The Constitution gives the authority to tax and spend not to the head of state, but to the elected representatives who are ...

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President Trump certainly had a lot to do with this new appreciation for empathy and the thrashing of Republicans at the ...

Though G.O.P. members are more likely to be viewed as “extreme,” they trounce their opponents on who is more effective.

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Democrats in both chambers of Congress are denouncing Mr. Schumer and this deal to end the government shutdown that their ...

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Lydia Polgreen speaks to the former New York Times bureau chief Howard W. French about the cost of not engaging with Africa.

And now A.I. is on its way to doing something even more remarkable: becoming conscious. This will happen in the same way it became intelligent. As we interact with increasingly sophisticated A.I., we ...