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As he gears up for his new tour, the cult US standup muses on parenthood, ‘offensive’ comedy, and the biggest regret of his career

In June, the US supreme court upheld a decision ordering Alabama to redraw its congressional map – but state Republicans ignored the mandate

In this exclusive series, Simon Veness and Susan Veness share diaries of their travels by RV as they take on the ultimate US adventure. In part two, they make their way west through the Dakotas to the open prairies of Wyoming and Montana

‘I don’t understand how America isn’t a simulation,’ says one viewer

Gen Zers and millennials are especially doubtful that they'll see Social Security payouts by retirement.

The country's current struggles show the problems of the Beijing way—and make the case for freedom.

The 48-year-old Polish immigrant has never liked following rules. But the success of his latest company, valued at $2.7 billion, suggests he's doing something right.

The New York Times described him as promising “to exert breathtaking power in ways that Donald Trump never did”. An article for Time magazine called him a “rockstar for those who think cancel culture is threatening every corner of American life”.

Every Trump tantrum makes headlines, while the actual president's work is ignored. This is Reagan's legacy

A few years back, I decided to hike Red Gate Woods out in Chicago’s southwest suburbs...Cut into the trail-facing side of the marker were words stating that the radioactive remains of CP-1 — Chicago Pile-1, the reactor that had been built beneath Stagg Field at the University of Chicago and…

The American Political Science Association, or APSA, is holding its annual meeting in Los Angeles this weekend despite calls from striking hotel workers for conferences to stay away from the city.