Former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julián Castro (D) sharply criticized incoming “border czar” Tom Homan during a Friday appearance on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe," saying a "heart of cruelty" is behind President-elect Trump's strident immigration policies. Homan, who has encouraged undocumented immigrants to "self-deport" out of the U.S., said this week that family detention...

The Middle East is an artificial construct created by British and French diplomats after World War I, and the recent collapse of Syria has led to calls for the region to be divided according to ethnic and religious lines, as the current nation-states are not sustainable.

A genetic analysis of viral samples from a patient in Louisiana hospitalized with the first severe case of bird flu showed mutations that may result in the virus becoming more transmissible among humans, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The agency in its latest update released Thursday said the mutations were not found in...

Functional regulation is needed more than ever today.

The housing market will end the year with its highest 30-year mortgage rate since July at 6.85%, according to data from Freddie Mac.

President-elect Trump's legal issues dominated his 2024 presidential bid, where courtroom appearances were just as common as rallies and campaign stops. His cases also fundamentally altered America's legal landscape, redefining the law for presidents and opening a Pandora's box of questions that still stand to be litigated. Here’s how Trump’s cases changed the nation’s legal...

The two NFL games streamed Christmas Day on Netflix received about 24 million viewers each, the company said. The streaming platform showcased the Kansas City Chiefs versus Pittsburgh Steelers, with a prerecorded Mariah Carey song airing ahead of the game, and the Baltimore Ravens versus Houston Texans with a feature halftime performance from Beyoncé. Both...

The White House said Friday initial signs pointed to Russian air defenses downing a passenger plane that crashed over Kazakhstan and killed 38 people. White House national security spokesperson John Kirby told reporters that the U.S. has "early indications" Russia was responsible but declined to say much more, citing an ongoing investigation. "We have offered...

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis can be subpoenaed by Georgia lawmakers for information related to her case against Trump, a judge ruled on Monday.

Sen. Joe Manchin, I-W.Va., characterized President Biden's commutations of the sentences of two prisoners who had been on federal death row as "horribly misguided and insulting."