In the UK, we seem to be flying flags at precisely the moment when we are least sure of what they signify: it feels like an ...

Trump insists the troops are needed to instill order, but Democratic states say the deployments risk escalating tensions.

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Following Texas' mid-Census redistricting favoring the GOP, California moved to counter it. Here's why there is a special ...

Jilted friends like Canada, South Korea, and India are looking elsewhere for new partners, writes Tom Nagorski.

The fate of conversion therapy bans in over 20 states could rest on how the high court rules on a free-speech challenge.

The federal shutdown will affect people across the United States. NPR's network of member stations explains what will be ...

An organization representing the plaintiffs called the judge's ruling "monumental," though the Trump administration vowed to ...

When Genghis Khan died in 1227, he left behind a united Mongolia, a vast empire, and an unsolved mystery—his final resting ...

The proposal represents one of the most forceful legislative attempts yet to enshrine a political figure's legacy into public ...

Rx Kids - a program providing prenatal and infant support to expecting and new mothers - received $270 million in funding to ...

The authorities say Trey Reed took his own life on his college campus, but in a nation ready to jump to judgment and in a ...