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The chief justice wholly failed to explain how his flawed originalist methodology supported birthright citizenship for the children of illegal aliens or temporary visitors.
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Moon bases, living to 100 and (finally!) flying cars. What 2076 and our future will look like may be stranger than we expect.
In much of the world, rights are treated as privileges the government grants to its citizens. In the American system, it's the opposite.
Von Spakovsky said that Barrett's 'unfortunate' opinion 'makes it even more important that the U.S. Senate pass the SAVE Act.'
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No, a ‘unitary executive’ doesn’t mean that the next Democratic president will be a dictator.
"This is Citizens United 2.0," Representative Greg Casar said Tuesday about the Supreme Court's ruling allowing political party campaign committees to coordinate directly with campaigns without a cap on spending. Republicans praised the decision, …
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.
In New York, strict restrictions on rent increases prevent landlords from refurbishing their properties before new tenants move in.
A sitting Democratic House member and a sitting senator both lost key races in the state.
On social media, he said the Village People’s lead singer, Victor Willis, was with him “right from the beginning.” But the president has a more complicated history with the group.
With socialists on the rise, that shared vision of an individual’s rights is all the more important to exclaim and defend. Will you help us?
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.
Melat Kiros sparked backlash after her Democratic primary win over claims the U.S. made the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center "inevitable."
This largely under-the-radar shift will benefit all Americans' health: Tomorrow's doctors can now focus all their attention on treating patients with excellent care.
Zohran Mamdani's allies want to abolish the police, prisons, borders, and capitalism. None of them have said what comes next.
Trump is making it exceptionally easy for Democrats in a midterm election year.
Less than six years after President Donald Trump replaced the North American Free Trade Agreement with his own United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), he's decided to renege on his own creation.
Jefferson emerges as a man who doubted democracy's permanence yet placed his faith in future generations. Onuf and Cogliano rescue him from caricature—even if one dimension of his thought remains in shadow.
There is much value in having a serious study saying that politicized scholarship is a bad development.
Sen. Eric Schmitt warns the high court's birthright citizenship ruling leaves America vulnerable to China.
While Republicans celebrated the ruling, many Democrats stayed quiet on an issue that had proved divisive in the last election.
As America celebrates its 250th birthday, it's worth pausing to recognize one of our nation's greatest achievements: a legacy of scientific discovery that has transformed and saved millions of lives. We are living in the golden age of medical inno…
As Trump went after higher education, Yale built a case for its conservative credentials. The Justice Department came knocking anyway.
Melat Kiros is the most recent Democratic Socialists of America-endorsed candidate to win her primary election.
The agency pointed to crumbling infrastructure, chronic staffing shortages and budget shortfalls as it moved to cut costs.
Left-wingers can always give you a rationale for their latest cause, but that's often merely an intellectual cover for tribalism and a gut feeling.
State Armor urges Congress to investigate the Environmental Law Institute over national security concerns stemming from alleged ties to the Chinese government.
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…
Socialist mayor Zohran Mamdani sparked backlash after telling New York City residents to set air conditioners to 78 degrees during a heat wave.
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After Trump’s astonishing $2.2B financial disclosure, revisiting his crypto venture with the UAE, including the pardon of Changpeng Zhao in the middle of it all.
Ocasio-Cortez endorsed Abdul El-Sayed in the Michigan Democratic Senate primary, defying Chuck Schumer and the party establishment backing Haley Stevens.
In moving to ban a potent synthetic version of kratom, the president’s team paved the way for more sales for makers of rival botanic supplements, who had aggressively lobbied for the change.
Trump administration plans sweeping overhaul of appliance efficiency rules to protect consumer choice on gas stoves, HVAC systems, and more.
Total disclosure, as Spielberg imagines it, is a beautiful thing to watch. It is also a fantasy.
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The Supreme Court's ruling in the birthright citizenship case poses a political challenge for President Donald Trump.
The Declaration of Independence at 250.
The agency has doubled its daily arrest numbers without the fanfare of last year’s large urban operations, sowing fear in immigrant communities.
The decision is the latest in which the Supreme Court has weighed in on campaign finance rules.
All eyes are on former President Donald Trump, who has launched another White House bid.
The endorsement is the first in a contested Senate primary by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez this year, in a state that Democrats believe they must hold this fall to win a Senate majority.
Critical theory did not merely politicise scholarship. It made scholarship easier to produce.
The ruling striking down President Donald Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship reaffirmed that the 14th Amendment automatically confers citizenship on any child born in the U.S.
The boldness of American zeal is something to be championed at home and missed abroad, no matter what Europeans say about it.
Eight alleged Tren de Aragua members face new kidnapping and murder charges after crossing the border illegally under the Biden administration.
The influential conservative commentator’s relationship with the president and the G.O.P. fractured over the war with Iran. Now, he says he is charting a new course.
Let's start with the positive: Republicans and Democrats are coming together to protect same-sex marriage from the Supreme Court.
Rep. Mike Lawler clashed with Rep. Jamie Raskin during a House Judiciary Committee hearing as a murder victim's mother pleaded for sanctuary reforms.
Republican lawmaker Eric Davanzo says he was ejected from the Pennsylvania State House floor for wearing a patriotic suit celebrating America 250.
Nearly 250 years on, Laclos’s novel of seduction and treachery continues to scandalise.
As triple-digit temperatures engulf much of the United States, the Trump administration wants grid managers to require the use of backup power that often goes unused.
The Trump Organization demands The New York Times retract a story allegedly linking Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump to a Kazakhstan tungsten deal.
Keir Starmer is just the latest victim of a political reality created by Brexit—one that has, counterintuitively, turned Britain into a European country.
Unfortunately for demagogues of both parties, there is no villain at work.
Most of the party’s top candidates are starting their own super PACs instead of relying on a powerful group run by Washington leaders. The move allows them to seize control of their financial destinies.
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Left-wingers present raising taxes on the rich as a simple solution to Social Security’s problems.
Roberts Slays Trump's Ludicrous Birthright Citizenship Order. While Thomas tries to justify caste, Jackson makes it clear the post-Civil War Amendments were not a mere spot treatment for the dark stain of slavery.
Two young Minnesota brothers have raised $60,000 for Tee It Up for the Troops through their lemonade stand at golf tournaments supporting veterans.
The career arc of Canadian Paediatric Society president Natasha Johnson helps explain why her country has become such an outlier in the treatment of trans-identified children.
The chief justice faced down the president, forged unlikely coalitions and achieved long-sought goals.
President Trump flew into town on the new Air Force One and spent time touring the library dedicated to Theodore Roosevelt, whom he called “a great he-man.”
As warm as he was witty. R.I.P.
The US vice president’s new memoir leaves an unflattering impression of its author.
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…
Almost 1,000 pages of financial disclosure forms show that the president’s earnings far outpaced his $600 million total income in 2024.
To understand the intent of the US Declaration of Independence, recall that its primary author was a deist rather than a Christian.
As diplomatic efforts continue with the Islamic Republic, it’s impossible to make sense of what the administration is thinking or doing.
The ruling is the latest blow to the LGBTQ+ community, which has faced repeated losses at the Supreme Court in recent years.
Sen. Jim Justice calls for nationwide legislation to protect women's sports after the Supreme Court upheld West Virginia and Idaho transgender laws.
American presidents have generally tried to avoid appearing to profit from the office. President Trump has chosen a different path.