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A National Transportation Safety Board member who was a public face of the investigation into last year's deadly collision of an airliner and an Army helicopter near the nation's capital said Sunday that he was fired by the Trump administration wi…
The best argument against eliminating the filibuster is also proof positive that the filibuster is an extra-constitutional invention that weakens the experiment in self-government that our nation's Founders intended.I'll admit I was pushed off-kil…
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…
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., criticized the Trump administration over Middle East ambassador vacancies as the State Department defended its Iran evacuation response.
Trump and Netanyahu, two political high rollers, are seen as more of an odd couple than Roosevelt-Churchill or Clinton-Blair. The war in Iran is their biggest gamble yet.
Conservative influencers are pushing for a return to the dark days of 1950s inquisitions.
Trump threatens to block all new legislation until Senate passes SAVE America Act requiring voter ID and citizenship proof, setting up a major showdown.
Policymakers should understand the options China could deploy to protect its interest and their potential costs to the U.S. as Operation Epic Fury proceeds.
How an unlikely duo of lawmakers partnered with victims to try to hold the powerful accountable
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The many similarities between the White House’s justification for war in Iran and Russia’s messaging on Ukraine underscore the risks of a vaguely defined, open-ended war.
J. Todd Inman, who was prominent in the investigation of the midair collision in Washington last year, said no reason was given for his firing two years into his term on the transportation safety board.
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…
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War-risk insurance costs surge as conflict threatens oil shipments through Strait of Hormuz, potentially driving up gas prices for American consumers.
The State Department on Sunday said it ordered nonessential American diplomats and U.S. government employee family members to leave Saudi Arabia due to safety risks. The U.S. began to pull out nonessential staff from Gulf Arab countries last Monday.
Emerald Fennell’s misbegotten adaptation of ‘Wuthering Heights’ destroys the very structure of Emily Brontë’s classic story.
Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar appeared on Newsmax on Sunday, saying President Donald Trump is showing remarkable leadership in addressing Iran's nuclear program.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is urging President Donald Trump to release oil from the country's national stockpile as gas prices continue to soar amid the operation in Iran.
Trump administration officials on Sunday defended a decision to temporarily lift some sanctions on Russian oil and predicted that a sharp increase in gasoline prices resulting from the Iran war would last only weeks.
An expose on Pravda's media malpractice and misinformation surrounding attacks on pro-Iran demonstrators.
The defense secretary appears unable to approach matters of life and death with even the slightest bit of reverence or humility.
All eyes are on former President Donald Trump, who has launched another White House bid.
Texas Republican primary results show 60% of GOP voters rejected Sen. John Cornyn, signaling deep frustration with establishment leadership and inaction.
The memorial honoring officers who defended the Capitol was required by law to be installed by March 2023.
The Iranian people and whatever remains of the central government will be left to rebuild - or possibly to sink into civil war - on their own.
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs is facing Republican backlash after vetoing a Charlie Kirk memorial license plate bill, citing political concerns over the proposal.
War Secretary Pete Hegseth said the ongoing U.S. military campaign against Iran is far from over, warning that the strikes carried out so far represent "only just the beginning" of a broader effort to defeat Tehran's military capabilities.
If events go well for U.S. forces, the president will have lots of time to talk about the economy. If not, the crisis could consume the White House, midterm hopes and all.
Trump joined grieving families at Dover Air Force Base for a dignified transfer as the remains of the first troops killed in the Iran war returned to the U.S.
Strong Democratic turnout last week in heavily Latino parts of Texas has some Republicans fearing they will struggle to maintain the coalition Trump built in 2024.
The U.S. military killed six suspected narco-terrorists on Sunday after striking an alleged drug-trafficking vessel in the eastern Pacific, U.S. Southern Command announced. According to SOUTHCOM, the strike was carried out...
Representative Jasmine Crockett claimed I wasn’t kicked out of her rally. Here’s the audio.
A classified U.S. report doubts that Iran’s opposition would take power following either a short or extended U.S. military campaign.
In the wake of the Republican National Convention earlier this month, Fareed speaks with historian Niall Ferguson about how and why the modern-day GOP has changed since the Reagan era of the 1980s.
New maps are forcing incumbents into early retirement or ideologically driven primaries, creating a more partisan House.
Politicians ramble because often, the game rewards it.
President Trump has both called for Iranians to rise up and oust the ruthless theocracy and said that he's fully prepared to deal with a new religious leader.
Operation Epic Fury is not just about Iran.
Vice President Kamala Harris, a former US senator from California who previously served as the state's attorney general, could be the first Black woman and Asian American to lead a major party ticket after receiving President Joe Biden's support t…
Republican strategists hope the endorsement will make the Texas Senate race less expensive and less competitive.
President Trump criticized British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Saturday over delays in sending an aircraft carrier to the Middle East.
Elon Musk should remain focused on Mars; diverting to the Moon would be a mistake.
The U.S. strikes in Iran prompted fierce Democrat-led criticism, including from Rep. Jayapal, who argued Trump violated congressional authorities under the U.S. Constitution.
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-California) said he will not seek reelection, joining a wave of departures from Congress.
Let's start with the positive: Republicans and Democrats are coming together to protect same-sex marriage from the Supreme Court.
Asif Merchant’s case played out amid a broadening conflict in the Middle East. He was accused of working with the Iranian government to kill high-ranking U.S. officials.
President Donald Trump said Sunday that the decision on when to end the war with Iran will be made jointly with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calling it a "mutual" determination between the two leaders.
The counterprotester accused of throwing the bomb was one of six people arrested after a clash with anti-Muslim protesters led by the right-wing activist Jake Lang.
The U.S. and Israel have pounded Iran’s leadership and undercut its defense capabilities, but President Trump has offered wildly different explanations for what he hopes to achieve.
My aunt couldn’t afford to go to the hospital. She ended up there anyway.
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Trump promised to stop wars. His grip on his base is being questioned now that he’s started one.
Waiting times in security lines at some U.S. airports extended to three hours on Sunday as absences by Transportation Security Administration workers rose during the partial government shutdown and as spring-break travel increased.
The Supreme Court has just invalidated Trump’s tariff agenda. But the economics were already doing that.
Representative Thomas Massie’s race against a rival backed by President Trump is shaping up as a key midterm testing ground for G.O.P. attitudes on the war.
Tebow, a former NFL quarterback, said he spent most of his life chasing the wrong "MVP." Now, he wants to spend it fighting for the "most vulnerable people."
Congressional questions about contracts, ads, and extramarital sex ended her tenure.
Paul Waldman: Republicans have long been the ones more likely to engage in procedural hardball while Democrats worried about norms and propriety. Then Trump pushed for gerrymandering.
He has a beard, a splitting maul, and a house in Michigan. Is that enough to convince America that he’s a man of the people?
The first lady’s surreal act of geopolitical theatre did little to explain how the ongoing US–Israeli military campaign against Iran’s brutal theocrats will make the world safer.
The administration says Rwandan-backed militants violated a Trump-brokered peace accord within days.
A runoff, resentments, and the question of whether a Democrat can win statewide
Our reporter Elaine Godfrey on getting kicked out of a Jasmine Crockett rally
Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with Iranian-Canadian human-rights activist Kaveh Shahrooz about whether Reza Pahlavi, the eldest son of the last Shah of Iran, might rise to power as a new Prince of Persia.
The war with Iran is reshaping the entire Middle East from the Gulf States to Lebanon with surprising speed.
Republicans designed parts of Trump’s signature tax law to deliver larger refunds this filing season, offering a potential political boost before the midterms.
The Pentagon struck another boat carrying suspected narco-traffickers, killing 6 people aboard the vessel as the death from U.S. boat attacks reaches at least 156.
Trump warns Iran's new leader won't "last long" without U.S. approval as Operation Epic Fury enters second week following Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's assassination.
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.
Alex Vargo, chief of staff for Rep. Addison McDowell, R-N.C., recounts a life-threatening car accident he faced as a teen to Fox News Digital and argues that adversity is the story of America.
Iran's strikes have pushed its Gulf neighbors to the brink. Now they must pick sides.
My discussion with Brigadier General Mark Kimmett, Iraq War combat veteran Dan Hollaway, who served with the 82nd Airborne, and former air force Technical Sergeant Brandon Gresham on the war in Iran.
Fareed explains why AI's massive energy demands are straining the power grid, but also why AI could enable big breakthroughs in sustainability and clean energy.
The desexing of language in women’s health research and care is a story of the marginalisation of science, cultural imperialism, and abuse of power.
A New York City police officer died at Camp Buehring in Kuwait while serving his country, Gov. Kathy Hochul said in a statement. Army National Guard Maj. Sorffly Davius died Friday because of a medical episode, the New York City Police Department …
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, Mick Jagger, and the theatre of degradation.
Israel launched 30 strikes on Iranian fuel depots on Saturday — far beyond what the U.S. expected, Axios reported. If the report is true, this would mark the first significant disagreement between the two countries since the conflict began Feb. 28.
The ruling, which said that Kari Lake’s appointment to oversee V.O.A.’s parent agency was invalid, was a major rejection of President Trump’s attempts to dismantle the government-funded news group.
Citing national security, an unusual executive order gave protection to the herbicide Roundup. It also protected the U.S.’s only supply of a controversial, highly flammable munition.
The Islamic Republic’s assault on the Gulf will forge the new Middle East.
Amid President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, Americans saw Minnesotans at their best, looking out for each other, the governor tells The Post.
The fate of the highly enriched uranium and the options for securing it have become critical issues for the Trump administration.
The US-Israeli war on Iran is illegal and goes against the interests of the American people.
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.
Satellite images reveal extensive damage across Iran following the U.S.-Israeli strikes, showing burning facilities and destruction from Tehran to the Gulf.
President Trump thinks Republicans should control voting procedures in parts of the United States. But where? Here are some possibilities.
A senior U.S. military official said those targets included missile launchers and air-defense sites.
The attack, in the eastern Pacific, was part of a continuing campaign by the U.S. Southern Command to target people suspected of smuggling drugs, and raised the overall death toll to at least 156.
Friday 27 February – Friday 6 March
The Cruz family spent years building a life in New York. Then the risks of staying became too great.
President Donald Trump said Sunday that higher oil prices are a "very small price" for Americans to pay for world safety and peace. Trump made the remarks in a post on Truth Social after oil prices surged above $100 per barrel.
In this week’s column, I reflect on the death of Ayatollah Khamenei—and why it may be a moment for cautious celebration.
President Donald Trump reports joint strikes have destroyed 44 Iranian ships and "every plane," calling for Iran to surrender as gas price concerns mount at home.
As a debate about generational change rages in his party, the 85-year-old lawmaker weighs another run.
Agents have conducted more targeted operations, rather than street sweeps, leading to a dip in arrests — at least for now.