The justices will cross paths with President Donald Trump just days after he bitterly criticized them in personal terms for ...

A federal appeals court is weighing whether the Trump administration unlawfully shut down a $20 billion green bank program and froze money meant for climate nonprofits.

While it lacks the open barbarity of the Trump administration’s most dramatic crimes — kidnapping, say, or unwarranted ...

Iran and the United States are due to hold new talks in Geneva on Thursday over Tehran’s nuclear program. The talks come as ...

President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address is likely to be a test run of the message Republicans will give to voters ...

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Trump already holds the record for the longest speech to a joint session of Congress. But his State of the Union tonight ...

Jesse Jackson’s two campaigns for president, in 1984 and 1988, were unsuccessful but historic. The civil rights activist and organizer, who died on Feb. 17, 2026, helped pave the way ...