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President Trump has been at the forefront of the “what-me-worry?” crowd, refusing to engage on how to balance the risks and rewards of A.I.
Sex is declining because the options seem endless. This is counter-intuitive, but biologically it makes sense.
During a private fund-raiser, the former president warned that the technology could be “dangerous” if not managed urgently and with a clear plan.
The Texas Association of School Boards is a machine that fights for higher property tax, DEI, and trans rights, and fights against school choice - all with taxpayer money. Here's how to turn it off.
Republican women warn that online calls to repeal the 19th Amendment after the Lindsay Clancy trial could alienate female voters from the GOP.
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.
Films don’t owe us the accuracy of a documentary, but greater fidelity to the historical record would have made for a better story.
‘I’m proud of Ted Cruz for speaking honestly and openly about the nature of this threat, because we will not confront it unless we define it.’
President Donald Trump called the moment "terrible" after video showed AOC and Zohran Mamdani appearing to laugh during the Ground Zero ceremony.
The mixed record of such programs in other countries suggests that the design of particular policies matters a lot.
New York survived 9/11 and prospered; the skyline was eventually repaired. But my fears of too much change were hardly misplaced.
English departments are increasingly ignoring the great works of the past, in favour of popular literary works that reflect activist themes and nonliterary works of political and social theory.
Francis Fukuyama’s new memoir assesses an intellectual life devoted to the health of the liberal-democratic idea.
Avoiding the traps - and understanding what must be done now
Inflation and the cost of living have been the biggest drivers of campaigns this year, but the broad term “affordability” breaks down into specific issues, from housing to health care.
President Donald Trump told reporters he wants Volodymyr Zelensky to stop hitting Russian diesel refineries, saying the strikes are causing a global fuel shortage.
Wisconsin Republican Tom Tiffany says he and the pilot swam from a sinking Bonanza after an emergency water landing in Lake Wausau Saturday night.
How can my children #NeverForget something impossible for them to remember?
Trump’s comments broke with longstanding U.S. neutrality on the question of reuniting the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland — a highly sensitive issue in the U.K.
The political news you need to know, in 10 minutes or less. Hosted by David Chalian.
A new report on the Canada Research Chairs program analyses the reduced standards applied to scholars belonging to ‘equity groups.’
Senator Jon Husted, running in a high-stakes race in Ohio, dismissed his political director because of social media activity displaying a “complete lack” of judgment, a spokeswoman said.
The Supreme Court blocked Missouri's new congressional map, forcing the state to use 2022 boundaries that favor Emanuel Cleaver's Kansas City district.
Every situation calls for a U.N. panel of experts!
Democrats are increasingly attacking the administration’s hands-off approach to artificial intelligence regulation as midterms approach.
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Dispatch audio captures the frantic search for Tom Tiffany after his plane lost power and plunged into Lake Wausau in darkness Saturday night.
Democrats hope to retake control of the House, and to use that power to probe Trump’s business ventures, legal maneuvers and policies.
With seven weeks until Election Day, officials are preparing for seized ballots, troops at the polls and a postal system that could reject ballots by the batch.
Rep. Tom Tiffany, the GOP nominee for governor, said the pilot made an emergency water landing after the plane lost power and they both swam to safety.
All eyes are on former President Donald Trump, who has launched another White House bid.
Jurors and defense lawyer Kevin Reddington publicly singled out the one holdout who refused to acquit Lindsay Clancy of killing her three children, then let activists smear him.
House Speaker Mike Johnson warned on Sunday of competitive risks from China, and Hakeem Jeffries, the minority leader, said Congress should start regulatory talks this week.
President Donald Trump demands a 30-foot George Washington statue replace the "Infinity" sculpture outside the National Museum of American History in Washington.
9/11 was a powerful demonstration that notions of happy universalism were bunkum.
Differences in height between men and women—a biomarker of stressor exposure in childhood—suggest that poor early health and nutrition constrain what children are achieving at school.
The enduring legacy of heroes.
When Republicans tried to repeal a law that voters passed banning gerrymandering, they found an opposition that flew in the face of Utah women’s “tradwives” imagery.
There is a suspicion that Morocco is not too unhappy with this state of affairs.
A plot of Pennsylvania farmland has transformed into a living sanctuary honoring the souls lost in the Flight 93 crash 25 years ago today.
Go beyond the soundbites and get to know some of the most interesting players in politics.
The Democratic nominee for Senate faces strong headwinds in a decidedly Republican-leaning state. She has been a fighter, and an underdog, for years.
The coroner said the unvaccinated 40-year-old woman exhibited many common symptoms of measles, such as a fever, cough, white spots inside the mouth and a rash.
Let's start with the positive: Republicans and Democrats are coming together to protect same-sex marriage from the Supreme Court.
Mr. Paxton, the Texas attorney general now running for the U.S. Senate, was accused of abusing the power of his office to protect a campaign donor. He was acquitted on all counts.
T.W. Shannon says Donald Trump transformed the GOP into a working party, pointing to job creation and lower crime as keys to winning Black voters.
How could any sane Republican watch the embarrassing GOP midterm convention and not see that President Donald Trump has destroyed their party?
A book celebrating American stories.
A woman twice showed up uninvited at Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff's $8 million Malibu home, prompting security to call the sheriff late Friday evening.
Representative Tom Tiffany, the Republican nominee for governor, said he and the pilot swam to safety after an emergency landing on Lake Wausau.
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…
Reflections on a morning that changed the world as we knew it.
The president said the U.S. spies on China "too" after a report linked Chinese satellite imagery to Iran's deadly July missile attack on American troops.
At a rest stop off Interstate 95, voters said they are starting to set aside their frustrations to coalesce around the party’s midterm candidates.
Dario has written that we need to pace the frontier, and Sam has agreed. People may be surprised by my response: go ahead.You guys are the frontier. By any reasonable metric - market share, revenue growth, model capability - the two of you have a …
The long-running CBS News program returned for a high-pressure 59th season on Sunday. With new correspondents and a refreshed stopwatch, it was more tweak than overhaul.
Friday on RealClearPolitics - Andrew Walworth, Tom Bevan and Carl Cannon discuss Rep. Alexandira Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) who posted support for a federal invest...
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…
Political scientist Richard Hanania discusses why populism usually fails, why Western elites matter, immigration, MAGA, H-1B visas, housing and declining fertility.
The judge said the plan would hinder the agency’s ability to respond to disasters.
An organization allied with Senate G.O.P. leaders has booked more than $51 million in ads. Now, Ken Paxton has a financial edge after months of being outspent by his Democratic rival.
Every few decades, the ideas with the worst track records come back into style.
There is clear evidence of ethnic cleansing, torture, indiscriminate bombing of civilians, war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Fourteen moves in eight daysThe psyop to create hysteria to manipulate Congress into regulating AI.Almost everyone involved is affiliated with Coefficient, Open Philanthropy, Anthropic, and/or OpenAI -- all who serve to benefit financially from cr…
Anna D. Shapiro’s recent revival of Eric Bentley’s 1972 play about the HUAC hearings offered entertainment along with the pleasures of moral certainty and ideological reinforcement.
Even on the 25th anniversary of 9/11, the leftist media mob reached into its bags of dirty tricks to smear New York and the White House.
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.
President Donald Trump expressed sympathy for the family of Lindsay Clancy’s three children while signaling that he would not intervene in the former nurse’s state murder case.
Six weeks after vaporizing $35 billion, Wall Street's favorite AI wunderkind is back buying call options. Breathtaking.
The stakes in this already high-stakes game of chicken keep rising.
As is so often the case in the left’s lawfare operations, the process is the punishment.
David Crowley had a surprising path to becoming his party’s nominee for governor of Wisconsin. His life before that was even more unlikely.
The Constitution makes states and Congress supreme in regulating elections. The president cannot usurp that power on the pretext of overseeing the Postal Service.
President Donald Trump urged Republicans to "pretend that I'm on the ballot," as vulnerable GOP incumbents rallied at the first-ever midterm convention.
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.