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Even a somewhat informed observer might wonder why President Donald Trump and the Republicans, who control all three branches of government and both houses of Congress, would need to rely on executive orders of questionable legality and ...

The quick election of a pope born and raised in the United States was a shock to almost everyone outside the Sistine Chapel in Rome. Conclaves begin with secular and Catholic experts making a list of possible front-runners, and no one had Robert ...

SAN DIEGO - Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin's trip Tuesday to this scenic family-friendly coastal tourist destination was all business and at times quite unpleasant, considering the noxious fumes he was there to discuss.

For centuries, the United States of America has been hailed as a paragon of pluralism and free speech. Unfortunately, earnest political discourse has become largely impossible in America, and politically motivated violence has steadily subsumed the U ...

Every day, when the bell rings at her middle school in Queens, young Tendas packs her school bag and heads to her dance studio to pursue her New York Dream. For up to 15 hours a week, Tendas - or "Das" as her parents affectionately call her per the ...

The debate over the Big, Beautiful Bill went next-level last week when Elon Musk sent out a series of rage posts on X targeting President Trump that were more personal than substantive. But for all the wailing and gnashing of teeth about the bill ...

As the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) faces a critical test in the Senate, opponents are pointing to a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) analysis to claim that the legislation will disproportionately help the richest Americans. Don't buy it. The ...

The Easter season can remind people of classic Hollywood movies with religious themes. Every year, ABC still airs "The Ten Commandments." People might break out "The Passion of the Christ" from 2004, or head to the theater to see "The King of Kings"

Earlier this year, in his first major trip outside of Washington, D.C., as the secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. traveled deep into the New Mexico desert to explore a facility at the cutting edge of the Make America ...

CNN anchorman Jake Tapper is taking heat from his left and right flanks - and some people in the middle - over the new book he co-authored with Axios reporter Alex Thompson. I'm not one of the detractors. This book is a whodunit, but one with little ...