The Gulf of Mexico was named by cartographers because it was a body of water that lapped up on the eastern shore of Mexico ...

Not for the two millennia since — actually, longer. Plato, four centuries before the Crucifixion, spent much time arguing what we know and how we know it. So as the United States of America prepares ...

President-elect Donald Trump is facing sentencing for his New York hush money conviction after the nation's highest court ...

As fires rage across Los Angeles and tens of thousands flee their homes, the usual suspects have decided to blame the blazes ...

President-elect Donald Trump has been active since seven in the morning and now gazes at the six advisers sitting before him ...

The president-elect’s musings about annexing Canada, Greenland, and the Panama Canal may just be bluster—or misdirection. But ...

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As the anniversary of the Jan. 6 riot passes, America prepares for a second Trump presidency. Where will the truth land?

The transfer of power to Donald Trump is shaping up to be, well, peaceful. No mobs are assembling to disrupt Congress’ Jan. 6 counting of electoral votes. No Democratic leaders are questioning ...

As history shows, the concept of America as an expansive global empire can be an intoxicating political force.

Late on a day of chaos and blood on January 6, 2021, it was unimaginable that Donald Trump — who summoned a mob to Washington ...

The president-elect has already muddied the history of that day, and by pardoning the Capitol rioters, he may be able to ...