Finally, a nation that is contributing heavily to climate change is taking a major step to reduce its emissions. Unfortunately, this global leadership is not coming from the United States. It’s coming from China.

These are dark days for people concerned about the influence of money in politics.

We all should be concerned about the recent census report that said Maine’s population is not growing. In fact, Maine is one of only two states with more deaths than births, the other being West Virginia.

Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray, D-Wash., has now weighed in with a budget plan to counter the House Republican tax-and-spending blueprint.

The decision to drop White House tours always had a whiff of what’s known as Washington Monument syndrome.

A permit to carry a concealed weapon is a government document. A government official has reviewed an application and made a decision that affects the whole community, not just the applicant.

Does raising the tax on firearms and ammunition make sense as a way of reducing gun violence in the United States?

The trick with divided government is being able to make a deal after a long day of dropping bombs on each other.

When Transportation Security Administration agents spotted three small knives in a passenger’s carry-on bag at Honolulu International Airport in January, they sent him back to check them. On his second trip through the scanners, they found the knives again — not-so-cleverly concealed inside a thermos. Nice try.