On a recent morning in central Vermont, where I live, it was raining, and the wood frogs had just begun to chorus. The sap run from the maple trees has started to dwindle as the branches begin to bud ...

The V-Dem Institute, the world’s chronicler of democracy and autocracy, has determined that the United States is no longer “a liberal democracy.” A poster featuring President Donald Trump in a SS ...

The U.S., Israel and Argentina on Wednesday voted against a United Nations resolution led by Ghana to label the international slave trade as the “gravest crime against humanity” and call for ...

Tourists photographing historic birth home of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Atlanta, Georgia. The National Endowment for the Humanities is cutting funding that supports courses for K-12 teachers in ...

The governments of both countries have repeatedly cast the other as evil, perpetuating a cycle that has culminated in the present war. By Neil MacFarquhar While President Trump has used a scattershot ...

An 1823 copy of the Declaration of Independence on display in Kansas City, MO, as part of the National Archives’ Freedom Plane tour. Some of the most treasured documents in early American history are ...

In China, a particular species of edible mushroom causes hundreds of cases of hallucinations annually, as well as some delirium, dizziness, and mania. The hallucinations tend to be of tiny “elves” ...

The country is retaliating, and the Middle East is in crisis. By Lauren Jackson and Lara McCoy We are editors for The Morning. President Trump is trying to overthrow Iran’s government. This morning, ...

Hostilities between the United States and Cuba have spanned more than six decades. Key historical conflicts include the Cuban Revolution, the Bay of Pigs invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis.

President Trump delivered his 2026 State of the Union address on Tuesday night, Feb. 24. Here is a full video and a State of the Union transcript: Speaker Johnson, Vice President Vance, first lady of ...

In his first State of the Union address of his second term, President Donald Trump on Tuesday faced down critics and broke a record for length—touching on everything from undocumented immigrants to ...