TOKYO (AP) — The latest on the powerful earthquake in northern Japan (all times local):11:35 a.m.A Japanese government spokesman says two people have been confirmed…

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. envoy for Libya says the country has lurched from one emergency to another in recent weeks and warns that…

Judge Brett Kavanaugh promised to serve as an independent justice if confirmed to the Supreme Court, as he sparred with Democrats on the Senate Judiciary…

Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Hardball,” campaign strategist for former President George W. Bush and Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) Steve Schmidt said the senior White House official…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean media say leader Kim Jong Un has reaffirmed his commitment to a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula.

Judge Brett Kavanaugh promised to serve as an independent justice if confirmed to the Supreme Court, as he sparred with Democrats on the Senate Judiciary…

TOKYO (AP) — The latest on the powerful earthquake that has slammed the northernmost Japanese island of Hokkaido (all times local):8:30 a.m.Japan’s minister for the…

TRNAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Denmark, fielding a severely weakened team containing footballers from the third tier of the national league because of a pay dispute…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Students at Mexico’s largest university went on strike Wednesday to protest a campus attack against protesters in which two students were…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Several hundred supporters of Greece’s extreme right Golden Dawn party have staged a protest near central Athens against plans to build…

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The 10 elected members of the U.N. Security Council called Wednesday for stepped up efforts to find a peaceful solution in…

“TREASON?” Trump asked on Twitter, after publicly denouncing the author as “gutless.”

If the “senior official” who published an anonymous op-ed bashing President Donald Trump in the New York Times on Wednesday was hoping for accolades from the opposition,…

Journalist Glenn Greenwald says the White House “coward” behind the anonymously written New York Times op-ed is part of an “unelected cabal.”

CNN’s Jake Tapper argues Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has yet to give Democrats a reason to vote against him.

SUBSCRIBE TO THE FEDERALIST RADIO HOUR HERE. Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt and First Amendment expert Greg Lukianoff are authors of the new book, “The Coddling…

What inspired the author to write it — and to write it now?

There seems to be plenty of it.

Rep. Billy Long, R-Mo., on Wednesday drowned out a protester who was shouting at Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey with an auction call.

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh praised Chief Judge Merrick Garland – who was nominated to the nation’s highest court by former President Barack Obama –…

The New York Times on Wednesday published an opinion piece written by an anonymous senior White House official who described a “two-track presidency” in which…

SAPPORO, Japan (AP) — The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude 6.6 earthquake has hit northern Japan near a major city.The agency says earthquake struck…

How conspiracy theories lead to a more extreme politics.

According to a new report, Nike fully understood the beehive it would stir by making Colin Kaepernick the face of its “Just Do It” campaign,…

Nike touched off a firestorm of controversy this week, when they announced that original anthem protester Colin Kaepernick would be the face of their “Just…

The New York Times published an op-ed Wednesday by “a senior official in the Trump administration” who admits that he or she is part of…

The Justice Department on Wednesday announced Attorney General Jeff Sessions will convene a meeting with state attorneys general this month to discuss long-standing concerns by…

When push ultimately comes to shove, America’s rifle, the AR-15, is almost certainly here to stay.

Judge Brett Kavanaugh promised to serve as an independent justice if confirmed to the Supreme Court, as he sparred with Democrats on the Senate Judiciary…

Republican senators give instructive opening statements in the first day of Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing.

SKOPJE, Macedonia (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has arrived in Macedonia before a referendum planned in the country on whether to change its name…

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s National Museum said Wednesday that centuries-old Torah scrolls, considered to be some of Judaism’s oldest documents, had been moved…

LONDON (AP) — A tentative deal was reached Wednesday to resolve a conflict over scallop fishing rights off France’s coast, British and French officials said.Officials…

The notable thing about today’s cohort of college students is that so many of them behave in such ridiculous ways.

In a recent interview with Glamour, Issa Rae, the actress and brains behind HBO’s “Insecure,” said she would cancel her show if she found out Melania…

Republican Rep. Mark Meadows is asking the Justice Department and its inspector general to review DOJ official Bruce Ohr’s contacts with Trump dossier author Christopher…

During Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation hearing, he warned he wouldn’t answer certain hypothetical questions from lawmakers, citing the so-called “Ginsburg rule.”

Republican John Kyl of Arizona, who served three terms in the Senate before retiring in 2012, has been sworn in to fill the seat left…

ROME (AP) — The tourist magnet of Florence is cracking down on visitors who eat on sidewalks, doorsteps or driveways during lunch or dinner time.Mayor…

PRAGUE (AP) — Officials in the Czech Republic say a helicopter has crashed in a western city, killing all four people onboard.Regional rescue service spokesman…

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey appeared before Congress today, along with Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg to address concerns about the use of the platforms by foreign…

A federal judge on Wednesday rejected ex-Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort’s effort to have his second trial moved to a venue outside Washington D.C.

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Twin bombings at a wrestling training center in a Shiite neighborhood of Afghanistan’s capital on Wednesday killed at least 20 people,…

BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) — Libyan authorities say more than a week of heavy fighting in the capital has come to a halt after the U.N….

The New Yorker ruffled feathers Monday by announcing that former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon would headline their annual festival happening in October. Readers were…

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh said it was a “gut punch” for him when he learned about the numerous sexual misconduct allegations levied against Judge…

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan officials say twin blasts in Shiite neighborhood of capital kill 20, wound 70.

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Latest on the war in Afghanistan (all times local):8:20 p.m.Afghan officials say a suicide bombing and a car bomb attack…

What I learned about politics and the Supreme Court in writing “John Marshall: The Man Who Made The Supreme Court.”

During a Wednesday appearance on “Fox & Friends,” White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders reacted to Democrats demanding Brett Kavanaugh release all documents relating to the Supreme Court nominee’s time…