Authors María Esperanza Casullo and Harry Brown analyze the rise to power of radical leaders supported by discontented societies: ‘Populism is a warning about what has gone wrong in democracy’
The executive order the Republican official signed on Feb. 22 bans girls’ and women’s sports teams with transgender athletes from using county facilities including ballfields, basketball and tennis courts, swimming pools and ice rinks
The bill was approved by lawmakers scrambling to address a wave of criticism after services were halted at some of the state’s largest fertility clinics. Doctors from at least one clinic said they would resume IVF services on Thursday
Thursday’s State of the Union address opens a new phase of the presidential campaign
The hearing is part of the next step in their lengthy impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, though republicans have yet to produce evidence of misconduct by him while in public office
Commuters may be subjected to random searches of their bags and backpacks, a move a leading civil rights group warns against
Phillips, a 55-year-old multimillionaire, was the only elected Democrat to challenge Biden for the presidency. He often argued the U.S. President was too old to serve a second term
Countries in the region are suffering more pronounced economic changes than any other region, according to a study by the United Nations Development Program
The former president won the vast majority of the delegates allocated in the 15 states that voted March 5
Committees in the state Senate and House approved nearly identical bills that would protect providers from lawsuits and criminal prosecution for the ‘damage or death of an embryo’ during IVF services
Sinema’s border-security ambitions, and her career in Congress, were swallowed by the partisanship that has paralyzed Congress
The rule would bring the average credit card late fee down from $32. The bureau estimates banks brought in roughly $14 billion in credit card late fees a year
The court’s decision came just hours after the Justice Department asked it to intervene
His announcement sets up an expected race with Texas Sen. John Cornyn, who held the No. 2 leadership post until he was term-limited five years ago
The Fifth Circuit vacates the lower court’s decision, but gives the Biden administration seven days to appeal the ruling, moving the case closer to being heard at the Supreme Court
The launch has been closely watched since last July, when the Food and Drug Administration said the once-a-day Opill could be sold without a prescription. Manufacturer Perrigo noted there will be no age restrictions on sales
Teixeira, 22, admitted illegally collecting military secrets and sharing them with other users on Discord, a social media platform popular with people playing online games. Prosecutors plan to seek nearly 17 years in prison for him
Polls are showing a big advantage for Joe Biden among Democrats, and for Donald Trump among Republicans. Even so, after this week they will still not have the mathematical majority
The Republican and Democratic candidates are coming into this week’s contest with unusually large leads over their rivals
Weisselberg will be sentenced to five months in jail. Prosecutors accused him of lying under oath when he answered questions in a deposition in May and at the October trial about allegations that Trump lied about his wealth
Moscow’s official doctrine allows these weapons to be used if ‘the very existence of the Russian Federation is under threat’
Scientists are using the Maui wildfire as a chance to study how chemicals and metals from burned plastics, lead paint and lithium-ion batteries might affect delicate reef ecosystems
Over the course of U.S. history, those aides have absorbed the personalities, the quirks, the speech cadences of the most powerful leader on the globe
With Republicans now holding a 219-213 edge, with three vacancies, it’s hard to understate the stakes
Trump is challenging a groundbreaking decision by the Colorado Supreme Court that said he is disqualified from being president again and ineligible for the state’s primary
The Republican National Committee had made the pledge a prerequisite for all candidates, and nearly every major contender signed, except for Donald Trump
The National Weather Service said conditions would improve as winds weakened Sunday, but precipitation would quickly return, with heavy snow in some areas and rainfall in others
