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Claudia Verhoeven’s new book is a valuable contribution to the crowded library of Mansonia.
Comparing yourself to others locks you into a contest you can never win and makes other people’s wins feel like your defeats.
A new climate-related metric advanced by a company linked to private equity firms is quietly subverting the U.S. housing market, a new report claims.
Cory Doctorow is hip to the manic circular financing behind AI but isn't freaked out about it being an existential threat.
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In a show of collective strength, President Emmanuel Macron of France hosted European allies at the annual Bastille Day parade in Paris. Yet Europe is still a hostage to America’s foreign policy.
Eight Democrats filed to replace Graham Platner as Maine's Senate nominee, but his grassroots network warns support won't automatically transfer.
President Donald Trump says Iran has been "very much destabilized," arguing Iraq no longer needs U.S. military presence as the coalition mission nears its end.
Darline Graham Nordone, the late Sen. Lindsey Graham’s younger sister, received the backing of President Donald Trump and Sen. Tim Scott to serve out the remainder of her brother’s term.
The Georgia town has kept its bloody and beautiful history on the surface.
Graham died hours after returning from a trip to Ukraine. Trump said he spoke with the senator Saturday evening and that “could’ve been his last call.”
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster (R) announced his selection of Darline Graham Nordone to serve into January. She is expected to be sworn in Tuesday.
Rep. Mary Miller pressed UCLA and UCSF medical school leaders on whether non-biological women can have babies, but neither gave a direct yes or no answer.
A day after President Trump announced a hefty 20 percent fee on cargo through the waterway, he reversed his decision.
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The cooperation of Todd Blanche will be a flashpoint in his confirmation hearing to be attorney general on Wednesday.
The payment illustrates the minefield Mr. Trump has created by maintaining personal financial ties with foreign businesses while he is in office.
Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with Aaron Pete, Chief of the Chawathil First Nation, about reserve governance, residential schools, ‘unmarked graves,’ and intra-Indigenous politics.
Democrats have real hope for candidates for governor in red states like Iowa and Ohio, but if Republicans seize supermajorities in the legislatures, their power would be limited.
We’ve lost a great American who labored until the end to promote national security and pressure our enemies by spreading freedom and shoring up our alliances.
I can’t put my finger on it, but there is simply something special here.
‘If he wants to be the guy who doesn’t like Israel, then just be that guy. Don’t play two-bit tricks on the assumption that we can’t see what you’re doing.’
A constitutional violation in the service of a foolish, provocative policy.
A widening divide between jurisdictions willing to enforce basic norms and those that are not.
Three Russian nationals allegedly ran bulletproof hosting firms that powered ransomware, malware and phishing attacks on U.S. critical infrastructure.
All eyes are on former President Donald Trump, who has launched another White House bid.
Lawmakers who guided Republicans for many years will no longer be on Capitol Hill. There's a really big change coming, no matter who wins in November.
House candidates like Beth Macy, author of “Dopesick,” have crafted messages based on lifetimes in rural regions. But messages need an audience, and many minds are closed to the party.
The process to replace Graham Platner on the November ballot is an organizing opportunity.
The ICC, an arm of the United Nations, benefited from the Biden administration’s reflexive deference to international talk shops.
A business school professor and storied investor says it now has to prioritize the national interest. That's a start, but nowhere near enough.
Amy Coney Barrett told Congress her children have seen things no child should, revealing how threats intensified after the leaked Dobbs decision.
Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett, the first justices to appear before lawmakers since 2019, are requesting millions of dollars to address security concerns amid rising threats.
Go beyond the soundbites and get to know some of the most interesting players in politics.
When critics start issuing dictates, they end up excluding broad swathes of art and culture as well as whole areas of human experience.
The Journal has perfected this entirely unnecessary bait and switch.
Graham’s defense of Brett Kavanaugh came against powerful cultural currents that are easy to forget.
Gary Stevenson says Britain's wealth inequality is spiralling out of control. The data says otherwise—and Channel 4 never thought to check.
Chuck Schumer led Senate Democrats in blocking the NDAA over the unauthorized Iran war, calling the defense bill a "permission slip" for recklessness.
He's been crusading against the press for years, but last week he suffered a brutal, humiliating defeat.
Is this the far left's #MeToo moment?
With the reimposition of the American naval blockade against Iran, the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Washington and Tehran seems dead. Its demise reveals the Islamic Republic for what it has always been: an aggressive, terroristic powe…
Darline Graham became the first female senator from the Palmetto State after Trump recommended her to finish her late brother's term in office.
From Julia Letlow to Adelita Grijalva, family succession in Congress has a long history that now includes Lindsey Graham's sister in the Senate.
Let's start with the positive: Republicans and Democrats are coming together to protect same-sex marriage from the Supreme Court.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist skewered presidents from Johnson to Trump, reaching a vast audience through syndication.
In her prepared remarks, Justice Elena Kagan said the Supreme Court Police estimated a 38 percent increase in threats this year.
House conservatives blocked legislation to pressure Senate action on the SAVE America Act, but Speaker Mike Johnson proposed a deal to end the standoff.
The Supreme Court held that the president could fire a commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission, who was protected under the authorizing statute.
Todd Blanche's Senate confirmation hearing draws support from 670,000 sworn officers, 300 angel families, and 100 bipartisan DOJ officials..
The extraordinary story of how a fragile Holocaust songbook, hidden for decades in a Sydney cupboard, came back to the world.
A definitive resolution to this conflict — one way or the other — is still in the cards.
Parnell Palme McGuinness on the six distinct "tribes" of young Australians she uncovered—and why personal agency, not income, is the strongest predictor of happiness.
A Cuban airplane hijacker convicted of aircraft piracy faces release in Florida after a judge cited the Zadvydas ruling on ICE detention limits.
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…
Reconsidering Israel’s wars in 1956, 1982, and 2026.
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.
Trump says Lindsey Graham's aortic dissection was "almost undetectable," noting that back pain may have been a warning sign of the condition.
How the beautiful game convinced the world that boredom is sophistication.
America is going to war to replace Iran’s assault on the global order with a shakedown of its own.
He got the war with Iran he'd pursued for years, and something he wanted even more.
Supreme Court justices are asking lawmakers on Capitol Hill to increase their 2027 budget, with most of the additional funding earmarked for security. Ann E. Marimow, a New York Times reporter, explains why the justices say these measures are nece…
Islamabad is still urging dialogue, but analysts say it has few tools to halt the latest round of US-Iran escalation.
For too long, assisted suicide has been viewed by the public with little skepticism and repeatedly boosted and normalized in the media.
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.
As much as he was a political animal who gloried in the fray, Lindsey Graham also had a core.
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…
America's allies are stronger, its rivals weaker, and the global balance has shifted.
How decades of invisible science produced two cancer breakthroughs.