By NICHOLAS RICCARDI AND LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are exceptionally anxious about their political system, according to new international polling from Gallup, a situa...

By BRIAN WITTE AND BILL BARROW Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Maryland (AP) — President Donald Trump is taking steps toward installing near the White House a replica of a statue of famed explorer Christo...

By VALERIE GONZALEZ, ERIC GAYAND BILL BARROW Associated Press DILLEY, Texas (AP) — Democratic Reps. Joaquin Castro and Jasmine Crockett on Wednesday visited a 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy and his father ...

NEW YORK (AP) — No longer confined to the partisans and activists, the fierce backlash against Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown has begun to break out across American culture, spanning the worlds ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A growing number of Republicans are pressing for a deeper investigation into federal immigration tactics in Minnesota after a U.S. Border Patrol agent fatally shot a man in Minneapol...

By PETER SMITH AND TIFFANY STANLEY Associated Press American religious history is rife with protest movements and civil disobedience. Yet it is rare for political protests to happen inside a house of ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A stunning military intervention in Venezuela. Telling the New York Giants which coach to hire. Threats against Iran, Denmark, Greenland and Colombia. Posing with someone else’s Nobe...

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The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Eileen Higgins won a historic victory in December. She became the first woman ever elect...

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...

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By LINLEY SANDERS AND AMELIA THOMSON-DEVEAUX Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are increasingly rejecting the two major political parties, according to new polling. Just under half, 45%, of...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol “does not happen” without Donald Trump, former special counsel Jack Smith told lawmakers earlier this month in characterizing the Republica...

NEW YORK (AP) — Zohran Mamdani became mayor of New York City just after midnight Thursday, taking the oath of office at an historic, decommissioned subway station in Manhattan. Mamdani, a Democrat, wa...

By STEPHEN GROVES AND LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Pete Hegseth barely squeaked through a grueling Senate confirmation process to become secretary of defense earlier this year, faci...

BOSTON (AP) — The Justice Department on Tuesday sued six more states in its ongoing campaign to obtain detailed voter data and other election information. The department announced it was suing Delawar...

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an unlawful amnesty for hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens.” The Justice Department, she said, had “restored the integrity, impartiality, and independence of the Courts.” DHS did not respond to r...

The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. By MURAT HANER Assistant Professor, School of Criminology & Criminal Justice, Arizona St...