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At a time of British establishment panic over populism, it is worth asking whether the definition of extremism needs tweaking.
Beijing has different interests to the US in the Iran war, which may preclude any breakthrough during Trump's visit.
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State officials had asked the justices to step in to allow the state to use a congressional map in the midterms that was drawn by Democrats and recently approved by voters.
Chinese officials are using a different transliterated character for the secretary of state's name, perhaps to allow him to visit without lifting the 2020 ban.
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…
A Cameroon immigrant who bragged on YouTube about his wealth is under investigation for allegedly defrauding Minnesota's Medicaid program of millions.
‘This felt like the two great powers of the world deferring any major issues.’
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Gov. Jared Polis, a Democrat, commuted the sentence of Ms. Peters, a former county clerk serving a nine-year sentence for her role in a plot to examine voting machines after the 2020 election.
The improbable story of rock’s greatest live album.
China’s leader made clear his top priority is the fate of the contested island and its U.S. military support, a striking move given President Donald Trump’s effort to mend ties and deliver trade deals.
The image of peer superpowers during President Trump’s visit displayed a dynamic that analysts say the Chinese have long sought and Americans had resisted.
Evolutionary psychology suggests an explanation for why so many people have found dating apps a frustrating experience.
Dr. Tracy Beth Hoeg said she did not know who had fired her or why, but the dismissal came amid tumult at the agency in recent days.
In Dante’s Inferno, the eighth circle of Hell is where fraudsters are punished for eternity.
The F.B.I. director continues to come under scrutiny for mixing government business with dates, vacation and leisure time.
Go beyond the soundbites and get to know some of the most interesting players in politics.
President Trump says he will build a National Garden of American Heroes with statues in Washington D.C.'s West Potomac Park along the Potomac River.
The politics of corruption at the ICC and ICJ.
The transatlantic battle over social media and censorship.
Critics denounced the highly unusual plan, which has yet to be finalized or approved, as a vast political slush fund financed by taxpayers.
In a new report, the F.A.A. says that by increasing controllers’ active work hours per shift, it could reduce its target for a fully staffed work force by over 2,000 positions.
The United States armed forces, with our Israeli allies, have devastated Iran’s regime, including its ballistic missile capabilities.
For years, conventional wisdom held that the suburban shopping mall was dying. Seph Laws's book Abandoned Malls, published in 2020, included photographs of more than 200 of them across the nation in various states of near-gothic decay. Anchor reta…
Rather than trying to engineer a grand bargain, this is a moment to prevent deterioration
Federal officials say that hundreds of additional agents, officers and National Guard troops will be deployed ahead of the nation’s 250th birthday celebration.
Despite the dangers, we must seize the gifts bequeathed by world-altering technologies, since these amount to life in unprecedented abundance.
Hoover Institution fellow Michael Auslin told the RCP podcast on Thursday that Chinese leader Xi Jinping invoking the "Thucydides Trap" during meetings with President Trump is "not good history" and a sign of weakness.
Senator Bill Cassidy, targeted by President Trump, is walking a political tightrope as he battles other Republicans for the chance to seek a third term.
It would be very difficult to make a great film from a source as flawed as Camus’s novel, but Ozon has managed to make a very good one.
Sen. John Kennedy posts a tongue-in-cheek video introducing his elliptical trainer named Margaret after Margaret Thatcher, going viral on social media.
It's hour three of doomscrolling on X, each post more unnerving than the last: charts predicting economic collapse, headlines of a failed assassination attempt, YouTube video thumbnails with the title "NUCLEAR APOCALYPSE."
Republicans accused Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano of allowing people in the country illegally to get away with serious crimes.
Beijing wants to ensure that the flow of information goes in only one direction.
What is a Robertsism? It's a term I like to use to describe memorable quotes from Chief Justice John Roberts that infuriate the right and leave one wondering whether Roberts really believes what he is saying. For example, during Trump's first term…
It's not poverty that drives men to violence, but the experience of losing status.
Instead of focusing on group membership, Bejan argues that we should focus on merit.
Top aides have drafted battle plans as peace negotiations have stalled.
If Trump cannot be convinced to observe civic propriety for its own sake, maybe he can be persuaded against setting fire to the GOP’s reputation.
CBC-funded TV producers using fake names are ambushing Canadians who take a positive view of their country—including an 82-year-old Ontario grandfather who invited the film crew into his home.
Thursday’s vote was one of many in Southern states following the Supreme Court’s recent decision to weaken the Voting Rights Act.
The EEOC has proposed ending a civil-rights-era program collecting demographic information from private companies.
The Trump administration marks one year of zero releases at the southern border, touting an end to Biden-era catch-and-release policies, DHS says.
If you talk to folks in the anti-abortion movement, they're pretty disappointed about the state of things in the US.
Amid stepped-up surveillance flights, a visit of the C.I.A. director and an energy embargo, the White House is trying to increase pressure on Cuba.
Online, the glittering statue of Trump has become a flash point. In real life, golfers seem less excited.
The case now goes back to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis commutes former election clerk Tina Peters' sentence, drawing praise from Trump and backlash from Secretary of State Griswold.
The FAA unveiled a workforce overhaul to tackle chronic air traffic controller shortages, excessive overtime and aging technology across U.S. airspace.
The Supreme Court on Friday rejected Virginia Democrats’ emergency appeal seeking to revive a voter-approved congressional redistricting overhaul, leaving intact a Virginia Supreme Court ruling that struck down the effort as unconstitutional.
As Trump pushes for a more Republican-friendly House map, more than half a dozen states are potential targets for mid-decade tweaks to congressional boundaries.
The most reliable demographic statistics suggest we may go into global population decline before almost anyone predicted.
Let's start with the positive: Republicans and Democrats are coming together to protect same-sex marriage from the Supreme Court.
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.
According to reports, President Xi Jinping did a little saber-rattling over the Republic of China on Taiwan with President Trump.
California governor candidate Becerra denies wrongdoing after former staffers plead guilty to stealing $225,000 from his inactive campaign account.
If people with the ideas of Kamala Harris and Hakeem Jeffries gain power, the American system of constitutional governance will be done for.
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 tropical escape of northerners, and also of large birds.
A view from Thomas Massie’s district in Kentucky.
Investigating abuse is a duty. Laundering propaganda is not.
Justice Diana Hagen’s resignation is the latest twist in Utah Republicans’ escalating campaign to remake the state supreme court.
All eyes are on former President Donald Trump, who has launched another White House bid.
Why is interest in UFOs on the rise? No one is better positioned to answer that question than Diana Walsh Pasulka, whose book "American Cosmic" is an indispensable guide to contemporary interest in extraterrestrial life. This year, she has a new b…
Nithya Raman’s wildfire ‘prevention’ plan targets backyard grills instead of California’s real failures.
The Justice Department’s crackdown on crime comes ahead of 250th anniversary events in the nation’s capital.
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…
Follow President Trump’s progress filling over 800 positions, among about 1,300 that require Senate confirmation, in this tracker from The Washington Post and the Partnership for Public Service.
Federal law enforcement launches massive summer surge in D.C. ahead of July Fourth America 250 celebrations, citing a 26% drop in crime and nearly 13,000 arrests in one year.
Retired Commodore Rocky Rochford pledges to be ready to lead on day one, with legislation ready to introduce into Congress.
GOP candidate Rick Jackson campaigns against DEI in Georgia governor's race, but his nonprofit promoted race-conscious hiring in a wide-ranging 2021 DEI initiative.
Calls to “globalise the intifada” have produced a wave of antisemitic terror and encourage an unending cycle of violence.
The decision maintains access nationwide to medication abortion, the most common way of ending pregnancies in the United States, while litigation continues.
While the British Medical Association now acknowledges that the Cass Review has been ‘vindicated,’ its Canadian counterparts still remain beholden to debunked activist slogans.
In a demonstration of bipartisanship, GOP Sen. Rick Scott and Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren are advocating a measure to permanently ban former lawmakers from lobbying.
Some of America’s most powerful C.E.O.s accompanied President Trump to Beijing during his summit with President Xi Jinping of China. Our reporter Ana Swanson explains what they were hoping to gain from the trip.
Xi Jinping is fond of invoking the Thucydides Trap, an academic foreign policy concept about how war between established and rising powers is inevitable unless one gives way. There's a reason for that, writes Aaron MacLean.
The warm words came at a Maine rally as the vice president touted Republican House candidate Paul LePage and highlighted anti-fraud efforts.
Somebody should stand up for federal law, state law, science, and human life. Tonight, only two justices of the Court were willing to do so.