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Reynolds American’s contribution to MAGA Inc. came about one week before the Trump administration announced a new policy on e-cigarettes the company had sought.
The existence of the new lawsuit is a reminder that the slush fund controversy is unfolding on multiple fronts.
For me, peak Colbert has been what he's done with "The Late Show" since he got fired. It's akin to the way Republican Gov. George Ryan cleared death row in my home state of Illinois on his way to prison: With nothing to lose, the man was at his ab…
Two House Democrats vowed to force daily expulsion votes against Texas candidate Maureen Galindo over her antisemitic remarks about American Zionists.
All eyes are on former President Donald Trump, who has launched another White House bid.
Colorado Democratic Party formally censures Gov. Jared Polis for commuting Tina Peters' sentence in the Mesa County voting system breach case.
No president has ever used the federal government to advance his own personal interests and those of his family and allies as expansively and openly as Mr. Trump has.
Go beyond the soundbites and get to know some of the most interesting players in politics.
Parallel briefings by the two men offer a view of their contrasting styles.
The demand comes as Senate Republican leaders wrestle with whether to include money for the controversial project in a bill that funds immigration agencies.
Since the Dobbs decision, blaming pro-life laws for poor public health outcomes has become a virtual cottage industry for pro-abortion researchers.
The possibility that the prize-winning story was not written by AI is worse.
In a fascinating new book, historian Anthony Bale vividly reconstructs the brutal, fantastical, and sometimes deeply religious experiences of medieval travellers across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.
It's not the partnership anyone predicted. Mark Cuban, who spent 2024 campaigning for Kamala Harris, stood beside Donald Trump at the White House on Monday to announce a major expansion of TrumpRx. The site is adding more than 600 generic medicati…
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The machinery of government was clearly politically weaponized against my family from July 2016 to December 2025. They found nothing; we lost everything.
The guitar ‘community’ is rebelling against a recent move by guitar manufacturer Fender.
Donald Trump seems to have given up on Taiwan’s long-term future.
It wasn't Stephen Colbert's ideology that sank him. It was his arrogance.
President Trump’s commencement address was a mixture of jokes and praise for the seafaring life of the Coast Guard graduates. But there were detours into choppy waters.
Whatever the reason turns out to be, it won't fit neatly into any mainstream political ideology.
It's not poverty that drives men to violence, but the experience of losing status.
Jan. 6 rioters, George Santos, Mark McCloskey and Rod Blagojevich: A wide range of figures are eyeing the president’s new settlement fund.
If there is a ‘chilling effect’ in Massie’s loss, it will also be one that reinforces the desirable stigma around antisemitic agitation.
The president faced pressure from his base to endorse the state’s attorney general, Ken Paxton. Advisers had urged him to support Sen. John Cornyn, arguing that Paxton has too much baggage.
Democratic voters are in a combative, anti-establishment mood, unhappy with their party and disagreeing about its best path forward, a New York Times/Siena poll found.
Finally, opponents of such ideas have taken the threat seriously.
With two swing districts, the region from Scranton to Allentown could decide control of the House, and voters are expressing profound economic distress.
The House GOP is resurrecting the Sunshine Protection Act. I wish it wouldn’t.
In promoting Bezos’s remarks, the left undermines its contention that the impossibly wealthy contribute nothing to the federal treasury.
Truth was shoved aside in favor of feelings and subjectivism.
Worries about AI doom rarely take Darwinian evolution seriously. A new paper argues we should—but we are still further from that scenario than its authors suggest.
In 1945, the United States stood alone in its strength, industrial supremacy, nuclear monopoly, and no peer competitor. It chose not empire, but order. Through Bretton Woods, the Marshall Plan, and a durable security architecture, Washington did n…
The Smithsonian has changed or eliminated some interpretive language that typically accompanies exhibited artworks. Critics call this self-censorship.
Bragging about my PhD to general indifference during the second-most humiliating day of my life.
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The aftermath of the Tower of Babel had more sense than this.
Poland was set to receive forces whose deployment was abruptly halted last week.
Sen. John Kennedy rails against California's Medi-Cal program for allegedly covering exorcisms and faith-based healing amid fraud investigations.
This is giving Angelenos a model and vocabulary for admitting what they are really thinking, that Los Angeles needs a serious change.
Gov. Abigail Spanberger signs executive order citing concerns that Trump administration could use immigration enforcement to intimidate Virginia voters.
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.
This is welcome.
The president has created a party that is loyal to him, even when he takes executive actions that anger the broader public. That dynamic leaves him weaker with those outside his base.
The Trump administration backed lawsuits brought by the Havana Docks Corporation that would allow the U.S.-owned entity to get compensation for property confiscated by Fidel Castro’s regime.
A new House bill targets the OPT program's payroll tax loophole after ICE found over 10,000 foreign students tied to suspect employers in fraud scheme.
Let's start with the positive: Republicans and Democrats are coming together to protect same-sex marriage from the Supreme Court.
What radar and jet propulsion were to World War Two, robotics and artificial intelligence will be to the next war between great powers.
Nathan Schachtman’s indispensable new paper explains how the International Agency for Research on Cancer has misled the public with its classifications of carcinogens.
Creating NGOs that misuse the language of human rights is an effective strategy for advancing terrorist goals.
Follow President Trump’s progress filling over 800 positions, among about 1,300 that require Senate confirmation, in this tracker from The Washington Post and the Partnership for Public Service.
Top Democratic lawmakers refuse to say whether Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner's graphic Reddit posts have become a party liability ahead of midterms.
AI companies want to monetize what makes us human. Organized labor may be the only force strong enough to stop them.
Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin is publicly disowning his party’s own 2024 election "autopsy," calling the long-delayed report a product that "does not meet my standards" after Democrats suffered what he described as a "painful and …
Trump says candidates he backed went 37-0 in Tuesday's GOP primaries, flexing endorsement power that strategists say could carry midterm consequences.
The president linked the force’s mission to his own priorities, domestically and in Iran, in an address at the military academy in Connecticut.
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…
Why the enormous fund is so controversial.
Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner attributes controversial Reddit posts to PTSD from Iraq and Afghanistan combat deployments he served.
The judge overruled a government memo from April, which rejected a records law that mandates preservation of all official presidential documents.
Barney Frank's near-expulsion in 1989 reminds us why Congress should punish misconduct carefully, and let voters decide when possible.
Ballots went out last month for leadership positions at the American Sociological Association. Here's some advice for candidates: Emphasize your Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion credentials.
Trump has evolved from belligerence toward a more complicated mix of rivalry and cooperation. That may be what this relationship requires.
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Georgia was among six states where voters participated in primaries Tuesday. Its Senate race is among a handful that could determine party control next year.
Data-center water use sounds alarming in absolute terms, but the industry’s relative demand is far smaller than critics suggest.
Fahima Egeh Mahamud, who's linked to Minnesota's "Feeding Our Future" scandal, charged in a daycare fraud scheme after allegedly pocketing millions meant for children.
Former Trump envoy Morgan Ortagus warns Iran is stalling nuclear talks to buy time as Trump pauses military strikes and extends diplomatic ceasefire.
The carrier arrived in the southern Caribbean on the same day that the Justice Department announced charges against Raúl Castro.
Once seen by some as the most conventional of President Trump’s political appointees, Todd Blanche has taken off the gloves in his new role as acting attorney general.
My nephew's schoolmate sang at Eurovision last week. Here is what the people who booed him don't understand.
CBC-funded TV producers using fake names are ambushing Canadians who take a positive view of their country—including an 82-year-old Ontario grandfather who invited the film crew into his home.
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…
Investigating abuse is a duty. Laundering propaganda is not.
The Massachusetts Democrat led a sweeping overhaul of the financial industry and was one of the first openly gay members of Congress.
Adm. Brad Cooper, the head of U.S. Central Command, appeared frustrated with questions from House Democrats who pressed him on a range of issues about the conflict.
The Colorado State Democratic Party, reflecting the anger of rank-and-file Democratic voters, rebuked Gov. Jared Polis on Wednesday over his decision to release Tina Peters from prison.
The executive order, which would signal a shift from the hands-off approach the White House previously took, follows debates over how to gain control over A.I. models without disrupting innovation.
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.
A former DOJ prosecutor was charged with allegedly emailing confidential records from Jack Smith's Trump investigation to her personal accounts.