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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…
White House staff during the presidency of Democrat Joe Biden "lied" about his competency, Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, told Newsmax Saturday.
Men aren’t the only ones susceptible to extremist thinking.
As part of Trump’s tax-and-spend bill, Republicans extended the debt limit by $5 trillion, leaving some wondering if the policy of setting any limit is outdated.
A “mission impossible” deportation campaign has left many employees burned out and morally conflicted.
Trump’s Qatari jet was just the beginning.
The president called Ms. O’Donnell, who moved to Ireland a a “threat to humanity” and said she should stay in Ireland, where she moved to in January after Mr. Trump won a second term.
A key China ally with presidential ambitions in Peru is reportedly traveling this week to participate in a sending-off ceremony for a batch of trains donated by the Biden administration.
How Joseph Kurihara lost his faith in America
President Donald Trump still faces a plethora of threats, ranging from violent extremists backed by proxy groups, to domestic actors inspired to incite violence amid heightened political rhetoric, according to experts.
The president got his “One Big Beautiful Bill.” Can he sell it to voters?
Dan “Razin” Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs, doesn’t want the spotlight—but with this White House, there’s no avoiding it.
An anti-Israel resolution in North Carolina points to a growing rift between the party’s voters and its leaders.
Earlier this year, President Trump suggested he wanted to shutter the agency. Now, he says his aides “fixed it up in no time.”
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.
Columbia University has discussed paying some $200 million to settle with the Trump administration after losing about $400 million in canceled grants and contracts, The Wall Street Journal reported.
President Donald Trump on Saturday called comedian Rosie O'Donnell a "threat to humanity" and said he was "seriously considering" revoking her citizenship.
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The man accused of plotting to kill President Donald Trump at his Florida golf course last September has pleaded with a federal judge to permit him to be part of prisoner swap with U.S. adversaries so that he may "freeze to death in Siberia."
Trump and first lady Melania Trump spoke about how difficult it was to find the right words for the grieving, as they fulfilled a unifying public ritual for commanders in chief.
Operations Rising Lion and Midnight Hammer have been successful military operations, but a great deal of uncertainty remains.
As a dissident Iranian, I support Israel’s efforts to weaken the Ayatollahs’ regime. I’m not alone in this.
On Jan. 20, 2025, newly reelected President Trump issued an executive order ending birthright citizenship.
Hanging over all the audacious steps taken so far this year by Donald Trump and his Republican Party has been the fact that voters will get a chance to respond in 2026.
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.
Former President Biden's White House doctor, Kevin O'Connor, invoked the Fifth Amendment in response to questions during a House Oversight Committee deposition.
Investor and entrepreneur Marc Andreessen participated in the inaugural Reagan National Economic Forum and was featured in a fireside chat titled "The Case for American Optimism" alongside Joe Lonsdale, Managing Partner of 8VC.
The New York City mayoral primary showcased a better kind of politics than progressives are used to.
In Kevin Hassett, the Trump administration has picked an especially unfortunate spokesperson.
President Donald Trump likely didn't believe the Epstein files would "be this problematic for him" and won't fire Attorney General Pam Bondi because "it will be a huge embarrassment to him," says former White House lawyer Ty Cobb.
Jacque White and her five children escaped the rising waters of the Guadalupe River just in time. Now they have to rebuild.
New York City Democrat mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is taking the direction set by communist Karl Marx and he has "got to be stopped," said former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani.
He said, and I agree: There are a lot of names associated with Epstein that had nothing to do with Epstein's conduct. They maybe had lunch with him or maybe had some correspondence for one thing or another.
Vance Boelter, the man accused in the political assassination of a Minnesota state lawmaker and her husband and the shootings of another lawmaker and his wife, refused to discuss a potential motive but insisted his case "didn't involve" either Pre…
Let's start with the positive: Republicans and Democrats are coming together to protect same-sex marriage from the Supreme Court.
Go beyond the soundbites and get to know some of the most interesting players in politics.
On her 64th birthday, in 2012, the conceptual artist Adrian Piper "retired from being black." She posted a digitally altered portrait of herself, rendered in gray scale, and included a message underneath: "Henceforth, my new racial designation wil…
Leaders from both economies had been trying to negotiate more favorable terms, only to have those efforts blown up by form letters.
Lethality alone doesn’t win wars.
Protesters organized by Tampa Bay Students for a Democratic Society marched against Turning Point USA's conference, advocating for LGBTQ+ rights and an end to deportations.
Rep. Randy Weber told Newsmax Saturday that the focus in the aftermath of deadly Texas Hill Country flooding a week ago is not finding someone to blame.
Sam Tanenhaus’s new biography of William F. Buckley provides a rich and nuanced portrait of one of the most consequential public intellectuals in modern American conservative politics.
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.
Netanyahu’s Nobel Prize gesture masks serious diplomatic divisions over Iran’s nuclear programme and the future of Gaza’s devastated population.
Those fired from the department include two prosecutors who worked under former special counsel Jack Smith.
The world's greatest innovator has set his sights on America's biggest problem: the two-party system that is ripping our social fabric, bankrupting our nation, and failing to solve our most basic problems.
An exhibit in the museum’s Northwest Coast Hall repeats the false claim that the bodies of ‘215 Indigenous children’ were found at Kamloops, B.C. in ‘unmarked graves.’
A riveting new book by American historian Lynne Olson re-examines the story of Ravensbrück, the Nazis’ notorious concentration camp for women.
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In a long social media post, President Trump praised Attorney General Pam Bondi and told his followers to “not waste Time and Energy” on the Jeffrey Epstein case.
Kristi Noem detailed how the federal government deployed resources and funds to Texas flood victims, signaling fundamental changes to FEMA under the Trump administration.
Trump takes to Truth Social to support Attorney General Pam Bondi who has faced backlash from MAGA supporters regarding the DOJ's management of Jeffrey Epstein documents.
Ian Penman has published an eccentric new book about Erik Satie, a French surrealist composer and celebratory nuisance with a tiny oeuvre and massive influence.
The latest round of firings targets not just prosecutors but also support staff members who played a smaller role.
I don't think Dan comes back if Pam stays, a source told The Post.
Political violence poses an existential threat to our nation and our freedoms—but it’s not too late.
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…
At the Turning Point USA conference in Tampa, the young MAGA faithful boils over the Epstein memo saga and boos talk of protecting immigrant workers.
Charges have been dropped against Dr. Kirk Moore, who faced decades in prison for allegedly destroying $28,000 in COVID-19 vaccines and fraudulently completing vaccination record cards.
It’s time for everyone to engage in the depopulation debate, says Dean Spears, a co-author of After the Spike.
An individual using an outdated cellphone number belonging to the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee contacted at least one current and one former member of Congress purporting to be working on a projected related to Melania Trump.
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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Director Bill Pulte says he's "encouraged" by reports he says he's seen that embattled Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is considering stepping down.
White House border czar Tom Homan defended ICE agents against protesters and hecklers at a Turning Point USA Student Action Summit in Florida.
Though President Donald Trump is only months into his second term, the 2028 presidential race is already taking shape in South Carolina, where a flurry of visits by high-profile Democrats and Republicans is fueling speculation about potential Whit…
President Donald Trump has backtracked on the Federal Emergency Management Agency following the disastrous flash floods in Texas, saying Friday during a visit to the disaster zone that "we have some good people running FEMA" thanks to his hires.
FOX News host Jesse Watters on former Obama CIA director John Brennan's involvement in the DOJ investigation into Russian collusion.
Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay talks to Heterodox Academy scholar Nafees Alam about the need to challenge political orthodoxies in the field of social work
Mark Zuckerberg paid $25 million. Elon Musk followed with $10 million. Now it could be Sundar Pichai’s turn.
But they didn’t want to anger the president.
All eyes are on former President Donald Trump, who has launched another White House bid.
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…
Tucker Carlson is calling on the public to ask questions "no one has ever tried to ask" about Jeffrey Epstein's case after the Justice Department and FBI decided to withhold records from the sex trafficking investigation, the Daily Caller reported.
The Epstein case isn't just another random story people are focused on. It is a proxy for whether the Trump DOJ has what it takes to hold the Deep State accountable across the board. And people are rightfully concerned about DOJ's competence given…
After the passage of President Trump’s domestic policy law, the Department of Homeland Security is poised to hire thousands of new immigration agents and double detention space.
How journalism exchanged the duty to inform for an ethic of customer satisfaction.
Disco Demolition Night was an early episode of culture and counterculture being saddled with far greater political significance than they deserved.
New report details Secret Service security failures during the attempted assassination on President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, as six agents face suspensions without pay.
Still reveling in his political comeback after surviving two near-miss assassination attempts, last December, then-President-elect Trump stopped by the Christmas party of the Secret Service detail that was responsible for both saving his life and …
Trump has spent the past several days sending letters to world leaders about new tariffs the United States would be imposing on them.
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Trump defends Attorney General Pam Bondi amid Epstein files backlash as FBI Director Patel squashes resignation rumors, calling conspiracy theories about discord untrue.
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Trump’s vow to shrink the federal government appears to rely, at least in part, on top officials doing multiples jobs. These seven are doing double, triple or quadruple duty.
In last month’s decision limiting one judicial tool, universal injunctions, the court seemed to invite lower courts to use class actions as an alternative.
The philosopher Stephen Harrop interviews Quillette’s Managing Editor Iona Italia about her book Anxious Employment on the journalism of Enlightenment London.
President Donald Trump met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and visited Kerrville, Texas, following massive floods.
The first six months of Donald Trump's second presidency have been a master class in what he truly excels at: wanton misrule. With an absence of adult minders and a determination to run roughshod over all of the democratic guardrails that have his…
Dan Bongino clashed with Attorney General Pam Bondi and White House chief of staff Susie Wiles in a heated meeting about the Epstein memo that found no client list existed.
Is the Fed chairman, Jay Powell, going to make it through the weekend? There is talk that he is being forced to resign.