Sometimes, superpowers have a hard time getting smaller allies to do what they want with the assistance they provide. Often, it is to the detriment of the larger power’s interests.

The United States has faced a fair bit of this in recent decades. In Africa, U.S. partners Chad, Niger and Burkina Faso have diverted U.S. security ...Read more

ATLANTA — The Georgia attorney general’s office has asked the state Supreme Court to reinstate the restrictive abortion law that was struck down by a Fulton County judge earlier this week.

In a court filing, Georgia Solicitor General Stephen Petrany asked the justices to “affirm basic constitutional principles” and put an order made by ...Read more

The vice presidential candidates appeared to find some agreement during their Tuesday night debate over child care and paid family leave, in the longest and most in-depth campaign exchange about these issues to date.

In California and throughout the nation, these issues are key to improving quality of life for families that struggle to take ...Read more

The 2024 general election is nearing — and so is the window for eligible voters to cast their ballots.

Californians will help choose the next president and vice president of the United States.

They’ll also vote on candidates for U.S. senators and representatives as well as a number of ballot propositions.

Here’s what you need to know ...Read more

In contrast to the scattered, angry, erratic, openly demagogic man at the top of the ticket, Sen. JD Vance was calm and clear and presentable in Tuesday night’s debate against Gov. Tim Walz, Kamala Harris’ choice to be a heartbeat away from the presidency. Vance probably even won on points, if you judge these things like a high school debate...Read more

The past eight years have clearly demonstrated that who sits on the federal courts matters.

The country has watched the Supreme Court take a sharp turn to the right on issues such as abortion, the Second Amendment and presidential power.

And the public has lost faith in the Supreme Court, which has an approval rating of 40%, a...Read more

Each major election over the past two years has prompted the refrain: “Abortion is on the ballot.” That is certainly true of the upcoming presidential election and down-ballot races in November 2024.

Sharp contrasts exist between Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris and Republican contender Donald Trump about reproductive...Read more

The ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine has played out largely on land and in the air. It is a bitterly contested, grueling ground war, accompanied by brutal Russian aerial attacks on civilian infrastructure and a slow but increasing Ukrainian response.

But a less appreciated but vital focus of the war is happening on water, ...Read more

After Taylor Swift endorsed Kamala Harris for president in early September 2024, posting a message to her 284 million fans on Instagram, some Democratic strategists suggested that an endorsement from Puerto Rican recording artist Bad Bunny could do more to sway the election – particularly in the key swing state of Pennsylvania, which is ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court opens a new term Monday, facing major decisions on whether states can ban "gender-affirming care" for transgender teens and if the U.S. government can restrict the sale of untraceable "ghost guns."

Both cases could have a broad impact in the years ahead.

The first could outlaw discrimination nationwide against...Read more

WASHINGTON — Even in an era of declining rates of violent crime nationwide, Republicans continue to bash Democrats on the issue. But a former federal prosecutor campaigning in a purple-tinged district in Southern California is striking back.

Democrat Will Rollins, making his second run against Republican Rep. Ken Calvert in California’s ...Read more

It’s hardly news when Donald Trump says something objectionable, outrageous and disqualifying for occupying the highest office in the land.

But his statement over the weekend at a rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, regarding police struck us as worthy of highlighting — and condemning. Speaking in the context of giving police more latitude to ...Read more

As former President Donald Trump worked to scuttle a bipartisan border deal in Congress because it threatened to derail his campaign’s focus on immigration, Republicans in Arizona unveiled a plan to empower local officials to jail and deport migrants, decrying the federal government’s lack of solutions.

“Arizona is in a crisis,” state ...Read more

Recent reporting reveals Chief Justice John Roberts has entirely thrown off the veneer of being willing to moderate extremists on the Supreme Court. His opinions in multiple cases related to the January 6 insurrection have been alarming, and he’s refused to push two ethically conflicted justices — Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito — to ...Read more

Dr. Kristin Lyerly’s placenta detached from her uterus when she was 17 weeks pregnant with her fourth son in 2007. Her doctor in Madison, Wisconsin, gave the devastated recent medical school graduate one option: to deliver and bury her dead child. But she requested a dilation and evacuation abortion procedure, knowing it would be less invasive...Read more

There’s a glimmer of light in Georgia this week after state Judge Robert McBurney struck down the state’s cruel abortion ban, which prohibited abortion after six weeks of pregnancy. As many medical professionals and advocates have routinely pointed out, this is often before women realize they’re pregnant in the first place, and the limited...Read more

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Some voters are already casting early ballots in the first presidential election since the global pandemic ended and former President Donald Trump refused to accept his defeat.

This year’s presidential election won’t be decided by a margin of millions of votes, but likely by thousands in the seven tightly contested ...Read more

ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. — The signs on the empty historic buildings envision an urban utopia of sorts, complete with street cafes, bustling bike lanes and a grocery co-op.

“IMAGINE What Could Be Here,” gushes one sign outside the empty, Neoclassical post office. “IMAGINE! A Vibrant Downtown,” reads another mounted on the glass front of a ...Read more