To the Editor: Whatever happened to cocaine in the White House (the most protected home on earth)? Joe Biden was president and his drug-addicted son, Hunter, was in residence. Cameras were and still a...

The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. By AARON WALAYAT Assistant Professor of Law, University of Dayton Immigration and Custom...

The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. By ASHLEY SANCHEZ Associate Professor of Immigration, University of Notre Dame The Depar...

Recently, the usual suspects became very excited by what they viewed as an explosive revelation in the Jeffrey Epstein case. The Justice Department, they alleged, had suppressed an account of a woman ...

DORAL, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump insisted he had the answer for Republicans anxious about losing their congressional majority this year: build on an already strict national voter identificati...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are divided along party lines on U.S. military action against Iran, according to polls conducted since the war began, with most polls showing opposition is higher than supp...

The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. By CHARLES WALLDORF Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Wake Forest Univers...

is the moment This when total war meets the fog of war. Not in tiny steps but in one great leap, the United States has triggered, and itself soon will experience, a frightful period of total war that ...

To the Editor: On Jan. 20, meinfuhrer Trump and his fascist cabinet and corrupt appointees took control of our government. They immediately, upon taking power, spit on our constitution and bill of rig...

The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. By MEHRZAD BOROUJERDI Vice Provost and Dean of College of Arts, Sciences, and Education,...

WHEN WE WATCH WAR unfold on television, there is fear and uncertainty. But there also can be the detachment of distance. It is not a comfort, but it can be insulating to know what is happening is so f...

To the Editor: It was a very shameful display the way the Democrats behaved at the recent State of the Union address. From those elected who chose not to be there, to holding up a protest sign, to not...

War is the use of arms to settle differences— tribal, political, religious, cultural, and material—between organized groups. It is unchanging. The general laws of armed conflict stays immutable, given...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump promised that 2026 would be a bumper year for economic growth, but instead it has kicked off with job losses, rising gasoline prices and more uncertainty about...

James Talarico rode viral video fame to the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Texas. Now Republicans want to turn years of candid on-camera musings against him. Conservatives are digging throug...

Meetings in local government this week Here is a look at upcoming government meetings around the Mid-Mon Valley this week. If there’s an item or other event of public interest, we’ll include that belo...

It is a special kind of folly to make longterm predictions amid the fog of war. Nobody knows how Operation Epic Fury will end. But there are already a few things we can celebrate and condemn. On the c...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday he should be involved in choosing Iran’s next supreme leader as the U.S. and Israel hammered the country for a sixth day. I...

WORLD BRIEFLY WASHINGTON (AP) The House narrowly rejected a war powers resolution Thursday to halt President Donald Trump’s attacks on Iran, an early sign of unease in Congress over the rapidly wideni...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump on Thursday fired his embattled Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, after mounting criticism over her leadership of the department, including the handling...