Author: Susan Page, USA TODAY

Echoes of Kansas: Broad support for abortion measures on state ballots is more evidence of a backlash to the overturning of Roe v. Wade.

Pelosi has a history of standing up to China and also of defying presidents, from George H.W. Bush to Bill Clinton to Donald Trump and now Joe Biden.

Henry Kissinger, at 99, finds himself worried about the nation and the world during a time of tumult.

A new USA TODAY/Suffolk Poll shows the country in a funk, signaling problems for President Biden and Democrats in the November midterm elections.

‘Unprecedented’ seems too small a word to describe the Capitol riot hearing that stretched for nearly two hours in the Cannon Caucus Room.

More Republicans blame “loose gun laws” for mass shootings, a new polls shows. That could make GOP lawmakers feel more comfortable about compromising.

The success of anti-abortion activists in enacting ‘trigger laws’ means the impact of a Supreme Court decision would instantly be felt.

Does Joe Biden’s son Hunter bear some responsibility for the controversies around him? “No,” Valerie Biden Owens said. “Hunter walked through hell.”

Fears for the future of democracy remain very high–85% of Americans are worried about it–and cross party lines.

He has an uphill sales job to do: Americans disapprove of his handling of Russia and Ukraine by double digits in a USA TODAY/Suffolk Poll.