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Mayor Mamdani has thrown his support behind DSA activist Darializa Avila Chevalier, who helped organize anti-Israel protests at Columbia University.
For two decades, Terry Pitchford has agued his conviction was not valid, pointing to what he says were racially biased selections of the jurors who heard the case.
Even if the Strait of Hormuz reopens and gas prices fall, many Americans will still believe that the economy is terrible. Do the Democrats have a solution for this permacession?
The renewed violence came after the president said Iran was wrong if it thought he would feel pressure to make concessions and resolve the standoff before U.S. midterm elections later this year.
American self-governance rests on one indispensable foundation: that elections reflect the will of eligible citizens, counted accurately, administered transparently. Republicans and election integrity advocates argue that this foundation has been …
Podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with Yale Law School professor Sarath Sanga, co-author of a new report explaining why the American public is losing trust in the country’s colleges and universities.
Treasury Secretary Bessent backed the idea, which would require legislation allowing a living person to appear on currency.
The partial lifting of internet restrictions in Iran has revealed a rising tide of anger about food price inflation as ordinary Iranians decry annual price increases of 308% for vegetable oil, 190% for chicken, and 170% for rice.
NYC lawmakers including Reps. Espaillat, Nadler and Goldman visited Newark's Delaney Hall detention center to protest conditions and demand its closure.
A judge in Virginia temporarily blocked the Trump administration from transferring money in or out of the fund until the court could hear arguments in June.
Contemporary anti-Zionism encodes a totalising worldview that blends the tributaries of Nazi, communist, and Islamist anti-Zionism into a single stream.
Not having a degree is no longer a stigma, and learning outside the classroom now works.
The political news you need to know, in 10 minutes or less. Hosted by David Chalian.
Energy Secretary Chris Wright offered a kind of scorecard. Globally, about $10 trillion has been invested in the "energy transition," he estimated. Nonetheless, only 2.6% of total global energy comes from renewable sources today.
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The National PTA faces scrutiny over DEI initiatives and left-wing political priorities allegedly trickling down to state and local school chapters and ultimately reaching students.
Rep. Boebert called on the DOJ to investigate alleged religious discrimination against a devout Catholic player by the Washington Nationals franchise.
Pam Bondi will return to Capitol Hill for a closed-door transcribed interview as part of the House Oversight Committee's Epstein files investigation.
The Justice Department is said to be examining the funding of lawsuits brought by E. Jean Carroll, an author who has never sought a public role, political power or governmental authority.
What could be worse than a Senate candidate with a Nazi tattoo?
Maine Republican Sen. Trey Stewart says Democrats backing Graham Platner against Susan Collins will face a rude awakening with voters this November.
Outrage over a black Helen of Troy misunderstands the long Western tradition of radically reinventing classical myths.
Trump is unpopular. Gas prices are high. Republicans are searching for a midterm message.
Steve Hilton says momentum behind his California governor campaign and Spencer Pratt's LA mayor bid shows voter hunger for political outsiders.
From the murder of a five-year-old Aboriginal girl to Melbourne's tobacco wars, Andrew Bushnell joins Zoe Sankey to examine the human cost of Australia's broken justice system.
The Republican establishment burned through more than $100 million in its bid to defeat Ken Paxton in Texas's GOP Senate primary - only to find out sometimes money is not enough.
A fabulous new history of the Cambridge Five by Antonia Senior provides the definitive account of Britain’s most famous traitors.
Theroux’s documentary on the Manosphere tells half the story—the loudly accessible, politically convenient half.
The U.S. has begun rerouting travelers from the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan and Uganda to select airports for enhanced health screenings, to identify those who may have been exposed to the Ebola virus.
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.
Illinois city official Sylvia Sims Bolton turned herself in this week after allegedly trying to cast her dead mother's ballot, fueling broader concerns about the safety of mail-in voting.
NextEra, which is seeking to buy Dominion Energy, has often butted heads with consumer groups, residents and journalists in its home state.
James Talarico embraces the 'Talafreako' nickname from Ken Paxton in the Texas Senate race, selling merchandise as critics question the bold strategy.
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…
For the first time in generations, the solution to Middle East conflict isn't a U.S.-led peace force; it's a regionally led sustainable reality.
With falling enrollments, most schools will be compelled to seriously reduce costs or go out of business. Lots of them have already failed that test.
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The vice president’s speech to Air Force Academy graduates comes as the Pentagon moves forward with using AI in war.
Taking a break from geopolitics and crime, our feature articles this week have a lighter focus. We have a medieval travel guide from Benny Morris, a review...
U.S. and Iranian officials say they are closing in on the terms of a preliminary agreement. Yet sticking points, particularly over the Strait of Hormuz, remain.
A smiling Mayor Mamdani was in full cheerful-salesman mode when he invited journalists to City Hall to discuss "Block by Block," his administration's 112-page housing plan, which he describes as "the most ambitious plan for affordable housing the …
All eyes are on former President Donald Trump, who has launched another White House bid.
President Trump has increasingly adopted a posture of nonchalance when pushed on the political consequences of his actions.
President Trump’s pendulum swings on Iran have often seemed driven by mood and moment rather than any discernible strategy.
Iran insists on retaining its enriched uranium stockpile as a red line, while the Trump administration reportedly seeks its removal or destruction.
Let's start with the positive: Republicans and Democrats are coming together to protect same-sex marriage from the Supreme Court.
A new book about Stephen King’s early novels will only appeal to hardcore fans, but its very existence is a reminder of its subject’s incalculable cultural impact.
U.S. Air and Marine Operations used a Blackhawk helicopter to intercept a boat smuggling 391 lbs of cocaine off Puerto Rico's coast on May 14, CBP says.
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.
Hannah Puder discussed her film 'Operation Arnon'
Whitmer, term-limited after two gubernatorial wins in her battleground state, has been widely viewed as a potential Democratic candidate.
He’s fighting hard to restrict mail voting.
The RNC and NRCC filed a lawsuit defending Missouri's new congressional map, claiming Democrats are trying to use courts to rig districts in their favor.
Go beyond the soundbites and get to know some of the most interesting players in politics.
A key moment at a Senate primary debate in Michigan showed how pro-Israel Democrats are approaching the issue with caution.
In the debate, Bass and Raman started avoiding Pratt Daddy because he was coming at them hard about truths they didn't want to discuss.
Paxton’s win, with Trump’s support, in an intramural GOP contest tells us nothing about how the broad public views the war.
Beyond a few pointed digs at her husband’s successor, “View From the East Wing” largely sticks to the head-spinning details of first lady-hood.
Rumors of an agreement keep coming. But the president says We don't need anything
Justice Brett Kavanaugh is a Republican. He served in a Republican White House, typically votes with the Court's other Republicans, and even sometimes sides with President Donald Trump in major cases that divide the Republican Party. He's not the …
Five years after it helped promote a nationwide social panic over ‘unmarked graves,’ the Globe & Mail admits those graves might not actually exist—while also suggesting that it doesn’t really matter anyway.
There are an awful lot of worries about Russia getting militarily aggressive against the Baltic members of NATO in the coming years.
Americans must reject the Mudsill Theory of a two-tiered labor system.
Our chief political analyst, Nate Cohn, looks at President Trump’s sinking approval ratings. How do they compare with polling from other recent presidencies?
The new Michael Jackson biopic and the campaign to whitewash the King of Pop’s reputation.
Anthony Maras has made one of the best films so far this year.
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…
In a striking shift, White voters without college degrees who voted to reelect Trump by a huge margin are now net-negative on his job approval.
Susan Owens’s handsome new monograph reconsiders the life and career of the English landscape painter John Constable.
For so many American students, ‘college’ is just another consumer item.
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.
The festival aims to expose the evils of socialism that Hollywood has long ignored.
Persistent frustration over the economy and foreign policy has left many Americans feeling politically homeless, and young voters are particularly frustrated.
Republicans should be very worried about where this is headed in November.
The State Department designates Brazil's Red Command and PCC as global terrorists, with foreign terrorist organization status effective June 5.
The fact that Paxton is an obvious sinner does not make Talarico a saint.
Small gains in the Asian country’s fertility rate will not solve its population crisis.