Democratic President-elect Joe Biden is considering naming Tom Donilon, a veteran diplomat and national security adviser to former President Barack Obama, as director of the CIA, a person familiar ...

President-elect Joe Biden's pick to be his ambassador to the United Nations in New York will have to tackle Washington's waning leadership at the world body in the face of a more assertive China, ...

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In a little-covered speech, the Supreme Court justice explained how he thinks the court should reverse rulings conservatives don’t like. Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas. In an ...

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Tom Homan, the White House border czar, became entangled in an FBI sting last year after an associate of his suggested to undercover FBI agents that Homan could facilitate future government contracts ...

Justice Thomas spoke at length this week about his Catholic upbringing during an hourlong conversation with one of his former law clerks at The Catholic University of America. U.S. Supreme Court ...

President Donald Trump’s “wall of fame” depicting all 46 people to serve as president along a walkway between the White House residence and the West Wing is complete — with one notable exception. The ...

“I’ve just come from seeing a dead boy – and you killed him.” Those were the words of writer and civil rights activist James Baldwin (1924-1987) from a long-ago television appearance. Years after, ...

“I’ve just come from seeing a dead boy – and you killed him.” Those were the words of writer and civil rights activist James Baldwin (1924-1987) from a long-ago television appearance. Years after, ...

Phoenix Mercury star Alyssa Thomas declined to comment on her run-in with Minnesota Lynx star Napheesa Collier in Tuesday's instant classic Game 2 Sep 21, 2025; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Phoenix ...