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A disruptor or a pragmatist? In Tuesday's contest between Abdul El-Sayed and Haley Stevens, Democrats weigh whether to remake the political system or work within it.
I often think the divide about common good conservatism is mostly about families.
By framing terrorism and armed struggle as legitimate resistance, the pro-Palestine movement has unwittingly strengthened Israel’s case that withdrawal and concessions carry unacceptable risks.
Red states across the country need to match Florida's pace and provide the governance their citizens demand and deserve.
The agent confessed to making unauthorized withdrawals from a criminal target overseas, according to court papers.
Dr. Ashish Jha, Biden’s coronavirus response coordinator, said this weekend, ‘I have come to conclude that it is more likely to have been a lab leak.’
The Democratic Socialists of America summit was abuzz about whether to endorse a presidential candidate, potentially Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Homer’s epic provides a window on to a strange, paradoxical, fascinating, beautiful, and terrifying world that is at once familiar and unfamiliar.
Anthony Fauci's recent appearance before Congress is a good reminder that his reign of error during COVID would not have been possible without a deeply partisan and starstruck press.
The trailblazing Republican served as the first female mayor of Fort Worth and spent 28 years in Congress, rising to lead the Appropriations Committee.
On July 16, President Trump gave a long and detailed speech describing various ways noncitizens are impacting American elections and violating our sacred right to determine the political future of our own country.
Graham’s smart strategy was to take something Trump instinctively loves and use it to make Vladimir Putin’s life even more miserable.
The invasion of Ceuta is just a snapshot of what Democrats will do with America's border next time they get power.
Sometimes freedom is the freedom to destroy.
Donavan McKinney says he agrees with Republicans on waste, fraud and abuse but targets corporate subsidies and the top 1% instead of the poor.
To refer to these cities as ‘Spanish-administered’ is as bizarre and disturbing as referring to, say, Tucson or Albuquerque as ‘American-administered.’
The House Ethics Committee recommends censure after an ethics probe found Chuck Edwards violated the code of conduct with two young female staffers.
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Former National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent continues to call for President Donald Trump to remove U.S. forces from the Middle East.
Mr. Clayton’s delayed swearing-in ceremony gave Bill Pulte, a key ally of President Trump, a few more days as acting director of the office he boasted about shrinking.
After years of delays, the Federal Aviation Administration has certified the Boeing 737 Max 7, the smallest version of the company’s best-selling plane.
Further evidence that the Trump administration needs to prioritize placing limits on chemical abortion.
Trump's executive orders target the Smithsonian Institution, arguing exhibits prioritize decolonization and DEI over patriotic American history.
The evidence for innate sex differences has been accumulating for decades. Steve Stewart-Williams's new book is a welcome inventory.
Never has a president been so eager to announce to the world that he has been fooled by the other negotiating party, over and over again.
A dispute over the chapter between the author and the Democratic National Committee has added to the party’s turmoil as it tries to look forward, not backward.
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The vice president was right about what America is, and we need to reengage both the idea and the people who made it.
Sen. Tim Kaine said in a letter to President Donald Trump that evidence indicates that boat strikes killed people who were not engaged in narcotrafficking.
Even if all this information is accurate, it does not logically follow that America’s only option then is a humiliating retreat.
The Ohio Republican who is seeking a third term defiantly denied domestic abuse allegations ahead of a deadline to replace him on the ballot.
Technology came to "optimize" education. Young children pay a heavy price.
There is real value in Noah Rothman's century-spanning chronicle of left-wing terror, but it falls short in analysis.
The president criticized Chevron for not giving the administration what he considers adequate credit for the oil major’s financial success.
Harmeet Dhillon demands Anne Arundel County Public Schools stop hiding student gender identity information from parents or face DOJ litigation.
Men are quietly leaving the workforce—not for lack of jobs, but for lack of purpose.
After notching primary victories, D.S.A. members in Chicago debated whether socialist candidates should be free to distance themselves from goals like abolishing prisons as they chase more seats this fall.
The 250-foot-tall edifice would alter views across Washington and Arlington Cemetery.
It's the last resort for institutions on the brink: tapping restricted funds from donors to keep the lights on. ‘The money they donated is not being used for what they gave it for.'
Let's start with the positive: Republicans and Democrats are coming together to protect same-sex marriage from the Supreme Court.
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 insists on revisiting and rewriting much of what happened six years ago, including the coronavirus pandemic and the election he lost. Many voters would rather he focus on 2026.
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…
Josh Gottheimer says Democratic Socialists of America are "not Democrats" and accuses them of trying to hijack the party as a vessel for socialism.
The right danced a jig of joy over Dr. Anthony Fauci's invoking the Fifth Amendment before Rand Paul's Senate Homeland Security Committee. The Kentucky Republican knew in advance that Fauci would give no substantive testimony. Yet he paraded the 8…
In the 30th instalment of ‘Nations of Canada,’ Greg Koabel describes the expanding Jesuit presence of the late 1630s—and the increasingly bitter opposition it provoked among France’s local Indigenous allies.
Critics say the written assurances are a political solution to a political problem, rather than a legally binding document.
Anthony Conwright claims doing so leads to ongoing racism and the erosion of democracy itself.
Christopher Nolan’s creation is a big movie in every technical sense. But inside, it is diminished and faded: heroes who aren’t allowed to be heroes and gods who aren’t allowed to be gods.
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.
The Grift Industrial Complex targeted Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey—and got buried.
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.
Throughout a turbulent weekend, Trump oscillated between profound and preposterous issues that all seem to merit equal time in his mind.
Ashley Etienne, the former communications director for Vice President Harris, said on this week's NBC 'Meet the Press' roundtable that the Democratic Socialists are an "existential threat" to the Democratic Party establishment
The Pentagon is relying on closed-door hearings to kick out transgender service members. An Army Reserve lawyer is one of the few who have seen how they really work.
Fusionism was, is, and will be the best framework for holding the tension between the moral order we need and individual liberty.
Trump's executive order creates a Military Spouse Commission chaired by Jennifer Hegseth to address childcare, housing, employment and healthcare.
Artists increasingly insist that their work and their politics are indivisible. They should not be surprised when the institutions that fund them agree.
Rep. Andy Ogles says the $2 million clean energy PAC spending against him in Tennessee's Republican primary proves how much groups profit from subsidies.
Jim Jordan and Bryan Steil demand documents from New Jersey on federal voting law compliance after 6,600 noncitizens were added to voter rolls.
President Trump said recreation in Bears Ears National Monument was virtually impossible. Documents reviewed by The New York Times show officials knew otherwise.
Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay talks to Debra Soh, author of ‘Sextinction: The Decline of Sex and the Future of Intimacy,’ about neuroscience, hypergamy, elephant seals, politicised sex research, the perils of polyamory, and the sex-repellent…
Todd Blanche's AG confirmation has new life after Sens. John Cornyn, R-Texas and Thom Tillis, R-N.C., said they were satisfied with the deal to kill the anti-weaponization fund.
Which is perhaps why lefties on the faculty and student body don’t like it.
Missing was any reference to Iran, Ukraine or any of the foreign-policy issues that animated her late brother during his 23 years in the Senate.
Chuck Schumer isn't much for subtlety. When the Senate Democratic leader called retiring Sen. Gary Peters into his office in late June, Schumer went right to discussing the primary to succeed Peters in his home state of Michigan.
The Wall Street Journal opinion page tried to stop Donald Trump a decade ago and again in 2024. Now, the standard-bearer of traditional conservatism is making an early case against his presumed heir.
She was the first Republican woman from the state to be elected to the House. It caused a stir in 2024 when she was discovered to be residing in a senior living facility while still in office.
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Mike Rogers says he's ready to defeat either Abdul El-Sayed or Haley Stevens in Michigan's Senate showdown as the Democratic primary battle rages on.