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President Trump's economic policies on trade, energy and manufacturing position the U.S. to negotiate with China from a place of unprecedented strength.
Despite the dangers, we must seize the gifts bequeathed by world-altering technologies, since these amount to life in unprecedented abundance.
Donald Trump's upcoming summit with Xi Jinping is likely to be dominated and somewhat overshadowed by the ongoing conflict in Iran.
Democrats are sure to like I don't think about Americans' financial situation and I don't think about anybody as attack ad lines come November.
Mayor Mamdani spiked the ball Tuesday, as the Big Apple's budget crunch seemed to go away as it quickly as it had appeared.
The unusual ruling came after the judge found that the Trump administration had most likely violated the law by deporting the 55-year-old woman to the African country despite its refusal to take her.
It’s not just health care but transportation, housing, and just about everything else the government touches.
Chinese officials are using a different transliterated character for the secretary of state's name, perhaps to allow him to visit without lifting a 2020 ban.
The war to defang Iran is a national project, and Trump needs to solicit the public’s participation in it.
The Times broke the story that has become a dominant line of attack against Xavier Becerra, the Democratic front-runner. Here are five things to know about it.
The suit argues that the development on state-donated land would violate the Constitution’s domestic emoluments clause, which prohibits the president from accepting money or gifts from states.
jamDemocrats are hoping for a blue wave, while Republicans are looking to just retain control of the House and the Senate.
President Trump’s visit to Beijing comes as relations with China have become more combative.
President Donald Trump was greeted with an elaborate welcome ceremony outside Beijing’s Great Hall of the People before beginning high-stakes bilateral meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
The politics of corruption at the ICC and ICJ.
Democrats keep winning elections but the DNC is under fire for refusing to release its internal review of the party's sweeping 2024 key losses.
The repost on social media was among a flurry of late-night posts in which President Donald Trump railed against his political opponents.
Consider Mamdani’s ludicrous implication that hedge fund CEO Ken Griffin is not pulling his weight in New York City.
Democrats knew they couldn’t unseat a GOP senator, so they backed an independent and fielded a candidate who promised to drop out if she won. Then it got complicated.
Expect the Federal Circuit to grant an injunction suspending the court’s invalidation of the 10 percent tariffs while the appeal proceeds.
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…
Buoyed by billions in assistance from the state, real talk about what it takes to run New York City, and some taxes on the rich, the mayor closed a historic leftover budget deficit.
President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping strike a warm tone in Beijing, emphasizing cooperation as trade and investment talks get underway.
A new 9/11 Memorial Museum exhibit showcases flags and artifacts tied to the 2001 terrorist attacks, aiming to educate a generation born after that day.
Go beyond the soundbites and get to know some of the most interesting players in politics.
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.
China’s authoritarianism is working against growth.
The ‘leaders of the free world are watching’? Well, because it’s just another version of Morning Joe, served late at night.
Calls to “globalise the intifada” have produced a wave of antisemitic terror and encourage an unending cycle of violence.
CBP partnered with local law enforcement recently to detain a gang-affiliated Mexican national with a violent criminal history, including second-degree murder.
Let's start with the positive: Republicans and Democrats are coming together to protect same-sex marriage from the Supreme Court.
Activists are building a political home for the Michigan Senate candidate's anti-corruption, anti-war populist message.
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Democrats accidentally revealed behind-the-scenes campaign coaching in an unclipped promo featuring Pete Buttigieg and Pennsylvania's Bob Brooks.
A charity is raising money to provide security, arguing that protecting some of right-wing media’s biggest stars is a public good.
With even the Scandinavians running away from their reputation as collectivists, it’s not clear where America’s democratic socialists will turn for guidance.
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.
Prosecutors accused the Singapore-based company and subsidiaries of fostering unsafe conditions that caused the Dali cargo ship to crash into the Baltimore bridge in 2024.
Vice President JD Vance said the state had not done enough to fight fraud in the public health insurance program.
There isn’t much Congress or Trump can do about it, experts warn
Politico’s Josh Gerstein cannot see anything other than Donald Trump.
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.
Trump arrived in Beijing with a red carpet ceremony ahead of talks with Xi Jinping focused on trade tensions and the ongoing war with Iran.
Pete Hegseth, Marco Rubio and Mike Johnson will speak at the event, which centers on the idea that the founders wanted the U.S. to be explicitly Christian.
Capitol Hill lawmakers clash over Trump's proposed federal gas tax suspension as gas prices hit $4.51 a gallon amid escalating tensions with Iran.
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The diocese’s lawyers argued that the land, which is below a 29-foot-tall statue of Jesus Christ on a mountain peak, is a holy site protected under religious freedom.
Xi Jinping's inward-facing actions, however, betray a deep sense of insecurity. Trump can take advantage of it. China's people - to the regime
China’s leader made clear his top priority is the fate of the contested island and its U.S. military support, a striking move given President Donald Trump’s effort to mend ties and deliver trade deals.
Denise Powell prevailed in a close primary race for an Omaha-based seat, currently held by a retiring Republican, that could help determine control of the House.
It's a Bird, it's a Plane, no it's Pratt Summer
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.
Senior Writer and Podcast Producer Iona Italia talks to writer Phoebe Maltz Bovy about her latest book: 'The Last Straight Woman: On Desiring Men.'
Kevin Warsh, confirmed today in the Senate as the new Fed chairman, is in for a torrid time.
Does “the West” actually exist — or is it merely a modern political myth?
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Kevin Warsh was confirmed as the new Federal Reserve chairman by the Senate to replace Jerome Powell, ushering in a new era at the central bank.
All eyes are on former President Donald Trump, who has launched another White House bid.
‘I can’t see anything other than ignorance about how the economy works in this assessment.’
College leaders love spending money.
In a rare bipartisan vote, the House passed a bill allowing for the sale of an ethanol blend known as E15, over the objections of Republican hard-liners and some oil refiners.
The transatlantic battle over social media and censorship.
After a series of political victories under President Trump, firms are lobbying Congress for a sweeping framework they helped shape.
Evolutionary psychology suggests an explanation for why so many people have found dating apps a frustrating experience.
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.
Under pressure from Beijing, the president has indicated an openness to rethinking U.S. support for Taiwan, alarming its backers.
Vice President JD Vance responded to Trump's 2028 split ticket tease with Rubio, saying he dislikes discussing future political ambitions.
The FBI director offered a brash defense to questions centering on a recent news report alleging that his “excessive drinking” impaired his ability to do the job.
Vice President JD Vance threatens to cut anti-fraud funding to states that don't prosecute Medicaid fraud, singling out California, New York and Hawaii.
In a column, the top lawyer for D.H.S. claimed that the judge, Melissa DuBose, was engaging in an “intimidation campaign” by referring a government lawyer for a misconduct investigation.
VoteVets is spending millions to boost a Paralympic gold medalist over a state senator who's seen as more liberal in a race that Democrats say they have a shot to win.
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Spain’s hard left prime minister has been busy of late, throwing open Spain’s doors to (resident) illegal aliens and calling for a European army.
What Xi wants from Trump-and Trump might get from Xi.
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…
The party's candidate plans to drop out to make way for independent Dan Osborn.
While the British Medical Association now acknowledges that the Cass Review has been ‘vindicated,’ its Canadian counterparts still remain beholden to debunked activist slogans.
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.
A scene inspired by the winter at Valley Forge has become more prominent in the Trump era, along with claims that the United States was founded as a Christian nation.
Congressional Republicans moved to fund border security while Democrats objected to added Trump security funds to extend DHS funding in Congress.