In pageantry and politics, China summit yields Xi’s goal — equal footing with U.S.
BEIJING — President Donald Trump embraced a name for this week’s summit with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, riffing on...
Why won’t Democrats moderate on immigration? Here’s a clue.
Ask yourself a question: Why are Democrats so opposed to deporting the millions of illegal migrants who flooded into the...
Supreme Court temporarily clears way for mail distribution of widely used abortion pill
The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that patients can, for now, continue to access by mail the most commonly used...
JD Vance praises Sen. Susan Collins, a GOP moderate and occasional Trump foe
BANGOR, Maine — Vice President JD Vance traveled to this key battleground for control of Congress on Thursday to energize...
People who are optimistic tend to have healthier hearts, study finds
For decades, heart health advice has focused on a few key pillars: Eat healthily, exercise, don’t smoke, and manage cholesterol,...
I have never felt that the U.S. government was imposing beliefs on me until now
Regarding the May 13 online news article “White House to host 9-hour prayer festival focused on Christian roots of U.S.”:...
A rift between Pope Leo and the White House deepens
Pope Leo XIV and Secretary of State Marco Rubio were diplomatic after their recent meeting. But the conflict between the...
Here’s a clue why the Democrats won’t move to the center on immigration
Ask yourself a question: Why are Democrats so opposed to deporting the millions of illegal migrants who flooded into the...
Rubio is banned from China, but Beijing may have found a way around it
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, a fierce China critic, was banned in 2020 from entering the country. On Thursday, however,...
Louisiana, at center of voting rights fight, moves to redraw Black House district
Republican state senators in Louisiana approved a congressional map Thursday designed to give the party another seat, continuing the GOP’s...
Latvian government collapses amid dispute over breaches by Ukrainian drones
Latvia’s government collapsed on Thursday over a dispute about stray Ukrainian drones that crashed in the Baltic country near the...
Studies link optimism to better heart health, lower risk of disease
For decades, heart health advice has focused on a few key pillars: Eat healthily, exercise, don’t smoke, and manage cholesterol,...
The 42 best things to do in D.C. this weekend and next week
Celebrations of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month include major street festivals in D.C. and Fairfax, a night market...
With a ferocious turn as Othello, a TV star earns the acting ‘trifecta’
Wendell Pierce can recall the exact evening — the exact moment, in fact — that he unlocked William Shakespeare’s lyrical...
RFK Jr. is going to war against SSRIs. Doctors and patients are caught in the middle.
Jamie Pearse was 14 when she started taking SSRIs, in the 1990s, as antidepressants were becoming a cultural fixture. She...
