Social media outlets allow for a lot of discussion about minor points of etiquette. Many of these discussions are fruitful, as they might make someone think about small deeds of kindness or small acts of selfishness that are too small to warrant a real-world discussion, but are big enough to affect someone's day.

“I remember my grandmother saying to me, ‘I don’t care what they tell you in school, Cleopatra was black.’”

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton argues in a new op-ed that Republicans’ stance on the debt ceiling is “playing into the hands” of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping. “Today the competition between democracies and autocracies has grown more intense. And by undermining America’s credibility and the pre-eminence of the dollar,...

The Supreme Court on Monday declined a request by oil companies to transfer a series of state lawsuits to federal court, where the energy companies had hoped for more favorable legal terrain. The justices refused to hear appeals by Exxon, Chevron and Suncor Energy of lower court rulings keeping lawsuits against them in state courts....

Ukrainian officials held off on attacks in Russia on the anniversary of the start of the war in Eastern Europe after the urging of the U.S., according to a report from The Washington Post, which cited leaked NATO documents that surfaced over the last few months. The head of Ukraine’s intelligence service, the HUR, instructed...

Tucker Carlson has parted ways with Fox News, the network said on Monday. "We thank him for his service to the network as a host and prior to that as a contributor," the network said in a statement. Carlson's last show was Friday, the network said. Fox said it would air a new program called...

It has gotten very disheartening, even disgusting, to watch the never-ending Thomas carnival of corruption bring shame on the Supreme Court.

President Biden approved Monday a disaster declaration for Oklahoma after tornadoes ripped through parts of the state and killed at least three people. The president's action makes federal funding available for recovery efforts in the affected areas. The storms that moved through the central U.S. late last week left at least three people dead and...

Republicans pledged during the State of the Union to take Social Security and Medicare off the table in debt ceiling negotiations, but Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) new plan demands that older and working Americans pay for the GOP’s miserly fiscal agenda in other ways.  The House Republicans’ recently released proposal for lifting the debt ceiling would...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is accepting a comedian’s apology for snubbing her during her first House run and mistakenly calling her “Alexis.” Standup comic Hari Kondabolu recounted his snafu in his YouTube special “Vacation Baby,” which premiered last week.  The New York City-born performer and “The Problem with Apu” writer said back in 2017 he received a message...