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Gadi Taub discusses Israel’s war aims, Iran’s nuclear threat, the legacy of Oslo, and how postmodern ideas have shaped Western foreign policy.
The Supreme Court's decision in Louisiana v. Callais, barring racial gerrymandering, has many on the left feigning vapors, despite the predictions of many of us that this result was likely.
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.
Conservative legal group demands Bureau of Prisons records after a woman was allegedly re-incarcerated for objecting to a male roommate assignment.
The New York Times has a wonderful feature on an American experiment in training troops for battle in the extremes of the Arctic.
An exchange of fire threatened to shatter a fragile cease-fire as President Trump seeks to break Iran’s effective blockade of the waterway.
Video shows NJ Democratic congressional candidate Rebecca Bennett walking away from questions about political violence against President Trump.
Joe Kaufman brings national security and foreign policy expertise to the race; he has been dubbed the "terrorist hunter" for his extensive work on the issue.
For a decade, golf’s biggest circuit shunned the president. In his second term, it has welcomed him back.
Jonathan Kay speaks with New York Times columnist Bret Stephens, who encourages Jews to focus on bolstering their community instead of lecturing bigots who can’t be reasoned with.
The independent from Nebraska is taking a second run at the U.S. Senate, against an even more appropriate opponent for his working class-vs.-billionaires message.
A ‘gender identity' protection law keeps religious families from a preschool benefit.
The federal government built a system that let unvetted 'experts' feed partisan analysis directly into 'domestic terror' work products.
The former New York mayor, 81, initially was placed on a ventilator but now is breathing on his own, his spokesman said.
A 15-year-old boy was also hit. The motorcade of Vice President JD Vance had passed through the area shortly before the shooting.
A buckshot pellet from the suspect’s shotgun “was intertwined with the fiber of the vest” worn by a Secret Service officer, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro said.
In the wake of the British royals' visit, there are renewed signs a Trump political dynasty could be in the works
He’s a Democrat. He’s just an eccentric one.
Trump's surgeon general nominee Dr. Nicole Saphier is dividing the MAHA movement, with some activists calling her a "catastrophic mistake" but others saying she is exactly what Americans need.
After all these years, the Communist Party is still handcuffed to its American rival, and it is unable to break free.
The Department of Homeland Security criticized a judge for releasing a man accused of murder overseas, but did not inform her of the accusation. The judge said she would consider imposing sanctions.
Two men were sentenced for a $522 million fraud scheme that used kickbacks and fake genetic testing orders to bilk Medicare, Medicaid and insurers.
Border Patrol agents arrested two illegal aliens convicted of child sex offenses near San Diego last week, with both now being processed for removal.
This Supreme Court action, called an administrative stay, will allow for telehealth abortions to temporarily continue.
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The U.S. military's Project Freedom operation moves ships through the Strait of Hormuz under fire as Iran threatens to attack any foreign presence.
The son of Bernardine Dohrn and Bill Ayers has written a perceptive, fascinating, and rather sad book about his lonely life as the child of violent revolutionaries.
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 extraordinary career of Oxford historian Avi Shlaim.
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 GOP has a good problem: two highly qualified candidates going into 2028. But Rubio's momentum is hard to ignore.
‘If you brought the Founders back today . . . I think the one institution they’d probably recognize most easily is this institution.’
Civil rights groups, including the ACLU, filed a new lawsuit on Monday to block a Texas law that would allow police to arrest migrants who enter through the southern border.
Indiana and Ohio hold primary elections Tuesday with Trump endorsements on the line and key races setting up competitive November midterm showdowns.
Hearing some of the stupidest and most entitled progressive maniacs in Illinois scream into their bullhorns was, at least, illuminating.
The Pennsylvania Democratic senator votes against Trump’s positions about three-quarters of the time.
Elizabeth Warren didn't use the free government tax-filing system she promoted when Direct File became available in Massachusetts, records show.
Tragicomic scenes from reparations-based medicine.
From ISIS to the IRGC, how groups with sacred commitments outlast adversaries with far greater firepower.
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…
Successive British governments have worked hard to make the North Sea inhospitable territory for oil and gas companies.
This policy change could prevent thousands of abortions every year.
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By enacting the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples into provincial law, B.C. effectively handed veto power over policy-making to First Nations lobbyists.
Let's start with the positive: Republicans and Democrats are coming together to protect same-sex marriage from the Supreme Court.
At a White House event for Small Business Week, he described the economy as “roaring” and predicted that gas prices would go down soon.
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The private briefings on best practices for handling congressional oversight come as polls indicate Democrats have a strong edge ahead of the November midterms.
The order reinstates mail access to the drug for one week while the justices consider emergency applications by drugmakers.
GOP congressional candidate Scott Singer says he outraised incumbent Jared Moskowitz by nearly 3-to-1 and predicts Republican optimism for midterms.
‘I want,’ or, ‘I don’t want,’ are becoming the lodestars of reproductive morality.
Former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani is off a ventilator and breathing independently after his doctor says his condition turned critical during hospitalization.
Expect the jockeying for the 2028 Republican nomination to continue - but only behind the scenes.
The Biden administration called Dimitri Simes, a former Trump adviser, a Russian propagandist. He says the charges against him violate free speech.
Americans have already seen, whether at the gas pump or elsewhere, that they are not immune from the oil squeeze, despite the scale of our domestic production.
Young women are now outearning young men; this structural shift has consequences that extend well beyond wages.
Ohio’s unusual contest — with a little-known incumbent and a well-known challenger — shows how Democrats are hoping to capitalize on G.O.P. voters’ anger at the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.
The Justice Department again appears to be using the investigative power of the federal government to rehash debunked claims that Democrats stole the 2020 election.
The National Mall and its surroundings are one of the safest areas in Washington.
Louisiana voters who successfully challenged the state’s voting map as an illegal racial gerrymander had asked the justices to quickly return the case to the lower courts, clearing the way for a new map.
The justices’ action follows last week’s opinion weakening a central element of the Voting Rights Act.
U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s office has dropped plans to appeal a ruling by a federal judge that quashed two subpoenas to the Federal Reserve and its chairman.
High gas prices in substantial parts of the country by August would be a disaster for Republicans.
The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees challenged the terminations in a complaint to the National Labor Relations Board.
All eyes are on former President Donald Trump, who has launched another White House bid.
A set of busybodies who can’t accept that other people chose lifestyles they abhor want the government to ensure they’ll stop being confronted with that fact.
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A series of Republican contests will test his grip on the party.
As a New Republic reader, you're well aware that 2026 is a midterm year.
For MAGA, familiarity may matter more than experience.
The Callais decision is predicated on the idea that American leaders will act justly on their own. That premise has already been proven hollow
The altercation near the Washington Monument occurred shortly after Vice President J.D. Vance passed by in a motorcade, a U.S. Secret Service official said.
The Justice Department had seized a phone and computers belonging to The Washington Post’s Hannah Natanson as part of a leak investigation.
I'm glad to see Republican-turned-independent Spencer Pratt, former star of reality TV's 'The Hills,' entering the Los Angeles mayoral race.
Amid the great uncertainties produced by the Iran War, some likelihoods have begun to emerge.
The president left unclear what measures the U.S. would take and whether any forces would be at risk. Iran said it would strike any foreign force approaching the strait.
Prescient about the possibility of machine-generated writing, George Orwell’s life and work offer a deeper warning about the LLM era.
President Trump is endorsing candidates in a series of primary elections this month, trying to defeat incumbents in his own party who have crossed him. Our national political correspondent Shane Goldmacher explains.