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Two elite universities already tried protecting freshmen from hard truths - and walked it back. University of Michigan hasn't gotten the memo.
The administration is veering wildly in its response to the national security implications of A.I. as China, America’s main technological and military rival, charges ahead.
Hasan Piker should not be silenced. The radical leftist influencer has burst onto the political scene as a self-styled Marxist kingmaker and viewpoint enforcer.
As the midterms near, Democrats are proposing adding more justices, limiting their terms and more.
Arday was found dead in his home on Friday.
The president cited the cost of the drills and said he did not want to send a signal that is "totally inappropriate and hostile" to North Korea. He also criticized South Korea for not helping him on Iran.
The newly sworn-in attorney general rejected the idea of an independent Justice Department, lent support to Jeanine Pirro and declared the “anti-weaponization” fund dead.
Not all progressives are equal: Candidates of the activist left typically don’t perform as well as other Democrats.
Scott Bessent links mass deportations to rising wages, lower rents, and economic improvement in the US.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will probably never have a better opportunity to be elected president than 2028.
Amid a regional scramble to shape the “day after,” Jordan appears to be the only country without a plan of its own.
Democratic Socialists of America-endorsed or aligned candidates have won a number of Democratic primaries up and down the ballot this cycle.
A string of primary wins by progressive candidates has revealed the strength of a high-energy insurgent movement but also its possible limitations.
When Trump first unveiled his plans for the new East Wing addition, he said it was needed to host VIP guests. More recently, he is calling it a “desperately needed National Security structure.”
The safe pick looks a lot different than it did in 2018.
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.
Twenty years ago, Will Ferrell's stock car manchild presaged an overheated era of US culture
‘Americans aren’t unhappy with Amazon. Amazon is extremely popular.’
South Carolina would hold its primary on Jan. 22, 2028 under the Democratic National Committee’s plan. Nevada would follow on Feb. 1. The plan aims to give a bigger voice to Black and Latino voters.
Debbie Wasserman Schultz is competing in a racially thorny primary in which everyone seems to think experience is important — but they don’t agree on what kind.
Mangione’s lawyers contend that his federal guilty plea to a stalking charge bars Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg from pursuing a state murder charge.
Christopher Nolan wants to tell a fundamentally different story than Homer told.
The party’s membership finalized the new order for the first six states to winnow the candidate field, pushing back Iowa and New Hampshire.
In a new book, Robert O’Connell situates the battlefield tactics of ancient Greek hoplites within the grand sweep of bronze-age military history.
Foundation CEO Sankaet Pathak said humanoid robots could conduct autonomous surveillance and reconnaissance along the southern border's rugged terrain.
That can be the only explanation for this treatment of North Korea at South Korea’s expense.
In a social media post, the president scolded South Korea for not helping denuclearize Iran, and also praised North Korea and its leader.
The New York Times is examining how public health is changing in the state, from the whooping cough outbreak to vaccine policies, and we want to hear from you.
President Donald Trump claimed that vandals damaged grass near the World War II Memorial, but photos show his July 4th stage covered the same spot.
Is this the reckoning that human-rights NGOs have long avoided?
The Cofnas and Arday controversies show that on matters of race, administrators at Cambridge have failed to conduct deliberate checks, failed in probity, and failed in their tolerance for unsettled science.
How AI prose exploits the charity that makes reading possible.
Video captures Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey dancing alone at the Black Entrepreneur State Fair, sparking a wave of conservative mockery online.
Kiyoshi Kurosawa channels the samurai masters in his latest film.
Let's start with the positive: Republicans and Democrats are coming together to protect same-sex marriage from the Supreme Court.
A look back at the 20th century’s most entertaining literary spat—one of the few such encounters that Orwell emphatically lost.
American individualism and the western, from Fred Zinnemann and John Ford to Larry McMurtry and Taylor Sheridan.
Go beyond the soundbites and get to know some of the most interesting players in politics.
Dr. Evelyn Griffin is pushing for more emphasis on wellness and prevention. She has also aligned with the MAHA movement in fighting government mandates and questioning the safety of some vaccines.
CENTCOM Adm. Brad Cooper said the Lincoln's leadership has prioritized mental health as the carrier nears the end of its extended deployment.
Shannon Watts accused Hasan Piker of deflecting past controversial remarks, sparking a heated exchange over Democrats' responsibility for rhetoric.
The editors of the NEJM can restore the publication’s reputation as a sober source of important medical information rather than one with ‘soul.’
Immigration issues are making unlikely bedfellows in some parts of Europe, while a possible contender for the French presidency talks of a ‘New France.’
The new head of the Justice Department said on “Meet the Press” on Sunday that the president had never asked him to prosecute specific people — and never would.
Rep. Russell Fry, who placed third in the South Carolina special GOP U.S. Senate primary, endorsed Sen. Darline Graham ahead of the runoff in which she will face Rep. Ralph Norman.
Instead of mocking or maligning President Donald Trump, Democrats are trying to win by mimicking him.
The Democratic nominee is seeking to win over faith-based voters in Texas, the Bible Belt’s largest state, but evangelical Republicans aren’t sold.
The Republican Party once treated state government authority as sacred. Now it regards that authority as an inconvenience.
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…
Brandon Herrera, long an anti-establishment outsider, is trying to help the party defend a red-leaning House district in West Texas. It’s proving messy.
The Jason Arday fiasco is a reminder why academia has developed a reputation for cowardice, careerism, and conformism in recent years.
Ethan Curreri is a former New York City police officer who arrested Laken Riley's killer for a lesser crime six months before the illegal migrant was released a thanks to New York's sanctuarya¦
A federal judge ruled against a Native American tribe's trespassing claims, citing a 1907 proclamation reserving 60 feet of Arizona border land.
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.
It is not a good sign that the yields on 30-year treasuries continue to rise.
McKinsey's Chris Bradley on why Australia stopped investing—and why he believes the poorest country in the world could live as well as Switzerland does today by 2100.
The president wants the new fleet of aircraft carriers to more resemble those from World War II. Such a change could cost billions.
A new film depicts the 1986 nuclear arms summit in Reykjavik, Iceland, between Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev, which both offered and dashed hopes of a dramatic breakthrough.
The Department of Homeland Security is reportedly probing a U.K.-based nonprofit with ties to NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani over sanctioned group links.
We can’t let activists’ non-threatening demeanors seduce us into complacency.
All eyes are on former President Donald Trump, who has launched another White House bid.
A federal guilty plea would probably doom Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s separate state murder prosecution.
AG Blanche called Pirro's overall work ‘phenomenal’ while acknowledging that President Trump remains frustrated over the dismissed Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool case.
Nathan Cofnas joins a historical line of academics demonised for delivering unwelcome or upsetting news about group differences.
President Trump ordered the Pentagon to scale back Ulchi Freedom Shield drills, citing costs and a hostile signal to Kim Jong Un amid North Korea tensions.
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He’s right to say that criticizing young people for being lazy won’t win them over. But the results of Trumponomics so far hold a warning for Republicans.
Former President Harry Truman famously kept a The Buck Stops Here sign on his White House desk. But the current president, Donald Trump, often veers from that motto of taking responsibility.
Mark Cuban warns he'll pull startup investments from California if the proposed billionaire wealth tax passes, calling founders who stay "idiots."
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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Muslim communities have been growing for decades, particularly around Dallas. Now, conservatives want to roll up the welcome mat.
Admiral Brad Cooper, head of U.S. Central Command, acknowledged the difficulty of the carrier’s nearly nine-month deployment but said mental health issues were lower than on other vessels.
Exhibits at the Smithsonian's Museum of American History link sports and entertainment to divisive political topics and events, like the "Los Sons" and BLM protests.
The agreement between Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan may herald a new Middle East.
The kids have guns and cigarettes, and sure as hell want to see a dead body. 'Stand by Me' would horrify helicopter parents, but it's worth rewatching, writes Kat Rosenfield.