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China’s Defense Ministry accused the United States of turning Taiwan into a powder keg Wednesday with its latest sales of military equipment to the self-governing island democracy worth a total of $440.2 million. The U.S. State…

Americans are divided by the Supreme Court overturning decades of precedent supporting affirmative action in college admissions, a policy that advantaged otherwise disadvantaged students from racial or ethnic minority groups. …

The nephew of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy is running for president. Robert F. Kennedy Junior, whose father was slain during a White House bid in 1968, is considered a longshot for the Democratic nomination despite his family name…

A civil rights group is challenging legacy admissions at Harvard University, saying the practice discriminates against students of color by giving an unfair boost to the mostly white children of alumni. It’s the latest effort in a growing…

Nearly two years after the chaotic American military withdrawal from Afghanistan, President Joe Biden’s statement that the Taliban is helping the U.S. push out al-Qaida from the war-torn country is reigniting controversy about the presence…

The U.S. ambassador to Russia visited jailed Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich in Moscow on Monday, the newspaper reported. It was the second time the diplomat has seen him since his arrest three months ago on espionage charges…

Maternal deaths across the United States more than doubled over the course of two decades, and the tragedy unfolded unequally.  Black mothers died at the nation's highest rates, while the largest increases in deaths were found in American…

U.S. President Joe Biden is celebrating the country’s Independence Day holiday with a series of events Tuesday at the White House.  The president and first lady Jill Biden are holding an event with the National Education Association,…

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen met with China’s Ambassador to the United States Xie Feng on Monday, ahead of her travel this week to China as part of the Biden administration's efforts to address strained relations between the two…

U.S. President Joe Biden is leaving in a week on a five-day, three-nation trip to Europe, the White House said Sunday, with the key stop at the annual NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, where Western leaders plan to discuss their latest…