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The Chilean presidential election aligns with a broader right-wing shift across the region — most recently seen in Bolivia — ...

President Donald Trump unveiled a new “Trump class” of Navy battleships Monday, describing them as a superior war fighting ...

North Carolina State Board of Elections voting data show there are only 1,000 more Democrats than Republicans in the swing ...

American Jews are defined by apparent paradoxes. The religious group most beloved by fellow Americans, they also suffer the most bias-motivated violence—by a lot—and face increasing hostility from ...

The top trending search was Charlie Kirk, the conservative political figure whose death this year dominated national headlines and sent search traffic soaring as Americans looked for updates and ...

Every fall, we publish our Best of Dallas issue, the Observer’s biggest print edition of the year. In those pages, we ...

A majority of adults still identify with their childhood religion, but 35% don’t. Read about when and why Americans may ...

Why country and cowboys have a hold on our culture and our political imagination. By Meher AhmadTressie McMillan Cottom and Emily Keegin Produced by Vishakha Darbha Rural aesthetics are in, from ...

Wide-eyed gazes and blotchy skin. Plump lips and powdery make-up. Photographer Christopher Anderson’s extreme close-ups of President Trump’s inner circle sent the internet alight — and gave an ...

Rather than heralding invasion, the blockade is likely intended to underscore the administration’s pivot to the Western ...