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Joe Biden's debate disaster two years ago continues to haunt Democrats as progressive insurgents rise and the party struggles with internal division.
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…
Former President Bill Clinton says Democrats are in good shape for November midterms despite three socialist candidates winning key New York primary races.
Let's start with the positive: Republicans and Democrats are coming together to protect same-sex marriage from the Supreme Court.
After decades, deferred maintenance totals an estimated $50 billion. But getting repair funds from Congress is a laborious process.
USDA Inspector General warns Congress that SNAP fraud proceeds have reached individuals linked to terrorist groups and foreign adversary nations.
A new survey of students at regional public universities by the think tank Third Way offers some surprising insights.
Supporters of incumbent Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan say a challenger with the same name is not running in “good faith,” but a judge says that is not an issue.
Behind the scenes, the Trump White House went to extensive lengths to advance its theory of executive power, potentially giving the president remarkable leeway to install loyalists at nearly every echelon of government.
All eyes are on former President Donald Trump, who has launched another White House bid.
The president said he was nominating Lance Schroyer, an adviser to Markwayne Mullin, the D.H.S. secretary, to lead the high-profile agency.
The continent with the lowest number of hot days leads the world in heat mortality. Europe’s self-inflicted aversion to air conditioning betrays a deeper hostility to energy and to progress itself.
Jamie Davis wins Louisiana's Democratic Senate runoff, defeating Gary Crockett to face a steep uphill climb in the reliably red state's Senate race.
Utah’s desert terrain becomes more alien the deeper you go.
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…
Saritha Komatireddy says Medicaid fraud recoveries fell from $168 million to $31 million under Letitia James and vows to add 20 prosecutors.
The two-term Democratic governor of deep-red Kentucky, in demand as a surrogate in key 2026 races, talks horses, faith and family politics as he considers a run for the White House.
For Christians throughout history, blessing euthanasia would be a most profound scandal.
The midterm elections are suddenly a toss-up if this ends up being an option for voters in key swing districts and states.
Officials in Ghent, Belgium, discouraged residents from using air-conditioning and instead suggested planting trees to cool their homes.
Melat Kiros enjoys the endorsement of both the Denver-area DSA and the national DSA.
Despite attacks from some conservatives, a heavily pro-Israel crowd still has warm words for Vance, with many saying they could pick him as the party’s nominee.
The victories of Darializa Avila Chevalier and other anti-establishment candidates are changing the face of House Democrats, posing a challenge for their leader.
Europe’s struggles with air conditioning appear to have taken a hierarchical turn at European Commission HQ in Brussels.
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.
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The State Department said the new document “boldly honors” the president and the nation’s founding. The rendering differed from previous images of the passport in several ways.
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.
It takes a very... special... attitude to use sick kids for fundraising while your
A judge ruled Dan J. Sullivan can run against Sen. Dan Sullivan in Alaska's GOP primary, overturning the Division of Elections' disqualification.
For years, Jeffries has joined other Democrats in fueling the rage on the left in the hopes of becoming the next House Speaker.
On Thursday, US Vice President JD Vance claimed that the Deep State took down Richard Nixon to an applauding audience at the Nixon Presidential Library and Museum. This wasn't a gaffe, nor was Vance being particularly provocative. He had read the …
Both parties are awaiting a decision on the validity of ballot proposals to redraw Colorado’s maps ahead of 2028. Democrats say each day without a ruling puts the proposals at risk.
‘If the aim expressed by [Darializa Avila] Chevalier to end Western civilization were to be fulfilled, the United States would no longer exist.’
A Reagan Institute survey reveals young Americans are far less likely than older generations to view China as a major threat to the United States.
New York City union leaders slam Democrats and DSA candidates as out of touch with the working class, saying the party is moving too far to the left.
Critical theory did not merely politicise scholarship. It made scholarship easier to produce.
Go beyond the soundbites and get to know some of the most interesting players in politics.
Rep. Thomas Massie denied allegations from purported ex-girlfriend Cynthia West, then turned his phone on a reporter, asking about gay porn.
The Court’s decision gives the EPA unchallenged primacy over the state trial bar in deciding what should go on pesticide labels.
On the American right, there is an unbroken lineage of Watergate propaganda going back to the 70s from today
Video shows Mayor Zohran Mamdani jumping into an East Harlem pool in a suit, but the event turned into a clash with Bruce Blakeman over remarks about a Dem congressional candidate.
An expected nine-figure monetary aid package comes on top of $150 million that Washington already committed to disaster relief in Venezuela after two massive earthquakes.
A tribute to David Hockney (1937–2026).
Nixon’s offenses were not a deep-state invention. But in the age of Donald Trump, and in a fractured media environment, voters have become more inured to political scandal.
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The ruling reversed a decision by the state’s elections office that had found Dan J. Sullivan was ineligible to challenge Dan S. Sullivan, an incumbent senator.
The State Department said it planned to release 40,000 U.S. passports featuring an image of the president to commemorate the United States’ 250th anniversary.
Humans have not merely been shaped by evolution—we have shaped it too, through the environments we chose to inhabit and the lives we chose to lead.
A frequent critic of President Trump, Mr. Maher will take the stage on Sunday at a time of upheaval at the arts institution that once bore the president’s name.
In recent days, social media has been filled with videos of Europeans gawking at the staples of suburban American life-a two-car garage, a walk-in closet, a second refrigerator. One Brit went viral for trying Chick-fil-A for the first time: "That …
Replies to Jonathan Kay and Maarten Boudry.
Academic leaders who want to revive flagging English departments ought to remember why we read literature at all.
There's a reason Donald Trump's allies take issue with the exposing of rot in a presidential administration.
Trump ignored Clausewitz, and disaster ensued.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says Congress should break up companies like Apple amid rising tech prices linked to AI chip supply chain strain.
The self-styled steward of order is its busiest source of disorder.
Keir Starmer is just the latest victim of a political reality created by Brexit—one that has, counterintuitively, turned Britain into a European country.
The president promised to save “Black jobs,” but his policies have resulted in fresh pain for the Black middle class as the employment gap widens.
Saturday’s election is the latest test of President Trump’s influence in G.O.P. contests.
Nearly 250 years on, Laclos’s novel of seduction and treachery continues to scandalise.
That which we call Turkey . . .
China’s ghost cities are like a mocking glimpse of the Chinese century we were told to expect, and for which we are still waiting.
As I read and hear the usual cavalcade of woke, retired Democrat generals and admirals like McRaven, McCaffrey, Franken, et al. falsely claiming that Secretary of War Pete Hegseth is "politicizing" the senior ranks of the U.S. military, inside my …
Joe Biden, 83, appeared to seek directions before exiting the stage at a Maryland Democratic gala where he urged Democrats to fight back against Trump.
Mia Hughes and Stella O’Malley of the ‘Beyond Gender’ podcast interview Quillette’s Jonathan Kay about the progressive ideological manias spawned during the Justin Trudeau years.
Since April 8, Iran’s bayonets have encountered only mush. As the axiom dictates, we can expect that the Islamic Republic will keep pushing.
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani flexed his DSA political muscles on Tuesday. But is that the best way to win federal grants and earmarks?
The physical journey of the Declaration of Independence tells its own story. Its imperfections and endurance reflect those of the America it helped create.
I don’t know if we’ll be getting a second season of Spider-Noir, but I’m grateful for the existence of this one.
Trump-backed Rep. Julia Letlow defeats John Fleming in Louisiana's GOP Senate runoff, marking another victory for the president's endorsement power.
Vance grounds his faith less in abstractions than in rootedness and personal connectedness.
The tech scion David Ellison is close to completing a merger that would put the legacy broadcaster and the 24-hour cable news network under the same roof.