Both former President Richard Nixon's and President Donald Trump's actions show how the perceived manipulation of the tax system affects voters.
Hurricane Michael has only driven a deeper partisan wedge into the Florida midterm election. TV viewers in the storm's path were treated to a bizarre combination of warnings about the storm and ads slamming officials. Michael could sway just enough votes to determine the election's outcome.
Last Wednesday's massacre by a lone shooter at a school in Kerch, in the Russian-annexed Republic of Crimea, is hauntingly familiar to Americans.
Over the past year, China has moved to restrict the availability of VPNs used to bypass the firewall. The "great firewall" blocks foreign news, search engines, and social media, creating a buffer against information that goes against the party line.
The main reason for the revival of labor union militancy in the US is the strong economy. With a strong US economy, worker shortages and high profits for corporations are causing many workers to boost their demands.
In a shift since 2016, young Americans today view socialism more favorably than capitalism. Hardly calling for a Marxist revolution, some millennials want to show that an egalitarian business model is a viable step up from a corporatist system.
No one thought things could get worse after Democrats blocked Judge Robert Bork from the Supreme Court 1987 on ideological grounds. Amidst these tensions, some Senators are trying to bridge the divide between parties.
The New York Times revealed that Donald Trump's father Fred Trump used loopholes in the tax code to game the system and give his son millions. President Trump's recent tax law introduces new loopholes that might help business owners and the wealthy to game the system in a similar way.
Space may become a regular fixture in the skies in the near future, as companies all want to bring paying customers into space for the view and experience. According to experts, the more people who are purchasing human spaceflight services, the more accessible the experience will be to all of us.
At the time of Anita Hill's hearings, there were exactly two women in the United States Senate: Nancy Kassebaum, a Republican from Kansas, and Barbara Mikulski, a Democrat from Maryland. Both women, now retired from the Senate, recently spoke about their recollections of those hearings.
Swan Quarter, North Carolina, stayed relatively dry in the wake of Hurricane Florence. This was possible because of the community's ability to aside its differences over politics and global warming and build a dike to protect from flooding.
Ben Bernanke said this year that even he was taken by surprise at how big a role the financial industry's own panic played in the crisis. If economists and central bankers have been learning lessons since 2008, will the system be safer going forward?
The Vostok 2018 exercises taking place in Russia's far east are the largest since the cold war. With 300,000 Sino-Russian troops, the exercises are clearly intended as a message to the West. However, analysts say the exercises are less impressive than they appear.
While the Finnish Air Force's practice of putting swastikas on its aircraft ended decades ago, it is easy enough to find swastikas on objects related to the Finnish air force. This might seem odd to some, but Finland has a long relationship with the swastika that predates Nazis use.
The traveling press pool is a rotating group of reporters who are allowed to travel with the president aboard Air Force One. The press pool serves as the eyes and ears of the entire White House press corps, and, by extension, the public.
Paul Manafort, Donald Trump's former campaign chaiman, is alleged to have engaged in tax evasion and bank fraud by hiding proceeds of his past work as a political consultant in Ukraine in offshore accounts.
International students contribute $30 billion a year to the US economy — but because of mass shootings, racial violence, and the current political climate, the number of students interested in coming to the US is on the decline.
For as much as "patriotism" blooms in the national debate, there is little agreement on what it is. Or who owns it. Or who is a patriot. History and current events are full of debates over the issue — but the number of people proud to call themselves American has hit a record low.
The World Happiness Report often finds that the happiest countries don't perfectly line up with the wealthiest ones. Finland ranked first, while the US dropped four spots to No. 18 in this year's report. Policymakers and businesses are increasingly looking to well-being as an indicator of progress.
Kellyyanne Conway praises Trump for giving her and other women opportunities to succeed. Yet Trump's past with women and sexism allegations overshadow Conway's accomplishments as the first woman to run a successful American presidential campaign.