Tennessee state Democrat Rep. Justin Pearson may be one of his party’s rising young stars, but he is going to need to seriously upgrade his debate skills […] ...

President Donald Trump is hosting Republican and Democratic governors for a working breakfast at the White House this morning ...

Raid them, detain them, and leave them without any way to legally defend themselves. That’s what happened to George Retes, a 26-year-old Army veteran who was arrested by ICE officials while commuting ...

Trump claimed in mid-January that should the Supreme Court rule against his tariff policy, the U.S. would be forced to “pay ...

How big would a telescope need to be to see Earth’s dinosaurs from 66 million light-years away? Think big—and then think ...

Sound Off is an opinion forum for Mercury readers to offer brief comments on today’s news. Submissions must be 75 words or fewer and are subject to editing for grammar and clarity. Publication is at ...

I could be the best pathologist on planet earth—the undisputed Sherlock Holmes of medical science, even—and I still wouldn’t have the slightest clue what the cause of death is for this particular ...

President Donald Trump urged Iran to reach a deal through diplomacy and alluded to potential military action if talks fail as he made remarks at the first meeting of his Board of Peace.

Human intelligence wasn’t a cosmic evolutionary fluke, some scientists say. The case against cosmic loneliness is growing.

Democrats say they won't restore funding for the Department of Homeland Security unless Republicans agree to new guardrails on immigration enforcement.

For decades, scientists have searched the skies for signs of extraterrestrial technology. A study from EPFL asks a sharp ...