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Sally Ann Baynard Alexandria, Va. In “This Is What the End of the Liberal World Order Looks Like,” Anne Applebaum writes that ...

Calakmul remained relatively undisturbed until gum harvesters in Mexico led an American botanist to them in 1931. Here’s what ...

Real estate developer Atrium Ljungberg has announced plans to build Stockholm Wood City, the world's largest wooden city, in Sweden's capital, Stockholm. This ambitious project aims to revolutionize ...

In 1973, with the deep wisdom of his mid-20s, Ronnie Wood helped pen the lyrics: “I wish that I knew what I knew now, when I was younger.” They were for the song, “Ooh La La,” a classic for Wood’s ...

Houston Matters Congressional maps struck down and releasing the Epstein files: Political Roundup From Texas appealing a ruling striking down its new Congressional maps, to Congress compelling the ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has quickly appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court a ruling that the redistricting passed by lawmakers at the urging of President Trump was based on racial gerrymandering. "Any ...

The doctrines of socialism have been with us for more than 150 years, but no one had really tried it in a total way until the advent of the Soviet Union from the 1920s to the early 1990s. During that ...

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A three-judge panel in El Paso on Tuesday blocked Texas Republicans’ newly redrawn congressional map, dealing a major blow to President Donald Trump, who hoped the redistricting would help the party ...

Lobbyists and other visitors gather in the rotunda of the state Capitol during the end of session in Sacramento on Sept. 12, 2025. Photo by Fred Greaves for CalMatters Welcome to CalMatters, the only ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. FILE -Rep. Cory Maloy, R-Lehi, holds a packet of ...