The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. By STEPHANIE A. (SAM) MARTIN FRANK Bethine Church Endowed Chair of Public Affairs, Boise...

By GEIR MOULSON, EMMA BURROWS AND JAMES BROOKS Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Leaders of Denmark and Greenland insisted Thursday that the island’s sovereignty was non-negotiable after U.S...

DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday scrapped the tariffs that he threatened to impose on eight European nations to press for U.S. control over Greenland, pulling a dramatic r...

You’ve seen videos of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers struggling to apprehend illegal immigrants in Minneapolis and elsewhere around the country. Many of those immigrants have criminal re...

To the Editor: The pictures coming out of Minneapolis are awful. ICE’s indiscriminant violence makes everyone vulnerable. We know who is responsible. It ends with Trump. Why is this happening? It has ...

John S. O’Brien II served as an expert witness in the Jerry Sandusky & John du Pont cases. By CHARLOTTE KEITH Spotlight PA HARRISBURG — Gov. Josh Shapiro’s nomination to the Board of Pardons is a psyc...

To the Editor: President Donald Trump and his band of cohorts have completed one history-making year of service to the American people. One year down and three unpredictable years remaining. The first...

Donald Trump and his top lieutenants believe there is no such thing as climate change. Donald Trump and his top lieutenants are worried sick about how the melting of the Arctic polar ice cap is openin...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal prosecutors served grand jury subpoenas Tuesday to Minnesota officials as part of an investigation into whether they obstructed or impeded law enforcement during a sweeping ...

As communities across the country on Monday hosted parades, panels and service projects for the 40th federal observation of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the political climate for some is more fraught w...

Something good has happened in American politics. Pro-life single-issue voters do not have to vote for Republicans anymore. The Republican Party in its platform decided during the last presidential el...

DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Corporate chiefs and government leaders including U.S. President Donald Trump swarm into Davos, Switzerland, this week, joining an elite annual meeting that promotes dialogue...

The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. By ROBERT A. STRONG Senior Fellow, Miller Center, University of Virginia Now that the 20...

The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. By PAUL WEBSTER HARE Master Lecturer and Interim Director of Latin American Studies, Bos...

Gov. Josh Shapiro currently holds a sizable money advantage again. Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro didn’t mention his likely Republican opponent by name once last week when he launched his reelection c...

The delay comes after the Trump administration changed the rules for the program, forcing states to adjust on the fly. Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit newsroom producing inv...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The mayor of Minneapolis said Sunday that sending active duty soldiers into Minnesota to help with an immigration crackdown is a ridiculous and unconstitutional idea as he urged pro...

At least six more countries said Sunday the United States has invited them to join U.S. President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace,” a new body of world leaders meant to oversee next steps in Gaza that’...

By STEFANIE DAZIO, JILL LAWLESS AND EMMA BURROWS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The eight European countries targeted by U.S. President Donald Trump for a 10% tariff for opposing American control of G...

Adecade ago, a famous and successful investor told me that “integrity lowers the cost of capital.” We were talking about Donald Trump at the time, and this Wall Street wizard was explaining why then-c...