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U.S. Army veteran Ted Daniels rips Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner over a resurfaced post about his near-fatal Taliban combat encounter.
Incendiary comments by a House candidate in Texas prompted condemnation from her fellow Democrats, who accused Republicans of propping her up.
Industry leaders warned in last-minute calls to the president that the proposed safety vetting system could inhibit development of the pivotal technology.
James Piereson on European economic troubles.
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Bragging about my PhD to general indifference during the second-most humiliating day of my life.
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.
A new book about Stephen King’s early novels will only appeal to hardcore fans, but its very existence is a reminder of its subject’s incalculable cultural impact.
Defense Department officials had abruptly canceled the deployments of thousands of troops there just last week.
The academic left turned on Azar Nafisi for criticizing Iran’s regime.
Mail is private — it makes it easier to pretend that we don’t know what’s going on.
Stephen Colbert's cancellation was political. But the brilliance of his shows also belonged to the writers, producers, and staff.
Our education system has been undermined in numerous ways and among them is that many students have very poor attention spans.
Federal judge dismisses DOJ lawsuit against Maine's Secretary of State Shenna Bellows over the state's refusal to turn over voter data to the government.
Creating NGOs that misuse the language of human rights is an effective strategy for advancing terrorist goals.
Follow President Trump’s progress filling over 800 positions, among about 1,300 that require Senate confirmation, in this tracker from The Washington Post and the Partnership for Public Service.
Complaints among Democratic activists and influencers over the DNC's decision to abort its 2024 "autopsy report" was based on a craving for two things: (1) a clear "who done it" assessment of blame for Kamala Harris's loss to Donald Trump, and (2)…
Tulsi Gabbard notified President Trump she is resigning as DNI, citing her husband Abraham's diagnosis with an extremely rare form of bone cancer.
Tulsi Gabbard had a difficult tenure in the Trump administration and was seldom seen in the room when the president made important national-security moves.
Worries about AI doom rarely take Darwinian evolution seriously. A new paper argues we should—but we are still further from that scenario than its authors suggest.
Former DOJ prosecutor Carmen Mercedes Lineberger is indicted for allegedly concealing Jack Smith's sealed report in files labeled as cake recipes.
Ice has no consciousness. It can’t reciprocate with people in any manner whatsoever. Glaciers have no ‘agency.’
Where climatists are, the ESG/stakeholder capitalism complex and those who flourish within it, will not be far behind.
What radar and jet propulsion were to World War Two, robotics and artificial intelligence will be to the next war between great powers.
All eyes are on former President Donald Trump, who has launched another White House bid.
E. Jean Carroll won two court cases against him, but it took decades for her to come forward. The film is at its best on the reasons for her hesitance.
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In a nearly two-hour conversation, Mr. Biden discussed his addiction to drugs and alcohol, and Ms. Owens apologized for her past remarks about him.
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.
Trump's actions produce some short-run gains for his personalist brand of politics, but as the fall election approaches, they portend a divided and disabled Republican Party against energized and progressive Democrats.
The U.S. temporarily paused weapons sales to Taiwan to ensure munitions are ready for potential Iran escalation, acting Navy Secretary Cao testified.
God rest the soul of Barney Frank. You don’t have to endorse his politics or his lifestyle to appreciate the wisdom in his living to the end.
The majority dismissed on procedural grounds the case of Joseph Clifton Smith, whose mental faculties skirt the threshold for being spared the death penalty.
Jan. 6 rioters, George Santos, Mark McCloskey and Rod Blagojevich: A wide range of figures are eyeing the president’s new settlement fund.
It reads like a half-drafted thesis assembled at the last second for a book the Democratic Party never finished reading all the way to the end.
DNC Chair Ken Martin faces calls to resign after releasing a widely criticized 2024 election autopsy report that omits mention of Gaza and Biden's age.
A new DNC report blames messaging and campaign strategy for 2024 while avoiding the Biden, Harris policies voters rejected.
Howard Lutnick, the commerce secretary, made the donation after agreeing to an interview with lawmakers about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
Podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with Yale Law School professor Sarath Sanga, co-author of a new report explaining why the American public is losing trust in the country’s colleges and universities.
The economic backdrop that Kevin M. Warsh inherits as chair of the Federal Reserve does not call for the interest rate cuts that President Trump wants.
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The Trump administration's USCIS announces noncitizens seeking green cards must leave the U.S. and apply through consular processing abroad.
President Donald Trump is speaking out in support of a congressional push to make daylight saving time permanent, an effort that is actually bipartisan.
Gore Vidal remarked during the George W. Bush years that comedians such as Jon Stewart had become leading political figures because the Left lacked powerful alternative voices. The idea that late-night clowns could represent American liberalism st…
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…
Donald Trump seems to have given up on Taiwan’s long-term future.
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In interviews, Martin Short has been discussing the terrible losses of his life.
The legislation to build a Smithsonian museum to honor women became contentious after it was amended to say the museum could only recognize “biological” females.
Gov. Abigail Spanberger of Virginia urged her fellow Democrats, including the House minority leader, Hakeem Jeffries, to stop talking about drawing new congressional lines for partisan advantage.
NYC Mayor Mamdani meets with Jamie Dimon and David Solomon as Wall Street grows uneasy over his calls for higher taxes on the wealthy in New York City.
Industry trade groups reject the administration's claims, saying the rollback of the Biden-era regulations would actually drive up prices.
Susan Owens’s handsome new monograph reconsiders the life and career of the English landscape painter John Constable.
House Republicans slammed the Senate GOP for kicking the can down the road on voting on a package pertaining to ICE and Border Patrol funding.
If crypto is a vehicle for criminals to sell pieces of the U.S. to its enemies, you’d think the stewards of American interests would take a firmer line against it.
Amid hostilities with Iran, the American military expended far more advanced interceptors to protect Israel than Israeli forces did, according to Defense Department data.
Democrats' long-awaited autopsy of the 2024 election backfired almost immediately after it was released on Thursday.
My nephew's schoolmate sang at Eurovision last week. Here is what the people who booed him don't understand.
In a fascinating new book, historian Anthony Bale vividly reconstructs the brutal, fantastical, and sometimes deeply religious experiences of medieval travellers across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.
Trump defends his DOJ anti-weaponization fund on Truth Social, saying he gave up a fortune to deliver justice for victims of Biden-era lawfare.
The president, vice president and acting attorney general have offered a series of inaccurate claims to defend an unusual fund announced this week.
It was a busy one.
Washington's regional partners are aligned on removing the Iranian threat and building a viable security architecture.
Republicans drew the former D.N.C. chairwoman out of her district. Her decision to run in Florida’s 20th Congressional District, however, has stoked tensions with Black Democrats.
Thanks be to God for Bob Woodson.
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…
Most Democratic senators say they aren't focused on Maine's Senate race amid scrutiny of candidate Graham Platner's resurfaced controversial comments.
The divisions are clear, but there’s more common ground than one might expect within the coalition, a Times/Siena poll shows.
He seems to hope to slip away without Americans noticing the magnitude of this defeat.
Two-time NASCAR Cup champion Kyle Busch passed away yesterday at the age of 41.
Concerns about rising costs are a problem for Republicans ahead of the midterm elections as Trump struggles to deliver on affordability pledges.
Pray for the grace to be grateful.
Democratic House candidate Maureen Galindo blames journalists for allegedly mischaracterizing her comments about imprisoning "American Zionists."
Let's start with the positive: Republicans and Democrats are coming together to protect same-sex marriage from the Supreme Court.
President Trump faced a wall of opposition from Senate G.O.P. lawmakers, in part over his plan to create a $1.8 billion fund to reward his allies.
The demand comes as Senate Republican leaders wrestle with whether to include money for the controversial project in a bill that funds immigration agencies.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday criticized NATO for not being of assistance in the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran. Rubio is heading to a meeting with the alliance's foreign ministers in Sweden.