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There was a time in the United States when abortion wasn't so political, but one strategist believed it could be a potent issue that would ultimately deliver conservatives power.

Steppenwolf’s staging at Galway International Arts festival has a smart political and racial awareness as it unpicks the American myth

Senior Editor Jacob Sullum examines how the claim that Japanese gun restrictions account for the country's low violent crime rate isn't as simple as it sounds.

From sky-high food prices to rising interest rates, here's why we're heading into recession — and what happens next

The current incarnation of anti-intellectualism in Republican politics — epitomized by the campaign of former football star Herschel Walker for U.S. Senate in Georgia — started in earnest in the winter of 2012 with a quip from former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, who was seeking the Republican presidential nomination.…

MIAMI — It is five months now into WNBA star Brittney Griner’s captivity in Russia, one the U.S. State Department has called a “wrongful detention,” and awareness spikes anew — but oddly, dubiously, ironically — thanks to basketball’s biggest star still, LeBron James.

In the rush to gush their big reveals about Donald Trump’s tumultuous final days as president, the prize for Best Ballyhoo was won hands-down by the smooth but non-revelatory Discovery+ documentary film “Unprecedented.”

Most Americans have no ambition to live in a country where the religious right holds the high cards. In my view, the GOP has already overplayed its hand.

The new Chelsea signing is getting used to life as a Blue, joining up with the squad in their pre-season tour of America

The Royal Academy’s substantial exhibition puts this post-war painter into the spotlight – it’s an enlivening experience, writes Mark Hudson

America’s Cameron Young held the lead thanks to firing eight birdies in a flawless 64.