Constant monetary devaluation isn’t the only pernicious impact of a fiat system. It distorts the entire society.

President Trump's threat to destroy Iran sparks debate on war crimes and moral values. Leaders condemn the statement.

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump said late Tuesday he's pulling back on his threats to attack Iranian bridges, power plants and other civilian targets, subject to Iran agreeing to a two ...

Human history is littered with expired civilizations, and scholars and archaeologists have made a determined effort to understand why and how civilizations collapse. They've found that symptoms like a ...

If words such as "patriots wanting to see their country great" have meaning, we should recognize that they also apply to ...

Humans have been around for around 350,000 years, but it has only been a short time since they began to group together in ...

Put simply, a threat to a whole civilization falls into an entirely different category from a threat to a barbaric regime ...

A real strike on civilization as we know it occurred in Silicon Valley, where a new AI super-brain was locked up because it's ...

On April 7, 2026, Donald Trump posted on Truth Social: “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.” This statement did not occur in isolation. It followed earlier threats ...

The truce is under strain because of two issues, Lebanon and the Strait of Hormuz. U.S. and Iranian negotiators are scheduled to meet in Pakistan this weekend. By Amelia Nierenberg and Lynsey Chutel ...

Follow USA TODAY columnist Rex Huppke on Bluesky at @rexhuppke.bsky.social and on Facebook at facebook.com/RexIsAJerk. By proudly announcing “a whole civilization ...

President Donald Trump has given Iranian leaders until 8 p.m. Eastern on Tuesday to make a deal to stop or pause the war or else “a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.