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For decades, terrorism researchers have generally distinguished terrorism from other forms of violence by one defining feature: the intention to intimidate a wider audience beyond immediate victims.

That ...Read more

Air Force One used to be a high-flying symbol of American technology, ingenuity and power. For many, it was also a source of national pride.

The current Boeing 747s that serve as Air Force One are a combination ...Read more

MILFORD, Mich. — President Donald Trump touted his administration's efforts to boost manufacturing and combat inflation during a speech in Michigan on Monday, telling people they will "see results very soon."

Trump's ...Read more

I want to start today with a warning about “charitable giving” and end with a primer on wealth inequality. The two are closely related, as I’ll explain.

We’re on the cusp of the biggest gusher of “charitable ...Read more

WASHINGTON — John Thune has yet to be branded with a derisive nickname from Donald Trump, but the president and his team have turned up the heat on the Senate majority leader. Yet, GOP sources are banking that the South ...Read more

During a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing last week on Haiti’s security crisis, Florida Republican Rep. Brian Mast repeatedly claimed that giving Haitians in the U.S. Temporary Protected Status had significantly ...Read more

Less than a year after Missouri lawmakers carved up Kansas City’s main congressional district under pressure from the Trump administration, six Republicans and one Libertarian are now running to unseat Democratic U.S. ...Read more

Curious who‘s to blame for California’s housing crisis? Just look at who wants to kill the cure.

A measure to reform the chief impediment to building homes in the state just qualified for the November ballot, and the ...Read more

A few weeks ago, my daughter and I went to Paris to visit family and celebrate her high school graduation. As a marine scientist working on the front lines of climate and oceans, I was hoping for a break from the doom and ...Read more

In the opening pages of the book he published between losing and then winning a Pennsylvania seat in the U.S. Senate, Dave McCormick painted the picture of an uncomfortable scene at Mar-a-Lago.

It was early 2022. ...Read more

Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, the Supreme Court's most influential member prior to his retirement, has watched quietly for eight years as a new conservative majority took charge.

He was troubled by partisan gerrymandering, ...Read more

Every election season, Maryland political campaigns blanket voters with paper mailers, plastic yard signs and campaign literature. After the votes are counted, much of that material becomes trash — waste that few ...Read more

When powerful U.S. Rep. Sam Graves announced he would not seek a 14th term in Congress, his retirement kicked off a mad dash of candidates hoping to vie for his open seat.

Missouri’s sweeping 6th Congressional District,...Read more

When the No Surprises Act took effect in 2022, it was a rare feat of bipartisan problem-solving. The law was meant to prevent a once all-too-common scenario: An insured patient would seek emergency care, only to face ...Read more

A Supreme Court ruling and an outbreak of explosive diarrhea seem to have nothing in common, and certainly nothing to do with artificial intelligence. But they’re a warning to the AI industry about the danger of getting ...Read more

Three Republican candidates in a sprawling new South Florida congressional district have poured millions of dollars of their own money into the abbreviated campaign for their party’s nomination.

Just before the final ...Read more

The early 1900s were a very bad time to be a bird. On average, more than 5 million were killed every year — not for sustenance, but to feed perhaps the most frivolous of trades: plume-topped hats.

Ostentatious headwear ...Read more

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he will appeal directly to President Donald Trump over new tariffs announced by Washington, describing the levies as unjustified.

Albanese said he would “absolutely” ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A U.S. appeals court rejected the Justice Department’s request to let federal officials fully move ahead with Donald Trump’s overhaul of mail voting ahead of the November midterm elections, leaving in ...Read more

Brazil has denied visas to two senior U.S. State Department officials whom the Trump administration planned to send to scrutinize the fairness and integrity of the country’s electoral system before the Oct. 4 ...Read more