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Spencer Pratt's lead over Nithya Raman in the L.A. mayoral race has slimmed to just 1% as late ballot counting continues days after election day.
Some Knicks fans say the president is not welcome at Madison Square Garden.
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At a White House press conference in May, Secretary of State Marco Rubio was asked, "What's your hope for America at a time such as this?" Rubio responded:
The jury leaned heavily toward acquittal.
It’s a strange race to jettison moral standards for.
The exchange, after Tehran’s first such strike on Israel in two months, threatened to further complicate efforts to broker a peace deal aimed at ending the war.
Half of America is watching LA count its votes with a sense of deja vu.
Jewish testimonies before Australia's Royal Commission paint a portrait of a culture already transformed—one in which Jewishness has become a professional and social liability
The West has a limited window of opportunity to persuade the Kremlin that victory in Ukraine is unattainable.
Let's start with the positive: Republicans and Democrats are coming together to protect same-sex marriage from the Supreme Court.
Rep. Max Miller was sanctioned after attacking Rep. Rashida Tlaib during a Lebanon war powers debate, triggering the rare 'words taken down' process.
The Los Angeles U.S. attorney's office said it has launched an investigation into election fraud in California's elections.
Los Angeles City Council member Nithya Raman has overtaken Spencer Pratt in the latest AP vote count, leading by more than 3,000 votes in the race.
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Four years into the full-scale invasion, Ukraine bears little resemblance to the country Russia expected to defeat in a matter of days.
Trump picks FHFA Director Bill Pulte as acting intelligence chief, drawing criticism from lawmakers who say he lacks national security experience.
The AP wants readers to see themselves in Scott Pelley. That’s a harder sell than it sounds.
Trump declared of Israel and Iran, ‘I call the shots. I call all the shots. He [Netanyahu] doesn’t call the shots.’
Latest California governor primary results as Democrats Katie Porter, Tom Steyer and Xavier Becerra and Republicans Chad Bianco, Steve Hilton vie for nominations to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom.
One wonders if there were actually pro-life advocates who fully believed Donald Trump was ever a convert to their cause.
You could almost feel sorry for Joe Biden when he crashed his wife Jill's debut book talk in New York last week.
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.
Noncitizens were found on New Jersey voter rolls for years, with some voting in prior elections, according to RNC and NJGOP documents.
President Donald Trump issued a full pardon for Steve Buyer, a former Indiana Republican congressman who was convicted of insider trading in 2023.
Haaland could make history as the first female Native American governor if she’s elected.
Graham Platner would have been dismissed as unacceptable in the Democratic party just a decade ago.
Nithya Raman pulled into second place in the race to see who will face Mayor Karen Bass in November. There are more votes to be counted.
A federal lawsuit said the event, set for June 14, was unlawfully planned and designed to benefit Mr. Trump and his allies.
Ukraine wants the U.S. to sign a major drone production agreement, but there’s some unexplained foot-dragging.
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 remarks from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reflect many of the Trump administration’s previous assertions on immigrants in Europe, which overlap with the language of European far-right political parties.
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Republicans are fixating on Texas Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico's faith. They should worry about what it says about their own relationship to religion and Christianity.
Jonathan Bush, GOP candidate for Maine governor, marketed his birthing clinic to immigrant women with Spanish-language ads, according to his own book.
Graham Platner, running for U.S. Senate, was recruited by Washington’s coziest insider progressive networking politicos.
The push to investigate what the president’s allies saw as a “deep state” cabal intent on taking him down set off cascading crises, ended careers and undercut the department’s credibility with judges.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has demonstrated little interest in managing his sprawling department as he focuses on food and vaccine policies, according to colleagues.
House Oversight Committee report alleges Gov. Tim Walz turned a blind eye to billions in fraud in Minnesota's social services programs for years.
The Iran war is pushing countries to prioritize domestic energy in order to protect themselves from volatile oil and natural gas markets.
Rep. Boebert cursed out a reporter when asked about allegations of a sexual relationship between her and Rep. Massie raised by his alleged ex.
President Trump’s boasts of securing a commitment from Iranian leaders not to develop a nuclear weapon have puzzled nuclear experts who note that Tehran has made that pledge for more than 50 years.
Graham Platner calls Sen. John Fetterman "an a--hole" at a Maine town hall days before the Democratic Senate primary election against rivals.
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 most consequential weakness of philosopher and journalist Kathleen Stock’s new polemic against assisted dying is its failure to engage with the empirical record.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a self-described democratic socialist, says the Democratic Party 'has lost its focus on working people'
Knowing LA as I do, I didn't dare hope that a guy like Spencer Pratt actually had a chance of winning and becoming Mayor. But I must admit, I let my guard down, and I began to care about how the race turned out. Well, now we know.
In its more than two centuries of existence, the Democratic Party has, from time to time, demonstrated that it knows how to do politics. This may be one of those moments.
British liberals exclude reactionary cranks like Hasan Piker and Cenk Uygur because they don’t have the stomach for a fight.
Journalists should resolve to treat their Indigenous sources as real-life human beings—as opposed to mystic savants who channel sacred and unfalsifiable ‘knowings’
Platner's supporters entered the Friday rally through a phalanx of cameramen asking what they thought of their candidate now. They were a little tense when the candidate started talking about his scandals. But many later insisted that all of it wa…
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.
Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico's list of biblical absurdities continues to grow.
Love them or hate them, lists are now firmly established—along with cats and porn—among the apex predators of the modern internet.
Representative Ro Khanna said that he believed the account of a woman who accused Graham Platner of physically threatening behavior, and urged his campaign not to criticize her.
In a lengthy interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press,” the president again vowed that gas prices would go down when the war in Iran ends.
Podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with Kathleen Stock about her new book, ‘Do Not Go Gentle’—in which she argues that governments should be denied any institutional role in facilitating the death of their citizens.
For the sake of the traditions America loves most — no more punting on this issue.
All eyes are on former President Donald Trump, who has launched another White House bid.
The president has not yet endorsed Representative Mike Collins or Derek Dooley, a former football coach, in the race to challenge the Democratic senator, Jon Ossoff.
Many Democrats are sticking by their presumptive Senate nominee Graham Platner. But some have soured, and others are anxious about how recent revelations could affect a close race.
Pope Leo gets AI’s humanity question right but its economics wrong.
Mr. Pelley, who was at CBS News for 37 years, including as a White House correspondent and a “60 Minutes” correspondent, spoke in his first extended interview since he was fired.
The utilitarian bioethicist contends that being human is irrelevant to determining moral value. What counts are capacities and the ability to suffer.
The vice president writes that he had urged his wife, Usha Vance, to have another child for years, but she had said she was “done.”
As Republicans fight to hold Congress, they shouldn't count on the women who helped elect Trump in 2024, MAHA activists say.
Platner's rocket to stardom reflects something ugly that's developed, not only on the right but the left as well. As of Wednesday morning this week, even after his sexting scandal broke, I knew two things about Maine Senate candidate Graham Platne…
This case shows how quickly tragedy becomes raw material for those who seek to exploit it.
Rep. Nancy Mace says Trump's endorsement of Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette hasn't resonated with grassroots Republicans in South Carolina's GOP primary.
Sriram Krishnan, who has been central to the administration’s AI efforts, will probably continue to play an active role in its approach to the technology.
Gov. Ron DeSantis backs a constitutional amendment to expand Florida's homestead exemption to $250,000, potentially saving homeowners billions in taxes.
After all, the fewer births, the fewer students in the future.
When pressed by host Kristen Welker, the president cited no evidence for claims about Jan. 6 and elections he said were “rigged.”
The liberal wing of the party is now the majority wing
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.
Go beyond the soundbites and get to know some of the most interesting players in politics.
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…