The question serious leaders face is whether principles have any place in a world that rewards raw power and speed.

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On the Monday, December 29 2025, episode of The Excerpt podcast: For a year, USA TODAY columnist Suzette Hackney followed ...

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Discover how maladaptive schemas make most New Year’s resolutions fail, and how to approach change at a deeper level.

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The GOP-led North Carolina legislature spent nearly 10 years trying to control the elections board. But it’s also taken aim ...

People with low tolerance for the unknown often feel the need for closure. They prefer what is predictable to keep a ...

In the year ahead, Trump will up the ante but face new limits to imposing his will at home and abroad, writes Ian Bremmer.

Rapid household solarisation across the country is often celebrated as a quiet revolution. But beneath this hopeful imagery ...

Amid the rise of streaming, younger viewers barely watch the broadcasting that once dominated Christmas schedules ...

Almost four years after the Ukraine war began, Western imperialism is in disarray. European governments, not least in Kyiv, ...