A lifelong striver who wrote about lifelong strivers, Hazzard was perpetually dissatisfied with the world she grew up in.

The Florida governor and potential presidential contender used his inauguration address to target his favorite bogeyman.

The new congressman doesn’t seem to be having a lot of fun.

After three rounds of voting, it’s not clear what his plan is for securing the gavel.

The league has historically quickly brushed aside tragedies and catastrophic injuries. The Bills’ safety’s shocking cardiac arrest is different.

The new GOP House majority predictably got bogged down in infighting over who will hold the speaker’s gavel. How many days of disarray are yet to come?

It’s been two years since the Capitol was attacked, and instead of rejecting the extremism that led to it, Republicans still have room for it.

This is the first time in 100 years that a majority party's nominee failed to win House speaker in the first round of voting. Congrats to Kevin McCarthy for making history by losing twice.

When Buffalo Bills’ Damar Hamlin collapsed on the field, there were reports that players would have five minutes to warm up and then resume the game.

McCarthy and his allies are scrambling to get enough votes to confirm him as speaker of the House, reportedly even threatening that Republicans who vote against him will lose committee assignments.

An on-the-ground report on the movement trying to rewrite the Constitution—and arm supporters along the way

Buckle up, we’re about to find out how strange the GOP has become.

Meet the Americans who are exploring new frontiers in hallucinogenic research through a nascent technology known as extended-state DMT.

A conversation with Ryan O’Hanlon, author of “Net Gains: Inside the Beautiful Game’s Analytics Revolution”

Katherine Clark is now the highest-ranking woman in Congress. Will she and the new Democrats atop the House remake the party, or just carry on the last generation’s legacy?

An upstate New York elections official becomes the latest in a long line of conservatives to perpetrate the very crime they claim is being done against them.

The release of the former president’s returns raises questions about the agency’s failure to apply the same scrutiny to which other chief executives have been subjected.

A Q&A with Shaquille Jones, the New Yorker who pitched in to save lives as a destructive winter storm ripped through his community.

One reason he might have been eager to keep these records under wraps is that they don’t exactly paint the picture of a business genius.

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