Three separate controversies involving leaked text messages from private online group chats have rocked US political circles ...

The assassination of Charlie Kirk is only the latest in a string of violent events in America seen through a political lens. Less than two days after the Sept. 10 shooting death of the conservative ...

Falling right wing attacks and rising numbers of attacks by left-wing extremists come amid political polarization over Trump administration policies ...

Americans express roughly equal levels of concern about left-wing and right-wing extremism and violence, according to a new The Economist/YouGov poll. At the same time, overwhelming majorities believe ...

The assassination of MAGA activist Charlie Kirk at a college campus in Utah has ignited a firestorm of anger on the right, with many politicians and influencers excoriating “the left” and others ...

Baseless conspiracy theories about the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk have exploded on social media in the week since the shooting, with partisans from both sides pushing a dizzying ...

A new study suggests that people with strongly held political beliefs, whether liberal or conservative, tend to process ...

On the one hand, Chinese liberals employ the rhetoric of individual rights, parliamentary democracy, and free market ...

White nationalists participate in a torch-lit march on the grounds of the University of Virginia ahead of the Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville, Virginia on Aug. 11, 2017Stephanie Keith—REUTERS ...

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Charlie Kirk, a powerful right-wing activist, popular podcaster, and close friend and ally to President Donald Trump, was shot and killed while speaking at a college in Utah on Wednesday. Politicians ...

It's a given that if one party to a disagreement keeps breaking the rules in order to harm opponents, the other participants will eventually sink to the challenge and adopt—or escalate—out-of-bounds ...