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Pennsylvania Republicans pressure Democrats over bills cracking down on illegal immigrant truckers and CDL mills amid highway safety concerns statewide.
When Donald Trump furiously ordered his minions to find and fund primary challenges to seven Indiana Republican state senators who refused to conduct a mid-decade gerrymander that he demanded late last year, it looked like just the typical act of …
Local and national outlets predicted that Indiana's GOP primaries would be a defeat for Donald Trump. The experts got it wrong, and it's worth exploring why.
The president previously committed to helping the 78-year-old Lai, a symbol of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement who has been imprisoned since 2020.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has won over some former critics while Vice President JD Vance struggles with Trump’s shadow.
A Lynnwood, Washington, councilwoman said a pride flag is more relatable than an American flag and suggested changes to a local park's flag display.
For months, polling and prediction markets have forecast that Democrats will retake the House, but that Republicans will retain control of the Senate. However, recently, the prediction markets have moved toward the Senate being a toss-up. The late…
From ISIS to the IRGC, how groups with sacred commitments outlast adversaries with far greater firepower.
Trump praises Susie Wiles as the best chief of staff ever in a surprise message at the Independent Women's Forum gala honoring her as Woman of Valor.
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 year after the U.S. DOGE Service dramatically slashed the civil service, government workers are still spooked about getting on the Trump administration’s bad side.
Jonathan Kay speaks with New York Times columnist Bret Stephens, who encourages Jews to focus on bolstering their community instead of lecturing bigots who can’t be reasoned with.
Vivek Ramaswamy built a political brand casting racism as an obsession of Democrats. As a Republican running for Ohio governor, he’s facing racism on the right.
Republican lawmakers file Supreme Court brief alleging loosened mifepristone rules enabled coercion, backing Louisiana's fight to restore safeguards.
Thursday, May 7th on RealClearPolitics - Joined by Dana Perino, FOX Anchor and Author of Purple State:00:00 Rand Paul's Quest for Revenge on Fauci 7:46 Obama...
The Saudi position, and increasingly that of Qatar, is that they are no longer interested in following our lead regarding Iran.
The burst of violence cast fresh doubt on efforts by Washington and Tehran to reach a negotiated settlement that would end hostilities.
Young women are now outearning young men; this structural shift has consequences that extend well beyond wages.
Amid the war with Iran, surging gas prices and backlash to his immigration policies, the president continues to dedicate extensive time to his signature project.
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.
Rep. Tom Barrett, facing a tough re-election fight, introduced a resolution setting strict limits and a July deadline on the U.S. war with Iran.
In an opinion piece in The Washington Post, the Pennsylvania senator wrote that while he was “at odds” with the party’s approach to some issues, his values had not changed.
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Does “the West” actually exist — or is it merely a modern political myth?
The murder of five-year-old Kumanjayi Little Baby by repeat offender Jefferson Lewis has exposed the failures of Australia’s criminal justice system and Indigenous child protection policy. What will it take to make change?
The Trump administration is moving to more strictly enforce a 1996 law that gives the State Department the authority to revoke passports over unpaid child support.
Saudi Arabia’s refusal of support suggests that President Trump’s unpredictable approach to Iran has strained ties with one of his closest allies in the Middle East.
Relations between the United States and the Vatican are at a low point over President Donald Trump’s attacks on Leo, who is a leading critic of the war in Iran.
From inside his glass house, Emanuel's stone-throwing is intended to deflect from the fact that politics has been a major profit center for him and other Democrats.
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.
American consumers may be expecting hard economic times. So far, though, there’s little belt-tightening in evidence.
No matter what one thinks about how we got here and Trump’s equivocations about the war, the nation cannot tolerate Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
Florida's Alligator Alcatraz ICE holding facility will shut down as permanent detention sites open, with the state citing massive operational costs.
Viviana was born May 1, making Leavitt the first White House press secretary to give birth while in the job. She has not yet set a date to return to work.
President Trump and HHS Secretary Kennedy criticize Senator Bill Cassidy as they put forward a new candidate to serve as Surgeon General.
Let's start with the positive: Republicans and Democrats are coming together to protect same-sex marriage from the Supreme Court.
Gad Saad’s new book tackles an interesting topic. Unfortunately, the author’s narcissistic ramblings make it almost impossible to read.
Despite the US and Iran exchanging fire and new missile attacks aimed at the United Arab Emirates this week, the Trump administration maintains that the ceasefire that began in early April is still in effect. Iran's attacks on commercial and US Na…
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.
These are massive businesses - frequently chains - that pay executives richly and depend on huge government spending and subsidies to survive. We need to start treating them that way.
The escalating attacks raise the threat that the cease-fire could break down.
The State Department said it would review all Mexican consulates in the United States, following claims in conservative media that the consulates interfere in politics.
Some states are now intervening in this market to ‘help’ their big sports schools attract top talent. The taxpayers will foot the bill.
Tennessee's new congressional map targets the 9th District in Memphis, drawing protests from Democrats and raising legal challenges over voter rights.
R.I.P., Ted Turner.
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…
A federal judge said more than $100 million in cuts to NEH grants were discriminatory, ruling in a case that revealed the inner workings of DOGE.
Republicans in the state could hold a 9-0 advantage in the U.S. House with their new map, after the Supreme Court weakened the Voting Rights Act last week.
Hopefully senators starring in the failure theater production of 'debating' the SAVE America Act heard Indiana's message loud and clear.
From DJ'ing a wedding on the weekend to manning the White House press podium, from velvet-gloved diplomacy in Europe to juggling the roles of secretary of state and NSA director, Marco Rubio is the...
The GOP is preparing to tear itself apart over foreign policy heading into 2028.
Mollie Hemingway told FBN's Stuart "Varney & Co." that President Obama's recent comments about "rule of law" and the Republican Party are "reprehensible" coming from him.
It has to be confronted in the arena of values, not of science.
A confidential intelligence community assessment delivered to the White House also finds that Iran retains a substantial missile and drone arsenal.
What you realise by the times the credits roll is that it isn’t just Sarah’s clueless character who’s the butt of the joke, but self-satisfied white progressives more generally.
Senior Writer and Podcast Producer Iona Italia talks to writer Phoebe Maltz Bovy about her latest book: 'The Last Straight Woman: On Desiring Men.'
‘These sorts of moral panics, when they capture the imagination, are quite difficult to dispel.’
Trump reveals he chose "American Flag Blue" as the new color for the Reflecting Pool's surface during a National Mall restoration inspection Thursday.
California laws allow vehicular manslaughter charges to be dismissed and erased, prompting victims' families to lash out at Gov, Newsom and push for legislative reform.
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The request comes after a federal appeals court temporarily blocked a Food and Drug Administration regulation that has greatly expanded access to the abortion pill mifepristone.
I was waiting for something like this.
That the DNC kept the autopsy under wraps so far suggests they will probably be able to withstand pressure to release it between now and the midterm elections.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio's hopeful vision for America at a White House briefing sparks growing speculation about a possible 2028 presidential bid.
Bipartisan lawmakers say Section 230 can no longer shield Big Tech from liability as social media drives addiction and harms children nationwide.
By ousting state senators who voted against his redistricting push, Trump achieves nothing but soothing his wounded pride.
All eyes are on former President Donald Trump, who has launched another White House bid.
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White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles disclosed her cancer diagnosis at a gala where Trump praised her courage, toughness and decisive recovery.
The mainstream outlets covering hantavirus like a tragedy rather than a disaster are getting the story right. But there will always be a market for doomerism.
A three-judge panel in Washington heard arguments in the lawsuit aimed at stopping the Pentagon from disciplining Senator Mark Kelly for a video warning about illegal military orders.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio flew to Rome this week after an unexpected spat between President Trump and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy, once one of the president’s best friends in Europe.
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…
Prescient about the possibility of machine-generated writing, George Orwell’s life and work offer a deeper warning about the LLM era.
The political terrain remains forbidding, but the president’s crumbling approval ratings and the Iran war’s weight on the economy offer the party an opening.
The exchange was the latest twist in a week of mixed signals in the region and tensions over the Strait of Hormuz, as President Trump searches for an off-ramp in the war that he started.
Federal judges in Rhode Island ordered an investigation into a lawyer who withheld information about a migrant’s international criminal charges. Now, D.H.S. says it can’t find the migrant.
The United States and its partners have burned through an enormous amount of air defense missiles in the Iran war, and production is slow.
The project would transform the granite exterior of the historic Eisenhower Executive Office Building, which dates to the 1800s.
If American consumer preference is anything to judge by, not many expect the current fuel prices to become entrenched.