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A lower court judge had halted the administration’s plan to erect hundreds of miles of barriers in the Big Bend region of Texas.
Raúl Castro faces a Florida arrest warrant for conspiracy in the 1996 Brothers to the Rescue aircraft shootdown that killed four unarmed civilians.
After a Cornell student’s lawsuit alleging the school failed her when she reported sexual assault, there’s a new focus on Title IX, the federal law barring sex discrimination in federally funded education. Our Washington correspondent Michael C. B…
Go beyond the soundbites and get to know some of the most interesting players in politics.
Sherrod Brown leads Jon Husted 52% to 47% in the Ohio U.S. Senate race, fueled by a major gender gap and Trump's sliding approval in the Buckeye State.
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…
These would-be rebels in Northern Virginia joined the fight against data centers mostly to stop the encroachment on their homes and exclusive private communities.
Tom Tiffany vowed to mandate sheriffs honor ICE detainers, while David Crowley pushed to restrict federal agents' access to Wisconsin jails.
Trump weighs direct military strikes against the Houthis as deadly attacks on Saudi Arabia escalate and Riyadh urgently seeks U.S. interceptors.
Trump and others are using riots in France to spread a white nationalist slogan in hopes of turning out the GOP vote.
President Trump’s announcement raised concerns that he would use the program seeking information on fraud for political purposes.
Paxton's ratings are underwater by 17 points, while Democrat James Talarico holds a slim enthusiasm edge among likely voters
My recent column making the case for a Republican Senate elicited two responses worth commenting on.
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.
Josh Holmes, co-host of the Ruthless podcast, joins Bret Baier to discuss the midterm elections and why Democrats have struggled to capitalize on Republican unpopularity.
A look back at the heyday of cinema’s lurid Nazisploitation subgenre, from ‘Ilsa’ to ‘The Night Porter.’
Republican House Speaker Lisa Demuth vowed to fire all state commissioners on day one while Sen. Amy Klobuchar called the pledge absurd in debate.
A look back at the cinema of Stanley Kubrick on the eve of a massive new Criterion retrospective.
The party will be happy with the House outlook, but dismayed by some other findings.
Heading into the lame-duck half, this doesn’t strike me as friendly territory for Vance.
Many colleges and universities have an obsession with the diversity, equity, and inclusion agenda.
Let's start with the positive: Republicans and Democrats are coming together to protect same-sex marriage from the Supreme Court.
The president's outright betrayal of Ukraine shows the U.S. is in a precarious position
Abdul el Sayed complains about gas prices while pushing policies that would make energy more expensive for Michigan families.
Our system of fixed-term, single-member districts, and elections where the leading vote-getter wins, produces stability, and legitimacy.
CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz travels the nation in a new film revealing how fraudsters allegedly exploit Medicare, Medicaid and hospice care.
Jodi Borello's Pennsylvania Senate campaign touts her Trump votes while environmental groups backing her target the fossil fuel industry.
Neil M. Bush, a brother of former President George W. Bush, expressed “deep concern about Ken Paxton’s record” and said he voted for James Talarico, the Democrat running for Senate in Texas.
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Self-knowledge is cheap and satisfying, but changing what we do takes years of tedious practice.
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.
‘Students’ in France are ‘protesting’ for more ‘school funding,’ the mainstream media explains to us.
The mayor still wants to focus on affordability, but he won't be able to dodge the public-safety issue forever.
A dispatch from the age of jet drones.
All eyes are on former President Donald Trump, who has launched another White House bid.
Innovations from the Starlink factory in Bastrop, Texas, is leading to innovations in turbine blades and vanes.
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…
Mumbo-jumbo to dodge the issue, which is restrictions on Starshield military capabilities, not Ukrainians’ use of Starlink commercial services.
Mr. Trump is barnstorming across conservative America this week to shore up support for Republican candidates in unexpectedly competitive races.
The ruling largely blocked homeland security agents from carrying out field interviews in nine states, including California, as part of a sprawling effort to find noncitizens registered to vote.
The causes of the unrest in France owe quite a bit to the policies adopted by France’s President Macron and those like him in Paris, Brussels, and elsewhere.
The Kansas Senate debate saw Roger Marshall and Adam Hamilton try to define each other by their parties as Senate control hangs in the balance.
Student protesters expose the layers of a great injustice.
New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman warns President Trump that if he continues with the diesel deal with Russia he "will enter the history books in the chapter on leaders who sold out their country's democratic values to appease a dictator." …
Abigail Spanberger rode furor over rising costs to dominate Virginia's gubernatorial race last year - putting her among the first class of Democrats elected on the promise to tackle the affordability crisis. Her victory, along with Gov. Mikie Sher…
Sen. Eric Schmitt warns France riots preview what Democrats want for America while touting Boeing F-47 jobs and a St. Louis crime crackdown.
County election officials have rejected ballots for such issues as an unsealed “inner” envelope. Voting rights groups are urging voters to fix their ballots or vote in other ways.
Abdul El-Sayed denied Muslim Brotherhood ties at a Michigan Senate debate after Mike Rogers referenced a 2012 letter to Egypt's president.
The most parsimonious explanation for Carlson’s political project in recent years is that he has developed a hatred of Western liberal democracy.
An open letter to young men and women from an exasperated mother.
Former Australian Treasurer Josh Frydenberg tells Claire Lehmann why he believes Bondi was preventable, and what Australia needs on antisemitism, tax and economic reform
The Trump administration has spent months arguing that the ‘War’ Department won’t accept ‘terms of use’ limitations on battlefield tech.
Steve Witkoff hailed the Russian leader as a "humanitarian" during talks in St. Petersburg on Wednesday, while the Kremlin said it is ready to resume trilateral peace talks with the U.S. and Ukraine.
Abdul El-Sayed accused Mike Rogers of being overly devoted to President Trump. Mr. Rogers accused Dr. El-Sayed of not enough loyalty to the country. It was still more cordial than their last debate.
Conscience can’t be a word you pull out just when you want to attack Democrats for infringing on religious liberty.
Anthropologist Robert Lynch on going from Wall Street to addiction to substitute teaching, why apes laugh, and why comedy needs risk.
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee generally supports Democrats, but it has spent heavily against Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, a vocal critic of Israel. Its general election spending comes after initial concerns from the campaign of Mike Rogers, …
The top Manchurian megacorporations sacrificing national security and fueling unemployment at home.
Renewed hostilities might not be any more successful than the war’s first phase, and President Trump has repeatedly canceled plans for a return to major combat.
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Rest in Peace, Jeffrey Archer—politician, novelist, and reviled human being.
Donald Trump was invoked 18 times as Abdul El-Sayed branded Mike Rogers a "sock puppet" and declared "MAGA bingo" in the Michigan Senate debate.
Trump rally attendees in North Carolina say rising gas prices are worth it if the Iran war stops a nuclear weapon from threatening future generations.
The Albanese government's proposed Digital Duty of Care laws would give regulators sweeping powers over online content, threatening free speech in Australia and setting a dangerous precedent for internet regulation worldwide.
At some point, saying whatever is needed to get a deal leads to praising the moral values of an indisputably evil man on behalf of the United States.
How a LinkedIn spat over the “glass cliff” cost McKinsey partner Chris Bradley his leadership role, and became the centrepiece of a book launch.
Podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with Amy Hamm about Steven Galloway’s legal campaign against the University of British Columbia scholars who promoted baseless allegations that he was a rapist.