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President Biden on Friday will give the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to 19 people — with recipients covering nearly every corner of American life, including…

The value of a political party is that it makes things easier for candidates and voters. Voters get a useful on-ballot shorthand for “this person generally agrees with me.” Candidates…

You’ve heard of the Democratic Party, the Republican Party, the Libertarian Party, maybe even the Green Party. But have you heard of the We the People party? Unlike the two…

House Republicans are deploying their oversight powers to scrutinize pro-Palestinian protests and antisemitism on college campuses, aiming to highlight the hot-button issue ahead of the November election. At least four…

Donald Trump’s defense team suggested Thursday that rather than orchestrating a hush money scheme, the former president was really the target of a shakedown attempt by unscrupulous entertainment figures who…

Former president Donald Trump is taking a familiar tack: preemptively questioning the integrity of another election in which he’s competing before ballots are cast. In recent media interviews, Trump declined…

There’s a regular request that readers send to The Fact Checker: Is that personal anecdote that President Biden just told true? The answer, in many cases, is there’s no evidence.…

SAN ANTONIO — As House Republicans struggle to advance their agenda with a narrow majority, a primary runoff in a sprawling district along the Texas-Mexico border has emerged as a…

NEW YORK — In the first weeks of testimony at Donald Trump’s hush money trial, witnesses have offered extensive evidence against the former president, describing in detail his efforts during…