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Russia and NASA have been on edge for years. Threats to leave the International Space Station are no surprise.
NASA and Roscosmos still need each other, for now. But they've been preparing to part ways for year…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Civil society institutions 'rarely' play a discernible role in informing economic decisions: Book
New Delhi, Jan 21 () India's civil society institutions "rarely" play a discernible role in informi…
PTI
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'Vamp Me Via Zoom': How personal ads at The New York Review of Books embraced the language of the pandemic
The New York Review of Books personals ads last year included references to Zoom and FaceTime. Now,…
Kevin Shalvey
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The data geeks are taking over advertising
The rise of data and performance marketing is dramatically reshaping the agency business.
Lucia Moses
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Less Trump, more winning: Why the results of one Republican primary in Texas could give hope to new conservative candidates who don't endlessly venerate the former president
GOP strategists say the race for Texas' 8th Congressional District is a sign there are districts na…
Camila DeChalus,Madison Hall
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The Saudis say these cruise missile parts from the oil plant attacks are 'undeniable' proof of Iran's secret hand
On Wednesday, Saudi Arabia's Defense Ministry spokesman Col. Turki al-Malki presented evidence from…
Ellen Ioanes,Ellen Ioanes
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Former House Speaker Paul Ryan said he wanted to 'scold Trump all the time' because he 'didn't know anything about government'
According to a separate excerpt of Alberta' book previously published in Politico Magazine, Ryan wa…
Grace Panetta
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"BYEEEEEEEEEEE:" DC celebrates Biden's victory with champagne and a massive block party outside the White House
Thousands of people in Washington, DC celebrated Joe Biden and Kamala Harris's victory on Saturday …
Kayla Epstein
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Congress just got a bumper-crop of scientists. Meet the 10 new science whizzes on Capitol Hill.
Many of the incoming science experts on the Hill hold medical degrees, have worked in healthcare, o…
Hilary Brueck,Peter Kotecki,P…
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Amazon warehouse employees have hours left to vote on a union that could dramatically change the tech giant and the future of work in America
Experts say the Amazon vote - which ends on Monday - "may be the most important union vote in decad…
Kate Taylor
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Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders both want to be the Democrats' progressive candidate, and a showdown at the next debate is likely
Her years of experience as a law professor have also enabled her to explain complicated concepts re…
Grace Panetta
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Staggering student-loan debt burdens hundreds of congressional staffers
Hundreds of Capitol Hill staffers are bogged down by student-loan debt. One aide has been paying fo…
Warren Rojas,Camila DeChalus
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Paul Ryan says one of his biggest regrets is the ballooning federal deficit. The evidence shows he has himself to blame.
According to the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, 46% of the fiscal year 2019 deficit wi…
Bob Bryan
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Iowa's biggest newspaper just endorsed Elizabeth Warren ahead of the state's February 3 caucuses
In the endorsement, the Register said many of Warren's bold ideas to bring structural change to the…
Grace Panetta
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10 Things in Politics: Biden bets on infrastructure
And the messy divorce case that's helping Manhattan prosecutors with Trump's finances.
Brent D. Griffiths
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The world's biggest security conference is happening this weekend - and it's more important than Davos
Then-US National Security Council spokesman Gordon Johndroe said at the time that the George W. Bus…
Alexandra Ma
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New York Mayor Bill de Blasio is very annoying, but he's going to win easily because he's doing a good job
De Blasio's appointees to the city's Rent Guidelines Board delivered a two-year freeze in rents on …
Josh Barro
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The Congressional Budget Office says raising the minimum wage to $15 will kill jobs. That's not the whole truth - here's why.
Policy expert Annie Fadely says a $15 minimum wage is key to combatting poverty as well as the rece…
Annie Fadely
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Trump's national security adviser John Bolton had advocated bombing North Korea - and he may be sabotaging talks
The White House downplayed Bolton's comments after North Korea lashed out, with press secretary Sar…
Alex Lockie
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Special elections are confusing, chaotic messes that bleed taxpayers and could often be avoided if politicians quit before leveling up, flaming out, or dropping dead
Dozens of members of Congress have died or left office over the past five years, spurring a steady …