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Frank Miller’s valuable new memoir explores the creative life of one of America’s most gifted writers and artists.
Abdul El-Sayed pushes Medicare-for-all, but his wife's psychiatry practice refuses all insurance, forcing patients to pay entirely out of pocket.
Lars von Trier’s harrowing but resplendent story of suffering and grace turns thirty this year.
The upset highlighted how out of touch the power brokers are with the party’s surging left wing as they try to retake control of the Senate.
About 1.5 million voters cast ballots in the Democratic primary for governor compared with about 930,000 in the Republican primary, as of midday Wednesday.
Dr. Erica Schwartz was confirmed as CDC director along party lines amid concerns over whether she would stand up to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on vaccines.
Sen. Bill Hagerty's bill would require citizenship verification for public housing and block sanctuary cities from community development block grants.
Marine One, the helicopter that ferries the president, came within less than a mile of an Envoy Air flight on Tuesday, raising new concerns about air traffic control in the congested area.
The Lone Star State has drifted rightward since the heyday of Ann Richards and Lloyd Bentsen. But every once in a while, you're allowed to get your hopes up.
Biden officials worked with the National Abortion Federation to treat pro-life advocates as criminals.
Without running a single ad or filing a campaign finance report, Tom Smith, who had suspended his bid, soundly defeated Amir Hassan, a Navy veteran backed by President Trump.
President Donald Trump has survived three assassination attempts and nearly 20 known threats total, making him the most targeted U.S. president on public record.
Dr. Fauci invoked his Constitutional right under the Fifth Amendment in refusing to answer questions from a Senate committee. Republicans say he is ineligible for that protection.
Abdul El-Sayed's Senate campaign collected over $115,000 from CAIR officials and leaders, including an executive who praised Hamas on Oct. 7.
Joanna Whaley is favored to win the heavily Democratic district in November.
Thomas Kean Jr. wants young people to pay even more for the health care of rich seniors.
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.
The law allowing assisted suicide takes effect today in the Empire State.
Representative Chuck Edwards’s decision to drop his re-election bid amid sexual harassment charges came as a Democratic farmer, Jamie Ager, was already making inroads.
It's hard to believe this summer marks six decades since the Beatles, the greatest of pop-rock bands, released the album that truly catapulted them to that title. And I'm not talking about Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
Thomas J. Smith suspended his campaign for Michigan’s 8th District. Yet he is projected to beat Amir Hassan, a rival backed by the president.
Every Democratic Party member of a Senate Judiciary subcommittee boycotted a hearing on the Muslim Brotherhood's alleged U.S. network, describing the hearing as "a political creepshow."
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.
Trump invited a Las Vegas casino waitress and police officer's family on stage, where their toddler delivered a Trump Account thank-you.
Democratic Senate candidate Julian Beaudion dropped out of the South Dakota race, leaving only GOP Sen. Mike Rounds and independent challenger Brian Bengs in the contest.
The Senate advanced a continuing resolution unanimously, but Republicans and Democrats clashed over whether the deal blocks Trump's federal grants rule.
This year’s U.S. House elections may not result in a 30-seat wave as happened 20 years ago, but they could still be really rough for the GOP.
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.
Polls overestimated Abdul El-Sayed’s lead by 12 percentage points. That isn't unusual for statewide primary contests.
Over a year after Elon Musk left the government, it remains unclear who was in DOGE and if they understood ethics rules.
If the court approves the request for a referendum, it could raise questions about whether Tuesday’s primary winners under the new map are the official nominees.
The former representative’s fixation on the Jewish state’s malign omnipotence is sincere. And Missouri voters don’t share it.
An Ethics Committee report detailed “persistent unprofessional and inappropriate conduct” by the North Carolina Republican toward two young female staffers.
The National Firearms Act mandated a permitting process for short-barreled rifles and shotguns, as well as suppressors. A judge ruled that the provision was unconstitutional.
There is little debate over which Wall Street profit story is the biggest of the moment: artificial intelligence. For second-biggest, consider the case for GLP-1 drugs.
Go beyond the soundbites and get to know some of the most interesting players in politics.
Sens. Whitehouse and Heinrich say the inspector general must probe the agency’s internal documents after Justice Department officials said Interior concealed information about damage to the pool’s renovations.
Coming into Election Day, Abdul El-Sayed's victory in Michigan's Democratic Senate primary was widely expected. A blowout seemed possible.
The pro-Israel organization spent $32 million in an unsuccessful effort to defeat Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary. It might try again in the general election.
AI is the hottest thing in medical care right now - but many of us feel trepidation about it. Just one illustrative public survey sample: An October 2025 KFF poll found just 8 percent of Americans reported feeling a "great deal" of trust in AI man…
Artists increasingly insist that their work and their politics are indivisible. They should not be surprised when the institutions that fund them agree.
As its long-anticipated fourth season gets underway, the show's team is now female, and the "BELIEVE" sign is still there, re-torn and re-taped.
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All things being equal, Darline Graham Nordone should have the opportunity to develop her own record and persona, both in her service as interim U.S. senator for the rest of 2026 and as a candidate for a full six-year term beginning next year.
In Michigan’s primaries, the most progressive candidates won out, extending their movement into the Rust Belt and setting up a major test in November.
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…
Adam Candeub's Senate confirmation hearing could reshape landmark antitrust cases against Google and Apple as he pushes for Section 230 reform.
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.
“Cancel Thanksgiving,” she wrote. “VDay” brings out “the worst of humanity,” she mused. Francesca Hong’s old social media posts get a fresh look ahead of Wisconsin’s Democratic primary for governor.
Unlike influencers like Hasan Piker, working-class voters mostly showed up to support Haley Stevens in Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary.
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The task force will allow the spy agency to quickly direct more financial, human and technical resources at the island, with the goal of creating fissures among the Cuban political elite.
Many people have weighed in on Paramount's agreement to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery - media analysts, power brokers, political commentators, competitors and, of course, lawyers. For a transaction of this size, that is expected and appropriate. …
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed had a strong showing in college towns, while Representative Haley Stevens did well in Black urban centers.
Men are quietly leaving the workforce—not for lack of jobs, but for lack of purpose.
The Michigan primaries are over, and it was hugely entertaining to watch the madness unfold.
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…
Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with University of Hawaii professor Ashley Rubin, co-author of the recently published ‘Special Commission Report on the State of Scholarship in the Humanities and the Humanistic Social Sciences’
Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York said that Dr. Abdul El-Sayed’s close victory in the Michigan Senate primary put “working-class Americans back at the heart of our politics.”
The evidence for innate sex differences has been accumulating for decades. Steve Stewart-Williams's new book is a welcome inventory.
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.
CNN's Dana Bash set out to ridicule RFK Jr. on State of the Union. Instead, Kennedy's barrage of facts exposed the failures of legacy journalism.
It’s easier for pollsters to locate upscale voters and college students, who favor certain kinds of candidates.
Surveys greatly overestimated how Dr. Abdul El-Sayed would fare in the state’s Democratic Senate primary, revealing some typical polling challenges.
The fact that Europe’s LNG tanks are the lowest for this time of year since 2009 is not hugely reassuring.
I stand by my original insistence on the importance of clarity.
An absurd essay in the New York Times denouncing the use of ‘Civil War’ for the American Civil War is a sign of a larger crisis in the uses of history.
Homer’s epic provides a window on to a strange, paradoxical, fascinating, beautiful, and terrifying world that is at once familiar and unfamiliar.
All eyes are on former President Donald Trump, who has launched another White House bid.
Making patients brain-dead on purpose seems little different than actively killing them.
The subpoena seeks documents on Anthony Fauci's book deals, awards and alleged self-dealing tied to COVID-19 guidance that impacted Florida businesses.
Every dollar stolen by a criminal is a dollar that fails to reach the Americans who need it. Our children lose services, and senior citizens go without care. Honest businesses miss critical opportunities to hire up and serve their communities.
Abdul El-Sayed beat Haley Stevens in Michigan's Democratic Senate primary. Now he faces a harder test against a strong Republican candidate.
In a 23-minute appearance with the anchor Jake Tapper, the Ohio Republican made an unusual effort to rebut a multitude of allegations that have threatened his re-election bid.
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…
Public health experts have a few theories.
Let's start with the positive: Republicans and Democrats are coming together to protect same-sex marriage from the Supreme Court.
Sen. Gary Peters says Abdul El-Sayed will beat Mike Rogers in the Michigan Senate race despite backing Haley Stevens in the Democratic primary.
Abdul El-Sayed won with a populist platform buoyed by voter discontent with establishment Democrats and Israel.
The leftist streamer talks to National Review about his socialist vision.