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The California Democratic gubernatorial candidate is facing growing pressure to withdraw from the race after multiple women accused him of sexual misconduct.
Democratic speakers were pressed to address voting rights, affirmative action and other issues at the Rev. Al Sharpton’s four-day conference.
President Donald Trump blasted Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger over taxes, warning her policies could drive people and companies out as with New York and California.
Secretary of State Rubio says he revoked green cards for family members linked to a 1979 Iran hostage crisis spokeswoman known as "Screaming Mary."
Vice President Kamala Harris, a former US senator from California who previously served as the state's attorney general, could be the first Black woman and Asian American to lead a major party ticket after receiving President Joe Biden's support t…
The National Action Network convention showcased similarities and some differences in a wide-open field of possible contenders.
Political commentator Dick Morris said Saturday that security concerns and U.S. pressure are shaping Iran's approach to ongoing negotiations, arguing that Tehran is struggling to find officials willing to participate.
Kamala Harris impersonated Donald Trump as a mob boss while criticizing his foreign policy at a National Action Network event, sparking online backlash.
Let's start with the positive: Republicans and Democrats are coming together to protect same-sex marriage from the Supreme Court.
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Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., is forcefully denying sexual misconduct allegations while apologizing to his family for what he described as past "mistakes in judgment," as scrutiny intensifies during his run for California governor.
Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. is the subject of intense speculation about whether he will retire in the coming months and give President Trump a fourth nominee.
After Pam Bondi’s ouster, other top administration officials could be in jeopardy.
His address raised more questions than it answered about the war in Iran.
In a new book, US District Court Judge Roy Altman traces Jews’ indigenous presence in the holy land over the last 3,231 years.
Pennsylvania-linked manufacturer CANPACK says Russia seized control of its $700 million business under a Kremlin decree signed by President Putin.
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna filed a motion to expel Rep. Eric Swalwell from Congress in response to accusations of sexual assault from at least four former female staffers in his office.
As talks between the U.S. and Iran begin this Saturday, the top priority is clear: The Strait of Hormuz must reopen, but not on Iran's terms, write Niall Ferguson, Richard Haass, and Philip Zelikow.
Forty-six years ago, I told an editor of The New Republic that I'd like my first article for this publication to be about the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
A recent classified court ruling on the bulk data collection of Section 702 raised concerns about the government’s use of the intelligence tool on Americans.
The press is at it again. Iran has the upper hand now. Iran will collect billions in tolls. Trump is backed into a corner. Iran has once again won and they will be even tougher now
By 'ending weaponization,' the media mean Trump's DOJ should do nothing about years of Democrat lawfare, until Democrats can do it again.
The Manhattan district attorney’s office is examining a claim that Representative Eric Swalwell, a candidate for governor in California, assaulted a woman in New York City in 2024.
The immigration judges’ abrupt dismissals marked the latest efforts by the Trump administration to reshape the country’s immigration courts.
More than a century after it was first published, ‘If It Die’—Gide’s shockingly candid account of his childhood and sexual awakening—remains a gripping read.
Two complaints allege Rep. Eric Swalwell violated immigration and employment laws to keep his nanny in the U.S. using campaign funds as payment.
Federal agents arrested a man whose mother served as a spokeswoman for the Islamist embassy captors during the hostage crisis that began in 1979.
Iran denied that the American destroyers had entered the strait, as negotiations for an extended cease-fire continued in Islamabad.
An ally of J. D. Vance who has dabbled in monarchism is now working for Viktor Orbán.
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 Hungarian leader faces an energized opposition—and questions about whether he would accept defeat.
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…
The Wikipedia knowledge monopoly is not ready for the Grokipedia threat.
Metro General Manager Randy Clarke said the incident did not happen on Metro property. The shooting is being investigated as “domestic related,” D.C. police said.
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…
Where local collaboration is absent, foreign intervention imposes enormous costs or simply stalls. Where it exists, intervention can succeed with surprising velocity.
NASA press secretary Bethany Stevens told Newsmax on Friday that the successful Artemis II mission, which ended with the Orion capsule splashing down in the Pacific Ocean, was one of the most remarkable experiences of her time with the space agency.
Former GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is warning that Republicans are headed for a "slaughter" in the 2026 midterms, predicting the party will lose the House and possibly the Senate, in a candid interview with Politico published Saturday.
Sean Duffy is partnering with the industries he regulates in new ways.
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Tucker Carlson escalated his feud with President Donald Trump on Friday, a day after Trump lashed out at several prominent right-leaning commentators, including Carlson, who have criticized the conflict with Iran.
And pretty much all of the 1980s do too.
The structural case for why collectivist systems fail.
Here is one narrative violation in the usual drumbeat of doom that we're used to hearing about housing in America: The rent, in many cities across the US, is getting cheaper.
Supporters of Rep. Eric Swalwell’s campaign withdrew support, including two congressmen who chaired his campaign and two senators who endorsed his bid. Swalwell denied the allegations.
Someone needs to explain the Pentagon purges to the American people.
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The astronauts of Artemis II have captured our collective imagination. Four astronauts broke the barrier between Earth and space and over 10 days they have traveled farther from the Earth than any human beings have ever gone, and now they're comin…
Rep. Randy Fine, R-Fla., told Newsmax on Friday that members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus are united in rejecting any legislation that would grant amnesty to illegal aliens, calling such proposals unacceptable and harmful to Americans.
Now that glyphosate has become a national-security issue, it’s time to revisit the source of misinformation about this controversial herbicide.
An English professor burns the midnight oil talking to Microsoft Copilot about Shakespeare, Dickinson, Hawthorne, and a play he’s been working on—and comes away deeply impressed by its literary insights.
U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., said the recent sexual assault accusations toward him are "absolutely false" amid his bid for governor of California.
Military veterans have sued to halt the project, saying it would alter key views of Arlington National Cemetery.
The region's governors acknowledge the limits of ‘renewable' energy.
Democrats want Virginians to aggressively gerrymander the state.
California Republicans vote this Sunday to endorse a candidate for governor after Trump backed Steve Hilton over rival Sheriff Chad Bianco last week.
On Newsmax's "America Right Now," former IDF Special Operations Commander Doron Kempel and retired U.S. Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt offered sharply different assessments of the U.S. campaign against Iran, Kempel arguing the "tactical aim has been achi…
Managing Editor Iona Italia talks to Michael Shermer, the author of a number of works on critical thinking, epistemology, and ethics, about his new book, 'Truth: What It Is, How to Find It, and Why It Still Matters.'
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche made his pitch to President Trump just hours after Pam Bondi was dismissed on why he should be the next AG, sources told Fox News Digital.
The New York Democrat helped lead the first impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. He served for 16 terms before losing his reelection bid in 2020.
The gubernatorial campaign of Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., has been rocked by allegations he sexually assaulted a former staffer.
Trump wants industrial-size immigration jails, and money is no obstacle.
As Trump pushes for a more Republican-friendly House map, more than half a dozen states are potential targets for mid-decade tweaks to congressional boundaries.
Despite numerous attempts to reform the Postal Service, the agency’s business model has not changed significantly since 1970. Officials are proposing to decrease service and increase prices.
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The weekend’s peace talks in Islamabad mark Vance’s highest-profile assignment as vice president, with concomitant political risk.
California Rep. Eric Swalwell saw his gubernatorial hopes evaporate within hours Friday after a former staffer accused him of sexual assault, and several prominent Democratic lawmakers and two powerful unions reacted by yanking their endorsements.
36 years ago, a Republican president and Democratic lawmakers produced monumental laws. Now, a broken Congress has enabled Trump to undo key parts of that legacy.
China may have shipped missiles to Iran, and Beijing is allowing some companies to sell Tehran supplies that can be used in military production, American officials said.
Conservatives are criticizing influencers for going too far.
President Trump’s executive order, which has been challenged as unconstitutional, would limit the Postal Service to sending only the ballots of voters deemed eligible.
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Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Texas, says she is filing a motion to expel Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., who has been accused of sexual assault by a former staffer.
Maine Gov. Janet Mills' Senate platform includes filibuster reform that mirrors President Donald Trump and conservatives' own push for a talking filibuster in the Republican-led Senate.
Federal agents this week arrested three Iranian nationals after Secretary of State Marco Rubio revoked their lawful permanent resident status, according to a State Department press release issued Saturday.
On his way to Florida, President Trump said it did not matter to him if a deal with Iran was reached or not: “We win, regardless,” he said.
Rep. Eric Swalwell's calls for lawmakers to hear out women raising allegations against Supreme Court Justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh are clashing with cease and desist letters.
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., joined a growing number of Democrats Friday in calling for Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., to drop out of California's gubernatorial race amid allegations he sexually assaulted a former staffer.
President Donald Trump has claimed that halting the project poses a risk to national security and threatens him.
All eyes are on former President Donald Trump, who has launched another White House bid.
The vice president accused the European Union of meddling—as he stumped for Viktor Orbán.
A three-judge panel allowed construction on the ballroom to proceed until April 17, but asked a lower court to untangle the details of the president’s plans.
The President's House Site exhibit is being redesigned with new signage to educate Americans about a key historical site-not to advance a woke agenda.
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.
Vice President JD Vance says U.S.-Iran talks ended without a deal after Iran refused American terms, calling the outcome bad news for Iran more than the United States.
Higher education needs intellectual—not political—conservatives.
Éric Rohmer’s Perceval le Gallois (1978) vividly recreates the imaginative world in which the people of the Middle Ages lived inside their heads.
The lack of a breakthrough after 21 hours of negotiations leaves the Trump administration facing several unpalatable options.
In the wake of the Republican National Convention earlier this month, Fareed speaks with historian Niall Ferguson about how and why the modern-day GOP has changed since the Reagan era of the 1980s.
On his Facebook page, Adam van Koeverden accused the IOC’s defenders of channelling ‘stupid conservative pseudo fantasies.’