The Day Flights Froze While Death Row Echoed

The November election of Donald Trump has given hope to a large number of native residents of a small Indiana town that has been swamped by migrants.

As one of his final acts as president, Joe Biden is commuting the death sentences of 37 of the federal government’s 40 death row inmates, giving them life sentences instead. These 37 men include some of the most violent killers in the United States.

The House Ethics Committee released its highly anticipated report on former Rep. Matt Gaetz, detailing allegations of sexual misconduct, drug use and obstruction. He denies wrongdoing.

Dahlia Lithwick

The president left in place the capital punishment sentences of just three of 40 federal inmates: Robert Bowers, Dzhokar Tsarnaev and Dylann Roof.

President Joe Biden's decision to commute the sentences of 37 death row inmates ignited a fierce debate about the morality of executions.

It's looking like 2024 will be the hottest year since record-keeping began, unseating 2023 for the top spot. Climate change is playing a role, and scientists say it was even hotter than expected.

Chinese artificial-intelligence startups are using workarounds to challenge OpenAI despite a lack of access to advanced chips.

“Coercive diplomacy” under President-elect Trump could leave Tehran to choose either a negotiated disassembly of its nuclear capability, or a forced one.

The president-elect appears to be entertaining an American territorial expansion that, if he's serious, would rival the Louisiana Purchase.

Some 24.6 million people—half of Sudan’s population—are experiencing food insecurity, which cements its status as the world’s worst hunger hot spot.

Mark Calabria on Mortgages, Interest Rates, and Debt

He campaigned on reducing US foreign involvement, but his ideas echo the doctrine of Manifest Destiny

He campaigned on reducing US foreign involvement, but his ideas echo the doctrine of Manifest Destiny

President-elect Donald Trump will encounter an Iran that is suddenly far more brittle than it was during his first administration.

A technical issue created chaos at the height of the hectic holiday travel season.

American Airlines briefly grounded flights nationwide due to a technical issue just as the Christmas travel season kicks into high gear.

A man died on a Santa Cruz beach Monday after being pinned under debris washed up by a large wave, authorities said. Another man has been reported missing.

Evan Chung

In his maiden speech as NATO secretary-general, Mark Rutte ominously warned that peacetime is over as he delivered a cocktail of half-truths to demand ever-increased military spending.

Part of the wharf in Santa Cruz, California, broke off and floated into the Pacific as a string of storms pounded the West Coast with large waves.

In a new memoir, Tariq Ali recounts his work and activism across the end of the Cold War era and the era of neoliberal globalization. He spoke to Jacobin about what it means to be an anti-imperialist in a changed world.

The House Ethics Committee rarely releases reports on members once they've resigned, but it has happened before.

The sprawling case puts a spotlight on crisis publicists, who typically remain behind the scenes but have become the story here.

President Biden has signed the annual defense authorization bill into law.

As one of his final acts as president, Joe Biden is commuting the death sentences of 37 of the federal government’s 40 death row inmates, giving them life sentences instead. These 37 men include some of the most violent killers in the United States.

As one of his final acts as president, Joe Biden is commuting the death sentences of 37 of the federal government’s 40 death row inmates, giving them life sentences instead. These 37 men include some of the most violent killers in the United States.

After a brief outage that grounded and delayed all American Airlines flights during one of the most popular travel periods of the year, the airline says it has resumed normal service operations Tuesday morning.

Pakistan rejected American assertions that it is developing ballistic-missile technology that could give it the capability to strike the U.S.

Over the course of her campaign, with all the wrong people in her ear, Kamala Harris rejected the type of economic populism that could have salvaged last month’s elections.

Hundreds of Christians marched through the streets of Damascus on Tuesday to protest the burning of a Christmas tree in a village in central Syria. Christians have been highly skeptical of promises to protect all religious minorities made by the Islamist rebel leaders who overthrew dictator Bashar Assad.

Robinson said his migrant pal smoked about $30 worth of the synthetic drug every day and lost it when he drank.

Here's an overview on what restaurants, grocery stores and retail stores will be open or closed on Christmas Eve this year.

Efforts to cut government spending and eliminate waste are dwarfed by the rising costs of the social safety net programs and interest expenses.

New research suggests that the company makes the communities it operates in poorer—even taking into account its famous low prices.

A chemical company director has been charged in connection with the unauthorized discharge of oil that left a miles-long oily mix of chemicals on the Flint River in Michigan.

Alec Baldwin's legal woes from the 2022 shooting of "Rust" cinematographer are over after prosecutors dropped their appeal to continue the case.

Efforts to cut government spending and eliminate waste are dwarfed by the rising costs of the social safety net programs and interest expenses.

Imogen West-Knights

President-elect Trump and Elon Musk will face the rising costs of the social safety net programs and interest expenses, which dwarf government spending.

Generative AI is making it easier for fraudsters to dupe people, now more than ever. Protect yourself from scams this holiday season with these five tips.

Despite Democrat objections to a provision that excludes coverage of “transgender medical treatments” for children in military families, President Biden signed a bill into law on Monday that authorizes pay increases for junior enlisted service members, “aims” to counter China's growing power, and it increases overall military spending to $895 billion.

The IRS said checks will be automatically sent out in the coming weeks to those who failed to claim the Recovery Rebate Credit in 2021.

Included are Paris Hilton's bill to protect institutionalized teenagers and a bill to address hazing on college campuses.

American Airlines briefly grounded flights nationwide due to a technical problem just as the Christmas travel season kicked into overdrive and winter weather threatened more potential problems for those planning to fly or drive.

The former congressman says he's innocent. Committee report contains volumes of allegedly incriminating detail.

A suspect in Azusa, California, has been arrested after allegedly murdering a 17-year-old cheerleader just days before Christmas.

Freshly baked pretzels, shining tree lights and sleds in the snow lend a ruddy warmth to the mountains of Washington state.

A day after Biden’s commutations, the president-elect says his DOJ will ‘vigorously pursue the death penalty’

Take a peek at videos on TikTok and you'll see British folks sharing their scenic countryside jaunts or braving the elements in "wellies."

It's that time of the year when families and friends come together to share their holiday cheer and a few circulating pathogens.

With his pick for ambassador to Mexico, Trump signals that he might be serious about sending U.S. troops to fight the drug cartels