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President Donald Trump's dream of establishing a United States Space Force moved one step closer to reality Thursday with the creation of the U.S. Space Command.

Populations of Paris and New York City decline while immigration sustains London.

The president of the United States on Wednesday attacked the prime minister of Denmark because she will not sell him Greenland—and found the very notion "absurd."

Vietnam is likely the Trump administration’s next trade target. But the calculus differs in key ways from China.

North Korea is continuing to improve its nuclear capabilities. And political and economic relations between Japan and South Korea are deteriorating rapidly.

The Midwest remains undecided, but conflicting trends point alternately toward victory for Trump or his eventual opponent.

The US president often has nearly unchecked authority in foreign policy. We should learn how candidates would wield that power.

It’s a great plan—if you don’t like the benefits of trade and want to see it restricted as severely as possible.

Meet the new Red Scare. Is it the same as the old Red Scare?

Next week the Democratic presidential candidates will debate here in Detroit, the symbol of the industrial Midwest’s rise, fall and fledgling rebirth.