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As the nation’s political press obsess over the fate of the administration’s Build Back Better proposal, nothing less than the ultimate success or fai...

The disgraced former British spy Christopher Steele has kept a low profile in recent years. Understandably so, given that investigations revealed his ...

The Biden administration is hesitant to call our competition with China a new Cold War, even though Beijing has zero qualms about making the parallels...

In an age in which religiosity is waning, the notion that a person would forgo a medical treatment, perhaps even a life-saving one, because of sincere...

This has been a year marked by terrifying news about climate change: extreme weather, massive wildfires, persistent drought in some areas and catastro...

Last wee k and thi s, The Wall Street Journal identified 131 federal judges who, between 2010 and 2018, heard cases involving entities in which they, ...

Iowa is represented in the U.S. House by three Republicans and one Democrat. After last year’s census, an independent advisory commission drew a new m...

If there is one universally recognized principle in American political life, it’s that the president of the United States should want Christmas to com...

Questions like which came first, the chicken or the egg, are irrelevant because they’re unanswerable (although for the record, scientists come down on...

Americans continue to have a dim view of Congress. And for good reason. Legislative gridlock due to closely divided houses is one factor. But the top ...

The symbolism of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize goes far beyond its tribute to Maria Ressa and Dimitry Muratov, independent journalists fighting for freed...

It has become common in some circles to call the Jan. 6 Capitol riot an “armed insurrection.” That leads to a few questions: How many rioters were arm...

When the Biden administration proposed allowing the federal government to negotiate Medicare drug prices earlier this year, the nonpartisan Congressio...

California legislation just signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom requires all large stores to “maintain a gender-neutral section or area ... in which a reasona...

Gifted students have to check their privilege and get over themselves. It doesn’t matter whether they are minorities. It doesn’t matter whether they w...

KABUL, Afghanistan — With the Taliban in power in Afghanistan, there’s a new enemy ascending. The Islamic State group threatens to usher in another vi...

Facebook’s critics have long argued that the social media giant is bad for consumers, bad for children and bad for the country — a serial abuser of it...

FORT WORTH, Texas (TNS) — When I called to schedule an annual well-check appointment for my son, I was told that he would need to wear a mask in the o...