Ron Chernow confirms the Twain's literary mastery but contends that the most important character he ever created was his own.

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As he heads to Turkey for negotiations, Zelensky is betting that Trump will soon realize that Russia does not want to make ...

The solicitor general argued that every baby rendered stateless by executive order had better get their own lawyer.

Either the Freedom Caucus accepts that the deficit won’t get cut, or the Republican budget package will collapse under its weight.

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In Brownsville, Texas, U.S. District Judge Fernando Rodriguez Jr., a Trump appointee, ruled against the president’s lawless ...

Whether Republicans will do what had been unthinkable and support higher taxes on the wealthy is far from certain.

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Warsaw needs the U.S. even more than it hates and fears Russia. The U.S. president wants more European military spending, but ...

Two new books on high tech and social media examine the toll of relentless shopping, engagement, and the tyranny of the “like ...

An agency lawyer and union representative opens up about the Trump/Musk rampage on the CFPB, what happens next, and why he’s ...