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Rep. Chris Pappas, meantime, is trying to remind Democrats that the state is crucial to their party's midterm math.
DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin says Biden-appointed judges are "almost impossible" to work with as immigration enforcement battles intensify.
A community that embraces a set of shared beliefs is not necessarily a bad thing, but the value of solidarity depends entirely on the merits of the cause in question.
Former CIA director John O. Brennan received a subpoena seeking his testimony before a grand jury in October, his lawyer said.
It is having a direct impact on the kind of public policy coming out of the nation’s legislative bodies.
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The August inflation report had a few bright spots, but in political terms, the president and the Republicans are out of time.
UNC is evaluating all of its relationships with Chinese universities to discern which others may also be concerning.
Zohran Mamdani condemned ICE raids and federal immigration policies as New York City joined other sanctuary jurisdictions in a lawsuit.
The Lindsey Graham sanctions bill forces House Democrats to weigh Ukraine support against expanding Trump tariff authority they've long opposed.
No longer can students get a degree and not encounter the Bill of Rights, the Civil War, the Pilgrims and Puritans, and the Depression.
In the last decade, the cost of youth sports has skyrocketed. Cheaper, more local rec leagues have lost out premium travel leagues funded by private equity. The Covid-19 pandemic made things worse. As a result, some families are now paying thousan…
Bo French, a GOP candidate for Texas Railroad commissioner, posted a photo of students celebrating a football win and said it showed “how many Americans have been displaced by foreigners.”
Officials cheered the order blocking President Trump’s last-minute effort to change the rules on mail ballots, noting that some states had already mailed ballots.
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.
The president doubled down on his idea to pay Americans if the GOP keeps control of Congress in November. But the House speaker was more circumspect.
Surrogate McKenna West asked the Supreme Court for an emergency administrative stay, fearing the newborn could be moved from Texas to California.
After apocalyptic warnings about the the threats posed by AI, leaders like Sam Altman and Elon Musk backed Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's calls to 'slow the pace'
The president has rejected calls by industry leaders for a coordinated slowdown in technological development.
New York Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul is accused of a free speech "hit job" after signing a law letting Letitia James fine groups contacting union members.
President Trump recently blamed Ukrainian attacks on Russian refineries for causing a spike in diesel prices, but analysts say the Iran war is probably a bigger factor.
Israelis go to the polls on 27 October. After seventeen years of Netanyahu, former IDF chief Gadi Eisenkot is in the lead.
Mitch McConnell returns to the Senate floor after months of recovery from a fall, citing physical therapy and lingering effects of childhood polio.
The comments made to CNN, if taken at face value, seemed to fly in the face of the California governor’s presidential ambitions.
A new report on the Canada Research Chairs program analyses the reduced standards applied to scholars belonging to ‘equity groups.’
The two men will appear separately at an event calling for a “pro-human” approach to A.I. as warnings mount from the industry and the technology’s danger becomes a midterm issue.
Michigan Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed said that the country must confront what he described as "unpaid debts" owed to Black communities.
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…
English departments are increasingly ignoring the great works of the past, in favour of popular literary works that reflect activist themes and nonliterary works of political and social theory.
A recent story in Politico provides yet another example of how K Street lobbying works in the nation's capital.
The payments, totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars, represented an extraordinary flouting of ethical norms for an American president’s family member.
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…
Crockett gave singers Chris Brown and Usher a congressional recognition at a Saturday concert in Dallas.
The Trump administration had asked the justices to allow a new Postal Service plan to screen ballots just weeks before the midterm elections.
Lindy Li claims Kamala Harris secretly auditioned for wealthy Democratic donors while publicly insisting Joe Biden would stay in the 2024 race.
Rep. Shontel Brown faces backlash after claiming lynchings are rising in the United States, despite cases being widely debunked as suicides.
Provision would allow state attorneys general to sue if federal officials violate ethics rules in the Clarity Act barring them from creating assets while in office.
Senator Mitch McConnell, the 84-year-old Kentucky Republican and former leader, had been absent for more than 13 weeks after a health incident, fueling questions about his ability to continue serving.
Why should taxpayers have to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars prosecuting and incarcerating someone already in the country illegally, rather than deporting him?
The companies' calls for regulation may be self-dealing, but that doesn't make them wrong.
Second Amendment restoration is on a hot streak, and violent crime is at a record low. If one asked the anti-gun lobby, they would say it's impossible.
All eyes are on former President Donald Trump, who has launched another White House bid.
Francis Fukuyama’s new memoir assesses an intellectual life devoted to the health of the liberal-democratic idea.
Umar Kremlev, who heads the International Boxing Association and does business with the state, hosted two nights of parties, according to bride Bettina Trump.
The ‘dead mall’ may not be a permanent blight on the suburban landscape after all.
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Lawmakers will examine alleged foreign malign influence operations tied to China, Iran and Cuba after Fox News Digital traced pro-communist network operating inside the U.S.
The president's promise to deliver hefty checks to all Americans if he wins is as a preposterously shallow gimmick.
A legal alien from Afghanistan was deported last month in the first-ever Alien Terrorist Removal Court case.
How can my children #NeverForget something impossible for them to remember?
President Trump has launched a broad, governmentwide effort to take more control of state-run elections and sow doubt about the outcome.
The Court let stand an injunction against the USPS implementing the rule in the 2026 midterms.
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Troy E. Meink’s comments were the first public acknowledgment of American weapons in orbit. The Pentagon has been preparing for potential conflict in space with Russia or China.
Every situation calls for a U.N. panel of experts!
This poll shows that Show Me State pro-lifers have a real chance to prevail on election day.
The Common Cents Act passed the House to officially end penny minting and establish cash rounding to the nearest nickel for cash transactions.
The Midwestern fast food chain praised the Ohio Republican as a champion of the Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” movement.
As is so often the case in the left’s lawfare operations, the process is the punishment.
The pair share deep roots in California politics.
The Kentucky Republican voted in the Senate on Monday evening for the first time since he was hospitalized in June.
Differences in height between men and women—a biomarker of stressor exposure in childhood—suggest that poor early health and nutrition constrain what children are achieving at school.
Sex is declining because the options seem endless. This is counter-intuitive, but biologically it makes sense.
Given all the economic data, raising interest rates is the only correct decision.
Why is JD Vance campaigning in a red state?
The recent spate of reports about the technology's destructive power underline two prime directives: Be afraid, and regulate aggressively.
A lower court's nationwide block on U.S. Postal Service mail-in ballot rules remains after the Supreme Court ruled against the Trump administration.
The AI industry has a greater need for government influence than anyone else.
Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV wrote that the administration’s reasons for a rule limiting the length of stay for academics and journalists were “exceptionally weak.”
Still, after widespread criticism of Paxton’s lackluster and lackadaisical fundraising, at least somebody is putting in some effort.
The Trump administration had said the plan was necessary to protect against voter fraud. States and voting rights groups said it could inject chaos into contests.
If drag is female empowerment, one shudders to think what mockery looks like.
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.
Let's start with the positive: Republicans and Democrats are coming together to protect same-sex marriage from the Supreme Court.
The Department of Homeland Security is in the midst of a weeks-long hunt for noncitizens among the nation’s registered voters despite the absence of evidence of widespread fraud. Reporter Hamed Aleaziz breaks down how a D.H.S. agency is using open…
Iowa GOP gubernatorial candidate Zach Lahn wants to cut the state’s gas tax in half and ‘make data center companies pay for it.’