Outgoing DIA chief Michael Flynn warns that the terror threat has metastasized and that the US is less safe now than before 9/11. Is the White House paying attention?

The U.S. Constitution encompasses two different ideas of liberty that operate in tension.

Worries about the pound and the financial system undercut the Scottish drive for independence. Meanwhile, Sir Mick Jagger signs up with the Pope as 200 celebrities call for Scotland to keep the Union Jack.

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There’s trouble brewing in California’s Democratic coalition, with the stridently green coastal elite facing off with a working class that objects to the costs of their policies.

Medical schools across the country are starting to implement three-year degree programs, while more students are trying out legal apprenticeships as an alternative to law school. Is a sea change in professional education on the horizon?

Farmers in India are planting drought-resistant varieties of rice, and are being rewarded for their efforts with higher crop yields and incomes alike.

The ISIS onslaught shows that now isn’t the time for Kurdish independence. The KRG will be hard-pressed to defend itself and needs all the friends it can get.

One day after he accepted $1 billion from Saudi Arabia on behalf of the Lebanese Armed Forces, Saad Hariri is returning from exile. This is part of a broader Saudi strategy.

Offshore fracking is seen by some as the next energy frontier, as companies are using the technique more commonly associated with onshore shale drilling to access deepwater oil and gas reserves.