SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The University of Southern California canceled a gubernatorial debate planned for Tuesday after candidates of color who would have been excluded accused the school of discrim...

PALM BEACH, Fla. — Suddenly Donald Trump, who arguably has some mastery of the business arts, is in defiance of one of the fundamental principles of his trade: Hope is not a strategy. We’re not talkin...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has pledged to irreversibly cement his country’s status as a nuclear power while maintaining a hard-line stance toward South Korea, which he c...

The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. By GREGORY F. TREVERTON Professor of Practice in International Relations, USC Dornsife C...

Silicon Valley was energized by legal immigrants from all over the world who founded eBay, Google, Nvidia, SpaceX, Stripe, Sun Microsystems, Tesla, Yahoo, and a host of others. The Greek American Elia...

By JULIE CARR SMYTH and JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press FAIRFIELD, Ohio (AP) — Although President Donald Trump is the top Democratic nemesis, some of the party’s most ambitious leaders are increasin...

LEBANON, N.J. (AP) — Tom Kean Jr.’s political pedigree dates to 1776, when one of his ancestors became New Jersey’s first leader after the United States declared independence. His great grandfather wa...

With control of Congress on the ballot in November, state attorney general races can get lost in the shuffle. But just outside the election spotlight, there are partisan groups, corporate interests an...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House said Friday that Congress should “preempt state AI laws” that it views as too burdensome, laying out a broad framework for how it wants Congress to address concerns a...

To the Editor: As a frequent letter writer to the editor, I have become dismayed at the Democrats and their views. They incessantly spew hatred for Donald Trump, hatred for his cabinet members, hatred...

To the Editor: The death of American military personnel in a senseless war is just that: senseless. As of this writing, 13 American military personnel have died. Over 100 have been wounded, some no do...

What did you vote for? That is the critical question facing Americans — more than 77 million of them — who voted for Donald Trump in 2024. For the true believers who wear red hats and belong to MAGA N...

On March 1, an immigrant from Senegal, apparently angry over the U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran, donned a T-shirt that said “Property of Allah,” grabbed a Koran, a pistol and a semi-automatic rifle and h...

When President Donald Trump ordered an armada of naval vessels, fighter planes, bombers and hightech surveillance drones to the Middle East, he thought he had the answer to decades of tension and terr...

By WILLIAM M. COTTER President and CEO Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association National Sunshine Week, March 15-21, is a time to highlight the importance of open, transparent government and to call attenti...

Until last year, for some 46 years, Iran enjoyed a North Korea-like reputation in the heart of the Middle East: always unpredictable, reckless, dangerous, inevitably to be nuclear, self-destructive, a...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration likes to promote its immigration enforcement agenda through numbers, with ambitious goals to deport 1 million people, report zero releases at the U.S.-Mexico...

WASHINGTON (AP) — John Wrory Ficklin was 7 when he learned that his father, the son of a slave, was important. It was 1963, and the nation was mourning President John F. Kennedy. Wrory Ficklin was sit...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration this week stepped up its ambitious effort to replace about $1.6 trillion in lost tariff revenue that was eliminated by the Supreme Court’s decision to strike...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Since starting a war with Iran caused oil and gasoline prices to spike, President Donald Trump has pivoted from a focus on keeping energy prices low to trying to paint high oil price...