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It is difficult, if not impossible, to attempt to counter polarization at a time when partisan sectarianism is intense and pervasive.

The former president is asking the Supreme Court to put the presidency above criminal law as he pursues a broader agenda of expanding the office’s power should he win the election.

Ukraine needs more men than it can field, even with draconian conscription policies. And it needs more material than the United States can provide.

The former president has tried to stoke fear around immigration and border security throughout his 2024 campaign, as he has done in the past.

The goal of the program is to keep people from skipping out on their asylum hearings, joining the millions of undocumented people who stay in the country indefinitely.

In a raucous State of the Union address, the president’s goal was to reassure Americans that at 81 he is ready for a second term. He made his case, loudly and forcefully.

In an address that previewed the issues his campaign will focus on in the November election, President Biden made the case for a second term.

Steve Nikoui yelled “Abbey Gate, Abbey Gate” during the speech, a reference to where his son, Lance Cpl. Kareem Nikoui, and 12 other troops were killed during the chaotic final days of the U.S. presence in Kabul.

A presidential contest between two older candidates is an opportunity for us to start recognizing the crucial needs of our aging population.

The 2,000-mile frontier has become a symbol in American politics as the debate over immigration grows increasingly polarized.

Federal prosecutors portrayed the former informant, Alexander Smirnov, 43, as a serial liar incapable of telling the truth about even the most basic details of his own life.

The White House and some Democrats tried to discredit a document that characterized the president as elderly and forgetful.

The president framed the election as a choice between a candidate devoted to upholding American ideals and a chaos agent willing to discard them for his personal benefit.

The dissatisfaction with the presidential front-runners among a key coalition of voters — who may vote third party or not at all — poses a serious threat to the president’s re-election effort.