Section 1. Purpose and Policy. From the founding of our Republic, English has been used as our national language. Our Nation’s historic governing documents, including the Declaration of Independence ...

Exclusive: Commission says alert would trigger coordinated international response that could help avoid millions dying The climate crisis should be declared a global public health emergency by the ...

US President Donald Trump is quickly approaching a deadline to wrap up his war against Iran – or he’ll be in breach of US law. Under the 1973 War Powers Resolution, a US president can only launch a ...

Iran on Wednesday captured two foreign container ships seeking to exit the Strait of Hormuz and fired at a third one, marking the latest escalation of tensions between Washington and Tehran in the ...

This story was published in partnership with the Texas Newsroom, the state’s network of public radio stations. No modern American city has ever run out of water. But chances are rising that Corpus ...

Since Michigan basketball cut down the nets inside Lucas Oil Stadium on April 6, the top priority for men's college basketball programs over the last two weeks has been finding solutions to holes in ...

From his fruit shop in Blaenau Gwent, greengrocer Stuart Lewis watches children walk past every morning, buying fast food on their way to school. Blaenau Gwent is the birthplace of the NHS and its ...

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday adopted a resolution declaring the trafficking of enslaved Africans “the gravest crime against humanity” and calling for reparations as “a ...

Declaring a living person dead is extremely rare, but calling a death can be challenging with drowning victims. Drowning victims may lack a detectable pulse as the body preserves blood flow to the ...

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. It is obviously “war” when two countries attack a third, kill its leader and try to ...

The Constitution says Congress, not the president, has the power to declare war on another nation, but there are exceptions and disagreements about war power. Let's get the facts. *** declaration of ...

President Donald Trump issues an executive order to prioritize U.S. production of the herbicide glyphosate. The order uses the Defense Production Act, citing glyphosate's importance to food security ...