Media coverage of smoke was abundant in the last 48 hours, and no wonder. The effect of smoke from Canadian wildfires sparked much press coverage -- and no wonder. There was much to write about..

Motionless windmills, solar plant glitches, shuttered coal plants and hydroelectric power stations stymied by low water levels -- that's the recipe cooking up for widespread power outages this summer, warns the country's leading watchdog on power grid reliability.

The Human Rights Campaign was accused of fear-mongering and donation-hustling after declaring a "national state of emergency" for LGBTQ Americans - and that by some of its fellow LGBTQ Americans.

Serbia's president on Wednesday promised an early parliamentary election, in an apparent attempt to defuse large protests against his populist rule in the wake of two mass shootings that shook the nation.

The smoke and haze emanating from the Canadian wildfires that have degraded the air quality along the Eastern United States is an "alarming" example of how climate change affects Americans' lives, the White House said Wednesday.

Elected leaders in Georgia's most populous county - a Democratic stronghold - on Wednesday rejected a Republican nominee for the county elections board who had challenged the eligibility of thousands of voters.

Former Vice President Mike Pence formally launched his 2024 bid for the Republican presidential nomination on Wednesday, clearly stating that the party and the nation should "never" allow his old boss, former President Donald Trump, back in The White House.

Gov. Chris Sununu (R-NH) is not running for president. In his state’s first-in-the-nation primary, “I can be more effective for the Republican Party in ways few other leaders can,” he wrote in the Washington Post. He plans to endorse a candidate and obviously hopes to defeat former President Donald Trump, who, he argues, is a sure loser in November.

The Biloxi National Cemetery in Mississippi, a graveyard for war veterans, has raised a gay pride flag to fly among the American flags at the entrance to the cemetery.

The past few weeks in Texas have shown our country how a responsible, sensible, and accountable state runs its business. Whether that means impeaching a state official belonging to the party in power or holding comprehensive political discourse about property tax relief, Republicans in Texas are a great example of how political decisions should really be made.