Author: Ledyard King, USA TODAY

Nearly two years after Hurricanes battered Puerto Rico, the pace of recovery remains slow. Exploding crises on the island may delay efforts further.

President Donald Trump often mocks the science of climate change but GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham is encouraging the president to accept and confront it.

Marianne Williamson’s off-beat approach has some Republicans giving to her campaign as a way to keep her in future debates to make them less serious.

In the Trump age, political polarization in the United States has never been higher. Groups like Better Angels are promoting civility to lower angst.

The male-dominated culture of the early space program is giving way to a more gender-balanced one thanks in part to NASA’s diverse astronaut pool.

The House Judiciary Committee’s investigation into Google, Facebook and other Big Tech firms is the latest setback for Silicon Valley.

The House Monday passed a bipartisan disaster aid bill aimed at helping victims of California wildfires, Midwest flooding and tropical hurricanes.

Amid criticism that new rules to determine who gets on the debate stage are arbitrary, Democratic National Committee Chair Tom Perez called them fair.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell wouldn’t let Obama fill a Supreme Court vacancy in an election year but he’s OK with letting Trump do it.

Texas GOP Rep. Chip Roy said border security and the national debt led him to object to a $19.1 billion disaster aid bill the Senate passed Thursday.