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Hollywood these days is hardly known for its moral clarity. But in 'Paging Hezbollah,' Justin Folk bucks the trend, giving us an unvarnished look at the merciless marauders at war with the West.
Jim Jordan has barnstormed 115 districts across 34 states this election cycle, raising millions for House Republicans fighting to keep their majority.
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.
There's plenty to be concerned about regarding reports of so-called ballot stacking in Alaska. None of it is the Justice Department's business.
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani said President Donald Trump agreed to grant a visa to the mother of a 15-year-old who was fatally shot in the Bronx last week.
Britain’s departing billionaires offer a lesson.
Haley Stevens stood next to Mike Rogers at a Detroit church after Abdul El-Sayed's campaign withdrew her invitation over the antisemitic ad dispute.
A federal judge rejected the DOJ's lawsuit to delay Alaska Senate election certification over the Dan Sullivan candidate controversy.
Let's start with the positive: Republicans and Democrats are coming together to protect same-sex marriage from the Supreme Court.
John E. Sununu, the Republican Senate candidate in New Hampshire, has the president’s endorsement but is keeping him at arm’s length.
The relationship shattered in part because of Israel, but also because of their sensitive egos and hurt feelings. The split had been months in the making.
For decades, an evergreen media storyline has been that the next election will resolve the civil war between the center and far-left factions of the Democratic Party.
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…
Two recent films offer very different portraits of Chris Hansen, the controversial journalist behind America's hit TV show ‘To Catch a Predator.’
Republicans defend slim congressional majorities as toss-up Senate races in Alaska, Texas and Iowa could decide control of the chamber in 2026.
In a new book about the Carolingian Empire, historian James T. Palmer argues that its founder was more than just a brutal warlord. He was also ‘a savant with a large library and a taste for the obscure.’
Former Fox News investigative reporter Catherine Herridge has asked the Supreme Court to hear an appeal centered on her refusal to reveal her confidential sources.
An influx of new residents means the party that controls Southern states is likely to gain political power after the next census.
Gemma Tognini and Claire Lehmann discuss One Nation’s rise, Albanese’s leadership, government waste and the antisemitism that Bondi exposed in Australia.
The Connecticut senator, who has been campaigning for fellow Democrats, has been viewed as a potential candidate for president in 2028.
Young voters want affordability. Older ones want stability. That tension may be the biggest factor in the contest between Karen Bass, 73, the incumbent, and Nithya Raman, 45.
Andrew Miller says data center demand means electricians can earn six figures by age 22, with IBEW apprentices starting at $27 to $28 an hour.
All eyes are on former President Donald Trump, who has launched another White House bid.
After an inconclusive election, Israel’s Arab parties hold the balance of power—but a renewed war with Iran may yet hand Netanyahu another chance.
Most voters say they trust that the results of the election will be accurate. But some worry that President Trump will try to sow doubt.
A new study suggesting everyday plastic could be bad for our health has the internet split between alarm and dismissal. Dr. Charlotte Grinberg explains what the evidence shows and the simple swaps worth making.
It does no harm to reflect on the evils of Maoism.
As polls predict GOP midterm losses, the president turns to dubious reinforcements to save his MAGA project
The senator is mounting a relentless, urgent campaign to stop Trump, elect progressives, and transform US politics.
The great pleasure of fandom is how a single moment can carry everything you know about its characters.
‘What makes everything meaningful, if you’re always going to live on?’
Going off current polling, the Democrats appear to be coasting towards a healthy victory in the midterm elections. Nate Silver puts the party's odds of regaining the Senate at 79% and a 54-46 majority is not inconceivable, according to some estima…
The Ohio Senate race shifts to Lean D as Sherrod Brown leads Jon Husted, while Kansas and South Carolina move to toss-up in the final rankings.
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.
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…
From the Starship Enterprise to the Shakespearean stage, Patrick Stewart was always very much in command.
Across the country, many voters have drawn a straight line between President Trump’s policies and inflation.
Democrats lead in all the key states that will decide Senate control, according to new Times/Siena surveys.
Podcast host Jonathan Kay discusses the underlying societal factors that caused his country's journalists, politicians, and academics to uncritically accept false claims that the bodies of 215 Indigenous children had been found on the grounds of a…
Trump failed to keep his promises from the campaign trail by letting the economy suffer and plunging us into a war with Iran.
Strong performances underscore how a favorable political environment may be lifting up Democrats, new New York Times/Siena polls found.
Over 75% of Department of Justice employee donations still go to Democratic committees despite Trump administration efforts to root out partisan bias.
Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., was rushed to Johns Hopkins after suffering a stroke Saturday while attending his son's hockey game, his chief of staff says.
The anonymous chronicler of the Islamic State’s occupation talks to Pamela Paresky about growing up under Saddam, the 1941 Farhud, and why he believes antisemitism unites every jihadist movement.
David Lewis’s classic study of Pacific wayfinding shows how Indigenous knowledge can be taken seriously—neither romanticised nor dismissed.
Our higher ed system must change its culture, seeking to shape the character of students rather than merely slapping degrees on them.
Who would have predicted a fictional bald Frenchman with an English accent would be an intergenerational model of living well?
As the Chinese Communist Party hurtles headlong into the AI dilemma, its successes and failures will leave behind some kind of rudimentary map for the rest of us.
Democrats are up in Michigan, Texas, Kansas, Maine and Ohio, have an edge in Alaska and are effectively tied with Republicans in Iowa, new New York Times/Siena polls found.
Since October 2023, four-fifths of the encyclopedia’s article on Zionism has been replaced, and the historians it cites—Benny Morris among them—are misrepresented.
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Being needed has never been more necessary-or more difficult.
Russia has reaffirmed its alliance with Iran and is reportedly providing intelligence to the Houthis as they attack U.S. allies in the Gulf.
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The son of Nicolas Sarkozy on the riots, the rise of Marine Le Pen, and why he thinks France may have to burn before it can rebuild.
Over the past decade, former mommy blogger Rowan (née Amanda) Jetté Knox has come out as bisexual, pansexual, polyam, a ‘giant lesbo,’ a ‘non-binary queer person,’ a polyamorous ‘trans guy,’ and, as of last month, ‘two-spirited’ (and Indigenous).
I’d like a good, massive coffin, made out of metal formidable enough to thwart grave robbers, vandals, and thieves.
A Times review of the president’s public speeches finds that he is more profane, more absolutist, longer-winded and less coherent than he was in 2016.
Left-wing politics by another name.
The Squad Victory Fund raised a record $2.35 million this cycle while explicitly barring donations from the Fraternal Order of Police union.
From the cheesecake factory discourse to the double Dan Sullivans, campaign season has been ridiculous
Increases in energy prices as a result of the Iran war are not a justification for tighter monetary policy.
Trump shared Sen. Tom Cotton's cellphone number to pressure him on the Daylight Saving Time bill, but the Senate still has no clear path forward.
Collins said Democrats are using a national political strategy to distract voters from local issues, while the latest Fox News poll shows her Maine Senate race tied at 49%.
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The availability of foreign low-skill labor short-circuits a natural market process.
Battles over Israel, antisemitism and race have shaken Beverly Hills in recent years and divided the formerly Democratic enclave.