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The question of what Jefferson meant by “all men” has defined American law and politics for too long.
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Federalist CEO Sean Davis testifies about how the government and Big Tech censored The Federalist and other conservatives in a Senate hearing.
The pretense that it is stacks the deck in favor of a secular hegemony over our public health policies.
Around 200 Texas National Guard soldiers and 300 soldiers from the Illinois National Guard will protect ICE agents and federal property, the military said.
Thousands of African Americans fought for the British—then fled the United States to avoid a return to enslavement.
The president said he would pursue designating antifa a “foreign terrorist organization” and called for Democratic officials in Chicago to be jailed.
Trump is not only scapegoating our city; he is plotting to make the neighborhoods of working families, immigrants and communities of color the staging grounds for authoritarian force.
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The president’s threats of revenge are no longer bluster.
President Donald Trump has surged to the top of the betting markets for the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, with bookmakers slashing his odds in half following progress toward a Gaza ceasefire.
Amir and I had very different ideas about which side had committed a ‘genocide.’ But it didn’t stop us from being civil.
President Donald Trump’s long quest for a Nobel Peace Prize has sparked an unusual global scramble.
The foreign minister of European Union member state Malta said on Thursday that he had nominated President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize.
The inquiry, resulting in a smattering of disciplinary action so far, follows an extraordinary directive aimed at silencing criticism of the slain activist and Trump supporter.
The administration is culling the best and brightest from the federal workforce for a rounding error’s worth in savings.
The question before the justices was a narrow one — whether an Illinois congressman had met the basic legal threshold to bring his lawsuit — not the law’s legality.
Vice President JD Vance slammed Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., for expressing a "vile sentiment" when he said "every day" of the government shutdown "gets better" for Democrats.
The Trump administration is intensifying efforts to follow the money behind Antifa, with researchers pointing to dark money networks and foreign-funded nonprofits.
The Pentagon has deployed 10,000 U.S. troops to the region, most of them to bases in Puerto Rico, a senior military official said.
Israel's Consul General in New York, Ambassador Ofir Akunis, praised President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for securing the release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas terrorists since its Oct. 7, 2023, attack.
How he roused a nation to war
The defense claims the Trump DOJ refuses to provide basic information about the charges.
Amid concerns about political violence, some say the party risks looking hypocritical by sticking with the nominee for Virginia attorney general.
It is probably a good thing that Sir Roger Scruton didn’t live to see the streets of London brimming with protesters chanting in favor of Hamas.
The idea that everyone has intrinsic rights to life and liberty was a radical break with millennia of human history. It’s worth preserving.
Mason Peck, an aerospace engineer at Cornell, was trying to test innovative designs in spacecraft when a stop-work order hit.
Trump wants Republicans to draw more safe seats. In Utah, they might lose some instead.
Violence has marred the American constitutional order since the founding. Is it inevitable?
The basic political conflict in America has changed to something very different than the one putting health care to the fore.
The race hustle has been one of the dominant forces in American society for decades. But is it finally losing its power? It has had
If her words had been uttered by a detransitioner, would you have blinked?
Healthcare for menopause and perimenopause is the single most patient-betraying area of medicine—but it has plenty of company.
Sixty years later the Moynihan Report still divides us. American families have paid the price.
Go beyond the soundbites and get to know some of the most interesting players in politics.
Donald Trump’s twenty-point peace proposal marks a potential turning point in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict—though whether it can be implemented remains uncertain.
In the wake of the Republican National Convention earlier this month, Fareed speaks with historian Niall Ferguson about how and why the modern-day GOP has changed since the Reagan era of the 1980s.
Danny Rensch never became the world’s greatest chess player. But his improbable rise from traumatised cult child to dot-com wunderkind represents an even more impressive achievement.
Graham Hillard evaluates the competing arguments.
Jake Wallis Simons argues that Western democracies have abandoned their values and their Jews—and that Israel’s fight for survival is a warning the West cannot afford to ignore.
Defiant Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., insisted "every day gets better" for Democrats who have refused to join Republicans in ending the government shutdown. Now nine days in, the funding stalemate shows no signs of resolution...
At 250, the Revolution’s goals remain noble and indispensable.
At 250, the Revolution's goals remain noble and indispensable.
U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell blocked Trump administration rules requiring teen pregnancy prevention grant recipients to avoid gender ideology content.
New Jersey Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mikie Sherrill bashed Trump's National Guard deployments to American cities, saying that troops in the streets “makes people less safe."
One of the most influential and ardent Patriots couldn’t persuade his son to join the Revolution.
The agents were identified in documents obtained by a Republican senator as having worked with Jack Smith, the special counsel who led the federal inquiries into Donald J. Trump.
Sen. Jim Banks, R-Ind., issued a stinging rebuke of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Democrats over the ongoing government shutdown and to spotlight the consequences it will have for military members, their families, and the small business…
The president’s announcement says the agreement includes the release of hostages by Hamas and the withdrawal of Israeli troops.
President Joe Biden's federal student loan forgiveness program, which promises to deliver up to $20,000 of debt relief for millions of borrowers, is on hold indefinitely as legal challenges work their way through the courts.
President Donald Trump has nominated Florida businessman Lee Lipton to serve as the next United States Ambassador to the Republic of the Philippines, a key post at a time of intensifying strategic competition in the Indo-Pacific.
The party’s chairman has already said it would not include scrutiny of how Joe Biden’s late withdrawal from the race was handled.
President Donald Trump has stated that he anticipates the remaining hostages will be released from Gaza on Monday of next week as part of the initial phase of his 20-point peace plan addressing the two-year conflict in the region.
Mordechi Rosenfeld, known as Modi, already has the synagogue crowd. Now he wants the “Goyim, gays and theys,” too.
The fact that the alleged assailant was previously barred from the cathedral suggests that his motives may have been as much anti-Catholic as anti-Court.
Sex, money, murder, and the decline of Mike White’s wildly popular HBO series ‘The White Lotus.’
How a lost copy of the Declaration of Independence unlocked a historical mystery
Behavioural scientist Dr Dani Sulikowski unpacks the evolutionary logic behind women advising other women not to reproduce.
The New Jersey gubernatorial debate got tense on Wednesday night after candidate Jack Ciattarelli mocked his opponent for her involvement in a U.S. Naval Academy cheating scandal.
Israel and Hamas have agreed to terms for the release of all hostages held by the Palestinian militant group in Gaza, a major breakthrough in the US- and Qatari-brokered negotiations to end their two-year war.
Airport delays and IRS closures are just the beginning.
It’s been a dirty race for the governor’s mansion in New Jersey.
Motions to dismiss indictments based on selective prosecution are exceedingly difficult for defendants, but Comey has more to work with than most.
All eyes are on former President Donald Trump, who has launched another White House bid.
Jack Ciattarelli spends $2 million on ads questioning Rep. Mikie Sherrill's wealth explanations in the competitive 2025 New Jersey governor's race.
The California gubernatorial candidate put on an amazing display of who she really is that voters will find impossible to ignore.
There are two big things going on in California politics right now. We are in the opening phase of what could be the most unpredictable gubernatorial election in ages, with a huge and changing field of candidates eager to succeed term-limited Gavi…
A federal judge extended a consent decree limiting ICE's warrantless arrests until 2026 after finding agents violated constitutional protections.
The Trump-announced deal appears to be a breakthrough, but it is too soon to declare the war over.
Democratic leaders oppose President Donald Trump's National Guard federalization efforts — are Republicans right to call them hypocrites for doing so?
The roughly five-minute confrontation, initiated by Representative Mike Lawler of New York, was intended to draw attention to Democrats’ role in the government shutdown.
Senate Republicans need Democratic support to reopen the government, but they aren't ready to change Senate rules to eliminate the filibuster to turn the lights back on.
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee praised President Donald Trump for achieving what he called the impossible - brokering a comprehensive peace deal in the Middle East that includes the release of hostages from Gaza...
Vice President Kamala Harris, a former US senator from California who previously served as the state's attorney general, could be the first Black woman and Asian American to lead a major party ticket after receiving President Joe Biden's support t…
In a wide-ranging interview, John C. Williams discussed the outlook for interest rates, his concerns about the labor market and the importance of the Fed’s independence. Here is a full transcript.
A new book looks back on the making of Billy Wilder’s American classic.
Look closely at almost anything and you'll find data—lots of it. But what are those numbers really saying about who we are and what we believe? Harry Enten is on a mission to find out.
He is doing a lot better than you might think.
Follow President Trump’s progress filling over 800 positions, among about 1,300 that require Senate confirmation, in this tracker from The Washington Post and the Partnership for Public Service.
Immigration arrests have declined and jail overcrowding is worse despite billions in new funds.
Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema decided to shake up the political world on Friday by becoming an independent. The former Democrat is still caucusing with the party in the Senate, so the Democratic caucus still has 51 members. Now, instead of 49 Democr…
Trump's administration has to deal with the aftermath of Biden's strategy to indiscriminately award immigrants some measure of protection from deportation.
University leaders are wary of a new proposal from the Trump administration to impose far-reaching changes in higher education.
Two Republican senators voted with Democrats for a motion to discharge a joint resolution to block Trump's unilateral strikes against vessels allegedly trafficking drugs.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., on Wednesday broke with Republican leadership on the government shutdown standoff, pressing House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., to bring the House back into session and warning that GOP inaction could inflict pun…
Comey was permitted to surrender voluntarily pursuant to a summons. There was no occasion to arrest him much less parade him about in cuffs or leg-irons.
It will be interesting to see if other schools drop their racial preferences and avoid the cost of fighting the government.
Energy costs have become a central issue in the governor’s race between Jack Ciattarelli, the Republican, and Representative Mikie Sherrill, the Democrat.
The Biden administration managed to rack up a long list of major legislative wins in its first two years despite facing one of the most closely-divided Congresses in history. From bipartisan action on infrastructure, gun safety and same-sex marria…
Two viral videos have brought unwelcome attention to the former congresswoman, who has been leading polls in the 2026 California governor’s race.
How the 6 Gallery reading in San Francisco on 7 October 1955 changed the counterculture.
They don’t call the Eastern District of Virginia the ‘rocket docket’ for nothing.
A bipartisan Senate resolution to restrain Trump’s ability to wage war against alleged Venezuelan drug traffickers failed in a 48-51 vote.
Last week's bombshell claim-that Christopher Wray and Attorney General Garland signed off on the FBI's surveillance of GOP senators because any probe touching elected officials must be approved as a Sensitive Investigative Matter (SIM)-should shoc…
Conservatives are the target of real-life violence. The country is still reeling from the assassination of Charlie Kirk less than a month ago.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel's President Isaac Herzog wholeheartedly called for President Donald Trump to receive Friday's Nobel Peace Prize after securing an historic ceasefire between Israel and Hamas terrorists.
Let's start with the positive: Republicans and Democrats are coming together to protect same-sex marriage from the Supreme Court.
Judge Karin Immergut blocked President Trump from sending National Guardsmen to defend against a “rebellion.” Now three judges will hear the government’s appeal.
President Donald Trump is getting global praise for the peace progress between Israel and Hamas, but Trump is sharing the credit with his U.S. ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee.
Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay talks with Canadian Genspect director Mia Hughes about the emerging ‘gender glasnost’—and the best way to continue rolling back the excesses of trans activism.
Fareed explains why AI's massive energy demands are straining the power grid, but also why AI could enable big breakthroughs in sustainability and clean energy.
When we construe normal feeling as illness, we offer people an understanding of themselves as disordered. This encourages people to be stuck in a limiting narrative.
Former Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., claimed she delivered billions to her district while voting against defense and infrastructure bills that secured funding for St. Louis.
Former Vice President Kamala Harris uses profanity to suggest the Trump administration was "crazy" during Los Angeles event where she promoted her new book.
Republicans in the Senate blocked a measure that would terminate the president’s legally disputed campaign targeting alleged drug runners.
Sen. John Fetterman congratulated President Donald Trump on the Israel-Hamas peace plan noting that he and Trump share an "ironclad commitment to Israel and its people."
Democratic Rep. Grijalva won her special election more than two weeks ago, but House Republicans refuse to swear her into office.
MAGA commentators are stepping up as soldiers in Trump's culture war to provoke confrontations against Antifa with the backing of DHS.