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Biden to Spend a Last Day as President in Charleston

President Biden will spend his final full day in office in Charleston, S.C., where five years ago he revived his flailing campaign.

A Fitting Last Act for the Cannibal King and His Coconut Queen

How will DeSantis, Youngkin and other 2028 hopefuls stay relevant outside the Trump administration?

With Vice President-elect JD Vance the early frontrunner in the race for the 2028 GOP presidential nomination, how do other potential contenders stay in the political spotlight?

Fox News Prepares to Cover a Government Filled With Fox News Alumni

President-elect Donald J. Trump has leaned heavily on familiar faces from the cable network as he fills out his second-term cast.

Podcast #267: The Tragedy of California’s Wildfires

Jonathan Kay speaks with University of Southern California scholar William Deverell about what he calls the ‘new fire regime in the American West.’

How To Save the Democrats

They're in shambles. They need to change-fast. Here's what they should do.

Democrats Now Threatening People Who Donated to Trump's Inauguration

Gov. Gavin Newsom faces complex politics, GOP criticism over L.A. fires

The California Democrat has pressed moderate measures to aid victims and been a constant TV presence as he and the state battle online falsehoods.

The Intellectual Rationalization for Annexing Greenland

Donald Trump’s defenders have little choice but to cast his trolling as a clever geopolitical stratagem.

Why ‘Late Regime’ Presidencies Fail

The coalition collapse that doomed Biden follows a grim precedent set by another Democratic leader: Jimmy Carter.

Trump Flies on Air Force Plane to Washington

President-elect Donald Trump headed to Washington on Saturday ahead of his inauguration on a military airplane supplied by President Joe Biden, as the outgoing president emphasized sticking with traditional transition norms.

My Experience Working With Justin Trudeau: Quillette Cetera Episode 43

Zoe interviews her colleague Jonathan Kay, who once ghostwrote for Trudeau, about his time working with the Canadian soon-to-be ex-Prime Minister.

Indoor inauguration upends plans for Trump backers. They’re still excited.

Many Trump supporters have yet to figure out backup plans for Inauguration Day.

The Federal Work Force Grew Briskly Under Biden. It’s Still Historically Low.

Government agencies that shrank in President-elect Trump’s first term have mostly bounced back, and some have become even larger.

Washington governor orders flags at full-staff for Trump inauguration despite mourning period for Jimmy Carter

Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson has ordered flags to be raised on Monday for President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration, despite the 30-day mourning period for Jimmy Carter's death.

Scenes From the People's March

Why Aircraft Carriers Are Becoming Obsolete

The carrier is too large, slow, and costly to evade rapidly evolving missile technology.

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.

Deep Question of the Week: Will Trump Execute Generals, Assassinate Media Figures?

Trump Will 'Most Likely' Give TikTok a 90-day Reprieve

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday said he would "most likely" give TikTok a 90-day reprieve from a potential ban in the United States after he takes office on Monday.

How Santa Ana Winds Are Fuelling the Deadly fires in LA

It’s very hard to extinguish a fire under these conditions.

Bill Gates: Spoke With Trump, 'Amazing Things' for Global Health

Gates Foundation Chair Bill Gates told The Wall Street Journal in an interview published Friday that he and President-elect Donald Trump spoke together for three hours recently, covering topics such as global health.

Biden to Visit Charleston Church on Last Full Day as President

Joe Biden will travel to South Carolina on Sunday, his last full day as US president, where he will mark a national holiday honoring civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr.Biden will visit Royal Missionary Baptist Church in Charleston, where he w…

The Rebranded Women's March Takes Place Tomorrow

Report: Some D.C.-Area Police Departments Won't Assist on Inauguration

At least seven local D.C.-area police departments won't be assisting the Metropolitan Police Department with security on Inauguration Day.

Politics of the Day

Politics of the Day

These Bizarre Theories About the L.A. Wildfires Endanger Everyone

Societies that scapegoat foreign powers for domestic problems erode their ability to solve those problems.

Officials announce updated road and Metro closures for inauguration

Details still remain murky for how attendees can watch the main events at Capital One Arena.

The fine print of the Respect for Marriage Act

Let's start with the positive: Republicans and Democrats are coming together to protect same-sex marriage from the Supreme Court.

LA mayor's office silent on deputy who was in charge of fire dept., placed on leave for alleged bomb threat

L.A. Deputy Mayor Brian Williams was placed on administrative leave amid an investigation into an alleged bomb threat three weeks before fires broke out in LA County.

Margins of Error

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.

Fire Sale

Luxury real estate brokers want Los Angeles to cancel a mansion tax for damaged homes so they can feed off them.

The Tyranny of Fragility

How Alexis de Tocqueville foretold the rise of victimhood culture.

For this Latino family, voting for Trump was part of preserving their American Dream

They say Republicans can’t assume that they will always support GOP candidates, though. They’re waiting to see whether Trump keeps his promises.

Inauguration Day is tomorrow – Here’s a complete guide to Fox News Channel’s coverage and what to expect

Fox News Channel and Fox News Digital is your home to wall-to-wall coverage of President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration.

Everything you need to know about Biden's student loan forgiveness program

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.

Reality Defeats Sanctuary Utopianism

Nothing has been so thoroughly discredited during the Biden years as the policy of sanctuary cities.

Another Long National Nightmare Is Over

With apologies to Gerald Ford, another long national nightmare is over as Joe Biden's disastrous term is mercifully drawing to a close.

Jake Sullivan, White House National Security Adviser, Reflects on China Policy

President Biden and his team saw China as the one nation with the intent and capability to displace American primacy — and crafted policies to defend U.S. power.

Here’s who is skipping Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday

Lawmakers plan to skip the festivities surrounding the incoming Republican president for various reasons, as Democrats lick their wounds after election season.

Trump to be sworn in on Bible given to him by his mother, and the Lincoln Bible

On Monday, President-elect Donald Trump will use two Bibles to culminate the 60th Presidential Inauguration. He is not the first to do so, nor to use the historical Bible he chose.

The Trump Resistance Won’t Be Putting on ‘Pussy Hats’ This Time

The Democrats who mobilized against Donald J. Trump in 2017 feel differently about protesting his return.

What Trump has promised to do in his second term

A rundown of Donald Trump’s biggest campaign promises and whether he has — or hasn’t — delivered.

CNN Political Briefing

The political news you need to know, in 10 minutes or less. Hosted by David Chalian.

Will the Left Disrupt the Inauguration?

A network of progressive groups and militants is preparing for battle.

How Biden Destroyed His Legacy

The president’s accomplishments are considerable, but on his signature issue of preserving democracy, he failed spectacularly.

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to what snowball fights have to do with moving the inauguration inside

With the President-elect's Inauguration moved inside the Capitol, House and Senate offices are becoming frustrated about who may be allowed to attend.

Trump wants to visit China again after he takes office: report

President-elect Trump is interested in heading back to China after he takes office again amid tensions with Beijing, according to a report.

Rep. Baird to Newsmax: 'Excitement in the Air' Over Trump

There is "excitement in the air" with President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration now less than a few days away, Rep. Jim Baird told Newsmax Saturday.

Defiance Is Out, Deference Is in: Trump Returns to a Different Washington

As Donald J. Trump prepares to take the oath of office for a second time, much of the world seems to be bowing down to him and demoralized opponents are rethinking the future.

Trump Doesn’t Believe Anything. That’s Why He Wins.

Transactionalism is Trump’s secret weapon.

LAT: People Fleeing Dem-Controlled States May Be a Problem For Progs

Shakespeare Versus the Girlboss

Jodi Picoult’s latest novel is a ham-fisted expression of cultural rage, embodying the most anodyne values of corporate human-resources departments.

We Won the Battle – Now We Must Win the War

Trump Expects to Tour California Wildfire Devastation Next Week

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, who has sharply criticized California's response to devastating wildfires in Los Angeles, on Saturday said he would most likely pay a visit to the area next week after his inauguration.

Trump Arriving in Washington for Inaugural Celebrations

Donald Trump will return to Washington Saturday to kick off days of pageantry heralding his second inauguration as president, four years after he departed the city.

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.

To Stop Wildfires, Burn Wokeism

Youngkin orders flags to be raised for Trump's inauguration amid mourning period for Jimmy Carter's death

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin ordered to raise flags temporarily for President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on Monday, despite the mourning period to honor Jimmy Carter.

That’s Not How Constitutional Amendments Work

The president’s declaration that the Equal Rights Amendment is “the law of the land” doesn’t make it so.

Trump family returns to nation's capital ahead of Inauguration Day: 'This time, America won'

President-elect Trump and his family departed Florida, beginning a historic return to Washington, D.C., for his second presidential inauguration.

The Power of Nuclear

Quillette podcast host Iona Italia talks to Dutch writer Marco Visscher, author of ‘The Power of Nuclear: The Rise, Fall and Return of Our Mightiest Energy Source.’

As Trump’s allies war over immigration, Vance remains quiet

JD Vance’s success in White House could hinge on brokering peace between Trump’s tech world backers and his populist base.

A dominant Trump looks to his second term to reshape, disrupt America

On the eve of his second inauguration, Donald Trump is politically stronger than ever, but huge tests await on immigration, the economy and more.

Northern highlights: Alaska's energy, security policies are the guide feds need amid transition, group says

Future 49, with proponents from civilian pilots to Gov. Mike Dunleavy, is primed to launch to promote Alaskan issues and its energy, economic and national security benefits to the U.S.

The notable legal clouds that continue to hang over Donald Trump

All eyes are on former President Donald Trump, who has launched another White House bid.

The Solzhenitsyn Test

Lying is a prerequisite for securing a Trump appointment.

Grooming Gangs: The Making of a Scandal

How elite fears of social unrest and accusations of racism led the state to look away from industrial-scale abuse.

How Biden's Inner Circle Managed His Decline

A Who’s Who at Peter Thiel’s Trump Party: Zuckerberg, Adelson and More

The party symbolized the euphoria of the tech industry on the cusp of the Trump presidency. The guest list included Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman, Miriam Adelson and the vice president-elect, JD Vance.

Detransitioned Student Prevented from Speaking About His Experience on Campus

Here’s who is performing at Trump’s inauguration

Trump’s inauguration performers include Carrie Underwood, Village People and Lee Greenwood.

Jihadist at a Crossroads

Syria’s new leader will have to balance his Islamist beliefs with the more pressing tasks of state-building and economic development.

Meet the woman steering Biden's bipartisan winning streak on Capitol Hill

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…

My Decade With Donald Trump

He chased her with hair spray. She saw him get shot. Salena Zito is the journalist who knows Trump-and his voters-better than anyone.

Trump nominates Penny Schwinn for deputy secretary of US Department of Education

President-elect Trump tapped Penny Schwinn, a former Tennessee education commissioner, for deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Education.

The Axe Files with David Axelrod

Go beyond the soundbites and get to know some of the most interesting players in politics.

Pete Hegseth Declines to Answer

At his confirmation hearing, the defense-secretary nominee looked like a man who understood that the fix was in.

The Tragedy of the Classified Documents Case

The failure of this particular prosecution is not the most serious or influential. But it might be the most maddening.

Drop the Outrage Over Trump’s Foreign-Policy Bluster

The way to deal with the bombast is by turning it against a leader who leads a movement that is actually deeply divided.

Biden Made a Global Push to Constrain China. What Will Trump Do?

Jake Sullivan, the national security adviser, said in an interview that “we’ve just stuck with our theory, which is managed competition.” Trump and Xi Jinping might have other plans.

Johnson: Here's When I Knew Biden Wasn't Running Anything

Forget ‘they go low, we go high’: This influencer wants Democrats to get mean

Meet Suzanne Lambert, the Arlington-based TikTok influencer going viral by being a “Regina George liberal.”

Trump's First Week to Include LA, TikTok, Deportations

President-elect Donald Trump said Saturday that his first week is likely to include mass deportations of illegal immigrants, granting TikTok an extension, signing a "record-setting" number of executive actions, and touring the wildfire damage in L…

Three Hard Truths About California’s Fire Crisis

Climate change makes fires more dangerous. Government competence matters. And preventing catastrophic fires requires expensive, unpopular measures.

How Kyrsten Sinema's decision makes Democrats' 2024 Senate map tighter

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…

Credit Scores Are Hazardous to Your Financial Health

Dominated by Fico ratings, scores serve the interests of the lenders, not consumers

Agitprop at the AHA

If the American Historical Association formally adopts a resolution accusing Israel of “scholasticide,” it could destroy the organisation’s reputation for serious scholarship.

Memorial Daze

Notions of injury or exclusion are often based on shifting cultural sensitivities and political pressures, rather than on any permanent, universal measure of good and evil.

Trump inauguration: Who is expected to attend, and who is boycotting?

A variety of figures, ranging from former presidents to other world leaders, are expected to attend President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on Monday.

NYT: Trump Promised to Crack Down on Border, Migration Has Slowed

President-elect Donald Trump has promised to crack down on border crossings, but the number of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border has dropped significantly in the last few months, reports the New York Times.

Fighting Fire with Fire

We know how to prevent catastrophic bushfires. For more than half a century, Western Australia has been reducing forest fuel loads through a systematic program of ‘prescribed burns.’

The two Midwestern senators who wanted to brave the inaugural cold

Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Deb Fischer, leaders of the congressional inaugural committee, have spent years planning Monday’s event. Then, they got to work readjusting for an indoor venue.

How BlackRock Helped Stack Exxon's Board With Radicals

The Big Three used the power they derive from investing other people's money to force compliance with a radical political goal.

The One Trump Pick Democrats Actually Like

Does Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s nomination for labor secretary signal a shift in the GOP’s stance toward unions?

A Trump Oligarchy Is Moving to Washington, and Buying Up Prime Addresses

Billionaires and multimillionaires are flocking to a city where power has been more important than money, but is now deeply intertwined with it.

Ipsos Poll Finds Broad Support for Trump Administration Plans

A new survey shows that many Americans, even some who dislike President-elect Donald Trump, embrace his strict immigration agenda and favor a more limited U.S. role overseas, The New York Times reported.

Thousands Gather in Washington to Protest Trump Inauguration

Thousands of people gathered in Washington on Saturday to protest President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration, as activists for women's rights, racial justice and other causes rallied against incoming policies they say will threaten their constitu…

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…

First Lady Fashion at Inaugurations, in Photos

From Eleanor Roosevelt to Jill Biden, first ladies have often made statements through what they wore on Inauguration Day and to the inaugural balls.

Pennsylvania Farm Leaders Applaud Aggressive Action Against Avian Flu

Ahead of Day 1, Trump’s Team Works to Temper Expectations on Immigration

The president-elect’s immigration advisers have warned Republicans that it will take time and money from Congress to carry out the mass deportation effort he has promised to execute immediately.

Should You Be Prepping for Trump?

Some liberals are stocking up on and freeze-drying food—and say that others should be too.

Syrian Torture, Then and Now

The atrocities committed by the Assad regime were no secret—but they were met with Western inaction.

TikTok probably will get a 90-day reprieve on ban, Trump says

The president-elect told NBC News that extending the deadline before TikTok is banned in the United States would be “appropriate.”

How Washington Went From Resistance to Resignation

President-elect Donald J. Trump will be sworn into office on Monday. Peter Baker, chief White House correspondent for The New York Times, explains what makes this time around so different from the start of Trump’s first term.