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Across much of the industrial world, trust in government is low and declining. Why is this happening and why, exactly, does it matter?

An unusually thorough new study looks at these questions and finds answers that are ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Thomas Massie has long portrayed himself as an unflinching fiscal hawk in Congress, willing to publicly tangle with President Donald Trump on everything from spending bills to foreign aid to the release of ...Read more

As former President Ronald Reagan famously noted, if you subsidize something, you’ll get more of it. But when it comes to higher education, that’s only half the story.

For decades, America’s education establishment ...Read more

The setting: a two-story home in Whittier, California, prettied with holiday decorations, pet beds, American flags and a shelf of tchotchkes dedicated to John Wayne.

The face-off: 63-year-old Gloria Valles and her ...Read more

President Donald Trump granted Nvidia Corp. permission to ship its H200 artificial intelligence chip to China in exchange for a 25% surcharge, a move that lets the world’s most valuable company potentially regain ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Republicans and the Trump administration are set to urge the Supreme Court during oral arguments Tuesday to continue its long-term trend of overturning campaign finance limits.

The challenge, from the ...Read more

DENVER — The latest attempt by former Mesa County clerk Tina Peters to secure release from a state prison fizzled out in federal court Monday.

Chief Magistrate Judge Scott Varholak of the U.S. District Court of Colorado...Read more

A group founded by progressive activist David Hogg endorsed Lauren Babb Tomlinson in the race for an open Sacramento-area congressional seat.

Hogg earlier this year served a brief tenure as DNC vice chair that was cut ...Read more

The growing Republican field of candidates running for governor will appear on a stage for the first time together Monday evening, offering a preview of early attack lines and who might be rising to the top of the pack.

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The Food and Drug Administration has delayed a promised review of safety data for the abortion drug mifepristone at Commissioner Marty Makary’s request to put it off until after the midterm elections, according to people...Read more

“60 Minutes” is back in President Donald Trump’s crosshairs.

Trump went after the prestigious CBS News program following an interview Sunday with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., his once ardent ally who is ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s conservatives sounded ready on Monday to overrule Congress and give President Donald Trump more power to fire officials at independent agencies and commissions.

The justices heard ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump pressured farm-equipment manufacturers to drop prices for tractors as he announced $12 billion in farmer relief, his latest efforts to address Americans’ concerns about shaky ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will address high prices and a stubborn economy when he stops by a Pennsylvania swing county Tuesday to sell his fiscal message to the battleground state. But one key Senate ally ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s conservative majority appeared ready Monday to grant President Donald Trump more power to remove officials from the Federal Trade Commission and similar agencies, despite laws giving ...Read more

A northwest Georgia state senator said on social media Monday that he plans to run for the congressional seat being vacated by U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.

State Sen. Colton Moore, a Republican from Trenton, said in ...Read more

DENVER — State Rep. Shannon Bird will resign from the Colorado Legislature next month as she turns her focus to securing the Democratic nomination for a key congressional seat.

Bird, a Westminster Democrat, announced ...Read more

With the tech takeover of Hollywood coming fast, legacy film studios now face an existential crisis. Paramount was swallowed by Skydance during a months-long $8 billion merger finalized in August. Warner Bros. is next, but...Read more

Frank Gehry taught students at our nation’s most prestigious private universities, and at California’s most underresourced public schools, that their signatures were invaluable. He had them compare and contrast theirs ...Read more

It is hard to imagine a worse decision than the Supreme Court’s ruling on Thursday allowing Texas to use its new congressional maps designed to elect five more Republicans to the House of Representatives. In a 6-3 ...Read more