Politics

Billionaire investor Ray Dalio said studying hard-right countries from the 1930s can shed light on how President-Elect Donald Trump would reshape the US government under the banner of efficiency. Dalio,...

President-elect Trump’s team is confident that Senate Republicans will approve his cabinet selection – despite some of the picks raising eyebrows from Republicans and Democrats alike. A Trump transition official...

OPTICS The sound of Hope: Music school opens doors for Roma youth An accomplished classical violinist is offering an alternative to life in the ghetto. Text byBORYANA DZHAMBAZOVA Photos by...

Conservative Republican Nick Begich has won a tight race for Alaska’s lone seat in the House of Representatives, according to the Associated Press. Begich defeated his main rival, Rep. Mary...

The Senate overwhelmingly rejected three disapproval resolutions filed by Sen Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Wednesday aimed at blocking arms sales to Israel.  Sanders, 83, had sought to block a $20...

An effort by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., to block certain U.S. weapons sales to Israel was overwhelmingly rejected by the U.S. Senate Wednesday evening. Sanders’ joint resolution of disapproval, which...

President-elect Trump chose former ambassador and Rep. Pete Hoekstra for his pick for the U.S. ambassador to Canada. “Pete is well-respected in the Great State of Michigan – A State...

Opponents of a defeated California ballot measure to raise the state’s minimum wage said voters made the right call in pushing back against a proposal that would otherwise have resulted...

Republicans are gearing up for a trifecta of control in Congress next year with a heightened focus on legislation against transgender medical procedures on minors.  During a Senate panel on...

A village in Sardinia, Italy, called Ollolai, is dangling an offer it says is for politics-weary Americans in search of a reprieve: houses for next to nothing. The promotion, aimed...