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Every few decades, the ideas with the worst track records come back into style.
The Trump administration plans to deliver 60,000 of the powerful munitions at a time when opposition is growing in Washington to arms sales to Israel.
The strategic case for Syria–Israel normalisation.
Who are the guys working themselves into the American right to promote white identity politics, monarchism, and other noxious ideas?
The invitation by the E.U. for Canada to become an “associate member” is a sign of Mr. Trump’s brand of diplomacy, which often involves threatening America’s closest friends.
Hiking interest rates by a quarter percentage point was a necessary step, but only the first.
A community that embraces a set of shared beliefs is not necessarily a bad thing, but the value of solidarity depends entirely on the merits of the cause in question.
U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., says the early adjournment by Speaker Johnson blocked his impeachment effort against Secretary of War Pete Hegseth.
Why is masturbation so shameful?
At a hearing Tuesday before the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions titled "Out of Touch: When Union Politics Leave Workers Behind," American Accountability Foundation President Tom Jones slams unions for funneling workers' due…
Critics argue the legislation would limit the rights of college athletes while maintaining the power and financial gains of schools and coaches.
No longer can students get a degree and not encounter the Bill of Rights, the Civil War, the Pilgrims and Puritans, and the Depression.
Podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with Eric Kaufmann about his new report, ‘The Equity-Excellence Trade-Off: A Study of EDI in the Canada Research Chairs Program’
The stakes in this game are quite high.
Despite objections from preservationists, final approval for the 250-foot-tall monument appears on track for November.
Under questioning by Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana), Trump’s surgeon general pick Nicole Saphier called a combined vaccine “our greatest tool for combating measles infections.”
We do seem to radically discount how disruptive television was to cultural transmission and the education of elites.
The measure would direct state regulators to consider rules requiring data centers to cover higher energy costs, but it would not compel them to do so.
I believe that public policy should be directed toward the common good. Others think that impinges on people's freedom. We need to be honest about this dispute.
The Ratepayer Protection Act passed the House with bipartisan support, aiming to stop data center energy costs from raising electric bills for families.
An eerie silence, empty halls and security guards marked the end, at least for now, of a once-vibrant public space.
Anthropic and OpenAI have reportedly lobbied for regulations to limit open-source versions of large language models.
Several Democrats joined Republicans to pass the Russia sanctions bill, but critics warn Trump could use broad tariff authority against allies.
Wiles had continued working at the White House while undergoing treatment.
More than 20 states sued the Department of Homeland Security over a public charge rule that could increase green card denials based on Medicaid and SNAP use.
Barack Obama is urging Washington to slow AI development. But, in 2016, his White House praised the technology as the cutting edge of innovation.
Hat tip to Attorney General Todd Blanche for wondering out loud why all of a sudden the press and the Democratic Party, including President Obama and Senator Bernie Sanders, are suddenly hyperventilating over the hyperscalers on the eve of an impo…
House Foreign Affairs Committee members allege CodePink and other groups serve as "Trojan horses" for foreign influence, calling for transparency and FARA disclosure.
A look back at the good, the bad and the bizarre from the battles that helped set the stage for the coming midterms.
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Vance is the RNC's finance chairman and the face of the administration's anti-fraud initiative, but neither of those is his biggest job.
During my three-decade career as a diplomat and international-development manager, I saw the sector become more wasteful, frivolous, and ideologically self-serving.
Reflections on a morning that changed the world as we knew it.
Let's start with the positive: Republicans and Democrats are coming together to protect same-sex marriage from the Supreme Court.
They are headed toward something more like a "cold peace."
Police video shows Washington state Democrat Krista Perez admitting to drinking wine and begging to go home during her Tacoma DUI arrest in August.
It represents the best opportunity for pro-lifers to place legal limits on telehealth abortions.
I recommend this very sweet piece in the Wall Street Journal about one father’s attempt to teach the knuckleball.
All eyes are on former President Donald Trump, who has launched another White House bid.
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.
Go beyond the soundbites and get to know some of the most interesting players in politics.
Trump's 39% job approval and a 26-point endorsement gap could spell trouble for GOP candidates, a new Fox News survey finds before Election Day.
The last time the environmentalist left went ‘underground‘ in America, it produced a campaign of costly economic sabotage and property destruction.
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…
In its latest edition, 'The Economist' presented Islamism and the European far right as two symmetrical threats. They are not, writes Ayaan Hirsi Ali.
The federal government should stop paying a constant percentage of every dollar spent.
Israelis go to the polls on 27 October. After seventeen years of Netanyahu, former IDF chief Gadi Eisenkot is in the lead.
Internal reports, including one from the Pentagon’s Defense Intelligence Agency, say China could acquire U.S. jet technology through spying or cooperation with Saudi Arabia.
Virginia Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger faces backlash as ICE lodges a detainer on an illegal immigrant charged with murder in a stabbing spree.
In an interview with "Tech Times," Bill Gates argues AI companies cannot be expected to regulate themselves.
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.
National Park Service officials acknowledge that President Donald Trump’s planned arch would harm dozens of historic sites but say it must move forward anyway.
Abdul El-Sayed met with Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats at DSCC headquarters in Washington, D.C., but few would say if primary wounds had healed.
We break down the state of the race.
Billionaire Leon Black held contempt over Epstein investigation subpoena; Black denies any wrongdoing or any knowledge of Epstein's behavior.
Thirteen American troops and about 170 Afghans were killed in a suicide bombing at the airport’s Abbey Gate as the U.S. left Afghanistan.
Will regulation let China get ahead, or save us from doomsday?
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A move to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will now probably be considered after the November elections.
The measure still faces significant challenges as Democrats demand changes to SNAP provisions.
It may be a low bar, but some of the ideas put forward by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz are an improvement on those of Angela Merkel.
Sex is declining because the options seem endless. This is counter-intuitive, but biologically it makes sense.
Read this and stop weeping.
Why panic when you could just use existing laws?
The AI panic is just one skiff sailing atop a roiling sea of discontent.
Ms. Wiles, the first woman to be the White House chief of staff, had said in March that she had breast cancer.
Democrats are within striking distance of flipping the Senate, but razor-thin margins and candidate flaws in Texas, Michigan and Maine loom large.
The president made violent crime the central issue in his first large-scale outdoor rally this year and cites the GOP’s 1988 “Willie Horton” attack ad on Democratic nominee Michael S. Dukakis.
A spokesperson for Rep. Ashley Hinson, who is campaigning on bipartisanship, cited previously scheduled events but declined to say what they are.
The billionaire investor had refused to appear for a deposition and turn over documents to a key panel investigating Jeffrey Epstein.
The bill, one of Congress’s first efforts to rein in the unpopular facilities, was approved with overwhelming bipartisan support but is unlikely to lower prices immediately.
A medievalist on apocalyptic movements, shame–honour cultures, and why he believes the Western press has spent twenty-five years reporting jihad backwards.
Name-calling, guilt-by-association, and other unscrupulous methods of argument are polluting our discourse.
The bipartisan measure targets financing for Russia’s war against Ukraine as attacks intensify. It passed the House over the objections of Democrats who opposed handing President Trump new tariff powers.
With under seven weeks until Election Day, the party's House campaign arm is backing an Alaskan independent for only the second time in six years.
The move would prevent Mahmoud Abbas, the leader of two governing Palestinian groups, from traveling to the United States next week for the United Nations General Assembly.
Senate Republican Josh Hawley targets opportunity zone tax breaks that tech giants use to build AI data centers, calling the loophole "corporate welfare."
Noncitizen voting and fraudulent voter registration cases were announced across several states this week, adding to DOJ's growing election fraud prosecutions from recent weeks.
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…