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Ex-French president Nicolas Sarkozy will face trial for corruption and influence peddling. Eighteen percent of Poles don't accept Jewish people as Polish citizens. Twice as many feel the same...
All 22 female senators from both parties sign a letter protesting the Senate's inaction on sexual harassment. American special forces are in more than twice as many countries as US...
A liberal reporter hits the road with his 93-year-old, Trump-loving cousin to ask people how to fix America. Anyone bothered by teenagers protesting America's gun problem with memes is...
The March for our Lives movement could succeed where others have failed because of "issue intensity." White people don’t frame Trump’s vast negligence as racial, but...
Trump names John R. Bolton his national security advisor. With Mike Pompeo nominated for State, he’s got “the most radically aggressive foreign policy team… in modern...
The White House plans to announce tariffs to punish China for intellectual property theft. France’s Macron trumps other European leaders in bro-ship with Mr. Trump by using &ldquo...
Trump’s telephone call to congratulate Putin—despite notes saying “DO NOT CONGRATULATE” in all caps—should lower expectations for his upcoming summit with Kim...
A bomb destined for Austin, Texas, explodes at a FedEx facility in San Antonio, injuring one. Austin police say it’s likely connected to a recent string of attacks. ...
The Attorney General fires ex-FBI deputy Andrew McCabe two days shy of his retirement. McCabe says it’s an attack on the FBI and the Special Counsel investigation. Trump...
National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster is expected to depart the White House within weeks. Other Trump advisors continue to compete for his approval. By doing what? Telling big whoppers,...
On a day of student protests against gun violence, a gunman shot two hospital employees at a University of Alabama hospital. Fleeing ICE and, presumably, deportation, two die in a...
Stephen Hawking dies at the age of 76. An obituary, a list of quotes, a tribute to his place in pop culture. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson confirms that Russia probably...
Mattis makes an unannounced visit to Afghanistan, says the Taliban’s interested in talks to end the more than 16-year-old war. Trump visits California, not his favorite place, judging...
Kim Jong-un invites the President to chat about North Korea’s nuclear program. In a “breathtaking” gamble, Trump spontaneously agrees to meet by May. The analysis is...
In a major new JAMA study, patients on opioids do no better than those taking alternatives. The White House sues California to invalidate three of its immigration laws. Gov. Brown...
Today in Trump-ville: Kushner goes to Mexico, economic adviser Cohn has left the building, and Stormy Daniels sues the president, alleging that he never signed their nondisclosure agreement. The President...
GOP strategists say Trump's threat of a trade war appears to be in part timed to Pennsylvania's March 13 special election. An economic analysis of Trump's proposed steel...
Trump's threats of a steel and aluminum trade war erupted without any prior review by officials—and may well be added to his heap of other random policy...
Italy votes for a new parliament this weekend and Berlusconi is back. At the same time, Germany expects to get another four years of the ‘grand coalition.’ Ireland...
Donald Trump shocks a room full of Republicans by endorsing nearly every gun-control measure sought by Democrats, though both sides think he’ll bend with the wind. FYI: Americans...