When Justice Samuel Alito and Senator Bob Menendez landed in hot water, they looked for a scapegoat close to home. Inside their homes, in fact.

Judicial experts say an upside-down flag at the justices home raises thorny questions about potential ethics violations and what circumstances require recusal from cases.

Citing rapid advances by China and Russia, the United States is building an extensive capacity to fight battles in space.

David DePape, convicted in November on federal charges, also faces a state trial that is set to begin this month.

A successful bipartisan effort to force a vote on disaster relief is just the latest example of how procedural norms have been upended in the House.

Scientists say storms like those that battered Houston could become more intense as the planet warms, though pinning down trends is still challenging.

How the architect Terence Ngan and the interior designer Ed Ng made a home for themselves in the woods.

Far from the shouting, Christian therapists, writers, parents and their trans children are trying to create a space within conservative circles to acknowledge differences in how people experience gender.

In an after-hours session on Capitol Hill, insults by the right-wing Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene led to a raucous exchange with Democrats, featuring insults about personal appearance, intellect and more.

Its been a week of A.I. vertigo the feeling that weve been dragged five years into the future and arent sure what to do about it.

Nellie Bowless new book fights the last war.

A recent congressional meeting devolved into a back-and-forth that reflects a changing norm in politics one that rarely makes anybody look good.

Scientists in the United States are reporting unprecedented patterns of surface warming, an ominous sign for coral.

Many New York City families counted on the prospect of free preschool, but hundreds were not immediately offered a seat and may have to travel across town to available spots.

France has sent troops to quell violence in New Caledonia, where Paris is seen as backtracking on promises of self-determination.

The sport came to Beto Gomezs small Indigenous town nearly two decades ago. Despite some resistance back home, he is now the worlds only professional kite surfer with Wayuu roots.

In early 20th-century America, political bombings became a constant menace but then helped give rise to law enforcement as we know it.

Age and health have drawn intensive focus in the presidential race, but the recent news that two octogenarians in the Senate are running again has prompted little discussion of their age.

Donald Trumps search is still in its early stages, but he is said to be leaning toward more experienced options who can help the ticket without seizing his precious spotlight.

At least four people were killed when powerful weather ripped through the region. Officials were taking stock of the damage on Friday.

The university calls it a restorative practice; the students call it a coerced confession.

Several universities struck agreements with pro-Palestinian demonstrators to end disruptive encampments on their campuses. But some of those agreements are already under fire.

The synagogue, in Rouen, northern France, sustained significant damage, but nobody other than the assailant was harmed, the authorities said.

The tactic echoes one that Russia has used and Ukraine has ridiculed in the past.

Figures from Donald Trumps past have sworn an oath that could threaten his future.