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The president, who is headed to a NATO summit in Ankara this week, had imposed the ban himself amid concerns that giving Turkey the jets could allow Russia to learn about their stealth technology.
What remains of a person, an institution, or a civilisation that dishonours itself when Jews and Israel become the targets of hatred and violence?
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…
As NATO leaders gather in Turkey, they are preparing for another summit shaped as much by managing President Donald Trump as by the alliance's security agenda.
“This is something that I tried for many years to forget,” the woman, Jenny Racicot, said on CNN.
One year ago, the alliance between President Trump and congressional Republicans looked airtight, just as it has for virtually the entirety of the last decade. Indeed, together they had just muscled through a sweeping tax package, and criticism of…
Let's start with the positive: Republicans and Democrats are coming together to protect same-sex marriage from the Supreme Court.
As America's housing crisis deepens, policymakers are increasingly turning to an old idea for improving affordability: making large rent increases illegal.
The Social Security trust fund is projected to run out of money by 2032. Without legislative reforms, retirement benefits for tens of millions of Americans could face significant cuts.
I love George W. Bush. I think we were blessed to have him as president.
After Graham Platner, the Democratic nominee in Maine, was accused of rape, much of the party and several key supporters turned against him.
All eyes are on former President Donald Trump, who has launched another White House bid.
Working-class people don't want to abolish ICE. They want prisons to exist and for the police to be well funded. Obsession with identity politics is not at the forefront of their minds. They want candidates who focus on the economy, and who will s…
The more than 10 million illegal immigrants who flooded into our nation under President Biden's open-border policies significantly increased housing demand and drove up homeownership costs.
If Shapiro cannot take his own side in a fight, we shouldn’t expect anyone else to pick up his slack.
Sneako declared Islam would take over New York City while livestreaming on Kick, prompting Elon Musk and Alex Jones to call for his deportation.
Trump promised a record display of some 850,000 pyrotechnics for the country’s 250th birthday. The Park Service warned it could get dirty.
Trump posted a photo of Giorgia Meloni with the caption "restraining order needed" days before the two leaders face each other at the NATO summit.
Thirty years as a high-functioning neurodivergent project manager.
What comes next for the right?
I spent my Fourth of July in New York City - hanging out in Times Square during the celebration there, attending a Yankees game, and watching fireworks with 500 of my closest friends on a cruise boat on the Hudson River.
The alliance that has leaned too heavily on U.S. muscle is building its own - and buying American, too.
Democratic primary voters are not casting safe ballots. They are voting with their hearts, and their hearts are with the socialists.
Trump said he plans to lift sanctions on Turkey and signaled openness to selling F-35 fighter jets despite concerns over Ankara's Russian S-400 system.
The latest attacks, just weeks after the United States and Iran agreed to try to negotiate a lasting end to their hostilities, highlight risks for shipping companies.
Pro-life groups have been insisting that Congress and the White House act to keep Planned Parenthood defunded. Crickets. We hear crickets.
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…
Graham Platner can be replaced on the ballot if he withdraws in the next week. If he does, Maine Democrats would face an uncertain two-week race to choose a replacement.
The retailer said it will lower prices for beef, produce, drinks, pools, toys, grills and summer clothing.
To understand the intent of the US Declaration of Independence, recall that its primary author was a deist rather than a Christian.
Fund manager Derek Francis tells Claire Lehmann that Treasury's modelling of Australia's new capital gains tax contains a basic error — one that could push tax rates on shares as high as 70 percent.
"As we approach this magnificent anniversary, we see our American identity under a renewed attack, a generation after we fought and won the Cold War against the menace of communism," Trump said. "There is now a resurgence of the communist menace i…
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Can we all pray that America does better with recruiting to Congress — a “no creeper” rule, as a modest start?
Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, and "Pod Save America" hosts face scrutiny as their endorsements of Graham Platner resurface amid rape allegations.
The Maine Democrat has faced an escalating string of scandals as he competes for a critical Senate seat that could determine control of the chamber.
It’s worth remembering that July 13 is the last day for Maine Democrats to replace Platner.
Credit President Trump for getting Chinese house church pastor Ezra Jin released from a Chinese prison.
Georgia’s top child welfare official accused Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., of overstating his role in foster care reforms while turning vulnerable children into a campaign talking point.
Go beyond the soundbites and get to know some of the most interesting players in politics.
Jefferson emerges as a man who doubted democracy's permanence yet placed his faith in future generations. Onuf and Cogliano rescue him from caricature—even if one dimension of his thought remains in shadow.
In reality, he holds all the cards.
Typical drones travel (relatively) slowly. These new ones from Russia do not.
Prediction market Kalshi shows 94% probability that Graham Platner will drop out of the Maine Senate race as rape allegation rocks his campaign.
Zohran Mamdani says Graham Platner should drop out of the Maine Senate race, joining a growing list of Democrats distancing from his campaign.
There is little evidence to support Zelensky's version of events.
The claim, outlined in court papers, contends information shared with Iran could jeopardize the lives of pro-democracy protesters, religious minorities and LGTBQ people.
Graham Platner is facing calls to suspend his Maine Senate campaign amid endorsement withdrawals from Elizabeth Warren, Chuck Schumer and dozens of Democrats.
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"Warning: The exhibits in this museum were prepared by people who don't want you to love your country."
The president has glossed over persistently high unemployment among African Americans, a group he needed to secure a second term.
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.
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If Democratic Socialists really aren’t communist, then they should have no problem condemning communism. So why won’t they?
The Declaration of Independence at 250.
Bernie Sanders withdrew support for Graham Platner after a rape allegation rocked the Maine Senate race.
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 administration’s report criticizing the National Museum of American History echoes themes of President Trump’s push to reshape the American story.
Even supporters like Representative Ro Khanna of California and Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts called on the Democratic nominee to exit the Maine Senate race after a report that he had sexually assaulted a woman.
Graham Platner faces rape allegation as James Talarico, Abdul El-Sayed and other Democratic Senate candidates demand he withdraw from the Maine race.
As the administration works to expand gun rights, hospitals and community groups have lost funding, and reports on preventing firearm injuries have vanished from government websites.
He cannot be forced off the ticket. But if he withdraws, the state Democratic Party has an additional two weeks (until July 13), to name a replacement candidate.
In their rush to find a strong candidate to run again Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), Democrats should have more thoroughly vetted their party's nominee.
Progressives and moderates are gearing up for a fight over an as-yet-undecided process in Maine to name a Senate nominee to replace Graham Platner after a rape accusation. He still wants a say, too.
Comparing yourself to others locks you into a contest you can never win and makes other people’s wins feel like your defeats.
How decades of invisible science produced two cancer breakthroughs.
Apart from the Declaration and Constitution, there is perhaps no more essentially American document than Thomas Paine’s revolutionary pamphlet ‘Common Sense.’
Zohran Mamdani's allies want to abolish the police, prisons, borders, and capitalism. None of them have said what comes next.
NGO Monitor founder Gerald Steinberg on how Amnesty, Human Rights Watch, and the UN's "civil society" experiment were hijacked — and why journalists still buy it.
The Democrat, who has withstood other scandals since launching his challenge to Sen. Susan Collins (R), is accused of sexual assault by a woman he previously dated.
From North Carolina to Nebraska, a dozen competitive Senate seats could flip the balance of power in this year's high-stakes midterm elections.
Over 10,000 federal attorneys have left government since 2025, with over 100 identified as joining Democratic attorneys general offices fighting Trump.
Fifty years after the Bicentennial, American democracy is imperiled-but the country's progress since 1976 offers real reasons for hope.
The unprecedented test of a nuclear-capable submarine-launched missile highlights Beijing’s growing force in the region.