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It's a new constitutional question for the internet age: Should the president be allowed to block someone on Twitter?
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The Caribbean territory has struggled to build consensus on its relationship to the US. Will this vote be any different…
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A new study looks at the amount of television voters consumed, and whether this influenced their support for Donald Trump.
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The true radiation risk from commercial flying has nothing to do with security scans. A radiation expert explains how much…
In 1958, Mildred and Richard Loving were arrested in Virginia for the crime of being married. The couple helped spark an…
Hoover abused his power as FBI director to serve presidents' interests. The reforms that followed were set up to prevent…
As Republicans seek to repeal Obamacare, they have added an overhaul of Medicaid to their plans. Here's a look at the…
While many people are willing to happily gamble with pharmaceuticals, which may offer the most trivial of benefits, they…
It's increasingly likely that at some point, the world's nations will need to broach the fraught discussion of geoengineering.…