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While Putin embraces private contractors, the US seldom acknowledges its own version of the privatization of war

It's not like ... the bagel shops in NYC?

Eddie Van Halen was a game-changing guitar player, but it was his band's exuberant songs that gave his genius the power to soar - and here are 50 of the best

After steadily declining for nearly a year, consumer price data to be released Wednesday will likely show that U.S. inflation remained stubbornly high in April, a sign that it might be entering a newer, stickier phase

The day after Donald Trump was inaugurated as President of the United States in 2017, women took to the streets in protest. In varying states of fury and disbelief, millions of women and their supporters participated in the first Women’s March. The seas of pink hats in streets across America,…

‘Everybody in this meeting reiterated the positions they were at,’ House speaker tells reporters

One man makes the case that Americans' pursuit of abundant parking is upending our cities and our lives.

In an occasional series, our authors make the case for or against controversial books.

Jury rules that Trump sexually abused the New York writer, but did not find him liable for rape

If the economy tanks in the months ahead, Powell will get the blame. If we avoid a recession, the politicians will claim credit.

The online postings of far-right extremists keep turning up on Russia's loosely moderated social media platforms.