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A Hollow Kind of Patriotism

The economic and geopolitical consequences of America First nationalism are going to be disastrous—not least for Americans themselves.

Why Trump Says He’s ‘Not Joking’ About a Third Term

The prospect of smashing imagined limits on his power gives him an obvious thrill.

'False': Trump admin rebukes claims intel officials are frequently using Signal to send classified info

The White House is clapping back against media reports claiming intel officials have been using the end-to-end encrypted messaging app Signal to send classified information.

Ted Cruz clashes with key Democrat over 'second phase of lawfare' through federal judges' orders

Ted Cruz had a heated exchange with Amy Klobuchar during a hearing looking at the uptick in nationwide orders from district judges in Trump's second administration.

Senate Tariff Rebuke? Some in GOP Vote to Halt Taxes on Canadian Imports

The Senate passed a resolution Wednesday night that would thwart President Donald Trump's ability to impose tariffs on Canada, delivering what some critics mght call a rare rebuke just hours after the president unveiled sweeping plans to clamp dow…

How Kyrsten Sinema's decision makes Democrats' 2024 Senate map tighter

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 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.

Georgia Dems Walk Out Over Anti-transgender Bills

Boxed into what they saw as an unsavory vote on outlawing spending on gender-transitioning care for transgender prisoners, Georgia Democrats chose a third option Wednesday. They walked out.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court special election Tuesday saw a significant shift toward Democrats across all counties...

Man Who Sought to Assassinate Kavanaugh to Plead Guilty

What It's Like To Be a US Historian Right Now

I am an early American historian. I have spent decades studying and writing about the history of our country and its remarkable people. The current cultural climate is filled with historical consciousness, but also with widespread misunderstanding…

Trump admin shares border plans for 2025 and beyond: 'As much wall as we need'

The Trump administration plans on constructing 85 miles of new border wall this year, officials tell Fox, with hundreds more planned for 2026 and beyond.

U.S.D.A. Freezes Funding for Maine Amid Battle Over Transgender Athletes

The administration concluded last month that Maine had violated federal law by allowing transgender athletes to play on girls’ or women’s teams.

President Trump Makes a Big Bet on America

Every event now feels like a wag the dog in every direction. On Trump's side, he attempts to wrestle the media narrative away from the bloated, corporate oligarchy that now controls our so-called "free press." Here is his own aspirational view of …

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.

Trump's Team Is Cutting Waste, Not the Constitution

Elon Musk isn't shadow president. DOGE echoes Reagan's reforms - Trump's team is cutting waste, not the Constitution.

Responding to new tariffs, unions suggest Trump lacks broader strategy

Trump’s tariffs to affect all imports, with some countries at higher percentages

The latest news on Trump’s presidency and updates on the wide-ranging tariffs he announced on multiple countries and imports Wednesday.

The Retired J.P. Morgan Executive Tracking Trump’s Deportation Flights

A CFO turned activist has become a go-to source for understanding the administration’s immigration crackdown.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday did not definitively say whether Americans should expect to pay...

Dems Must Be Unified on a Message

Tuesday on the RCP podcast, Carl Cannon spoke with Democratic strategist Maria Cardona about the special elections in Florida and Wisconsin and the future of the Democratic Party. Does the party need a single leader to craft an effective message?

Wisconsin University Professor Suspended After Overturning College Republican's Table

Former President Obama photobombs children taking cherry blossoms pics in Washington

Former President Barack Obama apologized to a pair of children after accidentally photobombing their picture in Washington, D.C., on Monday.

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: AOC refuses to say whether Democrats' rhetoric is responsible for Tesla attacks

Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez refused to answer whether Democrats' inflammatory rhetoric against Elon Musk is linked to attacks against Tesla owners and dealers.

Wisconsin’s Message for Trump

Elon Musk has become a political boat anchor.

Podcast #278: The Scourge of the ‘Woke Right’

Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with author and satirist Andrew Doyle about the worrying rise of illiberal ideologies and cultish political tendencies among conservatives.

Trump Administration Demands Additional Cuts at C.D.C.

In addition to reductions at agency personnel, federal regulators are demanding $2.9 billion in contract cancellations, The Times has learned.

Musk’s Task Force Begins Shutting Down Foreign Policy Research Center

Mark Green, a Republican who once worked under President Trump, stepped down as head of the Wilson Center after employees of Elon Musk’s team visited the think tank.

Steven Cheung Is the Voice of Trump

The White House communications chief has a strategy: relentless aggression.

Immigration's Role in Australia's Housing Crisis

Who really benefits from open-border policies?

Trump Has Gone Too Far, and Americans Are Noticing

Donald Trump won the election in part because voters endorsed his broadly stated goals, if not his specific policies. As I argued here a few weeks ago though, the worm is turning on the president. That's partly because Americans fear he's gone too…

Lawyers for Maryland Man Erroneously Deported to El Salvador Assail Trump Administration

The case has raised questions not only about how the man could have ended up on a plane to El Salvador, but also about why the administration has apparently not moved to correct its mistake.

It’s Not Easy Being (Marjorie Taylor) Greene

A goofy Washington tradition devolves.

We Should Be Troubled Trump Admin Wants Mangione Dead

Why Americans should Be troubled that the Trump administration wants Luigi Mangione dead

Wisconsin Republicans Hit Their Vote Target, but Democrats Blew Past Theirs

The liberal candidate in the state’s Supreme Court race benefited from outsize Democratic turnout as counties swung left across the state.

SCOOP: White House rallies House GOP on Trump tariff plan in secret call

The White House held a call with House Republican aides rallying them around Trump's tariff plan, Fox News Digital was told.

Everything you need to know about Biden's student loan forgiveness program

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.

GOP defectors help Senate advance resolution to cancel Trump tariffs despite White House veto warning

The Senate voted on a resolution to undo Trump’s tariffs against Canada on Wednesday, and some Republicans went on record opposing the president.

Fox News Politics Newsletter: Not so fast-Musk will finish the job

Welcome to the Fox News Politics newsletter, with the latest updates on the Trump administration, Capitol Hill and more Fox News politics content.

Industry groups respond to Trump’s new tariffs

Tren de Aragua Are Effectively Terrorists and Are Here Illegally

Scott Jennings argued the Trump administration's point on directly removing illegal aliens who are suspected members of Tren de Aragua Monday night on CNN's "Newsnight."

The Problem with Polygyny

Society should favour the tried-and-true norm of monogamous marriage, which is the most fecund arrangement, most likely to produce children in the kind and quantity we need.

Luna says Trump assured her that GOP fracture over her bill ‘would get resolved’

The Double Standard at the Center of the Signal Debacle

As senior officials deny wrongdoing, rank-and-file national-security personnel worry about the dangers if no one is held accountable.

Michigan Union Workers Praise Trump's Auto Tariffs

Autoworkers from Michigan praised President Donald Trump's tariffs on Wednesday, saying the import tax on foreign-made cars will bring back idle factories in the critical swing state.

Schumer Proposes Training Bill After Signal Leak

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is proposing a bill, according to an Axios scoop, that would instruct President Donald Trump's Cabinet to undergo security training.

DeSantis blasts newly elected Florida GOP congressman, continuing history of attacks: 'He's a squish'

Ron DeSantis intensified attacks on Randy Fine Wednesday, blaming Fine's "unique problems" for a narrow special election win in a Republican stronghold district.

Trump’s Day of Reckoning

The president’s allies are privately acknowledging that he is in a rough stretch.

How to Tell if You’re Living in a Patriarchy

Arguments that patriarchy exists in the West today are largely dependent on reinventions of the concept that would be better dispensed with.

Derangement Discourse

Accusations of Trump Derangement Syndrome and Trump himself are both products of the social-media age.

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…

Commerce Secretary to Newsmax: World Has Exploited US

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told Newsmax on Wednesday that President Donald Trump's "Liberation Day" is "a great day because the rest of the world has been leaning on us, exploiting us, and taking advantage of us."

How Hamas Exploits the West

A conversation with Dan Schueftan.

The Axe Files with David Axelrod

Go beyond the soundbites and get to know some of the most interesting players in politics.

Cory Booker Personifies April Fool's Day with a Talking Filibuster

RFK, Jr. and the End of Expertise

The US health secretary is spreading disinformation about vaccines while the administration he serves guts medical-research agencies and programs.

Here are the countries that will receive ‘reciprocal’ tariffs

The Fugitive Mind

My best friend had a psychotic break—our crisscrossing journeys through facts and fictions in thirteen chapters.

Luna's Lunatic Proxy Voting Theater

Sen. Cruz to Newsmax: Democrats, Media Complicit in Joe Biden Scandal

As new details emerge about then President Joe Biden's mental decline, Sen. Cruz, R-Texas, told Newsmax every Democrat was complicit in a coverup.

There's More Than One Way to Shape a Narrative™

Domestic Troubles in the Jewish State

While hostilities between Hamas and Israel continue, Benjamin Netanyahu’s government faces renewed protests at home.

No Tariff Exemptions for American Farmers

They voted for the tariffs when they voted for Trump.

Of Course: Liberals Stealing From Bezos Because He Isn't Sufficiently Leftist

Meet the woman steering Biden's bipartisan winning streak on Capitol Hill

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…

The notable legal clouds that continue to hang over Donald Trump

All eyes are on former President Donald Trump, who has launched another White House bid.

Margins of Error

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.

Feds Nab Man Who Allegedly Threatened ICE Agents, Noem

Federal authorities said Wednesday they arrested a U.S. citizen for allegedly making "terroristic threats" against Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

Asian markets drop after Trump imposes huge tariffs across region

An ‘Administrative Error’ Sends a Maryland Father to a Salvadoran Prison

The Trump administration says that it mistakenly deported an immigrant with protected status but that courts are powerless to order his return.

Lawsuit Claims Musk's Social Security Agency Cuts Are Illegal

Disability rights groups filed a lawsuit on Wednesday claiming the Trump administration and billionaire Elon Musk broke various laws by firing thousands of workers and shuttering offices at the Social Security Administration.

The Big Story: The Fallout From the Signal Controversy

Jeffrey Goldberg joins Ashley Parker to discuss breaking the Signal story, the fallout, and more. Don’t miss this subscriber-only event on Thursday, April 3, at 11:30 a.m. ET.

Booker's Filibuster a Metaphor for Dems' Impotence

Columnist David Marcus writes that Sen. Cory Booker's recod-breaking filibuster was a performative stunt and a perfect metaphor for the Democrats' impotence.

According to a White House fact sheet, here’s when the new tariffs announced by President Donald...

For Trump, Elon Musk Is a Liability, but Still Useful for Now

Elon Musk has become a valuable heat shield for a president who avoids blame at any cost.

Nashville Police Release Details on Covenant School Shooting and Close Case

A summary of the police investigation, released two years after the attack, found that the shooter had spent years planning the violence and covering up mental health problems.

Republicans Plan to Skirt Senate Rules to Push Through More Tax Cuts

G.O.P. leaders are planning to use the “nuclear option” to steer around the Senate’s in-house referee and allow the use of a gimmick that makes trillions of dollars in tax cuts appear to be free.

Sen. Kennedy to Newsmax: Tariffs' Effects Unknown

Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., told Newsmax on Wednesday that no one truly knows what the impact of President Donald Trump's tariffs will be.

Atlas Intel Proved Itself Again in WI Election--Unfortunately

Jihadism Is the Problem

The media’s obsessive focus on the Israel–Palestine conflict obscures the broader picture of the ubiquity of jihadism in the Middle East, and the crucial role it plays in stoking and perpetuating turmoil and strife.

Elon Musk Delivers Hope and Change for Democrats

A victory in a tight Wisconsin race boosts Democrats in their quest to defeat the billionaire's DOGE plans

Small UK Energy Utilities Seem to Be Lights Out

Oh, Get Out! Hamas Lied About Casualties?

Right-Wing Group Used Photos of Emily Ratajkowski and Male Model to Lure Voters to the Polls

Before Wisconsin’s election, a right-wing group rallied for voters’ attention with unauthorized photos of Emily Ratajkowski and a shirtless man holding a dog.

Trump to Senate Deficit Hawks: I Have Your Back

President Donald Trump issued a statement Wednesday backing the Senate's budget reconciliation plan, backing up a promise he made in a closed-door meeting with Republicans, Politico reported.

Kaine, Paul make bipartisan appearance on Fox News to criticize Trump’s Canada tariffs

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FCC's Carr to Newsmax: Agency to Recommit to Public Interest

Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Brendan Carr, called out on Newsmax the big broadcasting networks for not airing balanced coverage and the FCC itself for not enforcing it.

With Tesla Sales Down, Will Musk Leave DOGE Soon? (Update: Musk Calls Politico Report 'Fake News')

The Question Progressives Refuse To Answer

In President Donald Trump's second administration, the key political battles so far have turned on the question of who should decide big, important things: which immigrants are deported, which funds are distributed, which bureaucrats are fired, wh…

Trump's Tariffs Will Bring Good Jobs Back to America

President Donald Trump's auto tariffs will provide powerful incentives for automakers to bring engine and drivetrain production back to the U.S.

Milbank Is the Latest Law Firm to Reach a Deal With Trump

Milbank, based in Manhattan, agreed to provide $100 million in pro bono legal services to causes supported by the president and the firm.

CNN Political Briefing

The political news you need to know, in 10 minutes or less. Hosted by David Chalian.

UK Prime Minister Plans to Stream Netflix Incel Drama in Public Schools

What Will Elon Musk Learn From the Wisconsin Supreme Court Election?

After a failed $20 million effort to tilt a State Supreme Court race, Elon Musk joins the ranks of billionaires frustrated by the laws of politics.

National Association of Manufacturers CEO says tariffs ‘threaten investment, jobs’

The Good News About Trump’s Tariffs

Authoritarian leaders are most dangerous when they’re popular. Wrecking the economy is unlikely to broaden Trump’s support.

The fine print of the Respect for Marriage Act

Let's start with the positive: Republicans and Democrats are coming together to protect same-sex marriage from the Supreme Court.

Transportation Sec Sean Duffy slams blue state governor, says criminals 'continue to terrorize' city residents

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy sounds off on New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on X, claiming criminals are "terrorizing" New York City subway riders.

Border Wars and the Return of Fear

The new European commitment to defence and Russia’s unshakeable wish to control Ukraine have revived an awareness that war is something with which comfortable and relatively wealthy states may still have to live.

America’s Future Is Hungary

MAGA conservatives love Viktor Orbán. But he’s left his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished.

DOGE uncovers VA’s agreement to pay $380K per month for minor website modifications

DOGE discovered the Department of Veterans Affairs had a contract to have a company make minor modifications to the website for about $380K.

Blagojevich has new job working for ‘Bosnian Bear’ politician with ties to Putin

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich will take on a new role representing the interests of a Serbian politician known as the “Bosnian Bear."

House Republicans Demand Documents About ActBlue Departures

Republicans began investigating ActBlue, the Democratic Party’s main fund-raising platform, last year in part of a broader bid to target key Democratic organizations.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent issued a warning on Wednesday to countries considering implementing reciprocal tariffs in...

How Trump's Outsourcing His Mass Deportation Agenda

Ever since Donald Trump returned to power, people from various countries who, after making likely-harrowing journeys in search of better lives, reached the United States, have found themselves surprised to be apprehended and ejected from the count…

Tesla Vandals Keep Getting Caught, Democrats Keep Staying Silent

Dershowitz to Newsmax: Iran Must 'Capitulate' to Avoid Conflict

Harvard Law Professor Emeritus Alan Dershowitz warned Wednesday on Newsmax that Iran must choose between diplomacy and destruction as President Donald Trump sends a clear ultimatum amid rising tensions in the Middle East.