Minnesota U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar and her progressive congressional allies urged President Joe Biden on Friday to stop construction on Enbridge Energy's Line 3 replacement, even as the project nears completion and the options to stop it dwindle.
America remains awash in refuse as new cases of the coronavirus decline - and that has reignited a debate about the sustainability of burning more trash to create energy.
Fireworks are returning to New Orleans on Independence Day thanks to actor Will Smith.
The White House is upping its efforts to court Sen. Joe Manchin III, a vital Democratic swing-vote for President Biden's agenda, as bipartisan infrastructure talks stall.
President Biden is preparing executive actions that seek to combat gun violence.
Greece's government announced plans Friday to reopen the Acropolis in Athens and other ancient sites nationwide and provide free weekly rapid tests for COVID-19 for all the country's residents as it prepares to restart the tourism season in mid-May.
Seeking to stop the political bleeding, Joseph R. Biden struck out on the campaign trail Saturday in Pennsylvania, pushing back against President Trump's charge that he wants to bring the hammer down on the oil and gas industry in the state by banning fracking.
Facebook said it plans to temporarily stop running political ads in the U.S. after polls close on Election Day next month in order to "reduce opportunities for confusion or abuse" on its platform.
Forty percent of employees in the hotel business remain out-of-work as the coronavirus pandemic and economic shutdowns have hammered the hospitality industry nationwide, according to a new report from the American Hotel and Lodging Association.
A second pharmaceutical company promised more coronavirus fighting drugs Monday to hard-hit Louisiana as the state's death toll attributed to the virus rose to 512.
President Donald Trump says his administration has identified cases of "hoarding" of medical supplies and equipment by hospitals and medical professionals.
The National Rifle Association is America's largest gun rights organization with over 5 million members. Nevertheless, San Francisco officials recently voted to declare the organization a "terrorist group" - an idea which has appeal for some Americans, particularly Democrats.
Dictators throughout history have played the same games in order to stay in power. One stratagem is as old as Rome itself, after the republic became corrupt and gave way to an empire run by one man, rather than the Senate.
I have to admit I was hesitant when asked to participate in a 10-day "cultural tour" of Chechnya in the northern Caucasus.
A New Mexico man has pleaded guilty to making interstate bomb threats against an elementary school and a Walmart in southern Delaware
President Trump confirmed Thursday he and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone about the raging fires and about possible technical help the U.S. could offer. Moscow no doubt sees the Trump offer as the start of a pathway for better U.S.-Russia relations.
The Arabia Foundation was a pro-Saudi think tank in Washington, known for communicating on issues important to the Kingdom to the American audience and their representatives. It abruptly closed this week, leading to speculation as to why.
It was a move both obvious and ominous.
The People's Mujahadeen of Iran (PMOI/MEK) has been demonized for decades, due to an organized, effective disinformation campaign by Iranian intelligence, and the appeasement of the mullahs by American presidents since the Islamic Revolution during Jimmy Carter's tour at the White House.
The nation of Lebanon in the Levant, directly north of Israel, has long been an economic basket case, since its fall from grace as a tourist jewel on the Mediterranean several decades ago.
