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It's a lesson that the White House should learn if it wants to build up manufacturing in America
If cooperation and even capitulation don’t get you anywhere, why give in to the Trump administration’s demands?
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.
DHS will work alongside DOGE and USCIS to revamp the SAVE program, which allows agencies and local law enforcement to identify and track illegal migrants.
Elon Musk’s group says it saved $318 million by canceling a “request for proposal” from the Office of Personnel Management but did not release the request itself.
In a recent speech delivered at the University of Western Ontario Faculty of Law, a Quillette editor describes lessons he learned while investigating the school’s teachers college.
A federal judge in Colorado directed President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday to give Venezuelan migrants detained in that state notice 21 days in advance before any deportations under a law historically used only in wartime and to infor…
Former Vice President Al Gore delivered a keynote speech on climate change in San Francisco, during which he compared the Trump administration to Hitler's Third Reich.
The garrison commander at Fort McCoy in Wisconsin has been suspended after a social media post showing that the pictures of President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth were not being displayed...
The Democratic Party might be surprised to learn that working-class voters don't desire the same agenda as their new base of college-educated voters.
The Trump administration is reorganizing the State Department to eliminate offices it considers redundant and cut some programs it says do not align with U.S. interests, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday.
Go beyond the soundbites and get to know some of the most interesting players in politics.
By threatening the independence of the Federal Reserve, the president risks undermining many of his key goals.
Traditional Republican elites tolerate the authoritarianism because they want the tax cuts.
The problem for government employees isn’t just low morale. It’s the manufactured chaos.
Is the GOP about to raise taxes?
Tech entrepreneur Peter Thiel said "virtue signalling is a sign that you're doing something evil" in an interview on Joe Lonsdale's podcast.
The White House on Tuesday released texts of letters President Donald Trump sent to two leading Republican lawmakers to explain his directive that U.S. Central Command begin large-scale strikes in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is slashing 132 offices around the world, saying the department had become bloated, bureaucratic and unable to perform its essential diplomatic mission.
The International Monetary Fund expects slower growth and higher inflation in the U.S. as a result of President Trump’s trade policies.
The lawsuit over story time with titles like “Uncle Bobby’s Wedding” and “Love, Violet” is one of three major religious-rights cases on the Supreme Court docket.
The secretary of state aims to eliminate an office that advances American values abroad in a plan aligning the agency with President Trump’s foreign policy approach.
In an ad Tuesday, the National Republican Senatorial Committee lampooned Democrats like Sen. Chris Van Hollen, who traveled to El Salvador to try to free Kilmar Garcia.
Populist rhetoric and the hidden costs of economic illiteracy.
The political news you need to know, in 10 minutes or less. Hosted by David Chalian.
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…
In pushing for rate cuts the president insults the Fed chairman - but Trump's tariffs are driving prices the other way
Nine Line Apparel founder Tyler Merritt said President Donald Trump's tariffs will help his business.
How Trump’s tariffs and foreign policy signal the third phase of US decline on the world stage.
On Sunday, Senator Chris Van Hollen conquered all five morning talk shows.
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.
An attack on the Pennsylvania governor shows the dangers of tendentious misrepresentations.
Pope Francis sure did his job so very well! We will miss him!
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin traveled to San Diego April 22, where he met with Navy SEAL vets and local leaders to assess a Mexican sewage crisis contaminating US waters.
Republican elections groups are seizing on Democrats' recent trips to El Salvador ahead of the 2026 midterms.
The party's activist wing is formidable.
Last week’s TED Talks in Vancouver featured dozens of brilliant speakers. But the earnest belief that big new ideas can save humanity from itself now feels painfully dated.
We don’t know what the political real estate market will look like in 2026, but Democrats now occupy a remote, unfamiliar province and are trying to map and navigate this alien territory.
President Donald Trump said he will deliver this year's commencement addresses at the U.S. Military Academy and the University of Alabama.Trump on Monday evening took to his social media platform, Truth Social, to announce the speeches.
Counsel representing a coalition of parents fighting to opt their children out of LGBTQ-related curriculum says the case is "not a book ban case but a religious freedom one.
This is not the first time Germany has resorted to censorship in the mistaken belief that the state can contain dangerous ideas. The last time they tried this, it facilitated the rise of the Nazis.
In an immigration appeals case, Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch and Chief Justice John Roberts joined the court’s liberal justices Tuesday in a 5-4 ruling.
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…
Fareed explains why AI's massive energy demands are straining the power grid, but also why AI could enable big breakthroughs in sustainability and clean energy.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is "struggling" to pinpoint what the Democratic Party is and what it stands for in the wake of the 2024 elections.
Gen. Dan Caine’s first official trip underscored how the White House has prioritized the mission, which now involves nearly 7,000 active-duty troops.
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.
If Donald Trump can disappear people to El Salvador without due process, he can do anything.
The Trump administration plans to fire or reassign hundreds of Environmental Protection Agency employees who have been working on environmental justice and diversity, equity and inclusion, according to multiple reports.
As Harvard rejects the Trump administration's conditions for maintaining its federal funding, will it-like Hillsdale College-learn to live without it?
Former Vice President Al Gore said President Donald Trump's administration is acting like Nazi Germany under Adolf Hitler.
Rep. Guy Reschenthaler, R-Pa., told Newsmax on Tuesday that Democrats' support for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was accused by the Trump administration of being a member of the gang MS-13 and deported to an El Salvadorian prison, will hurt them in th…
The Trump administration’s proposed shake-up of the State Department targets human rights programs and others focused on war crimes and democracy.
Get the latest news on President Donald Trump’s return to the White House and the new Congress.
Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with author and TED Talker Lenore Skenazy, whose campaign to give children more opportunities for independent play and learning once earned her the title of ‘America’s Worst Mother.’
President Donald Trump has repeatedly teased potentially running for a third term in the White House. What do Americans think? A new national poll has some answers.
Just weeks after Republicans stood by as Trump’s tariffs threw the economy into chaos, they’re doing the same with Pete Hegseth and national security.
There's a striking symmetry in the timing of Francis's death: The most influential figure of the global left departs just as right-wing populism rises around the world.
Let's start with the positive: Republicans and Democrats are coming together to protect same-sex marriage from the Supreme Court.
The Trump administration’s campaign to remove millions of people from the United States could soon be supercharged by Congress.
Scientists may have discovered a new weapon in the fight against mosquito-borne diseases.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday that "informal, unclassified coordinations" were shared in an online chat and added that an internal probe into leakers at the Pentagon continues.
All eyes are on former President Donald Trump, who has launched another White House bid.
Focusing on the handful of papers that are retracted for political reasons can obscure the more important problems afflicting the field of academic publishing.
Trump is currently supporting his defense secretary, but some in the administration are speculating about how long Pete Hegseth will last.
The news program has faced mounting pressure from both President Trump and its corporate ownership at Paramount, the parent company of CBS News.
Adolescence is a moving work of art but a misleading representation of the challenges facing British boys.
In refusing to reveal much of anything about the administration’s efforts, department lawyers insisted the information constituted state secrets that needed to be protected.
As the Trump administration talks itself into refusing to comply with judicial orders, federal judges are moving closer to deploying the most powerful tool they have: contempt of court.
The Democratic representative from suburban Detroit is likely to be seen as a centrist in the primary contest to replace Senator Gary Peters, who is retiring.
The defense secretary has not denied a new report but has insisted no classified information was shared and sought to shift attention to the anonymous sources in the story.
Liberals are portraying President Donald Trump's threat to revoke Harvard's tax-exempt status as an abuse of power. But something deeper is at work.
Éric Rohmer’s films demand patience and close attention, but they are immensely rewarding for those able to tolerate the absence of spectacle.
The carmaker is expected to report a decline in quarterly earnings after Tesla’s brand suffered because of its chief executive’s role in the Trump administration.
The defense secretary’s inner circle is in disarray, and distrust is growing among civil servants and senior military officials.
Father Seán Connolly, priest at the church of Saint Margaret of Cortona in the Bronx, said while he doesn't see the Roman Catholic Church getting more progressive under a new Papacy, he cautions that the chatter around progressive vs. conservative…
Larry David took aim at Bill Maher for his praise of a recent dinner with President Donald Trump by writing a satirical essay for The New York Times, mockingly titled "My Dinner With Adolf."
The I.M.F. and World Bank are holding their spring meetings as President Trump’s trade war upends the global economy.
The administration’s drive to carry out the largest campaign in history has ensnared people who didn’t see themselves as targets.
The campaign to remove Hamas from the UK’s list of proscribed organisations is not about defending free speech or political dissent. It is about legitimising jihadist warmongering.
The House Oversight Committee referred former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, now a New York City mayoral candidate, to the Justice Department for criminal prosecution.
Two Republican candidates in the 2026 Arizona governor's race have both been endorsed by President Donald Trump, he announced on Monday.
Israel is a struggling, desperate, deeply flawed liberal democracy.
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…
For years, millions of people traveled through Central America north to the United States. Now that flow is changing direction.
The statement came a day after Harvard University sued the administration over its decision to freeze billions of dollars in federal funding, following the school’s refusal to submit to a list of demands.
A three-week trial began today that could force Google to sell off its Chrome browser, among other remedies for its illegal monopolization.