The French government has declared war on U.S.-imported "wokeism," with French Education Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer warning that the left-wing ideology is what contributed to the rise of former U.S. President Trump. […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday ordered the country’s workers to stay off work for a week starting later this month amid rising coronavirus infection and death numbers. […]

The Olympic flame arrived in Beijing on Wednesday amid calls from overseas critics for a boycott of the Feb. 4-20 Winter Games. […]

Tensions flared outside a walkout at Netflix headquarters as employees upset with the streaming platform’s airing of a controversial special by standup comedian Dave Chapelle clashed with counter-protesters supporting the comic’s freedom of speech. […]

Seventy-three percent of voters, the highest since May 2020, rate the economy negatively -- and nearly three times as many are falling behind as getting ahead financially. The 39 percent who are falling behind is up from 27 percent in June. […]

Omar lashed out at her upper chamber counterparts that have stood against progressive calls to nix the filibuster, accusing them of being the death knell of democracy. […]

Los Angeles City Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas was suspended from office Wednesday amid a federal indictment on corruption charges. […]

A 41-year-old New Hampshire man charged with murdering his wife while the couple was in Vermont celebrating their first wedding anniversary has pleaded not guilty. […]

A woman who was raped on a Philadelphia-area train in front of other passengers got onto the wrong line and continued to push the suspect away after he began grabbing her minutes after she entered the car, a criminal complaint said. […]