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'It's one big show of contempt for the court,' says a former federal judge about the Trump administration's handling of two cases related to its deportation of noncitizens to an El Salvador prison.

Some Americans hear claims of anti-Christian bias as a signal of white solidarity, according to a 2024 study.

Because the US government has rarely offered full-throated support for the arts, there's a long tradition of innovation, adaptation and collective action among American artists.

Monetary policy can be wielded as a tool to boost an economy around election time, which explains why politicians want to have a say on it.

If an engineer makes an improper assumption while designing something, sometimes the consequences are fatal. An engineering professor explains how to reduce risk.

Although millions of US parents approve, decades of research shows that spanking is harmful.

Mayors from the Democratic Party aren't making cities any more - or less - dangerous than mayors from the Republican Party.

In the battle to slow climate change, local and state governments, as well as citizens, have taken to the courts. Their results have varied, but the cases keep coming.

As you experience or encounter new things, your brain must encode this information via the right neural networks at the right time.

On Patriots' Day, far-right groups may use historical events and patriotic symbols to claim they are engaging in a 'modern-day fight for freedom.'