Russian President Vladimir Putin is reportedly considering officially recognizing the Taliban as Afghanistan's legitimate government, which could shift regional dynamics and boost Moscow's influence in Central Asia.

The Supreme Court will allow Idaho doctors to resume performing abortions in medical emergencies, at least while the case works its way through lower courts. The court ruled 6-3 to dismiss the case as improvidently granted, which means doctors in Idaho will be able to perform emergency abortions despite state-level restrictions while the case is...

A panel of federal regulators on Thursday authorized the construction of a major natural gas export project — moving the contentious CP2 terminal one step closer to final approval. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved the Louisiana terminal, which could export large amounts of U.S.-produced gas. Two commissioners, one Democrat and one Republican, supported...

Less than 50 percent of Democrats in a new Gallup poll say they are happy that President Biden is their party's presidential nominee, compared to 79 percent of Republicans pollwed who say they are pleased former President Trump is their nominee. The figures, released by Gallup as Biden and Trump meet for their first debate...

Sen Tim Scott (R-S.C.) said in a new interview he first became close with President Trump shortly after white supremacists marched through Charlottesville, when Trump angered many with comments about there being “very fine people on both sides." “He wanted me to share with him my perspective,” Scott recalled during an interview aired Thursday with...

Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.) has hung posters outside his office in opposition to in vitro fertilization (IVF), his latest public statement against the procedure most Republicans have rushed to express their support for. “If you believe that life begins at conception as I do, there is no difference between an abortion and the destruction of an IVF embryo,"...

Thirty years ago, Ukraine was embraced by America’s neoconservatives, who believed that it was the perfect instrument for weakening Russia.

Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) said Wednesday that Black voters will not vote for former President Trump this November. Speaking on MSNBC’s "Alex Wagner Tonight," Warnock, one of only four Black senators, said the former president is trying to take the country backward. “Donald Trump is a plague on the American conscience and the American nation,” Warnock said....

The Supreme Court ruled in a case centered on Idaho's abortion ban and federal law that requires emergency rooms to give “stabilizing treatments."

While Biden and Trump meet on stage at the CNN Presidential Debate, their first face-to-face showdown in their 2024 election rematch, their campaigns will be engaged in combat in the ad wars.