Since the 1940s, Congress has largely let the president make decisions, while members of the House and Senate endorse or…
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Whether due to Trump or unhappiness with the mainstream media, Americans say that they are avoiding the news more than before.
Does a foundation's award of a US$1 million prize to Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg raise ethical questions?…
Instead of suppressing wildfire, the Karuk Tribe in the Pacific Northwest is using it as an integral part of its climate…
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Martin Luther is credited with initiating the split in Christianity that came to be called the Protestant Reformation. But…
Scientists who were appointed to advise the EPA on air pollution kept meeting independently after the agency dissolved their…
The US defense community is coming to understand that AI will significantly transform, if not completely reinvent, the world's…