Heading into the Fourth of July, headlines drew attention to what appears to be a disturbing trend: a marked decline in the ...

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Musk’s plan can only work if he learns from the most successful political disruptors, including Donald Trump on the right and ...

As the United States prepares to celebrate its semiquincentennial, patriotism among American citizens is at its lowest point ...

Could Elon Musk succeed where Ross Perot failed? With deep pockets and disaffected voters, a third party bid may be more plausible.

Opinion: Former federal appeals court judges Andre M. Davis and Paul R. Michel say that without the universal injunction tool ...

A viable third party is the great white whale of American politics — but Elon Musk appears willing to try it anyway.

I guess it’s gotten to me after all,” Russ Schafer conceded, gesturing toward his involuntarily shaking hand. Schafer, who requested a pseudonym in order to avoid workplace retaliation, has worked at ...

A new Gallup poll shows a record-low 58% of American adults say they are extremely or very proud to be American.

The former president did not say Democrats scream "the sky is falling" when Republicans cut the government budget.

Opinion MORNING GLORY: When Ronald Reagan fired the air traffic controllers, voters never forgot. Nor did the Soviets Remember PATCO?