Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville said he’s open to negotiating an end to his blockade of almost 400 military nominees after meeting with fellow Republican senators, signaling a shift after he has dug in on his protest of a Pentagon abortion policy for more than nine months
November 07, 2023
There are just 10 days before another potential government shutdown
November 07, 2023
The Biden administration has asked a federal appeals court to uphold health care guidance issued last year that says hospitals must provide abortions for women whose lives are at risk due to pregnancy
November 07, 2023
North Korea has criticized rival South Korea for removing a law that banned private activists from sending anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets to the North, insisting that such activities amount to psychological warfare and threatening to respond with a “shower of shells.”
November 08, 2023
Two Democrats with decadeslong political careers are heading to a runoff election to be Houston’s next mayor
November 07, 2023
A proposal to enshrine abortion rights in Ohio’s Constitution was approved in a statewide election Tuesday, with a significant number of Republicans joining with Democrats to ensure the measure’s passage
November 08, 2023
Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev said on Wednesday that the "destructive" policies of the United States and its allies were increasing the risk that nuclear,
April 26, 2024
Chinese President Xi Jinping says potential risks associated with artificial intelligence are challenges that countries should deal with together
November 08, 2023
Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear won reelection to Kentucky’s highest office Tuesday by improving upon the path to victory he carved in his successful 2019 bid
November 08, 2023
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu held talks in Moscow on Wednesday with a senior Chinese military official and said they would discuss steps to deepen cooperation, Interfax
April 26, 2024
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused the West on Wednesday of provoking crises on the global oil and gas market by rushing to switch to green energy and imposing pressure
April 26, 2024
With control over the Virginia Legislature at stake in the Nov. 7 election, the historic battle over what is taught in public schools remains a priority for both Democrats and Republicans.
October 26, 2023
People talk about genocide in a few different ways, ranging from technical to colloquial – but a war of words does not replace a path to peace, a genocide scholar writes.
November 07, 2023
An analysis of anti-abortion rights groups in the US shows that while some specifically turn to Christianity to explain their positions, others are looking at broader, human rights arguments.
November 06, 2023
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has presided over disasters before – and remained in power. But is the intelligence failure preceding the Hamas attack so big that this time he won’t?
November 01, 2023
In the wake of the three-week internal GOP battle to choose a speaker, a scholar of Congress says that what looks like dysfunction is actually something else.
October 31, 2023
Trump’s call for violence is only part of a larger push for social disruption and destruction. For only in the wake of such events can a new, white, Christian, illiberal world arise.
October 31, 2023
With the balance of political power at stake in the Virginia legislature, voters in this key swing state may reveal clues for the 2024 presidential election.
October 31, 2023
Even before last month’s Hamas attacks in Israel, the leader of Hungary had long promoted his country as the safest in Europe for Jews
November 08, 2023
At the United Nations and elsewhere, the response by the US and Western Europe to events in Israel and Gaza have been out of step with that of governments in Africa, South America and Asia.
November 08, 2023
Ukrainians are concerned with certain voices in the U.S. Republican party calling to cut back support for Kyiv, President Volodymyr Zelenksiy said on Wednesday.
July 02, 2024
The Rafah border crossing into Gaza was closed on Wednesday due to an unspecified "security circumstance," U.S. State Department deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel said.
April 26, 2024
Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin has expressed disappointment with election results that allowed Democrats to take control of both the Virginia House and Senate, but pledged to work with the party's new legislative majority on bipartisan priorities
November 08, 2023
More than 100 killed or missing as Sinaloa Cartel war rages in Mexico
US soldier who fled to North Korea sentenced to one year in confinement and dishonorable discharge
Ex-Memphis police supervisor says there was 'no need' for officers to beat Tyre Nichols
Mexican president blames US in part for rise in violence in Sinaloa
The head of Boeing's defense and space business is out as company tries to fix troubled contracts
Whooping cough cases are soaring. Can infecting people help test a better vaccine?
SEC approves BlackRock's spot bitcoin ETF options listing
Wojnarowski one of the first significant sports 'insiders' to step away from the spotlight
Lewd posts by Trump-backed candidate for NC governor removed from porn forum
A lost cat's mysterious 2-month, 900-mile journey home to California