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Gad Saad’s new book tackles an interesting topic. Unfortunately, the author’s narcissistic ramblings make it almost impossible to read.
The remarks, at a hearing ostensibly about the coming budget for law enforcement agencies, veered from sedate exchanges about operational matters to ugly personal confrontations.
The Court will make a decision by Thursday on whether to hear oral arguments in Louisiana v. FDA.
From Nixon visiting during the Cold War to Clinton navigating the optics of being welcomed in Tiananmen Square, presidential trips to China have always been fraught.
Let's start with the positive: Republicans and Democrats are coming together to protect same-sex marriage from the Supreme Court.
The appeal will be uphill, but it’s fine. Suggesting that the judges are in the tank for China is not.
They are designed to raise prices, enriching producers at consumers’ expense.
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito secures the GOP Senate nomination in West Virginia's primary, backed by President Trump's complete and total endorsement.
Evolutionary psychology suggests an explanation for why so many people have found dating apps a frustrating experience.
Chuck Schumer says he will vote for a Republican-backed Senate resolution to withhold senators' paychecks during any future government shutdown.
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…
Underground churches, middle-of-the-night arrests, and an alleged drugging: Frannie Block investigates China's detention of Pastor Ezra Jin, and the CCP's war on Christianity.
The agency’s top food official will step in to the role after Dr. Makary privately said he opposed the administration decision to approve flavored vapes.
Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-New Jersey) plans to introduce a bill to strengthen scrutiny by members of Congress as her own legal battle is about to escalate.
It would be very difficult to make a great film from a source as flawed as Camus’s novel, but Ozon has managed to make a very good one.
‘I can’t see anything other than ignorance about how the economy works in this assessment.’
The Republican, whom President Donald Trump has endorsed for another term, has denied domestic violence and other allegations and sought to portray them as politically motivated.
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…
In his first term, the president demanded fundamental shifts in China’s economic model. Now, he has copied parts of how Beijing does business.
Does “the West” actually exist — or is it merely a modern political myth?
The populist nationalist turn in global politics has been poorly understood, and many are declaring the end of a trend that could be just getting started.
The Virginia redistricting ruling ignited a political fight over judicial authority, constitutional law, and separation of powers.
The chancellor's attempts to revive his flagging popularity are backfiring.
A Minnesota man allegedly defrauded SNAP taxpayers of over $1 million by using others' EBT cards to buy and resell goods, authorities say in charges.
Senior Writer and Podcast Producer Iona Italia talks to writer Phoebe Maltz Bovy about her latest book: 'The Last Straight Woman: On Desiring Men.'
I was struck by Mosebach nodding to the generative power of the traditional liturgy in culture.
There isn’t much Congress or Trump can do about it, experts warn
In surveys, 80 percent of Americans report changing their spending habits to accommodate rising gas prices.
A new super PAC with ties to Republicans is intervening in Democratic primaries, in one instance helping a sex therapist in Texas accused of antisemitism.
The transatlantic battle over social media and censorship.
For decades, vitriolic speech from leftists has been tolerated — just one of those things.
Gregory Conti is a brilliant intellectual historian and political theorist at Princeton University. He is also a nonbeliever. Today he describes how the decline of religious literacy - of basic familiarity with scripture and Christianity - is harm…
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The politics of corruption at the ICC and ICJ.
David Venturella’s appointment is in line with a push by Markwayne Mullin, the homeland security secretary, to keep his department under the radar and out of headlines.
Asked whether Americans’ financial situation was motivating him to make a deal, President Trump said bluntly, “Not even a little bit.”
All eyes are on former President Donald Trump, who has launched another White House bid.
With talks at an impasse, both sides are holding to positions their opponents call unacceptable, while the economic pain caused by the Strait of Hormuz blockade continues to grow.
The presidential protection agency detailed how it would use a proposed $1 billion as Republicans asked for more detail and Democrats went on the attack.
Secret new assessments say Iran has operational access to 30 of its 33 missile sites along the Strait of Hormuz, suggesting that its military remains far stronger than President Trump has asserted.
The repost on social media was among a flurry of late-night posts in which President Donald Trump railed against his political opponents.
Jews have had a continuous indigenous presence in the Levant for more than 3,000 years—despite enduring settler-colonial occupations by Romans, Arabs, Crusaders, and Turks.
Flush with the seemingly unexpected success of his case before the Supreme Court, he decided to convert his life of public advocacy into a TED Talk.
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth says U.S. munitions are not depleted, pushing back on reports of strained weapons stockpiles after the Iran conflict.
Trump is a businessman who sees matters of policy from a business perspective. So it's no surprise that his attacks on his enemies, and America's, operate along economic lines.
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.
Despite the dangers, we must seize the gifts bequeathed by world-altering technologies, since these amount to life in unprecedented abundance.
The gusher of government money has driven up the cost of college while driving down its worth.
Great-power summits can bring high drama. The encounter between President John F. Kennedy and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev in Vienna in 1961 previewed a terrifying showdown over West Berlin. The meeting between two of their successors, Ronald R…
A new book by Phoebe Maltz Bovy argues that most accounts of female heterosexuality minimise and even theorise away its central feature: women’s sexual desire for men.
Trump warned he was watching closely as South Carolina Republicans tried to redraw maps, but five GOP senators broke ranks to block the redistricting.
Work on the iconic National Mall basin appears behind schedule. President Trump initially said he had picked the contractor, then said he did not know it.
The Trump Administration has admitted the Biden White House's constitutional violations and settled with me. Time to focus on Pfizer for its role in the 2021 conspiracy to silence the unvaccinated.
While the British Medical Association now acknowledges that the Cass Review has been ‘vindicated,’ its Canadian counterparts still remain beholden to debunked activist slogans.
The war in Iran has cast a shadow of uncertainty on both superpowers, dimming early hopes that they could begin to address the larger issues that have frayed their relationship.
California governor candidate Xavier Becerra is facing criticism after asking a reporter for a profile piece and not a gotcha interview before a sit-down.
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.
Kash Patel and Sen. Chris Van Hollen clashed in a Senate hearing, trading allegations of misconduct and accusations about an El Salvador visit.
Progressive House hopeful Randy Villegas ran on transparency when he wanted to be a school board member, but he subsequently was on the board that approved settlements in multiple sex-abuse cases.
In 2013, Minnesota Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan was the 34-year-old director of the state chapter of the Children's Defense Fund.
Some top Virginia Democrats express little hope that the appeal will affect this November’s congressional elections and instead will focus on running in existing districts.
The alleged perpetrator, Rhamell Burke, had been released from Bellevue Hospital's psychiatric ward the day of the murder despite multiple prior arrests for violent and threatening behavior.
Prosecutors accused the Singapore-based company and subsidiaries of failing to maintain proper systems on the Dali cargo ship, which crashed into the Baltimore bridge in 2024.
The trial has exposed even more details about OpenAI's fractious corporate past than previously documented
Defense secretaries have previously traveled with presidents on overseas trips, to provide advice and represent the U.S. military.
Wars are not won or lost in the comments section, and victors are not determined by vibes alone.
Sen. John Fetterman calls out the Democratic Party's "antisemitism problem" after a Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice says he is leaving the party over it.
Democrats are facing Republican ridicule from a former prosecutor after reportedly filing their Virginia redistricting appeal to the wrong Supreme Court
Sen. Mark Warner calls Virginia Supreme Court ruling blocking the new congressional map "outrageous" as Democrats regroup for midterm elections.
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As a ceasefire with Tehran falters, Republicans joined Democrats in pressing for details on the conflict’s costs and the administration’s plan to end it.