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Rob Sand regularly attended Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ, which has hosted drag queen concerts and invited a transgender pastor.
Republicans predict that Democrats will not confirm Supreme Court and Cabinet nominees if they retake the Senate in the midterm elections.
The 2026 midterm elections are heating up as Republicans and Democrats battle for control of Congress. From Texas and Maine to Michigan, key Senate races, shifting polls and campaign spending battles add to the uncertainty, while both parties look…
A release of selected records from the classified documents inquiry is a case study in how omitting context can create political ammunition.
First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli says Chinese espionage is "extremely pervasive" after his office charged alleged spies in recent months.
No economy can transcend the need for human contributions.
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Palm Beach is drawing tech giants and Wall Street executives, says real estate expert Margit Brandt, who compares the region to Silicon Valley.
Like so many other schools, its leaders apparently refuse to hire anyone who isn’t a dedicated leftist.
Chelsea Follett's new history shows how wretched life was before the industrial revolution, but our escape from it began long before the steam engine.
Republicans outspend Democrats by $400 million ahead of Election Day, forcing Senate Majority PAC to make tough choices across nine battlegrounds.
Judge Ana Reyes screamed at government lawyers over 430 trees cut down at East Potomac Golf Links, demanding answers about late Friday notification.
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…
An executive with the Republican super PAC that paid for the ad attacking Mr. Jackson, the Democratic Senate candidate in Maine, blamed its vendor for the mistake.
AI veteran Jerry Kaplan tells Claire Lehmann why he thinks the doomers are wrong, what the rogue-agent incidents did and didn’t show, and where real risks lie.
A bold argument for televising the execution of terrorist Nidal Hasan to show decisive justice.
The social justice warriors came for Columbus. The real target is America.
Please permit me to publish a borderline inciting second rant.
A new letter from 74 lawmakers suggests that civilian casualties will become a focus of investigation if Democrats take control of Congress.
Yonah Jeremy Bob and Elliot Kaufman’s account of the 7 October massacre and its aftermath is a triumph of dogged reporting and shrewd analysis.
Julia Wilson survived the 2009 Fort Hood massacre and wants Nidal Hasan executed, but she has reservations about livestreaming his death penalty.
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.
They lack a specific plan for governing, beyond turning back Trump and holding him accountable.
Go beyond the soundbites and get to know some of the most interesting players in politics.
Essays in the New Yorker, the NYRB, and the Atlantic make one worry about the kind of nation they might urge the United States to become.
Katie Zacharia is scheduled to hold her first briefing Tuesday.
The Michigan candidate for US Senate seat is running without directly acknowledging specific constituent groups
High costs opened a divide between Trump and some who voted for him. His support for data centers has widened that gap.
Democratic South Carolina U.S. Senate candidate Annie Andrews and Republican Sen. Darline Graham clashed during a U.S. Senate election debate.
A coalition of nonprofits had sued, calling the ads “propaganda.” The president has said campaign funds would be used to pay for the commercials going forward.
Three months after a jarring summer candidate switch, some Democrats in the state are worried about the enthusiasm for their nominee, Troy Jackson, who is in a close race.
Will Democrats’ blue wave materialize? Watch these races.
A group of liberal organizations sued last week over the ads that praised the administration.
Republicans need the president to mobilize voters, but his low approval ratings limit where he can help.
It is absurd to suggest that a restriction or temporary inaccessibility amounts to a ‘ban.’
Let's start with the positive: Republicans and Democrats are coming together to protect same-sex marriage from the Supreme Court.
The World Health Organization says it has ‘not identified evidence of ongoing transmission’ from the dead plague researcher in Irkutsk, Russia.
Some Republican lawmakers voiced staunch opposition after United States President Donald Trump announced a diesel agreement with Russia.
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 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 only countries to carry out public executions in 2025? Iran and Afghanistan. That's the company Pete Hegseth wants America to keep.
The world’s richest person has quietly become by far the biggest known midterm donor, trying to save Republicans’ Senate majority with some of the largest donations in American political history.
As Americans, we should look up with pride in our achievements and confidence in our future.
He said he intends to remain the House Republican leader even if his party loses the chamber.
In time, we may discover that no city, mountain, river, civilization, or human being has a sufficiently spotless history to merit commemoration.
A few weeks before Gov. Josh Shapiro arrived in Harrisburg to make a splashy announcement of $64 million toward a revitalization plan for the capital...
Rep. Ilhan Omar's home was the subject of a pre-dawn HSI raid.
In an interview, Dr. Peter Piot recalled when he first saw the spindly virus under a microscope and reflected on a five-decade career spent fighting two deadly pathogens.
Zohran Mamdani launched a New York Police Department use-of-force review after the Win Rozario shooting, but it falls short of campaign pledges.
In a recent visit to Greece, the secretary of state suggested that Europe must rediscover the values of conquest and expansion
Despite her professed atheism, Kathryn Paige Harden insists on making quasi-religious claims about free will and moral responsibility.
It’s Oct. 12 — 22 days away from the midterms. Here’s the state of play.
The Roberts court has redefined the separation of church and state. This term may show how far it will go.
Whatever message Hegseth intends to send by having the public watch Hasan die, the Islamist world will interpret it very differently.
The ad buyer admitted the mistake and refunded the money to the political group that ordered it.
The agreement will do little to relieve the financial pain voters are experiencing.
The Republican Party's midterm campaign has turned into a triage operation just three weeks out from November.
We start the week with a hilarious essay from Julie Bindel, who recounts her days as a feminist activist in 1980s Britain. Explaining that hypochondria and performative disability are nothing new in these circles, Bindel puts the fragility of toda…
As the former UBC professor exacts apologies and legal settlements from his accusers, Brad Cran offers a personal account of the collateral damage that the decade-long saga inflicted on the Canadian literary community.
A senator without committees is like a pilot without a plane. What’s the point?
Do Europeans fully grasp what the fall of Ukraine would mean for the rest of the continent?
Few things seem to infuriate Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed more than questions about the Iranian regime.
Grand Slam champions take home identical prizes, but the men must win 50 percent more sets to get there.
All eyes are on former President Donald Trump, who has launched another White House bid.
Belgium’s latest figures show how widely euthanasia has become accepted as an answer to suffering.
Democratic Party Chairman Ken Martin says embracing a big-tent coalition, including DSA voices, is key to winning ahead of the midterm elections.
Rabbi Daniel Lapin responds to Robert Lynch's essay on masturbation.
The massive outpouring I saw in Paris was animated by more than students' legitimate concerns about deteriorating schools.
The socialist candidate says the effort is “deceiving” voters.
A New York Times analysis of Senator Susan Collins’s voting record shows that she frequently breaks with Republicans but more seldom changes an outcome.
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A male prosecutor declined to bring charges, citing the accuser's statement. New York's governor replaced him with a woman saying, 'Two women perhaps are looking at this differently than men would,' writes Helen Andrews.
To rediscover the university’s true purpose, we must return to our core practice of making distinctions.
Trump has largely dismissed the focus on higher gas prices, but this deal with Russia suggests the president knows what’s at stake.
After the midterms, traditional conservatives will gather to forge a new path forward.
The ATF announced it will no longer require federal registration for silencers, short-barreled rifles and shotguns after Congress zeroed out NFA taxes.
Sen. Darline Graham (R-South Carolina) clashed with Democrat Annie Andrews in their only scheduled debate of a Senate race that has become unexpectedly competitive.
During a four-hour hearing, a federal judge demanded answers from the Trump administration about who authorized the removal of hundreds of trees at the East Potomac Golf Links.
A Turkish businessman once allied with the Maduro regime has tied the knot with President Trump’s former personal lawyer, Alina Habba, at the same time he is seeking to retain a big contract in Venezuela.
The search takes place within the 60-day window of the midterm elections, when the Justice Department has historically avoided such investigative steps related to political candidates.