Egyptians go to the polls on May 23 and 24. But heightened tension and deepening unease over every aspect of the political process make it hard to predict what will happen next.

As politicians dither, the threat of default spreads from Greece to Spain and Italy.

The largest IPO in history serves us lessons in what it means to love your country. 

The state’s top number-cruncher discusses taxes, education and the consequences of drowning government in the bathtub.

Trina Garnett accidentally set a fatal fire when she was 14. That was in 1976. Could a Supreme Court ruling on juvenile life without parole finally bring her home?

The math doesn’t add up. It shouldn't cost Obama votes—and it won’t.

The dramatic opening of the 9/11 trial shined a light on all the ways in which a commission is not a federal court.

An estimated 500 lives have been saved since March in a peace process launched by imprisoned Salvadoran gang members.