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Nearly 250 years on, Laclos’s novel of seduction and treachery continues to scandalise.
Rep. Ocasio-Cortez accuses Trump of 'betrayal' after Supreme Court allows his administration to end TPS protections for Haitian and Syrian migrants.
Is this where the West is headed?
Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Arab Gulf leaders to reassure them that U.S. isn’t cutting them out of negotiations with Tehran.
If lethal jabs or prescribed poison become forms of ‘medical treatment,’ for how long will children and babies be excluded from eligibility?
Rep. Brandon Gill sparred with a SNAP policy advocate over whether taxpayer-funded food benefits should pay for sugary sodas like Coca-Cola.
President Trump is demanding that Congress pass the SAVE America Act to change American elections. Our national politics reporter Nick Corasaniti looks at what’s in it.
Mr. Bolton admitted to mishandling classified information and could face time in prison, in an inquiry that spanned the Trump and Biden administrations.
Humans have not merely been shaped by evolution—we have shaped it too, through the environments we chose to inhabit and the lives we chose to lead.
One nonprofit, Defending Education, initiated nearly a dozen civil rights investigations targeting diversity programs and transgender policies.
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Former President Barack Obama says President Trump has an obsession with him and that Mr. Trump “knows better” than to say “crazy stuff” to his face.
All eyes are on former President Donald Trump, who has launched another White House bid.
I think I’m moving her book out of my to-read pile.
The 6-3 decision clears the way for the Trump administration to resume allowing federal agents at the border to turn back asylum seekers before they enter.
Tuesday’s primary victories for a slate of leftist candidates endorsed by New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani foretell bigger battles for a Democratic Party trying to win back power nationally.
"Where's my Roy Cohn?" President Trump famously asked in his first term, angrily despairing at not having an attorney general who'd serve his interests, no holds barred, just as Trump's reptilian mentor and fixer Cohn had done for clients from the…
Much of Washington has greeted the Iran cease-fire deal with scorn. After more than three months of war, the United States and Israel failed to achieve many of their objectives, which included overthrowing the regime in Tehran and ending a potenti…
House conservatives' push to force Senate action on the SAVE America Act has stalled the chamber, drawing sharp backlash from fellow Republicans.
Rep. Mike Lawler demanded Democrat Cait Conley answer for AOC's support amid her silence on socialist candidates who want to abolish ICE.
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The vice president said that the scandal that ended Richard Nixon’s presidency would be “like a 12-hour news story” if it happened today and that the “deep state” had taken down Nixon.
“This is a victory 10 years in the making,” a White House official said after the Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration could end deportation protections for some migrants.
A Senate report on COVID-19 vaccine safety alleges federal officials ignored warning signs, fueling renewed debate over transparency and informed consent.
The Democratic Socialists of America won with support outside their usual base. Winning outside New York may be a different challenge.
A new book from two Washington reporters reveals what took place inside the White House after President Donald Trump’s return to power.
A federal judge ordered the Justice Department to release more un-redacted Jeffrey Epstein records or justify redactions by July 2 deadline.
Thousands of men and boys gathered in central Washington for masculinity, Christianity and right-wing politics.
I know this is going to shock you, but the Iranian mullahs are breaking their promises.
In his panic-stricken effort to disentangle America from the Middle Eastern mess, Trump now appears to be falling into line with Tehran’s wishes.
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After meeting with the president, the speaker said he would send him a housing bill that Mr. Trump declined to sign this week. There was no word on whether he would sign it.
Let's start with the positive: Republicans and Democrats are coming together to protect same-sex marriage from the Supreme Court.
The president posted on social media that the signing was off until the Senate passes his election integrity bill. It is unclear whether he intends to kill the housing bill.
The crisis we face today is existential. Too many Americans, both native-born and naturalized, have been taught to despise their country.
As expected, former National Security Advisor John Bolton pleaded guilty to retaining classified documents and his sentencing is set for October.
Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said he supports the SAVE America Act and backs Trump's push to pressure the Senate to pass the election bill.
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Dissecting Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s lone dissent.
Mia Hughes and Stella O’Malley of the ‘Beyond Gender’ podcast interview Quillette’s Jonathan Kay about the progressive ideological manias spawned during the Justin Trudeau years.
Gen. Christopher Donahue, seen as a top warfighter, is the latest apparent casualty in a purge of senior military leaders by the Trump administration.
The request mostly includes money for the Pentagon, with $67 billion going toward replenishing the military’s stocks of munitions and the cost of sending so many forces to the Middle East.
I don’t know if we’ll be getting a second season of Spider-Noir, but I’m grateful for the existence of this one.
Price cuts and low-interest-rate loans are luring buyers, including people offended by the company’s chief executive.
House Democrats are divided after far-left socialist candidates swept key New York primary races, sparking debate over the party's ideological future.
Academic leaders who want to revive flagging English departments ought to remember why we read literature at all.
Officials anticipated a problem soon after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth lifted the vaccine requirement in April.
In two ideologically split rulings that could affect millions, justices say the administration can deport some migrants and turn others away at the border.
Aber Kawas, NYC Democratic nominee backed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani, faces backlash over resurfaced clip appearing to suggest America deserved 9/11.
Trump ignored Clausewitz, and disaster ensued.
The Black Codes were such a prominent part of Hawaii’s argument because there were so few other straws to grasp.
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…
President Trump’s priorities seem increasingly detached from the concerns of voters and his party.
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.
Donald Trump's full-scale war on fraud is the kind of low-hanging fruit that populists know how to pick. Yesterday, the Trump Justice Department charged 455 people, including 90 doctors, involved in fraud schemes totalling an alleged $6.5 billion.…
Keir Starmer is just the latest victim of a political reality created by Brexit—one that has, counterintuitively, turned Britain into a European country.
China’s ghost cities are like a mocking glimpse of the Chinese century we were told to expect, and for which we are still waiting.
Usha Vance didn’t miss a beat in responding to a strange story in the New York Times focusing on maternity fashions in the Trump White House.
With the midterm elections rapidly approaching and polls showing Republicans in serious trouble with voters, they have become frantic to pass the SAVE America Act. Twenty-five House members are now promising to vote no on everything until the act …
The continent with the lowest number of hot days leads the world in heat mortality. Europe’s self-inflicted aversion to air conditioning betrays a deeper hostility to energy and to progress itself.
Athletes have every right to reject Pride symbols that—as activists themselves loudly insist—signify an increasingly radicalised set of ‘queer’ political demands.
He is well-qualified and will run the department as well as anyone could under President Trump.
Darializa Avila Chevalier, a first-time candidate who unseated a House Democrat, has spent years advocating for Palestinians.
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.
Since April 8, Iran’s bayonets have encountered only mush. As the axiom dictates, we can expect that the Islamic Republic will keep pushing.
President Donald Trump announces that he is nominating Chris Klomp to for the role of deputy secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.
The order, which calls for studying the health risks of pesticides in the food supply, does not involve new federal funding, and does not call for regulations or legislation.
The National Park Service plans to drain the reflecting pool after Independence Day to repair damage from alleged vandalism, including cut sealant.
Melat Kiros enjoys the endorsement of both the Denver-area DSA and the national DSA.
Critical theory did not merely politicise scholarship. It made scholarship easier to produce.
Kellyanne Conway says Democratic primary wins reflect only a handful of specific districts and do not signal a broader political shift nationwide.
The restoration of the Second Amendment began with a lone concurrence in 1997.
A tribute to David Hockney (1937–2026).
The president can't fathom the point of Congress passing a law that doesn't provide instant results and gratification.
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani's candidates won because they were good candidates with the backing of a popular mayor.
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