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A Resurgent Justice Democrats Could Reshape a Democratic Congress

Justice Democrats, which gained prominence backing Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, is on track to see more of its candidates elected. Will the party listen to them?

Patrick Stewart (1940-2026)

From the Starship Enterprise to the Shakespearean stage, Patrick Stewart was always very much in command.

Liberal court delivers immigration win for Trump as judge warns of ‘floodgates’ if law firm succeeded

The Ninth Circuit ruled that law firm Red Eagle lacked standing to challenge the State Department's indefinite pause on the diversity visa lottery.

Politics of the Day

Politics of the Day

When Bioethicists Attack Medical Conscience

Bioethics is entirely subjective when it comes to coercing doctors.

Gemma Tognini on Australia’s Political Revolt

Gemma Tognini and Claire Lehmann discuss One Nation’s rise, Albanese’s leadership, government waste and the antisemitism that Bondi exposed in Australia.

Bukele Now Has Over Two Thousand Troops in Haiti

Treasury flags $8B in suspicious foreign-directed transfers through US money services firms

The Trump administration uncovered what it says is $8 billion in suspicious cross-border wire payments directed by foreign agents.

The Axe Files with David Axelrod

Go beyond the soundbites and get to know some of the most interesting players in politics.

Master of the Hunt

Two recent films offer very different portraits of Chris Hansen, the controversial journalist behind America's hit TV show ‘To Catch a Predator.’

Collins accuses top Senate Dem of blocking protections for Maine lobstermen as Cruz vows action

Sen. Ted Cruz pledged to advance the Northeast Lobsterman Protection Act as Susan Collins accused a Democratic senator of blocking the bill.

Washington Post Presents a DEI Sob Story

Big Hospitals Get a Pass as Left Targets Sen. Marshall

In less than a week, voters in Kansas will go to the polls to decide who will represent them in the U.S. Senate. Their choice is between the incumbent finishing his first term in office after a career as an OB-GYN in rural Kansas and the pastor of…

Democrats Make Protecting Fraud Their “Day One” Agenda

GOP Has Delivered. Don't Throw It Away

Democrats have bent the knee to their far-left wing. Even a narrow Democratic House would be held hostage by the DSA, and France offers a preview of where that could lead.

Top Concern Is What Dems Would Do If There Is Clean Sweep in '28

This would result in America becoming a permanent one-party state and the end of democracy in any meaningful sense of the word.

Why Running for the U.S. Senate Is a Rich Person’s Game

Your Senate candidates are probably richer than you.

Tension Gone Between Dem Establishment, Activists?

Democratic leaders are spending millions to elect progressive candidates in the midterms, setting aside old battles.

Addicted to Transition

Over the past decade, former mommy blogger Rowan (née Amanda) Jetté Knox has come out as bisexual, pansexual, polyam, a ‘giant lesbo,’ a ‘non-binary queer person,’ a polyamorous ‘trans guy,’ and, as of last month, ‘two-spirited’ (and Indigenous).

Margins of Error

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.

The Wisdom of Charlemagne

In a new book about the Carolingian Empire, historian James T. Palmer argues that its founder was more than just a brutal warlord. He was also ‘a savant with a large library and a taste for the obscure.’

Louis Sarkozy on France’s Riots | Quillette Cetera Episode 75

The son of Nicolas Sarkozy on the riots, the rise of Marine Le Pen, and why he thinks France may have to burn before it can rebuild.

Justice Dept. Confirms Alaska Inquiry Even as Its Focus Remains Unclear

Democrats and former officials have accused the department of pursuing a political goal in the guise of a legal one: to publicize a scheme, sordid but not illegal under state law, damaging to Democrats.

Friday's Final Word

UN: Men Are Dying, Women Hit Hardest

What the Fed May Be Thinking

Increases in energy prices as a result of the Iran war are not a justification for tighter monetary policy.

Canada’s Unmarked-Graves Social Panic (2021-26) Explained

Podcast host Jonathan Kay discusses the underlying societal factors that caused his country's journalists, politicians, and academics to uncritically accept false claims that the bodies of 215 Indigenous children had been found on the grounds of a…

Men Without Work: The Immigration Angle

The availability of foreign low-skill labor short-circuits a natural market process.

Barbaric Election Aftermath in Brazil

What Obama's Cheesecake Factory Joke Was Really About

These conservatives are defending Cheesecake Factory - because they can't defend Trump

Mass Culture’s Afterlife

Mass culture was an anomaly of corporate organization meeting the technological paradigm of spectrum scarcity.

Obamacare Policies Hit Again With Steep Premium Increases for 2027

Premiums will increase an average 13 percent next year for millions of Americans, on top of an earlier steep increase. It adds to the problems facing the program, which the Trump administration has weakened.

Meet the woman steering Biden's bipartisan winning streak on Capitol Hill

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…

Holy Smokes - Looks Like Poland Might Be in the Middle of a Tusk-Orchestrated Coup UPDATE and MORE

Americans 'frustrated' about Iran war going into midterms as Trump admin has decision to make: GOP lawmaker

House Armed Services Committee member Pat Harrigan says the U.S., in the ongoing conflict against Iran, must "do what it takes to either win or come home."

While Trump Backs Putin, Putin Backs Iran and Its Houthi Allies

Russia has reaffirmed its alliance with Iran and is reportedly providing intelligence to the Houthis as they attack U.S. allies in the Gulf.

Everything you need to know about Biden's student loan forgiveness program

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.

Patrick Stewart and the Pleasures of Fandom

The great pleasure of fandom is how a single moment can carry everything you know about its characters.

The fine print of the Respect for Marriage Act

Let's start with the positive: Republicans and Democrats are coming together to protect same-sex marriage from the Supreme Court.

Dems' dire warnings about threats to democracy face an uncomfortable reckoning after Alaska election report

Democratic Party lawmakers who endorsed Mary Peltola stayed silent when asked to denounce the alleged voter confusion scheme in Alaska's Senate race.

Inspiring a 'Huge Response From Fed Up People Everywhere'

Differing Opinions on the ‘Cornell 7’ Aren’t Welcome at Columbia

Two Columbia undergrads wrote an op-ed condemning the illiberal rush to judgment — and were pilloried for it. I sat down with them to learn more.

Omar Mohammed on Mosul, ISIS and the Jews Iraq Forgot

The anonymous chronicler of the Islamic State’s occupation talks to Pamela Paresky about growing up under Saddam, the 1941 Farhud, and why he believes antisemitism unites every jihadist movement.

Trump Revives Rallies Less Than 24 Hours After Canceling Them

Flying on Thursday to South Carolina to headline his 25th midterm rally this month, President Donald Trump and his political team made a decision, according to one of his advisers: Instead of holding an in-person rally this weekend in Kansas - a r…

Swing Voters Are Still Shopping, and It's Time for the GOP to Seal the Deal

Americans For Prosperity's Katelyn Bledsoe recently joined Hugh Hewitt to discuss the organization's Americans Unscripted project and the 82,000 conversations held with potential voters to hear their views on the cost of living and the rise of the…

Ohio's Sen. Husted Is Just an Empty Pair of Pants

Jon Husted has a problem: People can't seem to remember who he is. The former lieutenant governor of Ohio was appointed to be the state's junior U.S. senator in 2025, after JD Vance became vice president.

Minnesota Dem declined to refer Ilhan Omar for ethics probe despite fellow lawmaker's 2019 request

Communications obtained by Fox News Digital show Angie Craig declined a 2019 request to refer Ilhan Omar to the House Ethics Committee probe.

Claire's Weekly Letter: Soft on Riots, Hard on Ideas

Rubio in Athens

During his speech in the Greek capital, the US secretary of state dispensed with the hypocrisy that has cloaked America’s globe-spanning ambition in recent decades.

John Kass Is an Irreplaceable ‘North Star’

Judge Blocks Expediting Migrant Children’s Asylum Cases, For Now

Lawyers for the children praised the pause on fast-tracked interviews of unaccompanied minors, calling it a blow against the Trump administration’s “deportation assembly line.”

CNN Political Briefing

The political news you need to know, in 10 minutes or less. Hosted by David Chalian.

Appeals Court Again Rejects Trump Effort to Impound California Ballots

In a 2-to-1 vote, an appeals court panel declined to order the state to set aside more than 20,000 mail-in ballots, calling the notion plainly unconstitutional.

Judge Appoints Special Master to Determine if Trump Officials Lied in Golf Course Suit

Judge Ana C. Reyes said an outside investigator would help determine whether parks officials or Justice Department lawyers withheld plans for Washington’s East Potomac Park.

How Patrick Stewart Shaped the Left's Politics

Patrick Stewart's death at the age of 86 has prompted tributes to both the brilliant actor and the famous role that defined him: Star Trek's Jean-Luc Picard. Matthew Yglesias, centrist liberalism's inescapable pundit, today called the character "t…

Alina Habba’s Husband Ignited Drama in Trump’s Circle. Now He’s Under Scrutiny.

Turhan Mildon, who married Alina Habba this summer, presents himself as a 29-year-old billionaire with ties to global leaders. His story has inconsistencies.

Pentagon IG Refuses to Investigate Starshield Restrictions That Enabled Russian Attacks on Ukraine

The question is who ordered the restrictions on the Starshield military application; administration harping on Starlink terms of use in Ukraine is misdirection.

The Global Bellwether

As the Chinese Communist Party hurtles headlong into the AI dilemma, its successes and failures will leave behind some kind of rudimentary map for the rest of us.

Schumer accused of yearlong plot to plant 'decoy' candidate in critical Senate race

Senate No. 2 Republican John Barrasso alleges Chuck Schumer schemed with Mary Peltola's campaign to recruit a decoy Dan Sullivan in Alaska.

What the Navigators Knew

David Lewis’s classic study of Pacific wayfinding shows how Indigenous knowledge can be taken seriously—neither romanticised nor dismissed.

Obamacare Rates Are Spiking Again

How Wikipedia Rewrote Zionism

Since October 2023, four-fifths of the encyclopedia’s article on Zionism has been replaced, and the historians it cites—Benny Morris among them—are misrepresented.

Trump’s Plane Flyover Is a Halloween Trick for Startled D.C. Residents

A White House social media account said the surprise Air Force One flight was part of a Halloween event hosted by the president and the first lady.

Distaste for Lavrov Forces U.S. to Cancel G20 Photo Session in Atlanta

Some European foreign ministers had refused to pose alongside Russia’s top diplomat, Sergey Lavrov, at a Group of 20 gathering hosted by the United States.

Real GDP Rose 3.4%--Get Out There and Sell It, Republicans

There's so much talk about Democratic dirty tricks and decoy candidates in Alaska, along with Congresswoman Ilhan Omar's husband problem in Minnesota. Along with socialists running away from socialism in Michigan, Minnesota, Florida, and elsewhere.

Dogs, Fleas, and Doing Business with China

It does no harm to reflect on the evils of Maoism.

Colleges are Responsible for Creating the Conditions That Lead to Cheating

Our higher ed system must change its culture, seeking to shape the character of students rather than merely slapping degrees on them.

The notable legal clouds that continue to hang over Donald Trump

All eyes are on former President Donald Trump, who has launched another White House bid.

'Biscuit' the dog is latest dead felon to get their voting rights back from Spanberger, confused owner says

A deceased Goochland County beagle named Biscuit reportedly received a Virginia rights restoration certificate, prompting calls for an audit.

California election workers hit with criminal subpoenas as Trump DOJ turns up heat in voting showdown

The Department of Justice issued criminal grand jury subpoenas to at least four California election workers over alleged noncitizen voting records.

How Kyrsten Sinema's decision makes Democrats' 2024 Senate map tighter

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…

Musk issues dire warning over 3 moves Dems could make if they sweep Washington: 'End of democracy'

Elon Musk warns a Democratic sweep in 2028 could create a permanent one-party state through statehood, immigration and Supreme Court expansion.

Prosecutors Suggest They May Seek Additional Comey Charges

At a hearing in federal court, prosecutors defended an unusual, 11th-hour criminal case accusing the former F.B.I. director of leaking classified information a decade ago.

Obama-Appointed Judge May Block Construction of Trump's Arch

Inheritance and Immortality Aboard the Enterprise

Who would have predicted a fictional bald Frenchman with an English accent would be an intergenerational model of living well?

The Corporate Spending Bogeyman Coming for Free Speech

Halloween is the season for haunted houses, campfire ghost stories, and manufactured frights.

Federal judge blocks Trump DOJ threats against election workers ahead of 2026 midterms

A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from threatening election workers with prosecution over ballots tied to suspected noncitizens.

This Land Is Your Land and My Land But Not DEI Land

DEI and identity politics threaten meritocracy across the United States as commercial aviation, debanking and infrastructure safety face growing risks.

Does Talk of a Blue Wave Make It Less Likely?

We're in the thick of what I've come to call the silly season of an election cycle. Just days out from November 3 - but weeks into early voting - this is often the time when predictions, analysis, and expectation setting from both parties gets lau…

El-Sayed Clashes With Former Primary Rival Who Demanded His Apology

Dr. Abdul El-Sayed and Representative Haley Stevens traded sharply critical comments Friday, escalating intraparty tensions in Michigan’s pivotal Senate race.

EXCLUSIVE: ICE captures illegal alien at center of NYC manhunt after sanctuary city release

Alpha Bah, who allegedly assaulted a NYPD officer, was tracked to a temporary NYC residence after his release from Queens Central Booking despite an ICE detainer request.