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President Joe Biden justified airstrikes in Syria in a letter to congressional lawmakers. Biden said he directed the airstrikes in response to...

The action to stamp out the protests came after state television announced that Myanmar's U.N. envoy had been fired for betraying the country after he urged ...

Far-right extremist groups that took part in the deadly insurrection on Jan. 6 are now threatening to "blow up" the U.S. Capitol during President Biden's upcoming State of the Union address, according to intelligence revealed Thursday during a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing.

On Friday, Myanmar's ambassador to the United Nations, Kyaw Moe Tun, received an ovation from the U.N. General Assembly after he made an emotional request for help restoring democracy on behalf of the country's elected government that was overthrown in a military coup earlier this month. On Friday, as the UN General Assembly met to discuss the situation in #Myanmar, the country's ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun made an…

This ill-advised attack, at a delicate moment in U.S.-Iran relations, sends exactly the wrong signal to the world

A member of the semi-ironic militia movement speaks out: "We hate Trump. We hate Biden. We hate the entire system"

What's going on in India, how you can help, and why you should care.

William Finnegan on the problem of racism and white supremacy in U.S. police forces, its implications at the Capitol riots, and the need for institutional reform.

With his first known military strike, President Biden sought to send a strong message to Iran whi...

BARCELONA — It had all the markings of a free speech showdown: Pablo Hasél, a controversial Spanish rapper, had barricaded

Progressives are fuming over a setback on the minimum wage, worri...

North Korea, in a bid to shield itself and its poor health infrastructure from the pandemic, has halted all train and air transport to neighboring countries.

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Police in Myanmar escalated their crackdown on demonstrators against this month's military takeover, deploying early and in force on Saturday as protesters sought to...

Kentucky has some of the most restrictive voting rules in the nation, but it has moved along a bill that would expand voter access, and in an all-too-partisan world of election law, other states should take notice, writes Joshua Douglas.

On 7 November 2020, moments before Kamala Harris and Joe Biden began their victory speeches, giant screens flanking the stage proclaimed, "The people have chosen science." Yet, nearly 74 million Americans, almost half the voters, had cast their ballots for Donald Trump, thereby presumably not choosing science. Prominent scientists asserted that "science was on the ballot" and lamented that "a significant portion of…

Pentagon airstrikes against Iran-backed militias in Syria in response to a Feb. 15 attack in Iraq received both bipartisan praise — and criticism.

Both Democrats and Republicans overwhelmingly favor politicians who support generous COVID-19 relief spending, yet remain deeply polarized over the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election results and former President Donald Trump's second impeachment. Meanwhile, political experts find that the former president's actions and those taken by congressional supporters in the aftermath of the election represent…

The scale was smaller than the Civil War, but the "riot" was an attack on the Union and peaceful transition of power.

And Democrats plan next steps on the minimum wage.

Public support for school choice programs has increased significantly thanks to obstinate teachers' unions refusing to return to the classroom.