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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.
Republicans in Indiana’s Senate tested voters’ tolerance for defying the president. Most lost in primaries amid a wave of threats, campaign cash and popular backlash.
Michael Marx, a 45-year-old Texan, is accused of shooting at Secret Service agents by the Washington Monument on Monday.
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.
Let's start with the positive: Republicans and Democrats are coming together to protect same-sex marriage from the Supreme Court.
This Supreme Court action, called an administrative stay, will allow for telehealth abortions to temporarily continue.
All eyes are on former President Donald Trump, who has launched another White House bid.
A grand jury charged Cole Tomas Allen with attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump, assaulting a Secret Service officer with a shotgun and other offenses.
Senate Republicans maintain their budget reconciliation proposal would authorize security construction, but not Trump’s ballroom. The White House disagrees.
The program is currently an exorbitant handout, but last year’s reforms promise some repayment to taxpayers.
How Florida transformed from a razor-thin swing state into one of the fastest-growing and most politically distinct states in the country.
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…
High gas prices in substantial parts of the country by August would be a disaster for Republicans.
Young women are now outearning young men; this structural shift has consequences that extend well beyond wages.
The vice president acknowledged economic headwinds, including rising energy and fertilizer costs. “We got a little — a little blip in the Middle East,” he said, referring to the war in Iran.
Vivek Ramaswamy secures the 2026 Ohio Republican gubernatorial nomination, defeating Casey Putsch to advance to the general election for governor.
He’s a Democrat. He’s just an eccentric one.
Tragicomic scenes from reparations-based medicine.
Early results come in as Trump's endorsements in Indiana's Republican primary challenge eight state senators who blocked redistricting efforts.
The latest round of US birth data, released earlier this month by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, show the general fertility rate has dropped to a new record low of 53.1 per 1,000 females between 15 and 44 - a 23 percent decrease s…
From ISIS to the IRGC, how groups with sacred commitments outlast adversaries with far greater firepower.
Go beyond the soundbites and get to know some of the most interesting players in politics.
President Trump taught students his iconic 'Trump dance' on the White House South Lawn during an event promoting the Presidential Fitness Test program.
The state will play a key role if the vice president decides to run for president in 2028, and other potential GOP candidates have visited in recent months.
The plaintiffs allege that Meta CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg “personally authorized and actively encouraged” copyright infringement.
A spokesman for the North Carolina congressman said he welcomes a chance to refute the allegations.
After all these years, the Communist Party is still handcuffed to its American rival, and it is unable to break free.
The New York Times has a wonderful feature on an American experiment in training troops for battle in the extremes of the Arctic.
President Trump marks Cinco de Mayo with a "NICE" graphic on Truth Social, playing on ICE branding and continuing his history of viral holiday messaging.
On the campaign trail and elsewhere, the alliance has gone from a bipartisan consensus to a subject of fierce debate among Republicans and Democrats alike.
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A grand jury approved a fourth count against Cole Tomas Allen, who prosecutors say wounded a federal officer while attempting to kill President Trump.
Seven candidates sparred in the first nationally televised debate in the 2026 California governor’s race. Many tried to launch attacks in a last-ditch effort to gain ground on their opponents.
DHS confirms deportation of illegal immigrant woman convicted of attempting to murder her newborn on Long Island after serving eight years in prison.
Trump's rift with the pro-life movement dates back to before
In 2026, the Met Gala is better referred to as the Met-a Gala: the supreme exhibition of celebrity and the unique form of mimetic unreality it produces. In that sense, it can be approached and criticised not just as a fashion exhibition, but as a …
The president has no idea that members of Congress can't be impeached. It's emblematic of the profound ignorance that continues to undermine his presidency.
World Liberty Financial, started by the Trump family, is accusing Justin Sun of waging a smear campaign to tank a crypto product he was betting against.
Bleeding heart liberals should be really upset about murder
The fake image of Representative Hakeem Jeffries of New York and Senator Chuck Schumer of New York was similar to a post from September that was widely denounced as racist.
Bernie Sanders' campaign paid for a Netflix subscription with donor money despite the senator's repeated criticism of the streaming service, records show.
Manpower is still the most critical battlefield resource in a war.
The Pennsylvania Democratic senator votes against Trump’s positions about three-quarters of the time.
Prescient about the possibility of machine-generated writing, George Orwell’s life and work offer a deeper warning about the LLM era.
Primaries in Indiana and Ohio reinforced President Donald Trump’s power in the GOP and set the stakes for several top-tier midterm races.
The James G. Martin Center has just released a report on the 50 states with respect to syllabus transparency.
A Secret Service Uniformed Division officer was arrested early Monday for allegedly masturbating naked on the sixth floor of the DoubleTree hotel near the Miami airport.
In the coming weeks, we will share more about our honorees and this year’s celebration.
Venezuela must repay $60 billion in defaulted bonds as it looks to stabilize its economy.
Several high-ranking D.C. police officials face termination amid a federal probe alleging leaders manipulated crime data to appear much safer.
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s intervention in contested primaries in critical House races has highlighted deep divides over the party’s tactics and its future.
The attack was the second in two days, and the latest in an ongoing campaign against people the United States says are engaged in drug smuggling at sea.
Sarah Rogers is known for keeping America's allies in check. She has little patience for European censors who stifle free expression.
The accused Pacific Palisades arsonist was reportedly inspired by the violent mobs of 2020 and the murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
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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…
After Watergate, Congress tried to curtail the role of money in politics. But a pivotal Supreme Court case nipped it in the bud. Years later, new details are emerging on how wealthy Americans were conferred with a “right to spend” on elections.
America's one-of-a-kind tort system generates many perverse incentives, but this one takes the cake: Foreign investors receive special tax treatment for financing lawsuits against American companies. Congress should close the loophole that lets Ru…
The extraordinary career of Oxford historian Avi Shlaim.
A prosecutor cited “insufficient evidence” of an intent to harass the White House aide by distributing leaflets in his Northern Virginia neighborhood.
Just before the Department of Government Efficiency closed its doors, it made a quiet move that may end up as its most lasting impact on the federal deficit. DOGE published a massive trove of data in February that, for the first time, lets the pub…
The president helped unseat most of the state lawmakers he targeted after they rebuffed his call to draw new House maps to help Republicans.
The White House is turning to rhetorical leaps as President Trump tries to put the biggest political crisis of his presidency behind him.
By enacting the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples into provincial law, B.C. effectively handed veto power over policy-making to First Nations lobbyists.
The employee, Dean DelleChiaie of Nashua, N.H., was accused of emailing the White House about his plans to kill the president, after using his work computer to conduct related searches.
‘I wouldn’t try to bring him into the fold. I’d try to turn him into an institutionalist who can be relied upon not to break the Constitution when his team gets back into power.’
The son of Bernardine Dohrn and Bill Ayers has written a perceptive, fascinating, and rather sad book about his lonely life as the child of violent revolutionaries.
Every generation has it tough, but some are more burdened than others. Consider the millions of newly minted college graduates entering a labor market that has rarely looked so forbidding, all of them milling about in that unsettling moment when t…
Minnesota committee chair says more options exist after a subpoena vote targeting Rep. Ilhan Omar over the MEALS Act fraud scandal failed Tuesday.
A legal dispute that could imperil access to the abortion pill mifepristone adds urgency to an issue that had moved to the back burner in Democratic politics.
The criticism of the pontiff’s stance on Iran highlighted what Vatican officials have described as an unprecedented low in relations with the United States.
Gadi Taub discusses Israel’s war aims, Iran’s nuclear threat, the legacy of Oslo, and how postmodern ideas have shaped Western foreign policy.
The European Union is tightening migration controls with a new asylum pact set for June, aiming to accelerate deportations and screen arrivals at external borders.
Jonathan Kay speaks with New York Times columnist Bret Stephens, who encourages Jews to focus on bolstering their community instead of lecturing bigots who can’t be reasoned with.
Spirit was doomed to fail because of mismanagement, deep financial problems, and - crucially - its reputation for poor customer service. The spike in jet fuel prices during the war just accelerated Spirit's inevitable demise.
A proposal to more than triple the federal minimum wage to $25 an hour sparks debate over inflation risks, job losses and small business impacts.
This is the first time that any jurisdiction has passed a significant statutory pullback from assisted suicide or euthanasia after it became legal.
The Associated Press reports former Sen. Sherrod Brown won Ohio's 2026 Democratic Senate nomination to challenge appointed GOP Sen. John Husted.
What you realise by the times the credits roll is that it isn’t just Sarah’s clueless character who’s the butt of the joke, but self-satisfied white progressives more generally.
The move marks a shift after the FDA for years worked aggressively to regulate flavored vapes. The move came after President Donald Trump reportedly pressed the FDA commissioner to authorize the products.