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Moody’s Ratings downgraded the United States’ debt on Friday, stripping the country of its last perfect credit rating. The ...

Thursday’s Senate vote to block California’s ban on sales of gas cars is the latest GOP effort to stop state climate policies ...

Loosening the American grip on global power could be an essential first step towards achieving a more just and balanced ...

In the late 1980s, Joseph Nye, the Harvard political scientist who died this month, developed the concept of soft power. His ...

Multiple tornadoes and intense storms hit the eastern half of the United States on Tuesday as a relentless severe weather ...

With the United States on the sidelines, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are trying to play a role as mediators.

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments May 15 over Trump's bid to end birthright citizenship. Here's what that is, and ...

Since the earliest days of the Republic, American citizenship has been contested, subject to the anti-democratic impulses of ...

FEMA acting chief David Richardson has laid out the agency's intent for this upcoming hurricane season, cementing plans to ...

The responsibility of tackling the fentanyl issue in the United States lies within the U.S. itself, China's foreign ministry ...

Federalism is enshrined in the Constitution — and it's the best tool for states to fight back against Trump's power grabs.