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J.P. Cooney served as a top deputy to special counsel Jack Smith in two criminal prosecutions of Trump.
Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, told Newsmax that Democrats are "trying to hold America hostage" as Congress fights over Department of Homeland Security funding, arguing Republicans won't budge while funding for critical security agencies hangs in th…
Let's start with the positive: Republicans and Democrats are coming together to protect same-sex marriage from the Supreme Court.
Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., on Wednesday accused the Trump administration of politicizing an attempt to charge Democrat party figures with crimes connected to a video they posted telling military service members they should disobey orders.
Your academic credentials don’t help you when your argument is absurd.
Analilia Mejia won a close congressional primary race by preparing constituents for encounters with ICE. She warned that the agency's surveillance technology needs more attention.
A new book catalogues the damage to Canadian society caused by a 2021 social panic over non-existent ‘unmarked graves.’
A House committee exposed how foreign adversaries allegedly fund U.S. protest groups through extensive
Republican leaders have blocked challenges to President Trump’s trade war for a year, but dissent in their own ranks will force a vote.
Politician Dallas Brodie explains why her province continues to promote dubious social-justice policies and myths—including the false claim that 215 dead Indigenous children were discovered four years ago in ‘unmarked graves.’
Fareed explains why AI's massive energy demands are straining the power grid, but also why AI could enable big breakthroughs in sustainability and clean energy.
The paper of record for the nation’s capital cut a third of its staff this week. It didn’t have to be like this.
Republicans are worried about the midterm elections, but the president doesn’t seem to be.
Boasts about installed capacity for wind power can be misleading. Capacity is one thing, production is another.
The vice president’s historic trip illustrates Trump’s transactional diplomacy and willingness to use economic muscle to elbow out rivals such as Russia and Iran.
A lawyer for Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo., warned U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro in a letter on Wednesday that her office could face legal consequences if it continues to pursue criminal charges over a video in which Crow and other Democrat lawmakers...
The FBI told a federal judge that it is investigating whether any “deficiencies” in Georgia officials’ handling of the 2020 presidential election were intentional.
The attorney general lobbed insults when lawmakers questioned her decisions and portrayed the Justice Department as unfairly maligned by Democrats and Trump critics.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signed on to join the Board of Peace before meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House.
As President Donald Trump says he believes Iran wants to make a deal on its nuclear program, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived at the White House on Wednesday with his own urgent message: Expand the talks.
The longevity of the Epstein story owes less to new facts of criminal conduct than to its symbolic utility in alleging deviancy.
‘I’m not outraged about the Democrats doing this or about the Republicans doing this because this is what politicians do.’
A novel lawsuit in Portland argues the chemicals are a health threat that have soaked into apartment walls, furniture and even children’s toys.
A U.S. official says the military shot down a party balloon near El Paso, Texas, after initially suspecting it was a foreign drone, prompting a temporary airspace closure.
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.
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Jonathan Butcher is not against competition for students but wants community colleges to get back to basics first.
American troops facing the growing threat of drone swarms on future battlefields will soon have a new defensive weapon: a small, low-cost interceptor drone designed to crash directly into enemy aircraft, Stars and Stripes reported.The Army signed …
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.
Progressives have been winning more intra-Democratic fights than they’ve lost of late.
Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seeking assurances from President Donald Trump that any potential agreement with Iran will not limit Israel's ability to act militarily if it believes it must strike on its own, former Netanyahu …
Attorney General Pam Bondi's confirmation hearing erupted as Democrats made demands and engaged in shouting matches over the Epstein files.
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…
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.
Radley Metzger’s 1975 hardcore adaptation of a celebrated literary hoax is a vast improvement on the cynical source material.
While other jurisdictions adopt balanced, evidence-based protocols for treating gender dysphoria, the CPS has doubled down on an obsolete policy instructing doctors to reflexively ‘affirm’ trans-identified youth.
The U.S. government posted a $95 billion budget deficit in January, down $34 billion or 26% from a year earlier as revenue gains including customs duties outpaced growth in outlays, the Treasury Department said Wednesday.
As Russia displays its military might in the Arctic region, the Western alliance is beginning a mission to increase its presence there.
A new NBC News Decision Desk poll conducted online via SurveyMonkey claims public opinion on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) leans toward changing operations rather than maintaining the agency in its current form.
A young aide behind social posts that echoed white supremacist messaging will help run social media for the much larger Homeland Security Department.
A look inside the athlete-finance industry, which resembles predatory lending-and worse
The rare gathering focused on the Western Hemisphere underscored potential implications of the Trump administration’s “Donroe Doctrine.”
Aaron Magid has written a timely biography of a consequential monarch.
When can an influencer opt out of the news cycle?
Political standoff intensifies as Senate Democrats refuse compromise on immigration funding measures, while Senate Republicans scramble to avoid a partial shutdown on Friday.
Democrats in the Virginia General Assembly approved proposed congressional maps that favor their party, setting the stage to send sending the matter to Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D).
The sustainable agriculture movement’s ideological opposition to biotechnology undermines genuine environmental progress and food security.
Trump’s team wants a reset on its mass-deportation goals, not a retreat.
Gavin Newsom, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ruben Gallego and Gretchen Whitmer hope to reassure anxious European allies at the Munich Security Conference.
Bipartisan lawmakers will question Les Wexner Feb. 18 for Jeffrey Epstein connections after Department of Justice files allegedly revealed authorities considered him an accessory to his crimes.
In the wake of the Republican National Convention earlier this month, Fareed speaks with historian Niall Ferguson about how and why the modern-day GOP has changed since the Reagan era of the 1980s.
Federal prosecutors launched an investigation into the lawmakers after they released a short video advising current military members to reject “illegal orders.”
Perhaps we reached an endpoint where it wasn’t really possible to turn the dial past eleven.
Ken Martin has one of those resting dread faces, as if he's bracing for someone to dump a bucket of rocks on his head. His nervous eyes make him look chronically unsettled-which is probably appropriate for someone trying to run the Democratic Nati…
Affordability is a lot more than just prices. Beyond lowering prices, an affordability agenda needs to reckon with how the economy feels.
J.P. Cooney, a former top deputy to the special counsel Jack Smith, who led two prosecutions of President Trump, plans to seek election to a newly drawn district in Northern and Central Virginia.
The president left some governors, including Maryland’s Wes Moore, off the guest list for an event that has traditionally been bipartisan.
Thirty days ago, President Trump assured Iranian protesters, ‘Help is on its way!’
Americans who may have ferocious disagreements about the size of government, foreign policy, and a wide range of other issues must find a way to unite around their shared commitment to the liberal idea.
They say they want to save democracy. First they’ll need to get out of their own way.
Sandwiched between Trump portraits, he is described as Sleepy Joe Biden... by far, the worst President in American History on two newly placed bronze plaques under his autopen por...
Rather stunning news out of southwestern Texas this morning.
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President Donald Trump's Religious Liberty Commission removed Catholic activist after controversial antisemitism hearing.
If you're on the fence about having kids, I think you should have them - and have a lot.
Now come negotiations over the administration’s immigration crackdown.
Democrats are again calling voter identification requirements the equivalent of Jim Crow, but the elections in Georgia show this is false
But there's a way to fix it.
The SAVE America Act would mandate identification for voting, in-person citizenship proof for registration and removal of non-citizens from voter rolls.
Her appearance comes as the department is under scrutiny over its handling of the Epstein files, its approach toward the shootings in Minneapolis and its move to prosecute six Democratic lawmakers.
For their research showing that rape is generally motivated by sexual desire, Randy Thornhill and Craig Palmer were subjected to death threats and hounded in their personal and professional lives. And yet, they were right.
Vice President Kamala Harris, a former US senator from California who previously served as the state's attorney general, could be the first Black woman and Asian American to lead a major party ticket after receiving President Joe Biden's support t…
Sen. Mitch McConnell was discharged from the hospital on Tuesday after spending more than a week under observation for what his office described as "flu-like symptoms," People reported on Wednesday.
Three Republicans joined Democrats in rejecting an attempt to block votes that would end the national emergency underpinning the president’s tariffs.
President Trump is focused on Iran’s nuclear program, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sees a more immediate threat from Tehran’s rapid rebuilding of its ability to launch missiles at Israel.
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Trump’s immigration crackdown has Latinos wondering if they belong in his America.
Good riddance to the now-former member of Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission.
Gallup said Wednesday it will stop tracking and publishing presidential job approval and political figure favorability ratings this year, ending a public opinion yardstick it helped define for nearly nine decades.
President Trump has reshaped the country’s economic policies, but the outlook for the budget remains dire.
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Democratic leaders say their sanctuary city economies are crashing because Trump is requiring them to comply with civil rights laws.
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A lawsuit has been brought on behalf of U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents who were detained by authorities during an episode in Idaho last year.
At least some in the GOP want ICE to tone it down.
President Donald Trump is hosting an event at the White House Wednesday to tout how “Clean Beautiful Coal" is America’s most reliable and affordable energy source.
William J. Mann’s new book about the notorious Black Dahlia case is a valuable corrective to the cottage industry of speculative theories that proliferated after her murder in 1947.
The idea that we should redistribute wealth by fiat from prosperous to low-income and stagnating countries remains popular even though it is profoundly misguided.
Former CIA Director John Brennan faces DOJ investigation after Attorney General Pam Bondi confirms criminal referral over alleged false testimony about Russia interference assessment.
Fixing New York’s affordable housing isn’t as simple as going after bad landlords.
The broken relationship between Minnesota and the federal government
Phil Berger has led the State Senate for years with an iron grip. But in a March election, he faces a popular, horse-riding sheriff who could topple his reign.
The deployments encountered repeated legal setbacks that stymied President Donald Trump’s desire for a show of force in Los Angeles, Chicago and Portland, Oregon.
Moltbook, a social media site for AI agents, is nothing new. Still, the marriage of big tech and politics demands we take a stand
Some state election officials say they no longer trust their federal partners.
President Donald Trump will be the keynote speaker March 25 at the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) President's Dinner, an event that helped raise a record $35.2 million last year.
It is the sixth visit by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel to the United States to meet with President Trump since the president began his second term.
After defending one of the first priests charged with child sex abuse, he coauthored a 1985 report warning that the problem was endemic and ignoring it could be catastrophic.
Today’s layoffs are the latest attempt to kill what makes the paper special.
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…
All eyes are on former President Donald Trump, who has launched another White House bid.
Top U.S. military leaders hosted over 30 nations in Washington to strengthen Western Hemisphere security cooperation and address growing regional threats.
The activist’s assassination unleashed anti-Semitism that is pulling the Trump coalition apart.
It’s not at all clear why Bannon and Lutnick, two replaceable components in the MAGA machine, are worth the effort.
The U.S. budget deficit will grow slightly in fiscal 2026 to $1.853 trillion, the Congressional Budget Office forecast on Wednesday, showing that on balance, President Donald Trump's economic policies might be worsening the country's fiscal pictur…
Rep. Jerry Nadler appeared to sleep during House Judiciary hearing with Attorney General Pam Bondi, prompting Republican criticism and social media mockery.
It’s in pretty good shape, even if it gets poor ratings.