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As US Special Envoy to Sudan, Tom Perriello was sent to help return the country to civilian rule. Sudanese democrats say his choices empowered the very networks that buried it.
In three recent cases, the conservative-dominated bench has ruled against the state and in favor of the rights of Christian business owners.
Sen. Bernie Sanders warned Democrats not to spend all their time investigating the Trump administration, urging the party to prioritize affordability and working-class families.
The members who remain come from some of the deepest red districts in the country and have long been among Trump’s most loyal soldiers in Congress.
Former President Joe Biden revealed his prostate cancer battle will limit promotional events for his presidential memoir, "Promise Me, America," out Nov. 17.
And the consequences of pursuing bad cases.
He believes he "got an A+ for closing up the border," and got "very high marks for getting the bad ones out." "But I get hurt because we also took people that had good jobs, that created one violation, or breaking of the law, and that was that the…
For over a century, the federal government has systematically replaced a representative republic with an insulated, unelected administrative state. This transformation was driven by two distinct betrayals: Congress surrendered its lawmaking author…
Rep. Henry Cuellar rejects the "Abolish ICE" movement, saying most Democrats oppose defunding the agency but want stronger oversight and rail guards.
If you're looking for evidence that the right isn't sure how to respond to the Republican Party's historic collapse in Tuesday's midterm elections, you could do worse than a graphic Fox News host Laura Ingraham blasted to her audience on Thursday.
There are no good choices facing President Trump as he tries to find a way out of the deeply unpopular conflict. But there are choices.
The socialists, entrenched in dark-blue districts and states, will be around for a long time. They’re bound and beholden to Piker and his sizable audience.
Since October 2023, four-fifths of the encyclopedia’s article on Zionism has been replaced, and the historians it cites—Benny Morris among them—are misrepresented.
The crisis must be understood as a reflection of a wider fracture in the country’s politics.
Simon Sebag Montefiore’s sprawling 125-year history of the Middle East is flawed and overambitious but filled with eye-catching detail.
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…
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Former President Joseph R. Biden Jr. said his aggressive prostate cancer meant he “won’t be able to do as many conversations” to promote his forthcoming memoir as he had hoped.
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We’re playing a long game, and these unfortunate results could prove to be God’s blessing in disguise.
After an inconclusive election, Israel’s Arab parties hold the balance of power—but a renewed war with Iran may yet hand Netanyahu another chance.
Sam Wasson’s new Capra biography is a welcome corrective, but it goes too easy on the director and misreads his decline.
If you can count the costs but can’t count your winnings, you are likely to conclude that you lost the game.
Trump says he was joking when he offered Dana White the press secretary job, but confirmed the UFC boss is visiting the White House on Monday.
Two people close to Vance described the midterm losses not as a rejection of Trump, but as a rejection of the war in Iran, predicting that when the conflict is over the president's coalition can be rebuilt.
Ruing the day I doubted Jim Geraghty.
South Carolina posted the largest net gain of Gen Z adults through interstate migration in 2024, but California lost more than 58,000 young residents.
The Trump administration's SMART system rerouted nearly 180 flights carrying 24,000 passengers, cutting flight times by over 10 minutes on average.
You could hardly design an issue better to destroy Republican fortunes.
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…
In an excerpt from his forthcoming book, the former president calls on Americans to defend their democracy.
Trump’s said this sort of thing before.
As with the railroads, AI so far has required enormous capital investment to yield benefits. During the internet boom, a company such as Facebook could be created in a college dorm. In contrast, training a "frontier" AI model requires hundreds of …
Stephen Miller praised Richard Walters as an “invaluable member" who will continue helping the administration from outside the White House.
Vice President JD Vance is among Republicans calling for change. Many Democratic lawmakers have been driving a campaign to restrict military aid to Israel.
I wonder if The Lancet’s editors also laud the keffiyeh Thunberg dons and her T-shirt bearing the slogan ‘Yalla Intifada’?
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.
We treat every hour as preparation for some future payoff, but some of the best ways to spend a life accomplish nothing at all.
I'm sure the election results thrilled liberals, but for conservatives, a blue wave is disheartening.
History shows midterm routs aren't the end. Reagan, Obama, and Trump all bounced back. Here's why this defeat may create real opportunities for Republicans.
Launched in August 2025, "The Katie Miller Show" had become a platform for conservative luminaries to discuss social issues, parenting and work-life balance.
Never thought I'd say this, but DEI is back!
Three far-left nonprofits with $56.1 million in combined revenue organized a theatrical protest outside Elon Musk's Austin-area home
Stephen Miller is replacing President Donald Trump's long-serving top aide Susie Wiles as White House chief of staff.
“For both of them, it was a place of rest and renewal,” the farm’s longtime manager said of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter.
The roughly one-minute video depicts Dana White in the White House press briefing room flanked by several notable UFC fighters.
Let's start with the positive: Republicans and Democrats are coming together to protect same-sex marriage from the Supreme Court.
Following their midterm victories, Democrats are preparing to open wide-ranging investigations into President Trump, his family and his administration. Michael Gold, a Times congressional reporter, identifies the Democrats’ biggest targets.
In a new book about the Carolingian Empire, historian James T. Palmer argues that its founder was more than just a brutal warlord. He was also ‘a savant with a large library and a taste for the obscure.’
A bizarre story.
This New Right youth movement has so far produced little beyond warmed-over surliness and bombastic triumphalism that mimics the president’s exhausted affect.
The president said on Sunday that the U.F.C. chief executive “loves the idea” of being the White House spokesman but that his public offer of the job was “just a little fun.”
Nothing short of being at the precipice, on the sharp edge between the world as it was and the world as it will be, ever seems able to describe the present in terms that adequately capture it.
As we have noted before, the Democrats had a good election cycle. They had a clear advantage in enthusiasm and turnout and won a batch of races that seemed beyond their reach.
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.
But after the midterm disaster, why should anyone expect Trumpism to suddenly become popular?
Center-left winners in Texas, Kansas, Iowa and North Carolina showed Democrats how to win back working-class voters. The party should follow their lead in 2028.
Dana White, UFC chief executive and longtime Trump political supporter, will meet with the president on Monday "on other matters," Trump said.
The former president's memoir comes out Nov. 17, two weeks after the midterm elections.
The global benchmark price is now down roughly $20 a barrel since late October, when it traded for around $113.
All eyes are on former President Donald Trump, who has launched another White House bid.
Lawmakers return to Washington on Monday for several weeks before Democrats take control.
Candidates and their allies in Florida, Louisiana and other Southern states say Democrats could have pulled off even more upset wins had they not written off their region as unwinnable.
The American Nations map shows the deep legacies disrupted by the GOP's collapse and the Democratic victories.
Democrats are optimistic about expanding their Senate majority in two years and are already eyeing the possibility of a 60-seat supermajority.
The former deputy mayor of Jerusalem on her family’s Sephardi history, 7 October, and why she wants Jewish students to study in Israel.
Schoolchildren will learn about Donald Trump more than a hundred years from now, but his successor will likely be a footnote and historical nobody.
Go beyond the soundbites and get to know some of the most interesting players in politics.
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky) is expected to force a House vote on the defense secretary's impeachment this week.
History tells us that constitutional oversight can be a powerful tool — if wielded correctly.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio defended Trump's Iran war as "necessary" to prevent a nuclear weapon, even as he ties it to Republican midterm losses.
Lawmakers return to Capitol Hill facing a government shutdown deadline, the farm bill and a debt ceiling fight before Democrats take power in January.
State leaders and residents in Virginia have opposed NextEra’s acquisition of Dominion Energy, fearing that it will accelerate rate increases.
The president was both reflective and defensive during his first TV network interview since the midterm losses.
Mississippi State Auditor Shad White says his office uncovered $75 million in misspent funds and vows to shut down the state's "rotten system."
An impeachment vote on the defense secretary, a spending deal and several major bills are in play in a post-election session that will be shaped by last week’s electoral earthquake.
The president was asked in a “60 Minutes” interview that aired on Sunday whether his deportation policies went too far. “I think it might be too tough,” he said.
Kenneth Genalo challenges lawmakers calling for ICE's abolition, saying they should change immigration law instead of demonizing federal agents.
A new political organization aims to encourage Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to run for president, and to demonstrate that a formidable organizing apparatus is awaiting her.