The Democratic Republic of the Congo has some of the largest deposits on Earth. Its President wants to sell them—and win a war.

A legal scholar argues that the judiciary’s “passive-aggressive approach” to the Trump Administration is doomed to fail.

Universities are accustomed to acquiescing to the government, but Trump made Harvard an offer it couldn’t not refuse.

A professor at M.I.T. on how Xi Jinping is likely to respond to U.S. tariffs and why the standoff won’t weaken the Chinese Communist Party’s grip on power.

Pope Francis has long advocated for immigrants, refugees, and the vulnerable—but the Church, like other institutions, may need to find new ways to sustain its commitments.

In the ruins of a health-care system, many medical facilities have become graveyards. Doctors continue to deliver lifesaving care—but they risk their own lives in the process.

After its purchase by a tech entrepreneur, the publication is now a shadow of itself. A letter signed by its illustrious contributors says as much about a way of life as it does about the media industry.

An MS-13 leader knew key details of a secret deal that his gang allegedly made with the Salvadoran President—then the White House put him on a flight to El Salvador.

Right-wing ideologues have long fantasized about the prospect of mass self-deportation: the Trump Administration is attempting something far more radical.

The university’s $53.2-billion endowment has positioned it to resist the bullying tactics of an increasingly authoritarian President.

Can Claudia Sheinbaum manage the demands from D.C.—and her own country’s fragile democracy?

The President is at the center of a brazenly transactional ecosystem that rewards flattery and lockstep loyalty.

Hearing aids and cochlear implants have been getting better for years, but a new type of device—eyeglasses that display real-time speech transcription on their lenses—are a game-changing breakthrough.

In a historic moment characterized by autocrats and would-be autocrats, Francis was the antithesis of a strongman.

In an overnight ruling, the Justices defended the rule of law. Will their toughness last?

If you or someone you love has cancer, cardiovascular disease, dementia, Parkinson’s disease, or diabetes, you have likely benefitted from the university’s federally funded discoveries in care and treatment.

Amid the extreme political polarization in his home country, the Pope found himself at odds with nearly every President.

Why the Holocaust historian Deborah Lipstadt blames universities for “opening the door” to the Trump Administration’s professed campaign to tackle antisemitism.

As the Trump Administration forces the U.S. to retreat from labor-protection programs abroad, American workers might end up suffering, too.

Children have long been put in migrant detention if they were apprehended at the border. Today, lawyers have found, families are being removed from stable lives in the United States.