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When the appetite for moral reform becomes an appetite for destruction.
To say that that many Britons are unhappy with the scale of immigration into their country is an understatement.
My sister was born with profound disabilities, the result of a genetic disorder. She never learned to talk. I don't think she could even recognize the faces of her own family. She could react to people and things, like music, which she loved danci…
ICE arrested multiple killers, rapists and drug traffickers Thursday, with DHS saying nearly 70% of arrests involve aliens convicted of crimes.
The response came after a federal judge rebuked officials for failing to immediately comply with the order he issued last week.
Texas Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico flip-flopped on border security, gun control, and transgender issues during a podcast interview this week.
Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk are building the same thing: a holding company glued together by AI.
The world got a valuable glimpse inside an American president's head amid the wartime deliberations he is conducting with himself.
‘Only 25 states had voted for the same party in the 1976 and 2000 elections.’
What happened to ‘professional attire’?
Because administrators control the purse strings, more and more resources are directed their way, and less into actual education and research.
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 SBA is removing nearly two dozen foreign products from its catalogue over concerns China-based companies falsely marketed goods as made in America.
Statutory foreign-intelligence-collection authority will lapse at midnight, but there’s the makings of a deal to get it reauthorized quickly.
It was not immediately clear what the investigators were looking for, but a board member with a progressive group said members had been served with search warrants.
The current regime in Iran cannot be trusted and will never agree to a deal that would meet the criteria Trump himself has established.
El Cajon sues California AG Rob Bonta, claiming sanctuary laws prevent local police from checking on unaccompanied migrant children's safety.
Go beyond the soundbites and get to know some of the most interesting players in politics.
Former Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher criticizes Illinois lawmakers for not caring about the team, which is moving to a stadium in Hammond, Indiana, 30 minutes south of the city.
The political news you need to know, in 10 minutes or less. Hosted by David Chalian.
President Trump has made false or exaggerated claims of a Civil War-era push for a triumphal arch, hundreds of millions spent on repairs on the Reflecting Pool, and an absence of working fountains.
The lieutenant governor and the top elections official, both Republicans, are investigating whether the challenger coordinated with a Democrat to confuse voters.
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The ruling was the strongest effort to date to hold the administration to its word that its plans to create the fund have actually been set aside.
Iona Italia talks to lawyer and historian Adam Wakeling about the enduring importance of Enlightenment values and how to defend them today.
Platner ‘is not what you’re intrinsically like if you’re working class. It’s not what you’re intrinsically like if you’re a veteran or if you saw action in combat.’
Yes, it's a warning about the dangers of AI. But that's the tip of the iceberg.
The Kennedy Center board filed an emergency appeal to block a judge's order requiring Trump's name to be removed from the building's signage and materials.
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 two men chatted on Mr. Newsom’s podcast about Democrats, Joe Biden, Graham Platner, phone addiction and other topics.
Author Quinn Slobodian has won acclaim for his attempt to link the famed Austrian economist to right-wing extremists. But his arguments collapse under scrutiny.
David Reich and the politics of recent human evolution.
Virginia assault firearm ban faces resistance as prosecutors refuse enforcement and legal challenges mount before the July 1 deadline.
Forecasters said the weather around Washington is likely to be hot and stormy.
The ruling accused the Trump administration of engaging in censorship by taking down materials at parks across the country.
How I read a confidential memo on live television—and what it reveals about ideological bias.
Some context on Magnifica Humanitas.
Its extraordinary valuation is a vote of confidence in humanity's capacity to innovate.
A new, bipartisan idea is taking Washington by storm: collective ownership of the means of production.
Howard University professor Dr. Stacey Patton blames Austin Metcalf's father for his son's death, alleging his parenting failed to teach boundaries.
A giant "8647" message was found etched into grass on the National Mall, prompting a U.S. Park Police investigation amid threats against Trump.
In a ruling on Friday, Judge Amit P. Mehta wrote that the lawsuit arrived last minute and failed to show how the event irreversibly harmed the individuals who sued.
Grim predictions add to the problems of a president already facing a sharp rise in inflation.
All eyes are on former President Donald Trump, who has launched another White House bid.
A federal judge indefinitely blocked the Trump administration's $1.76 billion anti-weaponization fund, citing concerns it could be revived.
Let's start with the positive: Republicans and Democrats are coming together to protect same-sex marriage from the Supreme Court.
Spencer Pratt claims he has a recording that could force a Los Angeles mayoral candidate to resign, teasing a "Phase III" plan after finishing third.
British liberals exclude reactionary cranks like Hasan Piker and Cenk Uygur because they don’t have the stomach for a fight.
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…
The disintegration of both the Democrats and the Whigs as national parties was both a sign and a cause of the rupture that brought on the Civil War.
Hava Mendelle — army veteran, nurse, and co-founder of Minority Impact — speaks with Zoe Sankey about antisemitism in Australia, the red-green alliance, October 7th, and why she left the activist left behind.
Talking to Noah about his sesquipedalianism, left-wing violence, using his book as a refutational reference, and if he’s Ben Shapiro’s older brother.
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.
Ramesh Ponnuru on where ‘freedom conservatives’ and ‘national conservatives’ can, and can’t, find common ground. Plus, a rare treat: new fiction by Cynthia Ozick.
Elon Musk is now the first trillionaire, after the SpaceX IPO minted thousands of new millionaires on Nasdaq.
President Donald Trump announced a U.S. military strike that killed Tren de Aragua leader Niño Guerrero, calling it retribution for victims of violent crime.
Christianity is all over social media. For a while, I thought my generation might be finding God, writes Freya India. Now I worry we are just finding content about God.
The president and his party have had a rough start to June, after a spring full of MAGA primary victories and redistricting gains.
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.
British author Josh Ireland’s new book about the murder of Leon Trotsky tells the gripping story of a rivalry between two very different men.
Internal DOJ emails reveal officials allegedly called Garland's 2021 school board memo "stupid" and warned it would look like an "Anti-MAGA Task Force."
Benjamin Netanyahu’s unprecedented tenure as Israeli prime minister may be about to end.
Top officials and some lawmakers say that letting a powerful spying authority expire leaves the United States dangerously blind. But surveillance can still continue.
You can count me out of the envy and resentment.
They say everything's bigger in Texas. The latest proof is a federal court case that could lead to the biggest shakeup of American labor law in three quarters of a century - a shakeup that workers urgently need.
The #CancelColbert saga in 2014 established the paradigm for countless hashtag controversies that followed.
Federal judge denies emergency request to block UFC Freedom 250 at the White House and Lincoln Memorial, ruling plaintiffs lacked legal standing.
The state's economy is dynamic. Its government is sclerotic. And voters are starting to notice.
A campus group the university banned after accusations of antisemitic behavior failed to prove it had its First Amendment rights violated, the court ruled.