National security adviser John Bolton talked to reporters outside the White House. The hawkish former U.N. ambassador is stepping down. Updated at 4:57 p.m. ET President Trump has fired national security adviser John Bolton, the lifelong proponent of American hard power, after months of division between the men over the direction of foreign and national…

Democratic presidential hopefuls at risk of being elbowed out by the debate rules may have gotten a last-minute reprieve. The deadline to qualify for the September debate is Aug. 28, just a little over three weeks away. To reach the stage, candidates have to poll at 2 percent in four Democratic National Committee-approved surveys and…

Recipients of the 2019 MacArthur fellowships, otherwise known as the “genius” grants. (Two of this year’s fellows declined photographs.) Twenty-six creators and thinkers drawn from a vast array of fields just got a big financial boost — and an even bigger name to add to their résumés. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation…

Beto O’Rourke said Sunday that he and his wife, Amy, are descended from people who owned slaves. In a post on the website Medium and in an email to supporters, the Democratic presidential candidate said he was recently given documents showing that a paternal great-great-great grandfather of his owned two women in the 1850s. Click…

A high school student participates in a gun control rally in front of the U.S. Capitol in March. The U.S. House is taking up gun control measures after recent mass shootings, but it’s not clear what the Senate or President Trump will accept. A House committee will take up legislation on Tuesday aimed at preventing…

Adam Mosseri, head of Instagram, speaks about the social media platform’s anti-bullying efforts at the F8 developers conference in San Jose, Calif., on April 30. Blocking a bully on social media doesn’t always bring an end to online abuse. And in some cases, it can make face-to-face interactions with the bully even worse. That’s what…

BOONE, Iowa — The gaffes are back. From mangling a favorite one-liner to almost suggesting that poor kids aren’t white to flubbing his campaign’s text message address on the debate stage last week, Joe Biden’s propensity for verbal missteps burst into view after he mostly kept it in check for the first three months of…

President Trump returns to the White House last week as the Ukraine scandal was growing and with an impeachment inquiry launched by Democrats in the U.S. House. President Trump’s White House is struggling with how to respond to the ever-growing Ukraine scandal as the House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry is set to take depositions from key…

It is a good thing for the Democratic National Committee that debate stages are not treated under law like drawing congressional districts or the party would be facing some uncomfortable questions. The Tuesday night contest had top-tier contenders and hangers-on, it had vibrant arguments over the best way to beat President Donald Trump, but there…

The Gunners boss has, at times, decided to play the German on the right of the attack but he remains adamant he performs better centrally Mesut Ozil has insisted that the No.10 role remains his best position for Arsenal with Unai Emery having experimented by using him in other areas of the pitch. The German…