Author: Ledyard King, USA TODAY

In the Trump age, political polarization in the United States has never been higher. Groups like Better Angels are promoting civility to lower angst.

The male-dominated culture of the early space program is giving way to a more gender-balanced one thanks in part to NASA’s diverse astronaut pool.

The House Monday passed a bipartisan disaster aid bill aimed at helping victims of California wildfires, Midwest flooding and tropical hurricanes.

Amid criticism that new rules to determine who gets on the debate stage are arbitrary, Democratic National Committee Chair Tom Perez called them fair.

The Navy confirmed it received a request to keep the USS John McCain out of view of President Donald Trump’s sight during his visit to Japan recently.

Texas GOP Rep. Chip Roy said border security and the national debt led him to object to a $19.1 billion disaster aid bill the Senate passed Thursday.

The field of Democratic presidential candidates is starting to take shape. In June, 20 of them will participate in the first debates. Get caught up.

With the Mueller report expected out within days, House Democrats are performing a balancing act: Focus on ‘kitchen-table’ issues while vowing oversight

John Legend and Chrissy Teigen are lending star power to the House Democrats’ retreat that began Wednesday and runs through Friday.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez defended her Green New Deal, saying GOP critics should read the proposal to address climate change before mocking it.