Back in the time of Ferdinand Marcos Sr., a young student of politics allegedly asked FM why he closed the legislative branch of government, particularly Congress, knowing that it was the fountain of ...

Sound Off is an opinion forum for Mercury readers to offer brief comments on today’s news. Submissions must be 75 words or ...

There’s much to like in the governor’s executive order on THC, but Texans should question the wisdom of unilateral action.

The Trump administration wants a stopgap funding plan through Jan. 31. Appropriators are prepared to go their own way.

The U.S. Supreme Court is about to confront one of the most consequential questions in modern constitutional history: just how far presidential authority can stretch. The case before the ...

The Investor Choice Advocates Network (ICAN) has filed a lawsuit to challenge the current definition of an Accredited ...

A look at labor, murky financial picture saps consumer confidence, end of de minimis exemption ushers in unknowns.

When a state legislature functions as a redistricting commission, elected officials become dangerously unaccountable.

Months after a high-profile murder-suicide in Berlin, the state’s leading domestic violence advocacy organization is working ...

The Trump administration failed to tell lawmakers about a 2019 SEAL Team 6 incursion into North Korean territory that went awry.

Faithful execution of the laws of the United States is assigned only to the president and he has no choice in the matter.

In her opinion piece “Traditional marriage' definition leaves out a lot more than same-sex pairs,” Rekha Basu’s clever but patently false arguments about marriage reflect her misunderstanding of it’s ...