Supreme Court seems inclined to limit race-based electoral districts under the Voting Rights Act

The Supreme Court appears ready to gut a key tool of the Voting Rights Act that's helped root out racial discrimination in ...

Federal workers endure financial strain and fear layoffs as the government shutdown drags on

Federal workers furloughed or working without pay are feeling the financial squeeze and fear being swept up in the Trump administration's layoffs.

Senate Democrats, holding out for health care, ready to reject government funding bill for 10th time

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats are poised for the 10th time Thursday to reject a stopgap spending bill that would reopen ...

Trump threatened to move World Cup games away from Boston, but it’s up to FIFA to pick sites

We could take them away,” President Donald Trump said of the World Cup games. “I love the people of Boston and I know the ...

Trump confirms the CIA is conducting covert operations inside Venezuela

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump confirmed on Wednesday that he has authorized the CIA to conduct covert operations ...

Is college worth the cost? Universities work to show the return on investment of a degree

American higher education has been grappling with both sides of the ROI equation — tuition costs and graduate earnings. It’s ...

Judge temporarily blocks the Trump administration from firing workers during the government shutdown

A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from firing workers during the ...

US kills 6 people in strike on boat accused of carrying drugs near Venezuela, Trump says

The United States struck another small boat accused of carrying drugs in the waters off Venezuela, killing six people, President Donald Trump<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More ...

Angry with their governments, the world's young are filling the streets as 'Gen Z' protesters

From the Andes to the Himalayas, a new wave of protests is unfolding across the world, driven by generational discontent ...

A Theodore Roosevelt library is opening soon. Visitors must pack a bag for North Dakota

The library rises from the flat, grassy top of a butte across a highway from Theodore Roosevelt National Park, which had more ...
The Economist

Britain’s Labour Party has no more safe seats

Number 10’s focus on defectors to Reform exacerbates Labour’s problem. Polling by YouGov shows that more Britons think the ...
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Pennsylvania man pleads guilty in arson attack at governor's mansion while Shapiro's family slept

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A man who scaled an iron security fence in the middle of the night, eluded police and used beer ...