President Donald Trump has undercut his top diplomat’s explanation for the war in Iran as he provided yet another contradictory rationale for his military intervention. On Monday, Secretary of State ...

President Donald Trump has offered up a bizarre new excuse for his plummeting poll numbers—“silent” support. With a fresh suite of opinion polls showing his approval rating sinking as Americans ...

Why are young conservatives so radicalized? Why is there such a stark generation gap, something you hear about any time you talk to any Republican of any prominence, between the basically optimistic ...

We often talk about science as if it were a purely logical enterprise. Yet, the way we ask questions—and even the kind of questions we think matter—is shaped by something far older than the scientific ...

The moves to fire or sideline generals and admirals are without precedent in recent decades and have rattled the top brass. Credit...Photographs by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Agence France-Presse — ...

Such celebrations of an extraordinary life were certainly well-earned. But as I read about Goodall’s work, it struck me she wasn’t just an incredible conservationist. She was also an incredible ...

INDIANAPOLIS — The U.S. federal government is currently in a shutdown because congress can't agree on how much money to spend moving forward. This is far from the first government shutdown, but they ...

Artificial intelligence startup OpenEvidence says its AI model has scored a perfect 100% on the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE), raising the bar on the proficiency of AI models to ...

“Because I said so” never is persuasive or satisfying. And it certainly should not be regarded as acceptable when it is the Supreme Court resolving important issues — up to and including matters of ...

The Treasury market freaked everyone out this week when yields on longer-term debt shot higher even as stocks were being bludgeoned and the dollar fell. Naturally, traders are wondering why. The ...

More like the Flock Ness Monster. A Scottish naturalist who has investigated the Loch Ness Monster mystery for a half-century believes there’s some fowl play when it comes to sightings of the ...