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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.
The fat will melt away if you go for long periods without eating and you stick to meat and fermented cabbage or carrots when you do eat.
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…
I can’t wait for every Democrat in the 120th Congress to be asked to answer for Chevalier’s many outrageous and bigoted statements over the years.
Politics of the Day
All eyes are on former President Donald Trump, who has launched another White House bid.
An unlikely trio of justices issued a slashing critique of plea bargains that included several references to orangutans.
The old fight was labour versus capital. The real fight now is between those who create value and those who administer it, and Australia's new budget has picked the wrong side.
In his panic-stricken effort to disentangle America from the Middle Eastern mess, Trump now appears to be falling into line with Tehran’s wishes.
NNSA to unveil an AI-designed nuclear test flight vehicle on the National Mall, touting a faster, cheaper path to advancing U.S. deterrence capabilities amid Chinese competition.
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.
Gen. Christopher Donahue, who leads the U.S. Army Europe and Africa, is retiring from his command by early next month. He was the last soldier to leave Afghanistan in 2021.
Democratic socialists just caused a political earthquake. Now they're coming for 2028.
Did Anthony Fauci manipulate the intelligence community (IC) investigation of the origin of COVID as outgoing Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard claims?
The president seethed at Susan Collins, Bill Cassidy, Lisa Murkowski and Rand Paul after the war powers resolution passed, saying: "I will get it done, one way or the other."
Tesla, Sunrun and Renew Home plan to tap solar panels, batteries, thermostats and other devices installed in millions of homes to meet the energy demands of artificial intelligence.
Ben McAdams, a former representative who had to distance himself from more conservative positions he once held, will be favored to win a blue seat created by court-ordered redistricting.
Ohio-based ScottsMiracle-Gro said it is donating “a combination of monetary and product support.” A government watchdog said the arrangement raises ethics questions.
Western political will and good intentions are no match for a complex reality rife with conflicting interests and ideologies.
Usha Vance, along with Katie Miller and Karoline Leavitt, shows how much is said by an expectant silhouette, without anyone saying a word.
The president’s announcement declared the bill to be “of minor importance” at the same time that House Republican leaders were heralding it as a major accomplishment.
Every nation ‘ought to endeavor to possess within itself all the essentials of national supply.'
Three Democrats who have been outspoken in their criticism of Israel won primaries in New York on Tuesday, signaling their party’s new skepticism of the country and its actions.
Alan Greenspan was out of government, and worried his employees weren't being thorough enough in their analysis. One "had been telling clients that a hot housing market" was "turbocharging the economy."
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.
All three of Mayor Mamdani’s endorsed House candidates won their races tonight — two of them ousting longtime incumbents to win.
Zohran Mamdani won the New York mayor contest last year, and two candidates he and the Democratic Socialists of America backed have now won U.S. House primaries.
Historian Quinn Slobodian misrepresents the views of Ludwig von Mises.
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 Western tradition has also allowed for a limited but real governmental role in helping parents form the moral character of their children.
Democrats expect Nancy Lacore to run a competitive general election despite the district’s Republican leaning.
Athletes have every right to reject Pride symbols that—as activists themselves loudly insist—signify an increasingly radicalised set of ‘queer’ political demands.
A look at the backlash to same-sex marriage — its strength, seriousness and the reasons behind it.
The ruling dealt with legal technicalities but is a departure from a series of decisions by the justices expanding religious freedoms in recent terms.
‘One in a long line of prime ministers who, while inadequate in their own right, didn’t really have a chance.’
Trump visits Senate GOP to push the SAVE America Act as Republicans struggle with unity ahead of the midterm elections.
Six intelligence officials were fired and nearly four dozen others were sent back to their home agencies elsewhere, former officials said.
There may be some positive news on the dementia research front.
Democratic socialist candidates won key races in New York, while more establishment candidates prevailed in other contests.
Trump blasts socialist sweep of three NYC congressional districts, warning 'downtrodden' blue states will 'only get worse' as DSA-backed candidates win.
Let's start with the positive: Republicans and Democrats are coming together to protect same-sex marriage from the Supreme Court.
It remains to be seen whether such far-Left candidates could appeal to more moderate voters outside the major cities.
Let's talk reflecting pool. Warren G. Harding built it on swampland and the structure beneath it would have been fine - if it had been built on stable ground. The whole thing started sinking slowly.Presidents all the way up through Carter kept t…
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) revealed on Wednesday that an airstrike America conducted in Syria last week killed a senior ISIS figure.
Across the West’s advanced democracies, conventional political parties are being gutted by stagnant wages and fraying social contracts that have left voters fed up with the status quo.
The Trump administration is essentially rebuilding the tariff regime it erected under IEEPA, under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974.
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A tribute to David Hockney (1937–2026).
House Democrats' campaign arm and main super PAC are stopping short of saying they will pull out all the stops to hold onto Maine's lone swing district after failing to get their preferred nominee.
Brad Lander, the former city comptroller who made an alliance with Mamdani when they were both running for mayor, took down two-term Rep. Dan Goldman in a landslide victory.
Rep. Rashida Tlaib sparked backlash after calling sentences for alleged antifa cell members a "travesty," following a violent Texas facility attack.
Go beyond the soundbites and get to know some of the most interesting players in politics.
Understanding what has gone wrong with journalism in the US requires an understanding of what has gone wrong with the country’s journalism schools.
When she tells the story of her ectopic pregnancy, she courageously gives it as an example of how abortion politics hurts women.
Making peace with Iran is going to be just as painful as waging war.
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.
Representative April McClain Delaney defeated David Trone, who lent himself $25 million in his unsuccessful bid to oust the woman who had succeeded him in the House.
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.
President Trump kicked off the Great American State Fair on the National Mall, celebrating America's 250th birthday with all 50 states and territories.
Hillary Clinton calls the Electoral College an "abomination" in a new Netflix docuseries executive-produced by Tom Hanks examining American democracy.
Trump ignored Clausewitz, and disaster ensued.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez eyes potential 2028 White House bid or Senate challenge to Chuck Schumer as far-left victories boost her political clout.
Big Climate’s British division seems to have missed a memo.
Despite President Trump's low job approval ratings and well-documented (and in my view well-deserved) problems, the Democratic Party hasn't closed the deal with voters. Democrats have a negative brand, according to all the polls. But we don't need…
The president posted on social media that the signing was off until the Senate passes his election integrity bill. It is unclear whether he intends to kill the housing bill.
DHS fines attorney Vinod Doddamani over $255,000 for allegedly filing 64 fraudulent asylum documents on behalf of primarily Indian nationals.
Philosopher Benedict Beckeld speaks with Zoe Sankey about oikophobia, the decline of the West, Islam's incompatibility with Western values, and why civilisations at the height of their power sow the seeds of their own undoing.
Three left-wing hopefuls backed by New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani won their races, including two who unseated incumbents.
As our 80-year-old Mad King goes on midnight social media revenge benders from the White House, attacking the pope after attacking Iran, enriching his family by billions and comparing himself to Jesus, some of his supporters are now panicking and …
Americans who want to preserve what’s good in our higher education system must think like the Spartans defending Greece against the invading Persians.
A pro-life group released a report saying nearly 330,000 abortion pills were shipped to states with restrictions since 2023 under blue state shield laws.
Hours before visiting the Capitol, the president scrapped plans to sign a bipartisan housing bill, railing against “bad Republicans” for resisting his demands to ram through new voting restrictions.
Cash might be a relic, but — like royalty and emperors — President Trump still wants his face on American currency.
President Donald Trump canceled a housing bill signing and declared a "national emergency" as he ramps up pressure on Congress to pass election legislation.
This is all so pathetic — both the media’s obsession with the Reflecting Pool and Trump’s bleatingly pathetic inability to admit that he blew it.
The former Fed chair, who died at the age of 100 this week, deliberately engineered financial markets to be faster and looser. Then they blew up.