In a momentous 5-4 decision, the US Supreme Court Tuesday invalidated a major provision of the 1965 Voting Rights Act that mandated federal oversight of election laws in states with a history of discriminatory practices.

As negotiators look for agreement in Trans-Pacific Partnership talks, success would be the most important symbol of America's economic "pivot" to Asia while its failure would have major implications on global growth.

The nation's top five largest financial institutions' combined assets last year equaled 56 percent of the US economy.

Seventy-five years of freedom, opportunity, and enterprise.

The US Geological Survey announced a twofold increase in estimated mean oil resources in the Bakken and Three Forks Formations.

(GRAPHIC) A vehicle mileage tax is being proposed as an alternative to the federal gas tax. Aside from the privacy concerns it raises, it is also a costly endeavor.

How many have to die to get elections? Source materials for a list of casualties in democracy movements and dictatorships.

Previewing, “Nation of Takers,” to be released Oct. 15, AEI Nick Eberstadt said his book is about the explosive rise of entitlement payments in the US over the last 50 years, and how that has changed the federal government and American life and morés.

The 193 members of the United Nations are convening this week for the 67th general assembly. The general debate period, which takes place annually at the end of September, has provided many highs and lows in international dialogue, but few as memorable as the following.