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Letters to the Editor: Friday 30 January — February 6, 2026
If the Cities Church case falls apart, it will not be the first such embarrassment for Trump’s Justice Department.
He won’t get what he wants, but if he did, it would veer close to karmic justice.
“No, I didn’t make a mistake,” the president said.
Investigators should use new tips from neighbors to build a fuller picture of missing woman Nancy Guthrie's routines and recent contacts, including anyone who may have had a reason to be near her Tucson-area home, criminal profiler Leslie D'Ambros…
The White House is continuing its efforts to dismantle the Education Department, but Congress just fully funded it.
Go beyond the soundbites and get to know some of the most interesting players in politics.
The FBI and the Pima County Sheriff's Office are investigating the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie after her daughter, Savannah Guthrie, and two siblings released a new video appeal Saturday saying they would pay to get her back, as media reports d…
All eyes are on former President Donald Trump, who has launched another White House bid.
Snow uncleared, garbage piling up? Mamdani’s remedy is to take a page out of the Middle Eastern playbook he’s spent his entire adult life admiring.
Officials announce the arrest of a man they called a key participant in the 2012 attack in Benghazi, Libya, that killed a U.S. ambassador and three others.
Despite some grumbling, there was never any doubt that Gov. Hochul, Comptroller Tom DiNapoli and Attorney General Letitia James would be on the fall ballot.
Will Lewis stepped down Saturday as publisher and CEO of The Washington Post, days after the newspaper announced sweeping layoffs, amid a report that owner Jeff Bezos was angered by Lewis attending Super Bowl week events in the Bay Area while cuts…
U.S. presidents have long been accused of plotting to control foreign oil. But President Trump has asserted a U.S. right to take it.
Sen. Jon Ossoff required government-issued photo IDs for an Atlanta campaign rally Saturday even as he's voiced opposition to similar voter ID requirements.
America and the West have once again betrayed their Kurdish allies. Al-Sharaa’s assault on the Kurds of northern Syria, with Turkish backing, is just the latest chapter in the Kurds’ long struggle for self-rule.
The idea that we should redistribute wealth by fiat from prosperous to low-income and stagnating countries remains popular even though it is profoundly misguided.
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.
A backlash to Trump administration policies has followed U.S. athletes to Italy. One skier’s comments drew a furious response from the president himself.
Kristi Noem faces mounting criticism as DHS secretary amid ICE operations that sparked riots and deaths, but Trump defends her border security record.
Randa Abdel-Fattah’s latest novel is a heavy-handed parable designed to show that Islamist radicalisation in Australia is merely a myth invented by a racist establishment. In the wake of the Bondi shooting, this seems less believable than ever.
Rumor has it that Vermont can get a bit chilly in the winter, but central planners don’t worry about little things like that.
Now come negotiations over the administration’s immigration crackdown.
Six years after leading Trump’s first impeachment trial, Schiff reflects on the balance Democrats must strike between opposing Trump and lawmaking.
William J. Mann’s new book about the notorious Black Dahlia case is a valuable corrective to the cottage industry of speculative theories that proliferated after her murder in 1947.
The FBI’s search and seizure of material from Fulton County election offices marks a major escalation.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is ending graduate-level programs for military personnel at the school, which he claimed had become a breeding ground for “radical ideologies.”
The week leading up to the filing deadline saw candidates dropping from the field and a surprise last-minute challenge to the incumbent mayor, Karen Bass.
Training in argumentation can prevent rancor and conflict.
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…
Rep. Andrew Garbarino (R-New York) faces the challenge of leading the questioning of top immigration officials at the peril of angering the White House.
Pete Hegseth backs the Virginia Military Institute as state lawmakers threaten funding over alleged racism. Federal intervention looms for the historic college.
The expiration of the New START treaty leaves more than 10,000 U.S. and Russia nuclear weapons unconstrained for the first time in decades.
During the investigation, the man was found to have child sex abuse materials on his phone, federal prosecutors said.
A new organization blessed by the president is raising money for events and projects that will put a Trumpian spin on the nation’s semiquincentennial.
And he’s withholding congressionally appropriated federal funding for a major infrastructure project, in violation of the law, to make it happen.
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.
Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime companion helped advise on the kickoff of the Clinton Global Initiative and arranged for $1 million in funding for it, emails show.
Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., said Sunday he "absolutely" expects a partial government shutdown tied to Department of Homeland Security funding, with Congress facing a Feb. 13 deadline.
Ransom demands that have been received in connection with the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of "Today" show co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, are likely a "red herring" to throw law enforcement off in their investigation, former…
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The activist’s assassination unleashed anti-Semitism that is pulling the Trump coalition apart.
Democrats’ demands include that immigration officers be required to show visible identification and have judicial warrants when they enter private property to make arrests.
Democrats have "all stuck to the same script" on Benghazi and are still protecting Hillary, retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Blaine Holt said Sunday on Newsmax. "This Republican Congress has yet to do criminal referrals," he said, "..if you're going t…
Let's start with the positive: Republicans and Democrats are coming together to protect same-sex marriage from the Supreme Court.
Virginia is the new Illinois.A Democrats there are moving to go from a congressional delegation with six Democrats and five Republicans a broadly representing the partisan make-up of the state a to a¦
Iran must be prevented from maintaining nuclear weapons capabilities or having long-range intercontinental missiles, but it will be up to President Donald Trump, not Israel, to make decisions about any potential U.S. military action, Consul Genera…
While other jurisdictions adopt balanced, evidence-based protocols for treating gender dysphoria, the CPS has doubled down on an obsolete policy instructing doctors to reflexively ‘affirm’ trans-identified youth.
California's high-speed rail project burns $12 billion with zero track laid as costs soar to perhaps $128 billion for 171-mile segment delayed by decades.
Republicans are worried about the midterm elections, but the president doesn’t seem to be.
A new book catalogues the damage to Canadian society caused by a 2021 social panic over non-existent ‘unmarked graves.’
Politics of the Day
It’s unclear whether President Trump will attend the retreat in person, though it’s likely that RNC leaders will try to fit him into the event’s programming.
If the ‘courageous doctor’ intentionally administered an overdose with the intent to kill Tessa Newsom, it was murder.
Nicki Minaj fans are reportedly switching to the Republican Party after her Trump support, with viral social media posts showing "Barbz" leaving the left.
‘I find the sense of entitlement with other people’s money wildly annoying.’
In the city where George Floyd was killed, Trump hastens a new social breakdown.
Trump’s team wants a reset on its mass-deportation goals, not a retreat.
The paper of record for the nation’s capital cut a third of its staff this week. It didn’t have to be like this.
In this telling, AIPAC is to blame for its own unenviable circumstance.
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Sometimes whole milk is just whole milk. It’s about improving health, not promoting bigotry.
A classified whistleblower complaint alleging wrongdoing by Tulsi Gabbard sparked a political battle over national security and congressional oversight.
The broken relationship between Minnesota and the federal government
Federal officials had warned that the new product from the online provider of weight loss drugs might be illegal.
A year in, the Democrats still have no plan for Trump's second presidency.
Today’s layoffs are the latest attempt to kill what makes the paper special.
Republicans woke up in a panic last Sunday. Why? Because the night before, Democrat Taylor Rehmet had pulled off a 32-point swing in a Texas state senate district that President Trump won by 17 points in 2024.
Aaron Magid has written a timely biography of a consequential monarch.
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…
Ohio man allegedly threatened to kill Vice President JD Vance during January visit. Federal agents also said he had child sexual abuse materials.
For their research showing that rape is generally motivated by sexual desire, Randy Thornhill and Craig Palmer were subjected to death threats and hounded in their personal and professional lives. And yet, they were right.
A Virginia Democrat hit back at Sen. Ted Cruz after he said the state's redistricting push was a "brazen abuse of power [and] an insult to democracy."
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.
Amid a burst of high-profile targeted violence, authorities have identified a new source of terror.
A federal appeals court ruled that Homeland Security can lawfully detain illegal immigrants without bond hearings, a major legal win for the Trump administration’s immigration policy.
Former New York Rep. Pete King on Sunday told Newsmax that the kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie, the mother of "Today" co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, is "unbearable" and described the family's willingness to pay a ransom as an act of desperation driven by…
Los Angeles City Council member Nithya Raman launched a last-minute mayoral challenge against incumbent Karen Bass just hours before the filing deadline.
Super Bowl ads are about more than just products sometimes, with spots at this year's game highlighting Trump Accounts, antisemitism, faith and campaign pitches.
Rep. Barry Moore, whose legislation would require the removal of illegal aliens convicted of drunk driving, told Newsmax on Sunday that enforcement against such individuals eroded during the Biden administration."I talked to many judges under the …
ICE surge in West Virginia nets 650 illegal immigrants in two weeks with strong local cooperation, contrasting sharply with Minnesota-style protests.
Stellantis has joined the list of car companies taking massive charges as a result of their adventures in electric vehicles.
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 Israeli military killed 34 people on the U.S.S. Liberty in 1967. Whether it was an accident, as many historians believe, has become a litmus test within President Trump’s movement.
Recent violence inside Russia could signal internal pressure on President Vladimir Putin as the war in Ukraine continues, former Rep. Jack Kingston said on Newsmax Sunday."I do believe that the Russian people have lost too many sons," the Georgia …
We all should want a system that functions in a way that balances the imperative for facilitating majority rule with the imperative for securing minority rights.
Documents indicate that Navy Secretary John Phelan was a passenger on Jeffrey Epstein’s Boeing 727 for two transatlantic flights in 2006.
Former National Security Council official Fred Fleitz and retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Blaine Holt agreed on Newsmax Sunday that U.S.-Iran negotiations show little chance of success unless Tehran agrees to address ballistic missiles, regional aggr…
The Takfiris are back in business.
Progressive discourse has become highly adept at identifying oppression, exclusion, and harm. But it is far less capable of understanding the basic conditions of political order.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's ruling coalition is likely to win big in Japan's lower house election on February 8. Hopefully, Washington recognizes
Trump expands beef imports to cut prices, but American cattle ranchers say the real problem squeezing their profits lies elsewhere.
With the midterm elections nearing, President Trump has found himself in the uncomfortable position of backtracking, even if only by degrees, at key moments.
The far-right group’s views and tactics are now emulated by federal agents.
A record number of senators running for governor reflects deep frustrations with the upper chamber.
Jeff Bezos's axing of more than 300 jobs at the storied newspaper has renewed fears about the resilience of America's democracy to withstand Trump's attacks
The president doesn’t seem to fire people anymore, but he marginalizes them in other ways.
The objective isn't dissent. It's obstruction.
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…
Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, moved to lock down an intelligence intercept that referred to someone close to President Trump, the report said.
Republicans and Democrats alike decry the lack of oversight for America's famous antipoverty experiment. ‘Fraud by design.'
Secret documents and recordings smuggled out of Tehran show the regime believed it had prevented an uprising, only to be caught off guard by the unrest that erupted late last year, Newsmax chief correspondent James Rosen reports. "
The longevity of the Epstein story owes less to new facts of criminal conduct than to its symbolic utility in alleging deviancy.