 15, 2024
The Supreme Court has decided to uphold federal approval of the abortion pill mifepristone, for now
June 14, 2024
A top U.S. bishop says government officials would be infringing on religious freedom if they were to restrict the Catholic Church’s work serving migrants along the U.S.-Mexico border
June 14, 2024
The gun accessory the Supreme Court just ruled on allows a rifle to fire dozens of bullets within seconds
June 14, 2024
Public tragedies are heartrending events that gain widespread public attention. But where once prominent tragedies often brought Americans together, such tragedies no longer unify the country.
June 14, 2024
A report published by a Native American-led nonprofit examines in detail the dispossession of Indigenous homelands in Colorado, quantifies the value of the land and resources taken and outlines the state education system’s omission of that history in its curriculum
June 14, 2024
Pope Francis has challenged leaders of the world’s wealthy democracies to keep human dignity foremost in developing and using artificial intelligence
June 14, 2024
Alex Jones has pushed many theories over the last three decades, including that the U.S. government was behind or failed to stop the Oklahoma City bombing and the 9/11 attacks
June 14, 2024
The opinion did not take on the substance of the plaintiffs’ claims against mifepristone, and the abortion pill is already facing other challenges.
June 13, 2024
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul says she is considering a ban on face masks in the New York City subway system, following what she described as concerns over people shielding their identities while committing antisemitic acts
June 13, 2024
The U.S. Justice Department says Phoenix police had a pattern of violating people's rights, from unjustified deadly force to discrimination against minorities and homeless populations
June 13, 2024
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin says his committee has uncovered at least three additional luxury trips given to Justice Clarence Thomas by donors as part of the panel’s ethics investigation into the Supreme Court
June 13, 2024
U.S. Catholic Bishops convening for a two-day meeting approved a new, multifaceted program of outreach to Native American Catholics
June 13, 2024
The Supreme Court unanimously upheld access to a drug used in the majority of U.S. abortions, though abortion opponents say the ruling won’t be the last word in the fight over mifepristone
June 13, 2024
Author-activist Naomi Klein has won the inaugural Women’s Prize for Nonfiction with “Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World.”
June 13, 2024
Secret recordings raise questions about Justice Alito’s impartiality, but they also reveal the weak state of legal protections against the misuse of the microphones and cameras everyone carries.
June 13, 2024
The more ambivalent a person is about a political issue, the more likely they are to support violence and other extreme actions relating to that issue.
June 13, 2024
Anti-camping laws are the centerpiece of the ‘hostile design’ strategies cities use to push the unhoused out of public spaces.
June 13, 2024
There’s lots of talk of change in Britain’s election campaign, but little talk about climate change
June 13, 2024
Senate Republicans have blocked legislation that would make it a right nationwide for women to access in vitro fertilization and other fertility treatments
June 13, 2024
The head of the U.N. refugee agency says he understands that the Biden administration enacted new restrictions on asylum-seekers entering the United States, but cautioned that some aspects of the executive order may violate refugee protection required under international law
June 13, 2024
Actor Robert De Niro called Donald Trump a "clown" who is bent on destroying American democracy on Tuesday outside the New York City
June 12, 2024
Typically, if your political opponent is convicted of a felony, it's considered a rare gift.
June 12, 2024
Southern Baptists have expressed alarm over the way in vitro fertilization is routinely being practiced at their annual meeting in Indianapolis
June 12, 2024
Louisiana's highest court is giving childhood victims of sexual abuse a renewed opportunity to file damage lawsuits
June 12, 2024
Several immigrant advocacy groups are suing the Biden administration over President Joe Biden's directive last week to stop asylum processing at the southern border
June 12, 2024
The two oldest candidates ever to run for U.S. president meet on Thursday for a televised debate unlike any other.
June 12, 2024
About half of U.S. adults approve of Donald Trump’s recent felony conviction, according to a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research
June 12, 2024
It’s now clear that tensions in academia regarding concerns about Israel’s relationship with the Palestinian people aren’t limited to campus protests.
June 12, 2024
These endeavors end up turning the complexity of Black life into a stunt.
June 12, 2024
A historian of gender and women’s rights explains how women’s protests focused on their rights evolved from the 1960s through the present.
June 12, 2024
Independents’ political views and policy preferences reflect the economic and social conditions they see and experience every day. Democrats and Republicans have different sources for their views.
June 12, 2024
Delegates at the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting have narrowly rejected a proposal to enshrine a ban on churches with women pastors in the denomination’s constitution
June 12, 2024
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and France's President Emmanuel Macron warned in a joint opinion piece for the Financial Times that the European Union had to make dramatic efforts to
June 12, 2024
Italy said on Monday Israeli attacks on Palestinian civilians in Gaza were no longer justifiable in one of the strongest criticisms Rome has made so far against Israel's campaign.
June 12, 2024
A federal judge has struck down as unconstitutional a 2023 Florida law that blocked gender-affirming care for transgender minors and severely restricted such treatment for adults
June 11, 2024
A new poll finds that people around the globe have greater confidence in President Joe Biden to do the right thing compared to his challenger in this year's U.S. elections, former President Donald Trump
June 11, 2024
Delegates to the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting had voted overwhelmingly to boot a Virginia church from its ranks because of its declaration that it believes women can serve in any pastoral ministry
June 11, 2024
Stevante Clark felt a glimmer of hope when racial justice protests swept the globe in 2020 after the police killing of George Floyd.
June 11, 2024
José Mujica, a one-time guerrilla, prisoner and later president of Uruguay who has cemented himself as an icon of the Latin American left, maintains that he
June 11, 2024
In the Philippines, where colonial rule under Spain and later the United States endured for nearly four centuries, June 12 is the real Independence Day
June 11, 2024
Gun control advocates and many Democrats see fresh openings created by hard-line positions of the gun lobby
June 11, 2024
A new poll shows relatively few Americans say they’re fans of President Joe Biden’s work on the issue of student loans
June 11, 2024
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is heard questioning whether compromise between the left and right is possible in a conversation posted on social media
June 11, 2024
The Rev. James Lawson Jr. has died
June 10, 2024
Most Black Americans say that they’ve experienced racial discrimination regularly or from time to time and that such experiences inform how they view major U.S. institutions like policing, the political system and the media
June 10, 2024
Decision-making abilities are critical to a president’s performance.
June 10, 2024
Employees of Slovakia’s public radio and television have staged a three-hour walkout to protest a contentious overhaul of their services
June 10, 2024
A liberal judge who previously represented Planned Parenthood in a case related to abortion access has entered the race for Wisconsin Supreme Court
June 10, 2024
DEI programs bolster college students’ sense of identity and belonging. Without these programs, they stand to miss out on crucial learning and career opportunities.
June 10, 2024
Donald Trump has urged a staunchly anti-abortion Christian group to stand up for “innocent life.”
June 10, 2024
Iran’s Guardian Council has approved the country’s hard-line speaker of parliament and five others to run in the country’s June 28 presidential election following a helicopter crash that killed President Ebrahim Raisi and seven others
June 09, 2024
This one surely felt different to the Florida Panthers, for a lot of reasons
June 09, 2024
The Rev. Matthew L
June 08, 2024
Alvin Bragg says he decided to become a lawyer after guns were pulled on him six times while growing up in New York - three of those times by police.
June 07, 2024
The Pop-Tart teaches an entrepreneurial lesson: While first movers may have an advantage, a fast follower often wins the game in the long run.
June 07, 2024
Romantic attraction is driven by a complex set of factors, including who people grow up around and what is familiar and comfortable to them. But discriminatory laws also play a role.
June 07, 2024
Are concerns about Supreme Court justices’ ethics an old problem, a new one, political gamesmanship, or something more serious? Yes to all of it.
June 07, 2024
While possible Republican vice presidential hopeful Doug Burgum travels the country campaigning for former President Donald Trump, the race to succeed him as North Dakota governor tops the list of contests voters will decide in statewide and local primaries
June 07, 2024
Indonesia's parliament is proposing changes to its broadcast law that would ban investigative journalism and LGBT content, sparking criticism from civil society groups and
June 07, 2024
New York's highest court on Tuesday ruled that employers' health insurance plans have to cover medically necessary abortions, rejecting a lawsuit by the Roman Catholic
June 06, 2024
Increased mistrust of the US medical profession and higher mortality rates are two consequences of the lack of Black doctors.
June 06, 2024
The head of the U.S. Secret Service says security plans for the Republican National Convention are still being determined as protesters blasted restrictions they claimed will violate free speech with just weeks until the event
June 06, 2024
The American Civil Liberties Union has prepared a blueprint for using lawsuits, advice to state and local officials and lobbying in Congress to try and thwart the large-scale raids, huge detention camps and mass deportations that former President Donald Trump has promised should he win a second term
June 06, 2024
From culture shock to a lack of family support, slow progress on diversity in police recruitment reflects real challenges in a tough field.
June 06, 2024
The Southern Baptist Convention is preparing to vote on a proposed constitutional ban on churches with women pastors
June 06, 2024
At what age should kids be on social media
June 06, 2024
The United Nations humanitarian chief says leaders in many conflict areas are more interested in power and political rivalries than in listening to the needs of their people, improving their lives and ending the fighting
June 06, 2024
India’s bruised and battered opposition was largely written off in the lead-up to its national election as too weak to take on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist governing party
June 06, 2024
When President Joe Biden commemorates the 80th anniversary of D-Day in 1944, he might be thinking about some of his uncles
June 05, 2024
Renaissance philosopher Niccolò Machiavelli dissected the threats authoritarian figures pose to representative government.
June 05, 2024
Drinking alcohol is normalized in American society. But the ubiquity of alcohol consumption hides its serious health risks, including cancer.
June 05, 2024
When faced with infertility, Christians who believe life begins at or around conception must wrestle with weighty questions: How do you build a family in a way that conforms with your beliefs
June 05, 2024
Senate Republicans have blocked legislation designed to protect women’s access to contraception
June 05, 2024
Kids constantly hear about the downsides of social media from the adults in their lives, often in the form of dire warnings and commands
June 05, 2024
The family of Rick Cobb II say they were mistreated by government officials and failed by a system that rarely holds law enforcement accountable
June 04, 2024
The two main contenders to be Britain’s next prime minister have sparred over tax, the cost of living and the country’s creaking health system in an inconclusive televised debate
June 04, 2024
Donald Trump’s reaction to his conviction provides a textbook case of demagoguery – which erodes democratic institutions and can prime an audience for violence. His followers went right along.
June 04, 2024
The Supreme Court’s approach toward religion in schools has been shifting, creating uncertainty about legislation such as Louisiana’s.
June 04, 2024
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump won Democratic and Republican primaries in a handful of states Tuesday, among some of the last contests on the 2024 primary calendar
June 04, 2024
Many Americans still aren’t sold on going electric for their next car purchase
June 04, 2024
President Joe Biden has laid into his likely opponent in November’s election, Donald Trump, for being convicted by a Manhattan jury on 34 felony counts related to hush money payments
June 04, 2024
The opposition Labour Party’s lead over British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s governing Conservative Party has increased to 18 points, according to an opinion poll published on
June 04, 2024
Senate Democrats are making a renewed push to show their support for ensuring nationwide access to in vitro fertilization
June 03, 2024
Arguments and tensions are inevitable in modern society and should not be brushed under the carpet, Pope Francis said on Saturday, warning that trying to impose a uniform
June 03, 2024
Dr_ Anthony Fauci was back before Congress, calling Republican allegations that he’d tried to cover up COVID-19's origins “simply preposterous.”
June 03, 2024
While anti-abortion rights activists have lobbied politicians to enforce trigger laws in some states, these advocates have not faced opposition in other places.
June 03, 2024
A tradition of nonpartisanship on locally elected school boards is changing, following a national shift toward divisive political partisanship.
June 03, 2024
Framing dissent and poverty as a menace to public order can threaten fundamental rights, particularly when it’s used to justify the deployment of predictive technology.
June 03, 2024
Americans associate with each other more online than off these days. How people interact in digital communities could have a big impact on democracy.
June 03, 2024
It’s hard to look for something you’ve never seen before – and that might not even exist. But you have to start somewhere.
June 03, 2024
Prior encounters with police didn’t negatively affect student views of campus police, but perceptions varied among students from different ethnic and racial groups and LGBTQ+ students.
June 03, 2024
The world’s largest election could also be one of its most consequential
June 03, 2024
Americans are divided on whether women should have to see a doctor in person before receiving abortion pills, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll found,
June 03, 2024
Donald Trump and other Republicans say President Joe Biden’s policy to promote electric vehicles is unfair for consumers and amounts to government overreach
June 02, 2024
Throughout the seven-month Israel-Hamas war, Israel has been heavily criticized for alleged wrongdoing by its forces
June 02, 2024
Donald Trump attacked the U.S. criminal justice system after his historic guilty verdict
June 02, 2024
Republicans in Congress are embracing Donald Trump’s strategy of blaming the U.S. justice system after his historic guilty verdict
June 01, 2024
A former government prosecutor examines the choice to prosecute a polarizing former president.
June 01, 2024
A federal appeals court has upheld a ruling that Oregon defendants must be released from jail after seven days if they don't have an appointed defense attorney
June 01, 2024
Pope Francis said his conservative critics within the Roman Catholic Church in the United States are trapped in a "suicidal attitude," according to an interview with CBS.
May 31, 2024
CNN and MSNBC both cut away from former President Donald Trump's live remarks Friday about halfway through to offer fact checks, and never returned
May 31, 2024
President Joe Biden says Donald Trump was found guilty by a unanimous jury and “it’s reckless, it’s dangerous, it’s irresponsible for anyone to say this is rigged just because they don’t like the verdict.”
May 31, 2024
Social media users shared a range of false claims this week
May 31, 2024
Back in 2016, Donald Trump famously said he could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue and not lose any voters because of it
May 31, 2024
Following his unprecedented felony conviction, former president and current presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump has to wait to find out what his sentence will be
May 31, 2024
Olympic champion Katie Ledecky says faith in the anti-doping system is at an “all-time low” in the wake of the way global regulators handled a case involving Chinese swimmers
May 31, 2024
The general election for a race that could determine the Senate majority begins right after Montana voters lock in their nominees in Tuesday’s primaries
May 31, 2024
A bipartisan group of lawmakers has introduced legislation targeting Iranian officials involved in the prosecution and death sentence of a rapper who came to fame over his lyrics about the 2022 death of an Iranian woman and criticism of the Islamic Republic
May 31, 2024
By focusing on the facts, the public can avoid being distracted by baseless allegations about the Trump verdict that undermine institutions designed to ensure – not weaponize – justice.
May 31, 2024
Democrats in the nation’s capital will get their chance to weigh in on the race for the White House as the presidential primary calendar enters its final days
May 31, 2024
New Mexico voters will be among the last to cast ballots for presidential nominees when the state holds its presidential and state primaries
May 31, 2024
Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris' Fine Gael drew level with Sinn Fein in an opinion poll for the first time in almost three years on Thursday, a further potential setback to the
May 31, 2024
Pat Owtram didn’t need to go to war
May 31, 2024
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is facing criticism for his proposal to eliminate an optional Medicaid benefit for some disabled immigrants
May 31, 2024
Both sweeping immunity and overzealous prosecutions of former leaders can undermine democracy. But such prosecutions pose different risks for older democracies like the US than in younger ones.
May 30, 2024
How much “customer interaction uncertainty” does your business deal with? The answer should guide your thinking about AI.
May 30, 2024
Mexico goes into Sunday’s election deeply divided: friends and relatives no longer talk politics for fear of worsening unbridgeable divides
May 30, 2024
Andy Negra Jr_ proudly lays claim to being among the last of what is known as “The Greatest Generation.”
May 30, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris spoke to a sea of white-capped graduates at the U.S. Air Force Academy graduation
May 30, 2024
For years, less than 2% of philanthropic giving in the U.S. has gone to benefit women and girls, but that could change in part thanks to new resources that Melinda French Gates has pledged in recent weeks
May 29, 2024
A nurse was fired by a New York City hospital after she referred to Israel’s war in Gaza as “genocide” during a speech accepting an award
May 29, 2024
Former Mexico City Mayor and ruling party candidate Claudia Sheinbaum held a comfortable, albeit slightly narrower lead over her closest rival ahead of the nation's elections
May 29, 2024
UK political leaders have just a few short weeks − and limited campaign funds − to woo voters.
May 29, 2024
Avocados are marketed as a superfood, but growing them for an expanding world market has turned a rural Mexican state into an unsustainable monoculture.
May 29, 2024
President Joe Biden is renewing his election-year pitch to Black voters
May 29, 2024
The top-ranking Republican on a Senate committee that oversees the military is calling for a “generational investment” in America’s defense
May 29, 2024
About 7 in 10 AAPI adults approve of K-12 public schools teaching about the history of slavery, racism and segregation
May 29, 2024
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly accused critics of Israel or his policies of antisemitism
May 29, 2024
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called on voters on Monday to trust him to keep them safe in an increasingly dangerous world, listing his achievements in an unashamedly political
May 28, 2024
Pope Francis’ apology for using a vulgar term to refer to gay men was the latest comment to make headlines about the Catholic Church’s teachings on homosexuality
May 28, 2024
Cannes Film Festival director Thierry Fremaux lamented on Monday an increased focus in recent years on political and social issues in the movie industry, which he said came at the
May 28, 2024
South African opposition parties are making a final appeal to voters as the country faces the possibility of a landmark change in its young democracy
May 28, 2024
New Age beliefs, alternative wellness practices and political conspiracies all fall under the umbrella of stigmatized knowledge, which can be attractive to anyone, no matter their political leanings.
May 28, 2024
Erin’s Law requires the teaching of child sexual abuse and exploitation prevention classes from kindergarten through eighth grade. How it got adopted by 34 states is the story of one woman’s crusade.
May 28, 2024
Tunisia's public prosecutor extended on Monday the detention of two journalists, while lawyers began a one-day strike to protest against the arrest of a prominent critic of the
May 28, 2024
President Joe Biden is making a Memorial Day pledge that his country will continue the work of the nation’s fallen toward a more perfect union, “for which they lived, and for which they died.”
May 27, 2024
The federal government recently reclassified race and ethnicity groups in an effort to better capture the diversity of the United States, but some groups feel the changes are still missing the mark
May 27, 2024
Billionaire investor Kenneth Griffin called on his alma mater Harvard University on Saturday to embrace "Western values", saying that the turmoil across college campuses was the product of
May 27, 2024
South Africans will vote Wednesday to decide whether their country takes its most significant political step since it brought down apartheid and achieved democracy 30 years ago
May 27, 2024
Generations of American families have grown up not knowing exactly what happened to their loved ones who died while serving their country in World War II and other conflicts
May 27, 2024
Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker has no regrets about expressing his beliefs in a recent commencement speech and he said he has received support as well as “a shocking level of hate” from others
May 25, 2024
Pope Francis criticised the weapons and contraceptive industries on Friday, accusing them of destroying or preventing life in his speech at a conference on the
May 25, 2024
Caleb Carr, the scarred and gifted son of founding Beat Lucien Carr who endured a traumatizing childhood and became a bestselling novelist, accomplished military historian and late-life memoirist of his devoted cat Masha, has died
May 24, 2024
Closing arguments tell the jury why the evidence is believable or not, how the facts are linked or not and, most importantly, why their decision to either acquit or convict is moral and just.
May 24, 2024
Political discussions on campus can be a lot more productive if the right expectations are set.
May 24, 2024
Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton are looking to settle political scores within their own party in the upcoming primary runoff elections, in which voters will decide nearly three dozen unresolved races from the state’s March 5 primary
May 24, 2024
Hall of Famer Chris Evert tells the AP she thinks Iga Swiatek could surpass her record of seven French Open titles
May 24, 2024
President Joe Biden has unleashed a flurry of election year rules on the environment as he tries to secure his legacy
May 24, 2024
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is embroiled in a second flag controversy in as many weeks, this time over a banner that in recent years has come to symbolize Christian nationalism and the false claim that the 2020 presidential election was stolen
May 23, 2024
A leading Black Lives Matter activist in Los Angeles has lost her lawsuit against the city’s police department over its handling of hoax calls that brought a large law enforcement response to her home
May 23, 2024
Britain is on the cusp of a new era. Here’s what you need to know about its upcoming general election
May 23, 2024
Many Americans are unprepared for what can be an emotional, costly and guilt-inducing process of finding long-term care for a loved one
May 23, 2024
Israelis’ and Jewish people’s long-held feeling of persecution, dating back to biblical times, contributes to most Israelis’ desire to continue the war in Gaza.
May 23, 2024
Everyone wants to raise kind children, but telling kids to be nice gets you only so far − young people need to practice those skills with their peers.
May 23, 2024
The next time you hear about a Supreme Court concurrence or dissent, pay attention. You may get a window to where the law is headed in the future.
May 23, 2024
A scholar of militia activity observes extremists stepping back into the public sphere after a few years of being less visible.
May 23, 2024
The founders saw a need for government to intervene in markets.
May 23, 2024
As the world’s eyes turn to France, host of the Olympics in two months, one of the country’s fundamental principles is under the spotlight — laïcité, or secularism
May 23, 2024
Donald Trump may be stuck in a Manhattan courtroom for his hush money trial, but he knows his favorite television analysts
May 23, 2024
Brazilian opinion polls released this week show a mixed scenario for the approval ratings of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's administration, with two surveys indicating a
May 22, 2024
Independent U.S. presidential candidate Robert F.
May 22, 2024
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Thursday denounced calls to weaken the role of the European Union as self-destructive and irresponsible, speaking ahead of EU parliamentary
May 22, 2024
Texas’ health department has appointed an outspoken anti-abortion OB-GYN to a state committee that reviews pregnancy-related deaths
May 22, 2024
South Africa's election on May 29 could bring momentous change, with polls suggesting the ruling African National Congress is likely to lose its majority after 30 years in
May 22, 2024
The Supreme Court's decision regarding Idaho's abortion ban may hinge on whether federal spending power can protect doctors against a state's criminal code
May 22, 2024
Former President Donald Trump has pointed to standard language used in an unsealed FBI document to baselessly claim the Biden administration wanted to kill him during a search for documents at his Florida estate in 2022
May 22, 2024
Patrick Mahomes said Wednesday that while he doesn’t agree with all the beliefs espoused by kicker Harrison Butker during a recent commencement address, the Chiefs quarterback respects his teammate’s right to make them be known
May 22, 2024
Let the debate begin
May 22, 2024
In most cases, it’s reasonable to expect that groups of protesters will abide by the law. But there are times when doing so diminishes the effectiveness of the protests.
May 22, 2024
In his bid to become North Carolina’s first Black governor, Republican Mark Robinson assails government safety net spending as a “plantation of welfare and victimhood” that's mired Black people in “dependency” and poverty
May 22, 2024
FIFA has been urged by international lawyers to uphold its own policy and scrutinize Saudi Arabia’s human rights record before picking the kingdom to host the men’s 2034 World Cup
May 22, 2024
As she runs to replace outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Claudia Sheinbaum is struggling to construct her own image, leaving many wondering whether she can escape the shadow of the larger-than-life incumbent
May 22, 2024
Sen. Cory Booker says prisoners should be learning professional skills that help prepare them for their release instead of being forced to work
May 22, 2024
Twenty years ago, Beth Stroud was defrocked as a United Methodist Church pastor after telling her Philadelphia congregation that she was in a committed same-sex relationship
May 21, 2024
What if the traditional wisdom on how to fix Social Security no longer holds?
May 21, 2024
Victor Wembanyama’s latest accolade was like none other
May 21, 2024
Former President Donald Trump is seemingly open to supporting regulations on contraception and has said his campaign would release a policy on the issue soon, though he later walked that statement back
May 21, 2024
The issue of abortion will be before voters in at least four states this year, and possibly more
May 21, 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said D-Day ‘was not a game changer’ in World War II – and Soviet media delivered that message starting the day after the invasion.
May 21, 2024
Deifying the composer and his work only serves to reinforce America’s white patriarchy at the expense of countless others who were no less great.
May 21, 2024
A London judge says Prince Harry can't expand his privacy lawsuit against The Sun tabloid's publisher to include allegations that Rupert Murdoch and some other executives were part of an effort to conceal and destroy evidence of unlawful information gathering
May 21, 2024
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said he does not oppose Islam or Muslims and wants the community to think about their future growth as they vote in an
May 21, 2024
Can Russians and Belarusians compete at the Paris Olympics? Individual Neutral Athletes explained
May 21, 2024
Donald Trump’s reelection campaign called “The Apprentice,” a film about the former U.S. president in the 1980s, “pure fiction” and vowed legal action following its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival
May 21, 2024
President Joe Biden and Donald Trump agree on essentially nothing, from taxes and climate change to immigration and regulation
May 20, 2024
Abortion access advocates in Nevada say they have submitted almost twice the number of petition signatures needed to qualify a measure for the November ballot that would enshrine reproductive rights in the state constitution
May 20, 2024
The Turkish president has criticized the Eurovision Song Contest, accusing the annual event of allegedly encouraging “gender neutralization” and threatening the traditional family
May 20, 2024
The Supreme Court has declined, for now, to hear a challenge to a Maryland law banning certain semi-automatic firearms commonly referred to as assault weapons
May 20, 2024
After the celebrations come the questions
May 20, 2024
A Russian court has started the trial of a theater director and a playwright facing charges of justifying terrorism over a play they staged, the latest step in the unrelenting crackdown on dissent in Russia that has reached unprecedented levels during Moscow's war in Ukraine
May 20, 2024
Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley's allies and opponents alike are awaiting her decision on whether to endorse Donald Trump
May 20, 2024
Numbers show that the economy during Donald Trump’s presidency has never lived up to his own hype
May 20, 2024
Colleges and universities have long been protected places for free expression without pressure or punishment
May 19, 2024
Many Democrats campaigning for the Senate this year say they support suspending the filibuster rule to pass nationwide abortion protections
May 19, 2024
President Joe Biden has offered his most direct recognition of the anguish American college students are feeling over the Israel-Hamas war
May 19, 2024
When are 706 people named Kyle in the same place not enough
May 18, 2024
Of the many quotations and slogans that flitter through Francis Ford Coppola’s idea-stuffed, open-hearted, unabashedly optimistic “Megalopolis,” one that particularly resonates with the director is: “When we leap into the unknown, we prove that we’re free.”
May 18, 2024
Donald Trump’s support from white evangelicals and other conservative Christians is as strong as ever
May 18, 2024
Donald Trump’s support from white evangelicals and other conservative Christians is as strong as ever
May 18, 2024
States have for decades been using foster children's federal Social Security benefits to help cover the costs of state services
May 18, 2024
Perspective was even harder to come by than birdies through all the raindrops, bourbon and cigar smoke that streamed across golf’s biggest stage during one of the sport’s most bizarre mornings ever
May 17, 2024
For Brits, ‘Pomp and Circumstance’ evokes nostalgia for a vanished, golden age. But Americans experience it as a stirring sendoff into a hopeful future.
May 17, 2024
Would Lisa Simpson set up a tent at New York University to protest the war in Gaza
May 17, 2024
Biden has spoken to Black leaders at the National Museum of African American History and Culture about the 70th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision that desegregated schools
May 17, 2024
A Vermont university has bestowed the honorary degree of “doctor of litter-ature” on a cat named Max who has become a beloved member of its community
May 17, 2024
The two planned presidential debates between Joe Biden and Donald Trump that were swiftly organized this week are good news for CNN and ABC News
May 17, 2024
The early timing of Biden’s move, changing supply chains and national security fears suggest the tariffs might work this time, at least for a while.
May 17, 2024
The Indian prime minister made reference to communities that have “too many children” in a veiled reference to Muslims.
May 17, 2024
Playing and watching sports can unite people − and provide lessons for democracy.
May 17, 2024
The Rev. Brandon Thomas Crowley had always loved the Black Church, and developed an ambition in his youth to become a pastor even as he realized he was gay
May 17, 2024
Voters in California’s 20th Congressional District can be forgiven if they open their ballots for the upcoming primary election with a sense of déjà vu
May 17, 2024
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan waded into the debate over U.S. college campus protests on Thursday, saying authorities were displaying "cruelty" in clamping down on pro-
May 17, 2024
Seventy years after the Supreme Court's Brown v
May 17, 2024
An Indiana judge has cleared the way for the opening of a new restaurant after finding that “tacos and burritos are Mexican-style sandwiches."
May 16, 2024
As the nation marks the 70th anniversary of Brown v. Board, one of its most significant side effects − the large-scale loss of Black teachers − continues to affect America’s schools.
May 16, 2024
- A majority of Americans believe that China uses TikTok to shape U.S. public opinion, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted as
May 16, 2024
Biden is arguably the most pro-union occupant of the White House since the New Deal.
May 16, 2024
Students in windowless rooms are reporting anxiety, depression and fatigue. A professor of architecture says developers need to let the light shine in.
May 16, 2024
Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili says a controversial media bill passed by parliament that critics call a threat to free speech is “unacceptable."
May 16, 2024
Joe Biden and Donald Trump’s whirlwind agreement to meet for two presidential debates has upended the way the forums have been organized for nearly four decades
May 16, 2024
Donald Trump’s lawyers have sought to portray the star prosecution witness in his hush money trial as a serial fabulist who is bent on seeing the presumptive Republican presidential nominee behind bars
May 16, 2024
Talor Gooch says he sees his invitation to the PGA Championship as proof that sanity may prevail amid the split between LIV Golf and the PGA Tour
May 15, 2024
Before Judith Godrèche kickstarted a #MeToo wave in the French industry, she was one of the first prominent actors to go on the record against Harvey Weinstein
May 15, 2024
Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker may have stirred controversy for his proclamations of conservative politics and Catholicism, but he received a standing ovation at the May 11 commencement ceremony at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas
May 15, 2024
The death of Senior Airman Roger Fortson in Florida this month reignited a complicated debate about race, gun laws and self-defense – namely, who is typically afforded deference when it comes to using guns in self-defense and who is not
May 15, 2024
A philosopher and a psychologist break down the challenges of finding purposeful work that also pays well.
May 15, 2024
NoMowMay is a catchy concept, but it doesn’t provide the food that native North American pollinators need or lasting support for them.
May 15, 2024
Very few Americans believe Congress is doing a good job. Some of them have a simple solution: Throw the bums out and institute term limits. But that creates more problems than it solves.
May 15, 2024
The Black hosts of the ‘Fresh & Fit’ podcast speak in the parlance of social justice movements, but apply it, in a twisted way, to justify misogyny.
May 15, 2024
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is fending off criticism that he is not planning for a postwar reality in the Gaza Strip, saying it's impossible to prepare for any scenario in the embattled Palestinian enclave until Hamas is defeated
May 15, 2024
The political power of Muslims is declining in the world's largest democracy
May 15, 2024
Seventy years ago this week, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled separating children in schools by race was unconstitutional
May 15, 2024
Voters in several states have chosen nominees in critical races that could decide the balance of power on Capitol Hill next year
May 15, 2024
The Rev. William “Bill” Lawson, a longtime pastor and civil rights leader who helped desegregate Houston, Texas, and worked with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights movement, has died
May 14, 2024
Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker is getting attention for comments he made during a commencement address at Benedictine College last weekend in which he congratulated the women receiving degrees, but then said most were probably more excited to get married and have children
May 14, 2024
Federal agencies are warning that foreign terrorist organizations or their supporters might target LGBTQ-related events and venues as part of the upcoming June Pride Month
May 14, 2024
A coalition that includes entrepreneur and philanthropist Daniel Lubetzky, actor Liev Schreiber, journalist Katie Couric, and director of the Muhammad Ali Center Lonnie Ali announced Tuesday that it would launch Builders, a nonprofit global initiative aimed at reducing polarization while encouraging people to work together to find solutions they can all support
May 14, 2024
The time has come to raise a red solo cup
May 14, 2024
Most Americans surveyed did not know how pregnancies are dated or how long a trimester is – but this is especially true among some groups, like people who say they support six-week abortion bans.
May 14, 2024
Mexico's main opposition presidential candidate Xochitl Galvez called her rival, frontrunner Claudia Sheinbaum, "the candidate of lies"
May 14, 2024
A transcript of discussions between Judge Juan M
May 14, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris has used a profanity while offering advice to young Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders about how to break down barriers
May 13, 2024
Dr. Cyril Wecht has died at age 93 after spending much of his life pressing his view that more than one shooter was involved in President John Kennedy’s 1963 assassination
May 13, 2024
A former archivist at Mary McLeod Bethune’s last residence in Washington, DC, recounts how the experience led her to see Bethune as a global figure.
May 13, 2024
It can be easy to mistake feelings like fear and anger as hate. When biases are acted out in harmful ways, however, speaking up can help stop hate from getting worse.
May 13, 2024
The daily struggle to find work for Chinese immigrants living illegally in a borough of New York is a far cry from the picture Donald Trump and other Republicans have sought to paint
May 13, 2024
Small pro-Palestinian protests are popping up sporadically as colleges and universities hold commencement services
May 11, 2024
Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh says U_S_ history shows court decisions unpopular in their time later can become part of the “fabric of American constitutional law.”
May 10, 2024
A judge must decide whether Virginia law allows frozen embryos to be considered property that can be divided up and given a monetary value
May 09, 2024
A former judge and an expert on political communication dissect the most recent week of Donald Trump’s hush-money trial.
May 09, 2024
A divided Supreme Court has ruled that authorities do not have to provide a quick hearing when they seize cars and other property used in drug crimes, even when the property belongs to so-called innocent owners
May 09, 2024
Younger generations today agree more on key national issues than older generations do. A time of intense polarization may be ending.
May 09, 2024
A research group that's trying to lay the groundwork for a second Trump administration if the former president wins in November is out with a new policy book that aims to articulate an “America First” national security agenda
May 09, 2024
Eliminating poverty has not been a major campaign issue during the 2024 presidential campaign.
May 09, 2024
Low birth rates aren’t just a potential economic crisis. They can tell a deeply personal story about women failing to reach their goals for motherhood.
May 09, 2024
These books shine light on a rich history of campus protests in the US that goes back to the 1960s.
May 09, 2024
The judge in Donald Trump's hush money case has denied a second request from defense attorneys to declare a mistrial over Stormy Daniels' testimony
May 09, 2024
Reuters/Ipsos conducts polls of national U.S. public opinion on a variety of political, business and social topics including a monthly reading on the approval of the president
May 09, 2024
Voting rights advocates have created a new initiative to increase Black voter turnout ahead of this fall's general election
May 08, 2024
Distress about the Earth’s future is driving many young people to act
May 08, 2024
The implications of restrictive laws or near-total bans go well beyond abortions, reducing overall access to prenatal care, birthing services, routine reproductive health care and more.
May 08, 2024
Former President Donald Trump has made some inroads with voters of color by appealing to law and order, conservative social values and mistrust of government.
May 08, 2024
When it comes to the Supreme Court, progressives are now in the position where conservatives found themselves for many years. They’re on the outside looking in.
May 08, 2024
The use of drone strikes raises a host of ethical issues. US military chaplains − the armed forces’ moral conscience − have questions.
May 08, 2024
The decision by Boy Scouts of America to rebrand after 114 years and become Scouting America marks another major shakeup for an organization that once proudly resisted change
May 08, 2024
Grief, anger, humor, defiance and fear are some of the emotions Ukrainians are grappling with as they face a third year of war
May 08, 2024
Leaders of three large public school systems strongly denied allegations that they let antisemitism run rampant
May 08, 2024
Historically, federal courts prioritized voting rights and legal congressional districts for upcoming elections above all other concerns. But the Supreme Court changed that in 2022.
May 07, 2024
More than 3 million children in the US are homeschooled. Are they getting a good education?
May 07, 2024
Colm Tóibín’s “Long Island,” the Irish novelist’s follow-up to the acclaimed immigrant tale “Brooklyn,” is Oprah Winfrey’s latest book club pick
May 07, 2024
Witness testimony in Donald Trump's hush money trial is moving forward again and all eyes are on who will be called next
May 07, 2024
President Joe Biden has condemned the “ferocious surge of antisemitism in America and around the world.”
May 07, 2024
Millions of Indians across 93 constituencies are voting as Prime Minister Narendra Modi has mounted an increasingly shrill election campaign, ramping up polarizing rhetoric against Muslims
May 07, 2024
Bernie Sanders will be Joe Biden's most powerful emissary to progressives and to younger voters this election year
May 07, 2024
There was plenty of sound and fury this year in the U.S.
May 07, 2024
Donald Trump's ability to testify in the writer E.
May 07, 2024
Missouri's Republican attorney general on Thursday sued a Planned Parenthood affiliate, accusing it of helping minors travel to Kansas to get abortions without notifying
May 07, 2024
U.S. President Joe Biden condemned on Friday what he called an ugly resurgence of Islamophobia since the Oct. 7 start of the Israel-Gaza war.
May 07, 2024
The abortion opponents who are seeking to convince the U.S.
May 07, 2024
Democratic state Rep. Delisha Boyd is fighting an uphill battle in her attempt to pass a bill that would exempt cases of rape and incest from Louisiana's near-total abortion ban
May 06, 2024
In a number of stories and novels, lost limbs represent both physical and metaphorical loss.
May 06, 2024
Minnesota lawmakers have launched their debate on far-reaching legislation that would amend the state's constitution to protect abortion and LGBTQ rights
May 06, 2024
Brittney Griner says since her release from a Russian prison 17 months ago that she has used her platform as a WNBA All-Star and Olympic gold medalist to advocate for the return of other Americans detained overseas
May 06, 2024
Donald Trump told Republican donors at his Florida resort this weekend that President Joe Biden is running what Trump says is a “Gestapo administration.”
May 05, 2024
The fight to allow same-sex marriage and gay clergy has defined much of the last half-century for major mainline Protestant denominations in the U.S. Within these theologically moderate-to-progressive Protestant groups, the decades of wrestling over whether to reaffirm or overturn longstanding anti-LGBTQ+ church policies sowed deep divisions
May 05, 2024
When the United Methodist Church removed anti-gay language from its official rules last week, it marked the end of a half-century of debates over LGBTQ inclusion in America's mainline Protestant denominations
May 05, 2024
King Charles III’s decision to be open about his cancer diagnosis has helped the new monarch connect with the people of Britain and strengthened the monarchy in the year since his dazzling coronation at Westminster Abbey
May 05, 2024
Japan and India have decried remarks by U.S. President Joe Biden describing them as “xenophobic” countries that do not welcome immigrants while he was speaking during a campaign fundraising event earlier in the week
May 04, 2024
Analysis shows news stories on pro-Palestinian demonstrations at US universities spiked when they involved clashes.
May 04, 2024
A makeshift national network of abortion doulas, navigators at clinics and individual volunteers are helping people who live in restrictive states and need or want an abortion
May 04, 2024
A makeshift national network of abortion doulas, navigators at clinics and individual volunteers are helping people who live in restrictive states and need or want an abortion
May 04, 2024
Republican officials who believe in the legitimacy of elections have formed a group that's pushing back on the election lies and conspiracy theories that have persuaded a large share of their party that elections can't be trusted
May 04, 2024
It hasn't happened in almost anyone's lifetime: two presidents squaring off in one election
May 04, 2024
United Methodist delegates have repealed their church’s longstanding ban on the celebrations of same-sex marriages or unions by its clergy
May 03, 2024
Kent State University is marking another solemn anniversary of the National Guard shootings that killed four unarmed students and wounded nine others on May 4, 1970
May 03, 2024
Some Jewish students have taken part in strident pro-Palestinian protests dominating U.S. colleges in recent weeks, but few have led rallies in support of Israel or against perceived displays of antisemitism
May 03, 2024
The consequences of cyber conflict are primarily felt by civilians, who call for retaliation, fueling cycles of violence.
May 03, 2024
Du Bois’ study, published in 1899, detailed the social conditions of poor Black residents of the Seventh Ward. The area is now home to some of Philadelphia’s ritziest neighborhoods.
May 03, 2024
One-third of Americans think that “rule by a strong leader or the military would be a good way of governing their country.” Are they losing faith in democracy?
May 03, 2024
People who enter the US as refugees or with asylum generally adapt quickly and become productive members of society. But cities need help getting them settled and employed.
May 03, 2024
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, slain civil rights activist Medgar Evers and actor Michelle Yeoh are among a diverse group of 19 people who have received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Joe Biden
May 03, 2024
Britain’s governing Conservative Party is suffering heavy losses as local election results pour in
May 03, 2024
Georgia has been engulfed by huge protests triggered by a proposed law that critics see as a threat to media freedom and the country’s aspirations to join the European Union
May 03, 2024
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders says her state won't comply with a federal regulation that seeks to protect the rights of transgender students in the nation's schools
May 02, 2024
With the expanded College Football Playoff locked in through 2031, questions still remain about what the rest of the postseason will look like
May 02, 2024
For the past 52 years, the United Methodist Church had officially declared “the practice of homosexuality
May 02, 2024
Although it might be tempting to compare the U.S. campus protests to the anti-Vietnam War movement of a half century ago, experts say that would be an overreaction at this point
May 02, 2024
Jill Biden has honored her fellow educators by hosting the 2024 national and state teachers of the year at a swanky White House dinner to recognize their commitment to their students and to excellence in the classroom
May 02, 2024
Halle Berry is joining a group of bipartisan senators to push for legislation that would put $275 million toward research and education around menopause, the significant hormone shift women go through in middle age
May 02, 2024
President Joe Biden has called Japan and India “xenophobic” countries that do not welcome immigrants, lumping the two with adversaries China and Russia as he tried to explain the four countries’ economic circumstances and contrasted them with the U.S. on immigration
May 02, 2024
The number of people arrested in connection with protests on college campuses against the Israel-Hamas war has now topped 2,000
May 02, 2024
An expert on the Columbia University protests of 1968 draws parallels between protests then and the ones taking place there in 2024.
May 02, 2024
President Joe Biden has met privately with the families of law enforcement officers shot to death on the job in Charlotte, North Carolina
May 02, 2024
Student journalists at campuses across the country are getting a pressure-filled, and dangerous, lesson in their chosen profession during a chaotic springtime of protests
May 02, 2024
President Joe Biden is rejecting calls from student protesters to change his approach to the war in Gaza while insisting that “order must prevail” on college campuses across the country
May 02, 2024
A federal appeals court panel on Wednesday rejected a long-running lawsuit brought by young Oregon-based climate activists who argued that the U.S. government’s role in climate change violated their constitutional rights
May 02, 2024
Mat Ishbia knows the offseason chatter around the Phoenix Suns is it’s a team with a top-heavy roster, salary cap issues and precious little room to maneuver after a disappointing season
May 01, 2024
A Pennsylvania man says his emotional support alligator named Wally has gone missing amid the coastal marshes of Georgia
May 01, 2024
Since its debut at the Sundance Film Festive, Jane Schoenbrun's “I Saw the TV Glow" has been hailed as an acutely intense psychodrama of self discovery
May 01, 2024
The House has passed legislation that would establish a broader definition of antisemitism for the Department of Education to enforce anti-discrimination laws
May 01, 2024
Do social media users have the right to control what they see — or don’t see — on their feeds
May 01, 2024
Utah educators have been rushing to prepare students and staff as the state starts cracking down on any public school found not enforcing new bathroom restrictions for transgender individuals
May 01, 2024
In Mexico, more states are legalizing abortion at the same time US states like Florida are imposing more restrictions.
May 01, 2024
Pundits decried the Supreme Court justices for not focusing on Donald Trump’s conduct when they heard oral arguments in Trump’s immunity case. But a legal scholar says they were just doing their job.
May 01, 2024
United Methodist delegates have repealed their church’s longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy with no debate
May 01, 2024
Research has shown that anti-gun violence programs have more success when they address root causes such as generational poverty, easy access to guns and a lack of affordable housing.
May 01, 2024
Hate crime legislation is often touted as a progressive tool to end violence and champion inclusion. Its origins tell a more complicated story.
May 01, 2024
Lawsuits are inevitable, but an environmental lawyer explains why the EPA’s new power plant regulations are on solid ground.
May 01, 2024
Americans have a message for news organizations as they prepare to cover the 2024 election: About half of Americans say they're concerned that outlets will report inaccuracies or misinformation
May 01, 2024
Georgia’s Parliament has moved a step closer to passing a law that critics fear will stifle media freedom and endanger the country’s European Union membership bid
May 01, 2024
The Biden administration’s move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous but still controlled drug was hailed as a monumental step in reshaping national policy
May 01, 2024
A federal judge has ruled that some of North Carolina government’s restrictions on dispensing abortion pills are unlawful
April 30, 2024
Kansas is requiring abortion providers to share patient information with the state and increasing funds to anti-abortion centers, while bills to loosen a restrictive ban in Louisiana face an uphill battle
April 30, 2024
Former President Donald Trump says it should be left up to the states whether they want to prosecute women for getting abortions or whether to monitor their pregnancies
April 30, 2024
United Methodist delegates have begun making historic policy changes on sexuality, voting without debate to reverse a series of anti-LGBTQ policies
April 30, 2024
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled that a former Milwaukee police officer was properly fired for posting racist memes related to the arrest of an NBA player
April 30, 2024
It turns out that identifying as a reader can be more about community, wealth and gender than how much someone actually reads.
April 30, 2024
What happens in November 2024 could influence other states weighing their own options.
April 30, 2024
Actor Ashley Judd, whose allegations against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein helped spark the #MeToo movement, is speaking out on the right of women and girls to control their own bodies and be free from male violence
April 30, 2024
United Methodist delegates are heading into the homestretch of a legislative gathering that appears on track to make historic changes in lifting their church’s longstanding bans on same-sex marriage and LGBTQ clergy
April 29, 2024
Protests are roiling college campuses across the U.S. as upcoming graduation ceremonies are threatened by disruptive demonstrators, with students and others sparring over Israel’s military offensive in Gaza and its mounting death toll
April 29, 2024
Students protested what they saw as injustice and demanded change
April 29, 2024
Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has described domestic violence as a national crisis after thousands rallied around the country against violence toward women
April 28, 2024
Brian Jack sought to make a debate among Republicans for an open Georgia congressional seat all about his close ties with Donald Trump, while the other contenders are ignoring Trump’s endorsement of Jack
April 28, 2024
President Joe Biden is out to win some votes by scoring some laughs at the expense of Donald Trump
April 28, 2024
Employees increasingly find that robust workplace volunteer programs meet their desires for in-person connections, professional growth and altruistically inclined employers — career objectives that might be missing in conventional corporate atmospheres
April 28, 2024
These are the states where abortion rights will be on the ballot in November
April 28, 2024
Student anti-war protesters at U.S. college campuses are digging in and vowing to keep their demonstrations going, while some universities have moved to shut down encampments after reports of antisemitic activity among the protesters
April 28, 2024
The coincidence of presidential elections in the U.S. and Mexico every 12 years provides a valuable way to compare the two countries
April 27, 2024
For many in the graduating class of 2024, the unrest at campuses across the country over the Israel-Hamas war has marked an emotional end to their college experiences that started amid a pandemic
April 27, 2024
Alex Padilla is taking practically every opportunity to put his stamp on the Democratic Party’s approach to immigration
April 27, 2024
A proposed ban in Kansas on gender-affirming care for minors also would bar state employees from promoting it or even children’s social transitioning
April 26, 2024
President Joe Biden says he is willing to debate Donald Trump later this fall
April 26, 2024
Journalists see themselves as truth-tellers, and sometimes as contrarians
April 26, 2024
Students protesting the Israel-Hamas war are digging in at Columbia University for a 10th day, part of a number of demonstrations roiling campuses from California to Connecticut
April 26, 2024
Both scholars stressed they are working very hard to be ‘vigorously neutral’ about Trump himself, while noting that the trial is drawing attention to a broader subject: his approach to the media.
April 26, 2024
An editorial in a Chinese state-controlled newspaper on Thursday admonished "two-faced" Japan for inaccurately portraying it as a regional security threat while chasing more stable
April 26, 2024
The University of Southern California canceled a graduation speech by its valedictorian, a Muslim student, saying it could spark violence or disruption due to the "intensity of feelings"
April 26, 2024
The Arizona Supreme Court's decision reviving a near-total abortion ban dating back to the 19th century is at odds with a pledge from the state's Democratic governor and
April 26, 2024
Venezuela presidential hopeful Manuel Rosales said on Wednesday he is willing to hand over his place on the ballot to a unity candidate, amid uncertainty over who
April 26, 2024
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said he was leaning toward a 15-week national ban on abortion but supports exceptions for rape, incest and saving
April 26, 2024
Donald Trump said on Saturday if he does not win November's presidential election it will mean the likely end of American democracy.
April 26, 2024
Florida and LGBTQ advocates on Monday settled a lawsuit over a state law on classroom instruction that grants teachers freedom to discuss sexual orientation and gender
April 26, 2024
President Joe Biden on Thursday attacked former President Donald Trump's vision for America in his last State of the Union address before the two men face off in the
April 26, 2024
The U.N. human rights chief on Monday called on the United States to protect the right to vote and ensure that this year's presidential election is "non-discriminatory". The U.N.
April 26, 2024
Senior leaders at multiple global media outlets signed a letter urging Israeli authorities to protect journalists in Gaza, saying reporters have been working
April 26, 2024
Former U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he supports the availability of in vitro fertilization treatment following an Alabama Supreme Court decision regarding IVF.
April 26, 2024
Congress needs to restore reproductive healthcare protections following the Alabama Supreme Court decision regarding in vitro fertilization, White House spokesperson Karine Jean
April 26, 2024
U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday said a controversial Alabama court ruling over frozen embryos created through in-vitro fertilization was "outrageous and unacceptable."
April 26, 2024
Donald Trump's stark comments on NATO show that Europeans should take more responsibility for their security, but they will still need the transatlantic military
April 26, 2024
Republican presidential contender Nikki Haley slammed Donald Trump on Friday for maintaining an amiable relationship with Vladimir Putin, after the Russian
April 26, 2024
President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that the bipartisan immigration bill is falling apart under political pressure from Republican rival Donald Trump and urged
April 26, 2024
John Bolton excoriated former President Donald Trump as an utterly self-interested man who would punish personal enemies and appease
April 26, 2024
About two-thirds of Canadians surveyed this month said American democracy cannot survive another four years of Donald Trump in the White House, and about half said
April 26, 2024
Harvard University's president was planning to submit three corrections to her 1997 dissertation after a committee investigating plagiarism allegations against her
April 26, 2024
Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday urged the U.S.
April 26, 2024
Donald Trump said on Tuesday he has never read Adolf Hitler's manifesto 'Mein Kampf' and is not quoting the German dictator when he says illegal immigrants inside the U.S. are
April 26, 2024
The head of Israel's main Holocaust memorial centre has welcomed criticism levelled at three top U.S. university presidents over their comments on campus antisemitism but said an
April 26, 2024
Donald Trump has a huge and expanded lead over his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination in a new poll in Iowa, the state that kicks off the party's nominating
April 26, 2024
Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie called tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy "the most obnoxious blowhard in America." Ramaswamy said former U.S.
April 26, 2024
A Texas woman on Tuesday asked a court to allow her to obtain an abortion despite the state's near-total ban on the procedure, saying her fetus was likely not viable and
April 26, 2024
Here are reactions to the death of Henry Kissinger, a controversial Nobel Peace Prize winner who left an indelible mark on U.S. foreign policy: WINSTON LORD, FORMER U.S.
April 26, 2024
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer warned on Wednesday against blaming Jewish Americans for the actions of Israel's government, as antisemitism swelled in the
April 26, 2024
The U.S. must change how it measures the well-being of its people - including gauging how much of a voice they feel they have in political outcomes - as part of a larger
April 26, 2024
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones cannot use his personal bankruptcy to escape paying defamation verdicts stemming from his repeated lies about the 2012 Sandy Hook elementary school
April 26, 2024
Over 700 people from the entertainment industry, including actors Gal Gadot, Michael Douglas and Jerry Seinfeld, signed an open letter in support of Israel in its conflict with
April 26, 2024
Conservative Catholics have launched a barrage of challenges before a big Vatican meeting, with five cardinals demanding clarifications on same-sex couples
April 26, 2024
U.S. presidential hopeful Robert F.
April 26, 2024
Donald Trump on Thursday claimed a 2017 white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia was “nothing” compared to the college campus protests that have sparked around the country over the Israel-Hamas war
April 25, 2024
The case argued before the Supreme Court has profound implications for Donald Trump − but also for the country.
April 25, 2024
Kim Kardashian has joined Vice President Kamala Harris for a roundtable highlighting the administration’s efforts on criminal justice reform
April 25, 2024
There was talk of drone strikes and presidential bribes, of a potential ruling “for the ages” and of the Founding Fathers, too
April 25, 2024
Reggie Bush says the return of his Heisman Trophy is the biggest step yet in his fight against the NCAA to restore his reputation and his records from his incredible career at Southern California
April 25, 2024
Special anti-terrorism measures being put in place to safeguard the unprecedented opening ceremony for the Paris Olympics on the River Seine will also apply to all buildings along the route
April 25, 2024
United Methodist delegates have overwhelmingly endorsed a constitutional amendment seen by advocates as a way of defusing debates over the role of LGBTQ people in the church
April 25, 2024
There are better ways to keep employees on board, such as boosting pay and providing better benefits.
April 25, 2024
TikTok is hardly a model social media platform, but it’s also far from an outlier when it comes to threats to Americans.
April 25, 2024
Scotland’s leader is facing a potential battle for survival after ending a three-year power-sharing agreement with the Scottish Green Party following a clash over climate change policies
April 25, 2024
Italy is marking its liberation from Nazi occupation and fascist rule amid a fresh media controversy over the legacy of Italian fascist complicity in the Holocaust and World War II-era crimes
April 25, 2024
Columbia University President Minouche Shafik's leadership is under fire
April 25, 2024
On the left and right, Supreme Court justices seem to agree on a basic truth about the American system of government: No one is above the law, not even the president
April 25, 2024
Human Rights Watch says military forces in Burkina Faso killed 223 civilians, including babies and many children, in attacks on two villages accused of cooperating with militants
April 25, 2024
The North America’s Building Trades Unions has endorsed President Joe Biden
April 24, 2024
Many Black patients experience stark differences in how they’re treated during medical interactions compared to white patients.
April 24, 2024
Novels that tell complex and surprising stories of migration are among six finalists for the 2024 Women’s Prize for Fiction
April 24, 2024
Students at a growing number of U.S. colleges are gathering in pro-Palestinian encampments with a unified demand to end investments supporting Israel’s war in Gaza
April 24, 2024
An effort to limit diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives is gaining momentum in state capitals and college campuses
April 24, 2024
A new exhibit inside the federal agency that’s responsible for enforcing the nation’s gun laws features photos of the faces of more than 100 victims of gun violence
April 23, 2024
A minor league baseball team in Montana is calling out the U.S. Department of Interior for “unwarranted and relentless” trademark claims in a battle over the use of an arrowhead logo
April 23, 2024
Emily Henry knows that love can change your life
April 23, 2024
Unlike recent years when there was an LGBTQ+ ally in the Louisiana governor's office, nothing stands in the way this year of legislation hostile to transgender people
April 23, 2024
Not all teachers comply when asked to adjust student grades. An education scholar takes a look at what happens when they don’t.
April 23, 2024
Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni’s far-right-led government has scored a victory with the Senate approving a law allowing anti-abortion groups access to women considering ending their pregnancies
April 23, 2024
Cuban writer Leonardo Padura has managed to turn his series of detective novels into a social and political chronicle of Cuba, especially his native Havana
April 23, 2024
President Joe Biden is traveling to Florida to assail the state’s forthcoming six-week abortion ban and similar restrictions nationwide
April 23, 2024
At a time when book bans have soared to their highest levels in decades, a countertrend is emerging
April 23, 2024
What I teach Harvard Law School students about the importance of opening arguments and how a majority of jurors make up their minds about a case after hearing them.
April 22, 2024
The medical records of women will be shielded from criminal investigations if they cross state lines to seek an abortion where it is legal
April 22, 2024
Ending institutional racism is a long-term goal and requires well-informed and engaged people to remake systems and structures
April 22, 2024
Legal rulings throw fate of special scholarships for ethnic minorities into doubt.
April 22, 2024
Lama Rod Owens describes himself as a Black Buddhist Southern Queen
April 21, 2024
Republicans in Wyoming are deciding which presidential candidate will get their state’s votes at the GOP national convention
April 20, 2024
Investments in public preschool have helped many parents through a child care crisis, in which quality options for early learners are often scarce and unaffordable
April 20, 2024
A major argument for legalizing the adult use of cannabis after 75 years of prohibition was to stop the harm caused by disproportionate enforcement of drug laws in Black, Latino and other minority communities
April 20, 2024
If the US wants to protect young people from misinformation and foreign influence, focusing on TikTok is barking up the wrong tree.
April 19, 2024
The collective group of Summer Games sports has criticized World Athletics for promising to pay $50,000 for each track and field gold medal won at the Paris Olympics
April 19, 2024
The rights of LGBTQ+ students will be protected by federal law and victims of campus sexual assault will gain new safeguards under new rules from the Biden administration
April 19, 2024
Marijuana advocates are gearing up for April 20
April 19, 2024
Nevada's Supreme Court has handed setbacks to gun-right defenders and anti-abortion activists in two new rulings
April 18, 2024
A rhetoric scholar says Columbia University President Nemat Shafik fared much better than her predecessors at a hearing about how her school was handling antisemitism on campus.
April 18, 2024
AI chatbot makers’ restrictive use policies hinder people’s access to information.
April 18, 2024
The type of life and professional experience a police chief has can influence how their departments react to protests, new research finds.
April 18, 2024
Europe wants two things from China: First, a shift in its relatively pro-Russia position on the war in Ukraine
April 18, 2024
America stands with Japan until all Japanese abducted by North Korea decades ago return home to end their painful separation
April 18, 2024
A poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows that 45% of U.S. adults say they have become more concerned about climate change over the past year
April 18, 2024
Twenty-three Republican attorneys general are attacking the Biden administration's stated goal of pursuing environmental justice
April 17, 2024
Civil rights advocates say Mississippi needs to simplify the process of restoring voting rights to people convicted of some felonies
April 17, 2024
A National Public Radio editor who wrote a critical essay saying that his company had become intolerant of all but liberal views has resigned
April 17, 2024
Several U.S. courts have ruled this week on state laws restricting the rights of transgender young people
April 17, 2024
Reagan and Trump − two of the most media-savvy Republican presidents − used religion to advance their political visions, but their messages and missions could not be more different.
April 17, 2024
Both politicians are exploiting some tried and true rhetorical and psychological tactics.
April 17, 2024
There are many outdated laws that states keep on the books, even if they aren’t used. If the Supreme Court overturns legal precedents on rights like same-sex and interracial marriage, that can change.
April 17, 2024
Sometimes you need to buy a car you’ve never seen
April 17, 2024
The U.N. population fund says in a new study that an African woman is roughly 130 times more likely to die from pregnancy and childbirth complications than a woman in Europe or North America
April 17, 2024
British Foreign Secretary David Cameron says Israel “is making a decision to act” in response to Iran’s missile and drone attack over the weekend
April 17, 2024
National Public Radio has reportedly suspended a veteran editor who wrote an essay for an outside outlet that criticized his employer for what he says is an unquestioned liberal point of view
April 16, 2024
A judge has recommended that the conviction and death sentence of Texas inmate Melissa Lucio should be overturned
April 16, 2024
Legal precedents hold that criminalizing someone for their status, such as being homeless, is cruel and unusual punishment. But what if that status leads to actions like sleeping in public spaces?
April 16, 2024
There is no shortage of horror stories about online shaming, but it’s not always a bad thing. It comes down to who is doing the shaming and how cohesive the online community is.
April 16, 2024
Boasting about centering your transformative systems change paradigm means you’re doing it wrong. But fixes are available.
April 16, 2024
Alabama voters have cast their ballots to decide party nominees for the state’s 2nd Congressional District
April 16, 2024
Some Indiana Republicans in key campaigns for office are fighting for access to detailed abortion reports that the health department stopped releasing to protect patient privacy under a near-total ban on the procedure
April 16, 2024
Salman Rushdie's first book since the 2022 stabbing he thought might end his life is both explicit in the violence Rushdie sustains and heroic in the will to live that Rushdie retains
April 16, 2024
For decades, Vietnamese people often been relegated to the background in popular cinematic depictions of the Vietnam War
April 15, 2024
Cancel culture leads to educational detriments that can harm democracy.
April 15, 2024
An independent experts commission has recommended that abortion in Germany should no longer fall under the country’s penal code and be made legal during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy
April 15, 2024
It seems Americans don't think they're particularly well-rested
April 15, 2024
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government are increasingly wielding strong-arm tactics to subdue political opponents and critics of the ruling Hindu-nationalist party
April 15, 2024
The near-total abortion ban resurrected last week by the Arizona Supreme Court dates to 1864, a time when gold-seekers were moving, white settlers were clashing with Native Americans and dueling had to be regulated
April 15, 2024
Alex Garland’s provocative “Civil War” didn’t only ignite the discourse
April 14, 2024
Twelve news organizations have issued a joint statement calling on presumptive presidential nominees Joe Biden and Donald Trump to agree to debates during the White House campaign
April 14, 2024
The rural city of Grants Pass in southern Oregon has become the unlikely face of the nation’s homelessness crisis as its case over anti-camping laws goes to the U.S. Supreme Court
April 14, 2024
A growing number of progressive candidates are choosing to tell their own abortion stories
April 13, 2024
No woman has appeared more often before the Supreme Court than Lisa Blatt, who'll make her 50th argument this month
April 13, 2024
The United Methodist Church lost one-fourth of its U.S. churches in a recent schism, with conservatives departing over disputes on sexuality and theology
April 13, 2024
President Joe Biden looks to nudge further ahead in his party’s nomination for reelection with Democratic voting Saturday in Wyoming and Alaska
April 13, 2024
Jill Biden says former Republican President Donald Trump is a “bully” who is “dangerous” for the LGBTQ community
April 12, 2024
Donald Trump is declaring anew that the Arizona Supreme Court “went too far” with a ruling allowing prosecutors to enforce a near-total abortion ban
April 12, 2024
Thirty years ago, women’s rights advocates working to pass the 1994 Violence Against Women Act found domestic violence was still something of a hushed topic
April 12, 2024
The Army says it will not restart the use of horse-drawn caissons at Arlington National Cemetery for months and maybe longer as it struggles to improve the care of the horses
April 12, 2024
As PEN America begins its annual spring tradition of high-profile events, the organization faces criticisms from numerous writers who are unhappy with its stance on the war in Gaza
April 12, 2024
Since the ‘trial of the century,’ the lines between news and entertainment have become increasingly blurred.
April 12, 2024
Twenty years ago this month, photos of abused prisoners and smiling U.S. soldiers guarding them at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison were released, shocking the world
April 12, 2024
Lawmakers in at least 12 states are debating bills that would legalize physician-assisted death
April 12, 2024
A new poll from the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that more than half of U.S. adults think Joe Biden’s presidency has hurt the country on cost of living and immigration
April 12, 2024
President Joe Biden is expected to give a live virtual keynote address to the Rev. Al Sharpton’s racial justice conference in New York
April 11, 2024
Tennessee lawmakers are considering criminalizing adults who help minors receive gender-affirming care without parental consent
April 11, 2024
Some Muslim and Arab American leaders have grown frustrated with the outreach from President Joe Biden's White House as the war in Gaza drags on
April 11, 2024
Diversity, equity and inclusion are good for the bottom line.
April 11, 2024
Programs and policies to help domestic abuse survivors find safe housing work only if they’re implemented and supported with resources.
April 11, 2024
Poland's parliament is finally holding a long-awaited debate on liberalizing the country's strict abortion law
April 11, 2024
Most news organizations hold its journalists to strict ethical standards to avoid conflicts of interest either real or perceived
April 11, 2024
Frightening to some, exciting to others, baffling to many: Artificial intelligence has been called an economic game changer, a threat to democracy or even an existential threat to humanity
April 11, 2024
A federal appeals court is hearing arguments over Arkansas' first-in-the-nation ban on gender-affirming care for minors
April 11, 2024
A new study has found that voters in 19 countries, including in three of the world’s largest democracies, are widely skeptical about whether their political elections are free and fair
April 11, 2024
A deadly traffic stop where plainclothes Chicago police officers fired nearly 100 shots in under a minute has raised serious questions about the use of force and role of tactical officers in police departments
April 10, 2024
Voters have sided with abortion rights supporters every time the issue has been directly on the ballot since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the nationwide right to abortion in 2022
April 10, 2024
Sen. Rick Scott of Florida is joining other Republican incumbents scrambling to strike a balance in their abortion rights messaging
April 10, 2024
The 97th Academy Awards will be held March 2
April 10, 2024
Voters in a New Hampshire town have passed an ordinance addressing what local officials call “a path forward” for the installation of murals and other public artwork
April 10, 2024
Donald Trump says an Arizona law that criminalizes nearly all abortions goes too far and the former president called on Arizona lawmakers to change it
April 10, 2024
An effort to amend the Maine Constitution to enshrine the right to an abortion is coming up short
April 10, 2024
When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, Republicans insisted the ruling would mostly impact those seeking abortions to end unwanted pregnancies
April 10, 2024
A man’s world? Art exhibit about misogyny was only open to women — until a man complained
April 10, 2024
A report from a senior doctor in England says children who question their gender identity are being let down by lack of evidence and a toxic political debate
April 10, 2024
Sports media has typically operated under a ‘one and done’ model: focus on women’s sports during high-profile events, before returning to routine coverage of men.
April 10, 2024
A Florence appeals court on Wednesday opens a new slander trial against Amanda Knox based on a 2016 European Court of Human Rights decision that her rights were violated during a long night of questioning into the murder of her British roommate without a lawyer and official translator
April 10, 2024
Many other past Olympic hosts around the world have decided in recent years that bringing back the Games isn’t worth the money or hassle
April 10, 2024
The Arizona Supreme Court has delivered a landmark decision in giving the go-ahead to enforce a long-dormant law that bans nearly all abortions
April 10, 2024
Two tribal nations are accusing social media companies of contributing to high rates of suicides that disproportionately affect Native American youth
April 09, 2024
The sister of one of the victims of the deadliest mass shooting in Maine history is accusing state lawmakers of acting “nefariously” by pressing at the 11th hour for a so-called red flag law
April 09, 2024
The Vatican has issued a new document rejecting the concept of changing one’s biological sex
April 09, 2024
The new film “Civil War” is an ominous attempt to turn widely held American anxieties into a violent, unsettling big-screen reality
April 09, 2024
An Arizona Supreme Court decision that will end virtually all abortions in the state puts the issue front and center in a battleground state
April 09, 2024
Across the country, book bans and attempted bans have soared to the highest levels in decades
April 09, 2024
The chairman of Japan’s Nippon Foundation says the charity will spend $2 million to help move tens of thousands more Rohingya refugees to a remote island in Bangladesh and provide them with skills training
April 09, 2024
MLB and its history are dotted with men who played out of their natural handedness, a phenomenon that is seen occasionally in other sports but is a regular occurrence on the diamond
April 08, 2024
President Joe Biden is taking another shot at student loan cancellation, hoping to deliver on a key campaign promise that he has so far failed to deliver
April 08, 2024
For conservative, anti-abortion Christians, former President Donald Trump delivered in four years what no other Republican before him had been able to do
April 08, 2024
Donald Trump still says he’s proud that the Supreme Court justices he nominated overturned Roe v. Wade
April 08, 2024
Transgender Catholics are voicing disappointment with a new Vatican document rejecting the fundamental concept of changing one’s biological sex
April 08, 2024
Laws such as Alabama’s controversial ruling that gives personhood rights to frozen embryos will have ripple effects on how advance directives are interpreted by doctors and the courts.
April 08, 2024
The Vatican has declared that sex change operations and surrogacy are grave threats to human dignity
April 08, 2024
Former President Donald Trump says he will finally announce Monday when in pregnancy he believes abortions should be banned
April 08, 2024
Experts expect a surge of misinformation targeting Spanish-speaking voters with a high-stakes presidential election in the fall as candidates vie for support from the rapidly growing number of Latino voters
April 08, 2024
Manchester United had already ended Liverpool’s quadruple challenge and looked set to deliver a major blow to Jurgen Klopp’s hopes of bowing out at the end of the season with a second Premier League title
April 07, 2024
Former teammates, Braves executives and family members remember Hank Aaron's unwavering strength despite receiving racist hate mail and threats during his pursuit of Babe Ruth's home run record
April 07, 2024
As he campaigns for a second term, President Joe Biden is highlighting how women’s health has been affected by the overturning of federal abortion protections
April 07, 2024
The West Virginia United Students’ Union is the leading oppositional force against cuts at the state's flagship university
April 07, 2024
The oldest-ever president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has so far created a mixed legacy that some churchgoers say has made its global membership feel more included but has left LGBTQ+ members feeling unsupported
April 07, 2024
Iowa guard Gabbie Marshall says she received “hate comments” from people upset about her role in a much-discussed foul call late in the Hawkeyes’ Final Four win over UConn
April 06, 2024
South Carolina coach Dawn Staley said she believes transgender athletes should be allowed to compete in women’s sports
April 06, 2024
As the presidential election draws nearer, the spread of bogus information online is getting a huge boost from social media accounts that have been created anonymously
April 06, 2024
UConn's bid to reach the national championship game ended with a disputed call
April 06, 2024
Months after Maine’s deadliest mass shooting, state lawmakers held an hourslong hearing to debate a so-called red flag bill that would let family members petition a judge to remove guns from someone experiencing a psychiatric crisis
April 05, 2024
Independent presidential candidate Robert F
April 05, 2024
College athletes have made substantial progress in being able to get paid for the use of their name, image and likeness − except in one realm.
April 05, 2024
Maia Kobabe’s graphic memoir “Gender Queer” continues its troubled run as the country’s most controversial book, topping the American Library Association’s “challenged books” list for a third straight year
April 05, 2024
An international campaign to ban surrogacy has received a strong endorsement from the Vatican
April 05, 2024
The need to connect is fundamental. But diminishing social ties and community support are contributing to the loneliness epidemic.
April 05, 2024
‘Natural’ isn’t the same thing as healthful. You can have too much of a good thing, and taking action can be worse than doing nothing.
April 05, 2024
Donald Trump’s former Defense Secretary Mark Esper has called the former president a “threat to democracy” and says he won't vote for him in 2024
April 05, 2024
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's new book “True Gretch” will detail her five-year tenure as governor and her journey along the way
April 05, 2024
Attorneys defending Tennessee’s sweeping abortion ban have alleged that doctors challenging the law do not want any oversight when deciding to terminate a pregnancy and instead are improperly withholding care to women facing serious medical emergencies
April 04, 2024
The No Labels group says it won't field a presidential candidate in November after strategists for the bipartisan organization were unable to attract a candidate willing to seize on the widespread dissatisfaction with President Joe Biden and Donald Trump
April 04, 2024
French President Emmanuel Macron says France and its allies “could have stopped” the 1994 Rwanda genocide and “lacked the will to do so.”
April 04, 2024
The big question: Would climate engineering like sending reflective particles into the stratosphere or brightening clouds help reduce the national security risks of climate change or make them worse?
April 04, 2024
More than 600 British jurists are calling on the government to suspend arms sales to Israel
April 04, 2024
More than 250 Holocaust survivors have joined an international initiative to share their stories of loss and survival with students around the world during a time of rising antisemitism following the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel that triggered the war in the Gaza Strip
April 04, 2024
Former President Bill Clinton has a memoir coming out this fall about his years since leaving public office in 2001
April 03, 2024
In the summer of 2022, days before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, some 500 high school girls gathered in Missouri for a weeklong mock government camp in which they elected their own governor and seated an all-female Supreme Court that would rule on their own bodies
April 03, 2024
Britain’s main opposition parties are demanding that the Conservative government publish legal advice it has received on whether Israel has broken international humanitarian law during the war in Gaza
April 03, 2024
A new poll finds that most Americans share many core values on what it means to be an American despite the country’s deep political polarization
April 03, 2024
The vote in Wisconsin to approve a pair of proposed constitutional amendments that would limit how state elections are run and paid for fell largely along party lines
April 03, 2024
A company that provides services for immigrants in federal detention has been ordered to pay more than $811 million in restitution and penalties in a lawsuit alleging it used deceptive and abusive tactics
April 02, 2024
Democrats hope that a ballot measure seeking to preserve abortion rights will put Florida back in play as the nation’s largest presidential swing state
April 02, 2024
A federal judge has ruled that New Mexico election officials violated public disclosure provisions of the National Voter Registration Act by refusing to provide voter rolls to a conservative group and its public online database
April 02, 2024
Wallace Peeples has lived many lives — activist, speechmaker, podcaster, social media influencer — since serving 20 years in prison
April 02, 2024
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers vetoed a bill passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature that would have banned high school transgender athletes from competing on teams that align with their gender identity
April 02, 2024
President Joe Biden is hosting a small group of Muslim American community leaders at the White House for a meeting and a scaled-down Iftar dinner
April 02, 2024
Retired Supreme Court Justice Anthony M
April 02, 2024
Not all activists are in the media spotlight, but they’re crucial to promoting action to slow climate change.
April 02, 2024
Pope Francis has exposed the political “maneuvers” used to sway votes during the two most recent elections of popes in a book-length interview
April 02, 2024
More than 20 countries across Africa have loosened restrictions on abortion in recent years, but experts say many women probably don’t realize they are entitled to a legal abortion
April 02, 2024
Former President Donald Trump will continue to hammer President Joe Biden over his border policies during a trip to two pivotal midwestern states that could determine the outcome of the 2024 election
April 02, 2024
The Florida Supreme Court has upheld the state’s ban on most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy
April 01, 2024
When dementia patients on Medicare enroll in hospice, they lose other crucial supports and services.
April 01, 2024
A few Ivy League schools say the tests enable them to find students of promise from low-income families. But not all sociologists agree.
April 01, 2024
In Donald Trump's speeches and online posts, the Republican presidential candidate has ramped up anti-immigrant rhetoric and his messaging often relies on falsehoods about migration
April 01, 2024
A ruling that weakened a key part of the Voting Rights Act is spurring lawmakers in several states to enact state-level protections to plug gaps that the courts opened in the landmark federal law
April 01, 2024
A group of students from a New Orleans high school staged a play they developed on the steps of Louisiana's Capitol to protest a series of anti-LGBTQ+ legislative proposals
March 31, 2024
Generations of working-class Marylanders watched in disbelief this week as an iconic symbol of their maritime culture crumbled into the Patapsco River
March 31, 2024
President Joe Biden is facing criticism from Donald Trump and religious conservatives for proclaiming March 31 — which corresponds with Easter Sunday this year — as “Transgender Day of Visibility.”
March 30, 2024
A 15-year volunteer effort is helping identify the fates of thousands of Alaskans who were shipped to a controversial psychiatric hospital in Oregon between 1904 and the 1960s
March 30, 2024
Many Americans are in a sour mood about the economy for one main reason: Prices feel too high
March 30, 2024
Georgia could join other states in requiring children younger than 16 to have their parents’ explicit permission to create social media accounts
March 29, 2024
NBC News' messy hiring and firing of former Republican National Committee head Ronna McDaniel puts a spotlight on television's practice of paying on-air political contributors
March 29, 2024
House Republicans invited President Joe Biden to testify before Congress as part of their impeachment inquiry into him and his family’s business affairs
March 28, 2024
Joe Lieberman served as No Labels' chief defender when the critics got the loudest
March 28, 2024
The Oscar-nominated documentary “Food, Inc” helped change the way many consumers think about the systems behind the things we eat
March 28, 2024
A judge has recommended that conservative attorney John Eastman lose his California law license over his efforts to keep former President Donald Trump in power after the 2020 election
March 27, 2024
The second day of former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark's disciplinary system painted a picture of someone who, despite numerous attempts by his superiors to convince him otherwise, remained adamant that there were instances of irregularities and fraud in the 2020 election that required deeper examination
March 27, 2024
A women’s roller derby league in suburban New York City has thrust itself into the national discussion over the rights of transgender athletes
March 27, 2024
When the Supreme Court ended affirmative action, it left the college essay as one of few places where race can play a role in admissions decisions
March 27, 2024
Religious and neo-conservative groups have been ramping up pressure to ban abortions in staunchly Catholic Croatia
March 27, 2024
Days after Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey blamed an after-school fight on a school district’s diversity programming, a lawyer for the majority Black district in suburban St. Louis says the state’s chief attorney is showing racial bias
March 26, 2024
A prominent journalist in Belarus has been designated a political prisoner by the country’s leading human rights group
March 26, 2024
U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday did not appear ready to limit Americans’ access to the abortion pill mifepristone, in a case that could have sweeping implications for how the federal government approves scores of medications
March 26, 2024
Advocates for adult victims of childhood sexual abuse say they will ask Louisiana’s Supreme Court to reconsider a ruling that wiped out 2021 legislation giving them a renewed opportunity to file damage lawsuits
March 26, 2024
Former President Donald Trump is hawking Bibles as he runs to return to the White House
March 26, 2024
As government officials debate how to handle the influx of new arrivals, the Girl Scouts — whose Troop 6000 has served kids who live in the shelter system since 2017 — are quietly welcoming hundreds of the city’s youngest new residents with the support of donations
March 26, 2024
The main Venezuelan opposition coalition has said that electoral authorities didn’t let it register its candidate for the presidential election as the deadline ended, in what it called the latest violation to the citizens’ right to vote for a change in the South American country
March 26, 2024
A high school teacher and two students are suing Arkansas over the state's ban on critical race theory in public schools
March 25, 2024
The Supreme Court is considering a new abortion case affecting women across the U.S. Abortion opponents want the high court in arguments Tuesday to ratify a ruling from a conservative federal appeals court that would limit access to a medication called mifepristone, which was used in nearly two-thirds of abortions last year
March 25, 2024
Former ‘Meet the Press’ moderator Chuck Todd says that some NBC News journalists are uncomfortable that the network had hired former Republican National Committee head Ronna McDaniel as a paid contributor
March 24, 2024
LSU coach Kim Mulkey is sharply criticizing and threatening legal action against The Washington Post
March 23, 2024
When Opal Lee was 12, a racist mob, angered that a Black family had moved in, drove her family out of their Texas home
March 23, 2024
The bones that embody an album can take many shapes
March 22, 2024
A cluster of Bollywood films based on polarizing issues that promote Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government’s Hindu nationalist agenda are coming out
March 22, 2024
California lawmakers are split on how to best address the retail theft cases that have proliferated in the state
March 22, 2024
Pope Francis has defrocked a notorious Belgian bishop who admitted 14 years ago that he sexually abused his nephew but faced no Vatican punishment
March 21, 2024
Many Jewish faith leaders and commentators are decrying what they say are inflammatory remarks by Donald Trump
March 21, 2024
President Vladimir Putin has thanked Russians for casting ballots in a presidential vote in which he cemented his grip on the country for another six years after the harshest crackdown on dissent since Soviet times
March 21, 2024
A new poll shows that Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in the United States are highly supportive of legal abortion, even in situations where the pregnant person wants an abortion for any reason
March 21, 2024
Agent Scott Boras defended himself and the leadership of the Major League Baseball Players Association against a faction pushing for a change in the union’s lead negotiator
March 20, 2024
A federal judge has suggested Michael Cohen has committed perjury under oath, giving fresh support to former President Donald Trump's claims that his onetime personal lawyer and star witness at his upcoming criminal trial in New York is an untrustworthy liar
March 20, 2024
Voters around the world who worry about growing threats to democratic freedoms should consider electing more women in countries’ national elections this year
March 20, 2024
March Madness might look very different if not for the Supreme Court.
March 20, 2024
Senegal’s only female presidential candidate may stand no chance of winning in Sunday's election, but activists say her presence alone is helping to advance a decadeslong campaign to achieve equality in the West African nation
March 20, 2024
Republican attorneys general in two dozen states are pushing back against a proposed Biden administration rule that seeks to expand diversity in apprenticeship programs
March 20, 2024
Election misinformation will pose a formidable challenge this year as billions of people in dozens of countries head to the polls
March 20, 2024
Donald Trump is suggesting that he’d support a national ban on abortions around 15 weeks of pregnancy, voicing for the first time support for a specific limit on the procedure
March 20, 2024
A divided Supreme Court has lifted a stay on a Texas law that gives police broad powers to arrest migrants suspected of crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally while a legal battle over immigration authority plays out
March 19, 2024
An exploration of racism on social media and a history of Native Americans are among the winners of J
March 19, 2024
A group of Buddhist faith leaders and community members gathered in the city of Antioch, California, for the “first national Buddhist memorial service and pilgrimage in response to anti-Asian hate.”
March 19, 2024
Contrary to popular belief, there has been some defense played in the NBA this season
March 19, 2024
Former President Donald Trump on Monday charged that Jews who vote for Democrats “hate Israel” and hate “their religion,” igniting a firestorm of criticism from the White House and Jewish leaders
March 19, 2024
Six former Mississippi law enforcement officers who pleaded guilty to a long list of state and federal charges for torturing two Black men will be sentenced by a federal judge starting Tuesday
March 18, 2024
The history of slavery in America is the focus of a new sculpture park in Montgomery, Alabama
March 18, 2024
From April 19 to June 1, nearly 970 million Indians are eligible to vote in general elections
March 18, 2024
Democracy takes many forms, and some are more direct than others
March 18, 2024
Former President Donald Trump claimed that he — not President Joe Biden — will protect Social Security and warned of a “bloodbath” if he loses in November as he campaigned for Senate candidate Bernie Moreno in Ohio
March 16, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris says it's “absurd” that the federal government classifies marijuana as more dangerous than fentanyl, the synthetic opioid blamed for tens of thousands of deaths in the United States
March 15, 2024
Trump White House official Peter Navarro appealed to the Supreme Court Friday to allow him to stay out of prison as he appeals his contempt of Congress conviction
March 15, 2024
The rights of LGBTQ+ people continue to be in flux across the U.S. with a new flurry of developments
March 15, 2024
Senate Republicans are taking aim at a new federal courts policy aimed at curbing “judge shopping,” a practice that gained national attention in a major abortion medication case
March 14, 2024
A ruling by the Wisconsin Supreme Court is raising the bar for religions to show that their charity arms deserve tax exemptions
March 14, 2024
With the Supreme Court’s approval hovering near record lows, two justices have teamed up to promote the art of disagreeing without being nasty about it
March 14, 2024
Racism can be a workplace issue, even at Home Depot.
March 14, 2024
As the national debate over Black history continues, one aspect of the legacy of race in America is undergoing something of a rebirth: Black cemeteries that were established in the era of segregation
March 14, 2024
Anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders says it is unfair and “constitutionally wrong” that he had to sacrifice his leadership aspirations in order to pave the way for a right-wing ruling coalition in the Netherlands after his party won elections in November
March 14, 2024
A Japanese high court has ruled that denying same-sex marriage is unconstitutional and called for urgent government action to address the lack of any law allowing for such unions
March 14, 2024
More than half of Americans say they are against college athletes unionizing, though younger respondents were more supportive than older, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research
March 13, 2024
Cubans are often divided on many issues
March 13, 2024
Ohlone people and others are rejoicing over the return of sacred Native land dating back thousands of years
March 13, 2024
Federal courts are moving to make it harder to file lawsuits in front of judges seen as friendly to a point of view, a practice known as judge shopping that gained national attention in a major abortion-medication case
March 12, 2024
“Pics, or it didn't happen” has been a common refrain when seeking proof that someone’s story or some event actually took place
March 12, 2024
His writing won China’s first Nobel Prize for Literature, but is it patriotic enough for Xi Jinping’s China
March 12, 2024
Online influencer Andrew Tate has been detained in Romania and handed an arrest warrant issued by British authorities
March 12, 2024
Joe Biden and Donald Trump hope to clinch their parties’ presidential nominations with dominant victories in a slate of low-profile state primaries as the 2024 fight for the White House lurches into a new phase
March 12, 2024
“Barbenheimer” brought a bump not a boom to Oscars ratings
March 11, 2024
An independent report has found New Jersey and the nation were not prepared when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, and the state remains underprepared for the next emergency
March 11, 2024
School board members in one Massachusetts district have called for the National Guard to address student misbehavior. Does their request have merit? A school discipline expert weighs in.
March 11, 2024
The sexual abuse of children by Catholic sisters and nuns has been overshadowed by far more common reports of male clergy abuse
March 11, 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin came to power almost 25 years ago and since then he's eliminated nearly all independent media — a process he ramped up after the 2022 invasion of Ukraine
March 11, 2024
President Joe Biden made abortion and reproductive rights a central theme of his State of the Union speech, but he never mentioned the word “abortion.”
March 10, 2024
President Joe Biden says he believes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is “hurting Israel more than helping Israel” in how he is approaching its war against Hamas in Gaza
March 09, 2024
Pope Francis has said in an interview that Ukraine, facing possible defeat, should have the courage to negotiate an end to the war with Russia and not be ashamed to sit at the same table to carry out peace talks
March 09, 2024
Njeri Migwi is the co-founder of a community-based organization called Usikimye, which means “Don't be silent” in Swahili
March 09, 2024
The United Nations chief says legal equality for women could take centuries as the fight for gender equality has become an uphill struggle against rank discrimination and gross human human rights abuses
March 09, 2024
A panel featuring Meghan the Duchess of Sussex came together on International Women’s Day to discuss how women and mothers are portrayed in traditional media and across social media, among other issues
March 08, 2024
Indiana lawmakers have passed a bill that defines antisemitism in education code
March 08, 2024
President Joe Biden is facing disappointment and anger from some allies for calling the suspect in the killing of a Georgia nursing student an “illegal” during his State of the Union speech
March 08, 2024
President Joe Biden is all-in on calling out “shrinkflation.”
March 08, 2024
The New York Police Department has been taking a more active role in trying to influence public policy through slick online videos and social media posts
March 08, 2024
Fresh off his defiant State of the Union address, President Joe Biden and his senior aides will barnstorm the country starting Friday to aggressively sell his vision for a second term to voters
March 08, 2024
For all its praise, the film furthers the dominant narrative of the bombs as a morally fraught but necessary project, with American anxieties playing a starring role.
March 08, 2024
By compiling stories about the accomplishments of women, Christine set out to build an allegorical city where women and their achievements would be safe from sexist insults and slander.
March 08, 2024
Over 230 million women and girls have undergone female genital mutilation, most of whom live in Africa, according to a report issued on Friday by the United Nations children’s agency
March 08, 2024
Russians who are too fearful to protest in the streets are finding an outlet for their activism by writing letters to political prisoners
March 08, 2024
France’s leaders will use a Napoleon-era press to seal the right to abortion into the country's constitution
March 08, 2024
During the State of the Union address, the House speaker and vice president sit behind the president
March 08, 2024
Republicans had demanded it but never expected President Joe Biden to say it during his State of the Union address
March 08, 2024
The State of the Union was one of President Joe Biden's best chances to make the broadest possible case for his reelection
March 08, 2024
The Michigan Court of Appeals has denied a request to reconsider its earlier opinion stating that a former Grand Rapids police officer should stand trial for murder in the 2022 killing of a Black motorist
March 08, 2024
Sen. Katie Britt will call President Joe Biden a “dithering and diminished leader” in the Republican rebuttal to his State of the Union address Thursday evening
March 08, 2024
Shane Lowry knows he's playing good golf
March 07, 2024
Democratic lawmakers have walked out of a Kentucky House committee hearing as the GOP-led panel was taking up a bill to expand access to prebirth and newborn services for pregnant women carrying nonviable fetuses that are expected to die before or soon after birth
March 07, 2024
In his State of the Union address, President Joe Biden will make an explicit appeal to the divided Congress for his “unity agenda.”
March 07, 2024
Women are underrepresented in architecture, occupying just 25% of jobs in the field. An architecture professor shares insights from her childhood on how those numbers can be turned around.
March 07, 2024
Christian voters and faith leaders have long been in the frontlines of providing assistance to migrants
March 07, 2024
More than a quarter of female Black voters describe abortion as their top issue in this year’s presidential election
March 07, 2024
Kansas would require abortion providers to ask patients why they’re terminating their pregnancies and report the answers to the state under a measure moving through the Republican-controlled Legislature
March 07, 2024
President Joe Biden is set to use his State of the Union address to promote his vision for a second term to a dispirited electorate who questions whether he’s up to the job and to warn that GOP front-runner Donald Trump would be a dangerous alternative
March 07, 2024
Over the past decade, Grace Subathirai Nathan graduated from law school, got married, opened a law firm and had two babies
March 07, 2024
The U_S_ Constitution spells it out clearly in Article II, Section 3: The president “shall from time to time give to the Congress information of the state of the union, and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient.”
March 06, 2024
Disagreements among Indiana lawmakers could stop passage of a bill aiming to address antisemitism on college campuses, leaving Indiana students and professors uneasy as divisions surrounding the ongoing Israel-Hamas war deepen
March 06, 2024
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has offered his “deepest sympathy” to the family of a 5-year-old girl who was seriously injured in a drunken driving crash, after facing criticism for releasing from prison the driver who caused the crash, former Kansas City Chiefs assistant coach Britt Reid
March 06, 2024
A new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds few Americans want the U.S. to take a more active role in solving the world's problems
March 06, 2024
When it comes to electing a woman president, the ceiling holds
March 06, 2024
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell has endorsed Donald Trump for president
March 06, 2024
Loss of privacy is just the beginning. Workers are worried about biased AI and the need to perform the ‘right’ expressions and body language for the algorithms.
March 06, 2024
Republican former baseball star Steve Garvey has secured a U.S. Senate showdown with Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff on a shoestring budget and with a light campaign schedule
March 06, 2024
Over the last decade, Vladimir Putin’s government has evolved from tolerating dissent to ruthlessly suppressing any activities or people who dared challenge it
March 06, 2024
Donald Trump's lawyers say the ex-president deserves a new trial and a fresh chance to tell a jury why he berated writer E
March 06, 2024
The Academy Awards honor many things in movies but not some of the most important
March 05, 2024
The Veterans Affairs secretary is reversing a department memo that aimed to ban VA displays of the iconic “V-J Day in Times Square” photograph showing a Navy sailor kissing a strange woman on the streets of New York at the end of World War II
March 05, 2024
Three philanthropy scholars discuss several trends in giving by the wealthiest Americans highlighted in this yearly report. Among them: Much of this money doesn’t go to charities right away.
March 05, 2024
Though only a few of Scorsese’s films focus on religious stories, deeper questions about faith, doubt and living in a violent world tend to haunt his movies.
March 05, 2024
Hopefully, Academy Award winners will be chosen because voters believed in the actors’ performances − not because of some meta narrative about their off-screen behavior.
March 05, 2024
A union of immigration judges has been ordered to get supervisor approval to speak to anyone outside the Justice Department, potentially quieting a frequent critic of heavily backlogged immigration courts in an election year
March 05, 2024
A far-right, unofficial Catholic media site has agreed to pay $500,000 to a New Hampshire priest who sued for defamation over a 2019 article
March 04, 2024
Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker says she's very concerned by the arrest of two of the city's top LGBTQ leaders during a highway stop
March 04, 2024
:Former President Donald Trump scored a clear win at the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, which unanimously ruled that states don’t have the ability to bar him — or any other federal candidates — from the ballot under a rarely-used constitutional provision that prohibits those who “engaged in insurrection” from holding office
March 04, 2024
Candidates on the verge of winning their parties’ nominations generally change their messaging as part of a so-called pivot
March 04, 2024
With attacks on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives raging, Black women looking to climb the corporate ladder face a more hostile landscape than ever
March 04, 2024
The proposed move of the Capitals and Wizards sports teams to nearby Virginia has stoked concern in a pair of fragile Washington neighborhoods
March 04, 2024
A poll finds that a growing share of U.S. adults doubt that 81-year-old President Joe Biden has the memory and acuity for the job
March 04, 2024
There are few times in a American presidency that the art of speechwriting is more on display than during a State of the Union
March 03, 2024
Jos Verstappen says the Red Bull Formula One team will “explode” if Christian Horner stays on as team principal
March 03, 2024
Super Tuesday is almost here, with 16 states holding contests this coming week
March 03, 2024
Teachers at Head Start child care centers are paid far less than public school teachers, even though they have similar credentials
March 03, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to be among those marking the 59th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, the day Alabama law officers attacked Civil Rights demonstrators at the iconic Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama
March 03, 2024
Greenland court extends detention for anti-whaling activist Watson
Northern Trust quarterly profit jumps on higher fee from asset management
Belarus sets a Jan. 26 election that's almost certain to extend its authoritarian leader's rule
Modi meets Xi as India, China ties recover from 2020 military clash
Boeing CEO presses turnaround as loss balloons to $6 billion
McDonald’s E. coli outbreak sends the stock on pace for its worst day since Covid