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Gen Z calls it Chinamaxxing. But the West's new infatuation with China is less a triumph of Communist Party soft power than a symptom of our own decline.
Like the Millenium Falcon caught in a tractor beam, Hakeem Jeffries and House Democrats face an impeachment pull they may not be able to escape.
Let's start with the positive: Republicans and Democrats are coming together to protect same-sex marriage from the Supreme Court.
New Jersey Lt. Gov. Dale Caldwell resigned after an investigation substantiated sexual harassment and ethics violations, Gov. Mikie Sherrill announced Friday.
The sobering outlook has compounded concerns from some U.S. lawmakers about President Donald Trump’s agreement to assist the kingdom with establishing a civilian nuclear program.
It’s still, of course, a mostly bad list. In addition to harvesting clicks, the ranking does lots of other predictable ideological work.
They’re not as special as we’re made to think.
President Donald Trump wants to let states use a federal database that includes voters’ personal information to check for noncitizens on voter rolls.
This election season will likely have more surprises than most.
New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill faces new pressure after ICE and the FBI arrested a Senegalese national accused of voting illegally since 2018.
An OpenAI agent’s breach of a Medicare portal shows that the real danger from AI is a mundane one—and the labs’ fixation on a coming machine god is making it worse.
Jodie Evans, wife of tech tycoon Neville Roy Singham, marched alongside People's Forum activists in a four-hour anti-Israel protest through Manhattan.
Critics of a citizenship database built by the Trump administration have raised alarms about privacy and improper voter purges.
Nikole Hannah-Jones sent her daughter to a failing public school despite being a multimillionaire to make a point: That she's not a hypocrite who sends her children to private school like other sch...
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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…
A majority of Democrats in Maine and Michigan said the primary process strengthened their party heading into November.
When Americans have less money in their pocket, the party in power usually pays a steep political price.
An op-ed in the New York Times proselytizes for nature animism.
With the U.S. $40 trillion in debt, asking immigrants to support themselves is reasonable. Progressive states and cities are suing anyway.
A man leaves a dish in the sink. By the end of the night he has been accused of gaslighting, told he lacks emotional intelligence, and sent to sleep on the sofa. Our first feature this week comes from Steve Salerno asks a hard question: has a prof…
Go beyond the soundbites and get to know some of the most interesting players in politics.
DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin fires back at Rep. Delia Ramirez's radical bill to abolish ICE, CBP, and dismantle the Department of Homeland Security.
Low-income Black urban schools don't need more educated parents. They need discipline, accountable teachers and an end to ideology that excuses chaos.
President Donald Trump said Friday that the U.S. and China have "made great strides" after meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the White House.
The U.S.-China summit offered a sharp contrast with the action at the faltering United Nations in a gridlocked New York.
The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to deploy a system that merges personal data from across the government. Questions remain about its reliability.
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.
The Department of Homeland Security warned cartels their drones are failing as 378 were detected at the southern border in just over one month.
U2 reconsidered at fifty.
To hear a lot of the chatter about the pivotal U.S. Senate race in Michigan this year, you'd think the election was more or less a referendum on Twitch streamer Hasan Piker.
White was charged with accepting $35,000 from a D.C. government contractor in exchange for agreeing to pressure D.C. officials to renew contracts that his companies had obtained for violence-interruption services.
Celebrities, activists, and politicians blocking roads outside the U.N. made it obvious: they’re on the side of Iran’s brutal theocrats.
Two feature-length films based on Julian Jackson’s astonishing biography of Charles de Gaulle have been produced in France.
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Survival depends on adaptation. For the U.S. and China, that may include cooperation.
An investigation found that Lt. Gov. Dale Caldwell sexually harassed a woman and violated state ethics rules. He denied allegations of misconduct, and Gov. Mikie Sherrill said Caldwell had stepped down on Friday.
When the national average price of gas is nearly $4.50 a gallon, the president’s party should expect to get crushed in midterm elections.
In 1967, left-wing intellectuals accused America of genocide in Vietnam—they were wrong then, and they’re wrong again now.
Everything related to the current case regarding Catherine Herridge's reporting is suspect.
A new exhibition at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg peddles PLO myths about Israel’s war for independence in 1948.
Trump and JD Vance will unveil America.gov, a new AI tool designed to be a one-stop shop for navigating federal government services.
There had better be some real pressure happening behind the scenes.
And what else happened this week in the Trump administration.
Code Pink disrupted a Nature Conservancy event at NYC Climate Week, demanding the group address the Pentagon's carbon footprint and military pollution.
Even Plato knew that economic specialization makes everyone better off.
The presidents praised their relationship over tea and viewed America’s founding documents, with few apparent breakthroughs on the issues dividing their countries.
Our northern neighbor's turn toward Europe is psychologically rewarding but fundamentally flawed.
All eyes are on former President Donald Trump, who has launched another White House bid.
After nearly two years of allowing President Trump to set their agenda, G.O.P. senators are grasping for some quick action on cost-of-living measures they can show voters before November.
After 19 years as a professional matchmaker-including a hit Netflix show-I've learned that successful women aren't struggling to find good men. They're struggling to recognize what makes a man good.
Nikole Hannah-Jones' attempt to live her values backfired. But what's the alternative?
They have gone treasure-hunting in unions, churches and timberlands for a candidate untainted by the Democratic Party brand. But their search for a unicorn inevitably comes with strings attached.
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.
In an era of unfolding partisan tragedies, it helps to pause and celebrate the mordant comedies as well.
And possibly makes history while doing so.
Investor Misha Saul joins Claire Lehmann to discuss Australia’s declining productivity, immigration policy, and the political choices shaping the country’s future.
Chinese President Xi Jinping's plan to bring 100,000 young Americans to China sparked fears of communist propaganda and potential hostage scenarios.
Bernie Sanders wants to outlaw artificial superintelligence. The risks he points to are real—but the answer to a powerful new technology is regulation, not prohibition, and China has no intention of pausing.
The Pentagon had “ample support for its conclusion” that the A.I. company’s products could pose a national security risk, according to a Washington appeals court.
Kiyoshi Tanimoto’s extraordinary testimony about the Hiroshima attack and its aftermath has been published by his daughter some forty years after his death.
Another round of interesting midterm polls this week find an electorate dissatisfied with President Donald Trump and mostly souring on Republicans in marquee races.
Easing tensions with Washington gives Beijing room to tackle economic troubles at home while reducing its vulnerability to American pressure.
Abdul El-Sayed once called Michigan's HIV criminalization law "hateful" and "discriminatory," a stance now under scrutiny in his Senate race.
The president is expected to hold rallies in Oklahoma and Alabama next week.
It remains a supreme irony that the president most pursued by his enemies via lawfare has become infamous as its most enthusiastic practitioner.
If only someone had told them that this sort of thing was frowned upon.
He’s trying to label the technology as “superintelligence” and says he pitched the term to Xi Jinping.
An order issued Friday by the Supreme Court temporarily allows the Trump administration to move forward with a mass voter verification system.
President Trump softened much of his stance toward China as he prepared to host its leader. But his disregard of a topic that has consumed him — the 2020 election — was particularly stark.
Today’s 6–3 decision involved an especially tortured effort at reading federal law in a way that would restrain Donald Trump, and the Court’s conservative majority rejected it.
The president has been critical of the organization, but the prestige it holds provides an opportunity to literally speak on the world stage.
Top senators on the Armed Services and Foreign Relations committees argue the invitation legitimizes the Russian assault on Ukraine.
With the addition of 29 U.S. sailors and eight Marines, the total number of personnel wounded since the start of hostilities has risen to 861, a Pentagon database shows.
Pascal Bruckner’s book about victimhood culture invites us to choose liberation, and to move from resentment to a secular kind of grace.
The Church of England and the failures of interfaith politics.
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…
The president announced plans to rally in deep-red states as his party makes a push for close races in battleground states.
The digital revolution is not remaking the world as the industrial one did.
Crews from CBS and CNN covered two events on Friday with President Trump and the Chinese leader, Xi Jinping.