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For the first time in over a decade, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) faces a 1-on-1 primary challenge. His challenger, Ed Gallrein, is as Kentucky as they come.
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…
As an energy shock looms, a new book reframes recession as the product of historical circumstance, not cyclical inevitability.
Tragicomic scenes from reparations-based medicine.
‘This is a Groundhog’s Day thing with the Maine ladies. They’re always facing the most dangerous challenge of their political career.’
The first lady of Kentucky talks hat dos and don’ts, the best way to walk across a horse track and balancing personal and political style.
A Minneapolis May Day rally organized for immigrant rights drew communist and socialist groups demanding revolution, rent caps and wealth redistribution.
Defense attorneys for the alleged gunman have questioned the evidence in the case, and the U.S. attorney’s X posts go beyond what prosecutors have said in court filings.
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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.
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court narrowed the conditions under which states must draw districts with a majority of minority voters.
America’s strategic edge will not be preserved by nostalgia for past procurement habits.
The extraordinary career of Oxford historian Avi Shlaim.
The ethical questions of intentionally withholding nourishment from dementia patients, who may still want to eat and drink, are upon us.
NATO said it was working to understand details of the plan to draw down about 5,000 troops, which coincides with a feud between the president and the German chancellor.
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Scott Colom, a state prosecutor, is running against Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, a Republican who denied him a seat on the federal bench. In a tough year for the G.O.P., Democrats see hope for his long-shot bid.
The rising cost of oil is becoming a major political concern for the White House, as the stalemate between President Donald Trump and Iran drags on.
This is not how a free, self-governing people are meant to manage their own affairs.
From ISIS to the IRGC, how groups with sacred commitments outlast adversaries with far greater firepower.
Pity the suckers in the cities governed by the radical left who let themselves believe that the new order would rain taxpayer-provided goodies down around them.
A socialist-friendly teachers’ union has managed to set aside May Day for the partisan indoctrination of public school students.
The Supreme Court faces an emergency request from abortion pill mifepristone manufacturer Danco Laboratories, GenBioPro after a 5th Circuit ruling blocked mail-order access, reinstated in-person prescription requirements.
A Times analysis of footage released by the F.B.I. on Thursday night appears to show the assailant shot at a Secret Service officer, who then returned fire.
Political dinosaurs insist on surrender on immigration. Beltway GOP insiders seem intent on snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
For now, the president is trying to navigate his way through the War Powers Act by dissembling rather than challenging its constitutionality.
How fear, misinformation, and myth came to define the world’s worst nuclear accident.
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.
Yale put out a report earlier this month reckoning with why America's universities have lost the public's faith. But the study doesn't tell the full story-and may be asking the wrong questions.
President Trump’s predictions of a relatively short-term conflict with minimal economic consequences appear to be crumbling.
A federal appeals court temporarily halted a Food and Drug Administration regulation that has greatly expanded access to the abortion pill mifepristone.
GOP-led states are rushing to take advantage of the Supreme Court’s decision to curtail the Voting Rights Act with new maps that could end the careers of several Black Democratic House members.
Some wish Kamala Harris had decided to run for governor in California, where Democrats are struggling to break through, rather than weigh another White House run.
The 2026 primary season heats up in May with races across a dozen states testing Trump's grip on the GOP ahead of critical midterm elections.
Saturday's shooting, Trump's unity message and King Charles' speech to Congress days later.
Go beyond the soundbites and get to know some of the most interesting players in politics.
After all these years, the Communist Party is still handcuffed to its American rival, and it is unable to break free.
Democrats face mockery for welcoming King Charles III to Congress after rallying at "No Kings" protests targeting presidential power weeks earlier.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced bills to crack down on foreign influence in American higher education by targeting ties to adversarial nations.
One of the most hotly contested Democratic primaries of 2026 ended with a whimper rather than a bang Thursday, as Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) suspended her Senate campaign, making outsider oyster farmer Graham Platner the overwhelming favorite for …
Trump’s combative defense secretary has grown more self-assured of his job security despite his early missteps in the role, people familiar with the matter said.
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.
The Supreme Court ruling said there must be proof that a racial group was “intentionally” disadvantaged. The dissent called it “well-nigh impossible.”
The Republican governors of Tennessee and Alabama called state lawmakers into special sessions on Friday, initial steps in what could be a scramble to redraw congressional maps after the Supreme Court narrowed the Voting Rights Act.
The Persian Gulf countries and Israel have faced repeated Iranian attacks during the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran. The State Department move bypassed congressional review.
It took the Voting Rights Act in 1965, and its revisions decades later, to restore Black congressional representation in the South after Reconstruction.
Press Robinson, who years ago mounted a legal fight to become the first Black person elected to a Louisiana school board, was on the losing side of the Supreme Court case weakening the Voting Rights Act.
Let's start with the positive: Republicans and Democrats are coming together to protect same-sex marriage from the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court has now invited racial gerrymandering, as merely political and thus beyond judicial challenge.
Senate Republicans eye attacks on Graham Platner's progressive record and ties to Sanders and AOC now that Maine's Democratic primary is settled.
Trump also asked one of Barr’s rivals to drop out of the Republican primary in Kentucky, where the winner of that race is likely to succeed McConnell.
‘I want,’ or, ‘I don’t want,’ are becoming the lodestars of reproductive morality.
California GOP demands Los Altos Vice Mayor Larry Lang resign over "86 47" posts he made on social media roughly a month after ex-FBI Director James Comey was indicted for the same thing.
Power the Future, a pro-energy group, is asking Rep. Comer and Sen. Paul to probe nonprofit funding it alleges is fueling anti-data center campaigns across 24 states.
The basis for the lawsuit is that a governmental entity is interfering with freedom of speech.
Under Mayor Mamdani, New York City has set aside $500,000 to fund community discussions on reparations and other forms of assistance for Black New Yorkers despite a budget deficit.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit ruled that the commonly used abortion drug mifepristone can only be picked up in-person.
In his first public speech since the White House correspondents’ dinner, the president mocked transgender weightlifters and the “medical crap” an adviser was telling him.
Groups financially backed by Shanghai-based tech tycoon Neville Roy Singham were key organizers at NYC May Day demonstrations, an investigation found.
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…
Dr. Oz says CMS has written letters to five states as the Trump administration intensifies its crackdown on Medicaid and healthcare fraud schemes.
"The United States was a reasonably happy country for a long time," the University of Chicago economist Sam Peltzman wrote in a 2026 paper. "It is not happy now."
The airline said early Saturday it had “no choice” but to wind down operations immediately, dashing hopes of a last-minute financial lifeline.
Having the Southern Poverty Law Center label you, a black woman, as an 'apologist for white supremacy,' it sort of makes you like kryptonite for any universities that would be looking to hire you, Carol Swain told JNS.
If you ever cared even a whit for brilliant, furiously intelligent pop music, then you should know about XTC.
Democrats now hold a five-point advantage in support for Congress, up from two points in February.
Through selective deregulation, a proposed bill would encourage AI companies to build their own energy supply.
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.
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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.
President Trump plans to build a park along the Potomac River featuring life-size statues of 250 Americans.
Amid the great uncertainties produced by the Iran War, some likelihoods have begun to emerge.
Trump threatens to pull U.S. troops from NATO allies Germany, Italy and Spain after they resisted supporting operations tied to the Iran conflict.
On the first day of early voting, some glimpses of voter bewilderment came into focus, part of a dizzying scramble playing out days after a major Supreme Court ruling.
The ballroom was full of journalists in formal wear. The burrata salad with spring peas had just been served. A magician was demonstrating a feat of mind-reading to the President and those seated with him at the head table. Gunshots rang out. It t…
All eyes are on former President Donald Trump, who has launched another White House bid.
On episode 103 of The Charles C. W. Cooke Podcast, Charles talks to Michael Auslin about his new book, National Treasure: How the Declaration of Independence Made America.
The comments came one day after President Trump flatly rejected the proposal. He later clarified he was only briefed on the “concept of the deal.”
The growing unease over artificial intelligence is something elements of the left and the right can agree on in a polarized age.