One of Facebook's biggest headaches leading up to 2020 isn't election interference or fake news — it's worrying about what a Democrat in the White House could mean for the business.

The verdict is in. The US started trade wars with several trading partners. It has lost them comprehensively

People tend to become more trusting of news stories after being exposed to President Donald Trump's tweets

Trust us, Americans won’t like this news. On Wednesday, U.S. News & World Report released its 2020 list of the best countries, and one of the more depressing findings — at least for Americans — was this: “While the U.S. is perceived as the most powerful country in the world, data shows it is not perceived as very trustworthy,” U.S. News writes.

Philanthropist unveils plan for global network of institutions at Davos and attacks Trump as ‘ultimate narcissist’

A Missouri bill would give small boards power to censor books from local libraries. Violations could lead to their funding being stripped.

Plus: Emphasizing a publisher's name on social doesn't seem to impact readers' misinfo radar much one way or the other.

The political scientist Lee Drutman talks about who is to blame for the current crisis, why ideologically incoherent voting can benefit democracy, and the place of right-wing conservatism in a multiparty system.

Social perception bias might simply be an emergent property of our social networks.

Let’s face facts: Right now in America the Democratic front-runner for the 2020 presidential election is an old out-of-touch white guy and he’s up against another old out-of-touch white guy. Biden is 77. Trump is 73. Both men have, on occasion, blamed video games for violence and school shootings. Trump blamed video games after the horrifying Parkland shooting, and he was wrong to do so.

The vote on the abuse of power article will be followed by one on obstruction of Congress. Speaker Nancy Pelosi said President Trump had left Congress “no choice” but to proceed with impeachment.

Tsai Ing-wen has won reelection as President of Taiwan on Saturday night by a landslide, defeating the populist challenge of Han Kuo-yu.

Donald Trump has launched a scathing attack on proposals to build a six-mile sea wall around New York, urging instead the city’s residents to use “mops and buckets” to cope with climate change related disasters. The US president, who has previously claimed global warming is a "hoax" invented by the China, branded plans for a sea wall in his hometown “costly, foolish and environmentally unfriendly” on Twitter on Saturday night.

Trump dismissed a proposal for a sea wall around New York City as "costly, foolish and environmentally unfriendly."

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) calls out President Trump after the Trump's attack on John Dingell, the late husband of Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI).

President Donald Trump kicked off his holiday week with a speech at the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit in Florida on Saturday. Speaking to the crowd of young conservatives, the President touted his knowledge of wind power and turbines, saying "I know windmills very much. I've studied it better than anybody I know." However, several of his claims were false or misleading.

The Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg, who with a net worth of about $54 billion is the wealthiest member of the 2020 field, used prisoners to make phone calls to California for his 2020 campaign, The Intercept reported on Tuesday.

Bernie Sanders unveiled a plan Friday to expand broadband internet access as part of a push to boost the economy and reduce corporate power over Americans.

Presidential candidate and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders yesterday released a plan to overhaul the US broadband market by breaking up giant providers, outlawing data caps, regulating broadband prices, and providing $150 billion to build publicly owned networks.

The Supreme Court will not review an appellate decision that makes it harder for cities to keep homeless people from sleeping on the streets.