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The president also floated the idea of naming an ocean after himself.
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…
A release of selected records from the classified documents inquiry is a case study in how omitting context can create political ammunition.
‘I don’t think it’s good for me to scream and shout at a chatbot . . . I don’t think that’s good for my soul.’
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…
Photos and video capture the hurricane's devastating aftermath as flooded streets, damaged homes and scattered debris reveal the storm's full impact.
The Pentagon has said a firing squad for the Fort Hood shooter is scheduled for Dec. 3. “By showing it, maybe other people won’t be doing what he did,” the president said.
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.
It is absurd to suggest that a restriction or temporary inaccessibility amounts to a ‘ban.’
The president described the decision to award the Nobel Peace Prize to Navi Pillay as “disgraceful and embarrassing” and said he would “not forget.”
Senator Roger Marshall, a Kansas Republican in a difficult race, paid an old campaign debt for cookies, muffins and brownies after a baker’s story went viral online.
Ukraine’s Zelensky "wants to make problems for the world," Trump said Saturday, a day after praising Russia’s Putin.
At least for one night, the Republican candidate seemed to have successfully transformed the debate into a referendum on El-Sayed’s judgment and ideology.
A Times investigation has found that violent threats have become a new normal among public officials, reshaped private lives, cost millions in security and pushed people out of office.
CDC Director Dr. Erica Schwartz says the agency is monitoring travelers from Siberia amid concerns about a pneumonic plague outbreak in Russia.
Two very different candidates make their final cases en route to Election Day.
In time, we may discover that no city, mountain, river, civilization, or human being has a sufficiently spotless history to merit commemoration.
AI veteran Jerry Kaplan tells Claire Lehmann why he thinks the doomers are wrong, what the rogue-agent incidents did and didn’t show, and where real risks lie.
Whatever message Hegseth intends to send by having the public watch Hasan die, the Islamist world will interpret it very differently.
To rediscover the university’s true purpose, we must return to our core practice of making distinctions.
Republicans predict that Democrats will not confirm Supreme Court and Cabinet nominees if they retake the Senate in the midterm elections.
Major TV networks were notified on Friday that the department was examining whether they violated antitrust laws when they suspended pool coverage of President Trump.
As the former UBC professor exacts apologies and legal settlements from his accusers, Brad Cran offers a personal account of the collateral damage that the decade-long saga inflicted on the Canadian literary community.
They lack a specific plan for governing, beyond turning back Trump and holding him accountable.
Three months after a jarring summer candidate switch, some Democrats in the state are worried about the enthusiasm for their nominee, Troy Jackson, who is in a close race.
Pike, who survived an execution attempt in Tennessee, has been moved to a rehabilitation center, according to her attorneys and the Tennessee Department of Correction.
A sample of people at the president’s midterm stump speech in Tennessee defended the Pentagon’s announcement that it would livestream the execution of a mass shooter.
Let's start with the positive: Republicans and Democrats are coming together to protect same-sex marriage from the Supreme Court.
Move aside, “soccer moms.” Take our quiz to see which types of Americans will determine control of Congress in November.
Schools are failing to teach students the advantages of liberal democracy-and the dangers of what could replace it.
Sunrise Movement Twin Cities said it disrupted a Minnesota Republican Party fundraiser, displaying a "RepubliKKKan Party" banner during Lisa Demuth's remarks.
History tells us Trump's abysmal job approval and economic record should lead to Democratic gains. Polls tell us we don't know how big.
President Donald Trump declared an immediate energy ceasefire, but his recent deal easing Russian diesel exports drew sharp criticism from Kyiv.
Vickie Paladino slammed Zohran Mamdani for honoring a congressman with Communist Party ties during Italian Heritage Month, calling it propaganda.
Bob Harvie is the strongest Democratic challenger Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) has faced in a decade.
Essays in the New Yorker, the NYRB, and the Atlantic make one worry about the kind of nation they might urge the United States to become.
High diesel costs have posed a problem for Republicans in the midterms, but President Trump’s decision did not satisfy some candidates in key Senate races.
We start the week with a hilarious essay from Julie Bindel, who recounts her days as a feminist activist in 1980s Britain. Explaining that hypochondria and performative disability are nothing new in these circles, Bindel puts the fragility of toda…
The agency said the probe seeks to determine whether Fox News, CNN, ABC, CBS and NBC violated antitrust laws. It marks a sharp escalation in the Trump administration’s use of its powers against perceived enemies in the press.
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U.S. Army regulations state, regarding military executions, ‘no person under the age of 18 shall witness the execution.’
Three pro-Palestinian activists tell Fox News Digital they envision replacing Israel with a single democratic state, with one proposing the name "1948."
The new details of Smith's investigation should outrage members of both parties.
A new letter from 74 lawmakers suggests that civilian casualties will become a focus of investigation if Democrats take control of Congress.
In an unannounced change, the Defense Department is now acknowledging troops who died or were wounded in support roles.
Many people are terrified of dementia, so I suspect the proponents of euthanasia believe it will be a lighter lift.
A livestreamed execution would be a new low of the modern age.
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A botched execution is no reason justice shouldn't be done.
Rabbi Daniel Lapin responds to Robert Lynch's essay on masturbation.
The ancients understood that education was vital to character formation.
Our reporter Nick Corasaniti interviewed elected officials from across the political spectrum on what it’s like to live and work with threats of political violence.
The couple’s three-day wedding celebration in Rio de Janeiro brought together two families with political ties as rising tensions surround Brazil’s presidential election.
Candidates in several important races took to the debate stage over the past week, with Democrats struggling to adapt to the long-form debate format.
JD Vance spins a tale about ‘indentured servants’ filling the jobs of laid-off Americans, entirely unsupported by facts.
Alexander Kolodin made his political career by championing challenges to the 2020 results. Now he’s running to lead his state’s elections.
Flock Safety touts dramatically higher crime clearance rates in cities using its cameras, but the ACLU raises serious privacy and constitutional concerns.
Chelsea Follett's new history shows how wretched life was before the industrial revolution, but our escape from it began long before the steam engine.
Democrat Adam Hamilton is polling shockingly well in the deep red state's Senate race.
The death of human beings is not for show. Is this for our entertainment?
Hill’s testimony was a watershed in the conversation about workplace sexual harassment. The Almanac uses photo archives to understand where we are by examining where we’ve been.
The decision to honor Pillay is not a onetime lapse for the Nobel Committee. It is part of a long-standing trend.
Do Europeans fully grasp what the fall of Ukraine would mean for the rest of the continent?
Edward Coristine reveals plans to make passport applications fully digital through America.gov, the AI-powered platform replacing thousands of sites.
A bipartisan bill aims to create a federal film tax credit to stop movie and TV production from fleeing overseas to Europe and Canada.
Yonah Jeremy Bob and Elliot Kaufman’s account of the 7 October massacre and its aftermath is a triumph of dogged reporting and shrewd analysis.
All eyes are on former President Donald Trump, who has launched another White House bid.
Frank Thompson calls GPS tracking on his lobster boat a 24/7 "ankle bracelet" after the Supreme Court declined to hear his Fourth Amendment case.
Former Human Rights Watch senior editor Danielle Haas on how NGO reports get made, what happens to staff who dissent, and why she wants outside oversight.
Despite her professed atheism, Kathryn Paige Harden insists on making quasi-religious claims about free will and moral responsibility.
Citadel founder and CEO Ken Griffin, a Harvard alumnus, has given more than $500 million to his alma mater over four decades. Now he is pledging $3 billion to Carnegie Mellon University.
The Justice Department charged 64 foreign nationals across 17 states with noncitizen voting and voter registration fraud in roughly five weeks.
A New York Times analysis of Senator Susan Collins’s voting record shows that she frequently breaks with Republicans but more seldom changes an outcome.
Alex Gibney's new four-hour documentary is so determined to expose the billionaire's failings that it inadvertently showcases the achievements that made him a titan, writes Liel Leibovitz.
Go beyond the soundbites and get to know some of the most interesting players in politics.
Members of the United Auto Workers overwhelmingly backed another term for Shawn Fain and his United UAW slate of union candidates, showing support for his vision of a fighting labor movement.
The Michigan Democratic Senate nominee wrote an op-ed in 2012 expressing dismay at what he said were "failures' by Obama. In an NBC interview, El-Sayed blamed the comments on his youth.
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.
Bryan Stern, a 9/11 first responder and rescue expert, warns the FlyDubai hijacking exposes how far behind Western counterterrorism strategy has fallen.
Of course, if he wanted to, JD Vance could define socialism. He just doesn’t.