There are some products that become emblematic of all similar products -- a Kleenex for a tissue, for instance -- and some names that take on a broader sense.
As Georgia's U.S. Senate race reached its runoff conclusion the day after the midterms in 2022, people were left wondering how a runoff election actually works.
It's to no one's surprise that deals are struck and arrangements are made under the table, behind closed doors, off the books, when it comes to politics.
The importance of midterm elections, which take place two years into a presidential term, centers on their ability to shift the balance of governmental power.
The blog posts of David DePape, the man charged for allegedly attacking Paul Pelosi, have come under scrutiny as the investigation into the break-in continues.
In October 2020, the FBI unveiled a very strange conspiracy, charging militia members with planning to kidnap the governor of Michigan, Gretchen Whitmer.
After British Prime Minister Liz Truss resigned 45 days into her tenure, Rishi Sunak took her place without an election or vote among members of Parliament.
For many countries, the U.S. included, processes are in place to change out national leadership on a regular basis, should that be the will of the electorate.
"Martial law" is a phrase that gets bandied about from time to time, usually in historical contexts far away, but it's very real and possible in the U.S., too.
Records, they say, are made to be broken, whether it's a matter of sports achievement or even a personal best. Some records, however, are in fact shameful.
On Thursday, October 20, 2022, Liz Truss told the assembled British news media that she was resigning from the most powerful political office in the country.
There are stark differences between the U.K. and the U.S. in terms of language -- what individual words mean -- and that applies to political language, too.
Coming on the heels of the death of Queen Elizabeth II comes the resignation, after only six weeks, of British Prime Minister Liz Truss. Who might replace her?