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Are U.K. Police Biased Against White Victims?

The death of a student who was handcuffed as he lay dying from multiple stab wounds has sparked a debate in Britain over whether efforts to stamp out racism in policing have swung too far and are creating unintended consequences, from interfering …

The Axe Files with David Axelrod

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

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…

What Jill Biden Doesn't Tell Us

When Special Counsel Robert Hur interviewed Joe Biden in October 2023 about retaining classified documents in his Delaware home, Hur famously declined to indict a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory. After reading Jill Biden'…

It's Not Too Late To Save Democrats From Platner

Weekend revelations of extramarital sexting and subsequent dissembling make nominating Graham Platner riskier than ever.

Trump-endorsed Feenstra concedes to MAHA-backed Lahn in GOP governor primary upset

Zach Lahn’s surprise win over Trump-backed Rep. Randy Feenstra sets up a November matchup with Democratic State Auditor Rob Sand in a race both parties are watching closely.

No Good Deed: Blue State AGs Suing Over Scuttled Offshore Wind Farms

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…

America’s 250th birthday celebration increasingly centers on Trump

The White House has built a set of highly visible, centrally controlled events — many created by presidential directive — that emphasize spectacle, branding, and new traditions.

How Dems Drifted Away From the Working Class

Since 2016, when Donald Trump shattered the Democrats' blue wall by winning working-class voters across the Midwest, a cottage industry has sprung up on the left dedicated to answering a single question: How can Democrats win back the working class?

Scott Wiener and Connie Chan Will Face Off in House Race to Succeed Nancy Pelosi

State Sen. Scott Wiener and Supervisor Connie Chan were the top two finishers in the open primary to represent San Francisco as Nancy Pelosi retires.

The Case Against State-Sanctioned Euthanasia

Podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with Kathleen Stock about her new book, ‘Do Not Go Gentle’—in which she argues that governments should be denied any institutional role in facilitating the death of their citizens.

Rubio details U.S. demands as Iran peace talks falter

The secretary of state is testifying publicly to Congress for the first time since the war began, as the regional conflict worsens and lawmakers’ patience runs thin.

WATCH: Dem scolds Homeland Security chief to ‘calm down’ after hearing derails over alleged ‘pattern’

Sen. Van Hollen and DHS Secretary Mullin clashed over alleged immigration enforcement abuse patterns during a heated Senate Appropriations hearing.

Trump Names Pulte to Replace Gabbard as Acting National Intelligence Director

It appears Pulte will pick up where Gabbard left off in agitating for prosecution of Obama officials connected to Russiagate.

Economic Freedom: A Recipe for Flourishing

Check out video of our latest NRI regional seminar in Dallas.

Biden's Failed Presidency Still Defines 2028 Dem Field

Despite being desperate to put Biden behind them, Democrats can't do it. Both Kamala Harris and Pete Buttigieg are routinely topping Democratic primary polling, and both are defined by Biden.

Hilton, Becerra in the lead with votes still being counted in battle for California governor

With votes still to be counted, Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra are in the driver's seat to grab the two spots in California's general election for governor.

GOP leverages ICE funding package to make Trump's controversial $2B fund 'never exist'

Senate Republicans demand more assurances from the Trump administration that the anti-weaponization fund is dead before advancing reconciliation.

AI Is the Most Dangerous Arms Race in History

The age of artificial intelligence requires the kind of strategic doctrine and arms control that stabilized the Cold War, writes Niall Ferguson. Right now, we have neither.

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.

Platner's Redemption Arc Blew Up but Democrats Don't Care

Judge with intimate ties to Dem Party's key Russia Hoax players behind latest anti-Trump decision

Trump accuses Obama-appointed Judge Cooper of conflict of interest over Kennedy Center ruling, citing wife Amy Jeffress' work for Biden and Democrats.

Henry Nowak's Murder Is a Wake-Up Call for Britain

The murder of Henry Nowak is a watershed moment for this country.

Lists, Damn Lists, and Critical Correctness

Love them or hate them, lists are now firmly established—along with cats and porn—among the apex predators of the modern internet.

GOP ‘Change' Agents Rattle Deep-Blue California

In a state that hasn't elected a Republican governor in nearly two decades and where Democrats outnumber Republicans nearly two to one in registered voters, Tuesday night belonged to two conservative political outsiders who based their campaigns o…

Antifragility in Ukraine

Four years into the full-scale invasion, Ukraine bears little resemblance to the country Russia expected to defeat in a matter of days.

New Pew Poll Finds Many Churchgoers Hear Pro-Life Messages from Clergy

Even members of denominations that don’t oppose abortion reported hearing pro-life messages from the pulpit.

Hilton, Becerra lead in California’s governor primary. See live results here.

Latest California governor primary results as Democrats Katie Porter, Tom Steyer and Xavier Becerra and Republicans Chad Bianco, Steve Hilton vie for nominations to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom.

Bari Weiss Speaks on Scott Pelley’s ’60 Minutes’ Firing: ‘That’s the Path That He Chose’

In her first public comments on the firing, Ms. Weiss, the CBS News editor in chief, said that the longtime correspondent had “broken” the trust in the newsroom.

South Dakota governor's race remains up in the air as GOP contest goes to runoff

Gov. Larry Rhoden is projected to survive an upset attempt by popular Rep. Dusty Johnson in South Dakota's crowded GOP gubernatorial primary Tuesday.

What Jill Biden’s memoir says about Melania, the East Wing and that debate

The former first lady defends her husband's 2024 decisions and capabilities in a book that also touches on Hunter Biden's trial, Barron Trump and taking up mah-jongg.

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.

U.S. Technologists Face a Defining National Security Moment

My career has been built at the edge of what is physically possible - predicting exotic quantum states, developing sensors that exploit the laws of nature, and teaching machines to reason about the physical world. For a long time, that work lived …

Anti-Zionism as Redemptive Racism

Contemporary anti-Zionism encodes a totalising worldview that blends the tributaries of Nazi, communist, and Islamist anti-Zionism into a single stream.

8 Takeaways From a Big Primary Night

In Iowa, Josh Turek won the Democratic nomination for Senate, while Trump-endorsed Randy Feenstra conceded defeat in the GOP governor's primary. Major races in California were uncalled.

Marvelous Montse!: A Chicagoan Pope Names a Mexican-Born Daughter of the Church to Lead Communications at the Vatican 

It is a brilliant move. The woman loves Jesus.

The Monsters Come for Their Creators

The Democratic Party may regret unleashing the forces that are contributing to the rise of radical Islamist elements.

Letters to the Editor

May 30 2026

Enforcing Federalism — Against the States

Blue states may be forcing the Court’s hand.

Spencer Pratt Suggests He Can Be a Mayor for all L.A. Residents, as Vote Counting Continues

The former reality TV star has tried to broaden his platform, talking about Los Angeles’s homelessness and drugs problem.

DOJ expands indictment against SPLC, alleging $4M secretly funneled to KKK and extremist groups

The DOJ announced a superseding indictment against the SPLC, alleging the nonprofit secretly funneled over $4 million to extremist groups like the KKK.

CNN Political Briefing

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

Politics of the Day

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CBS Fires Scott Pelley After Pelley Tries Very Hard to Get Fired

Spencer Pratt surges to runoff in LA mayor's race after angry voters send message to Karen Bass

Spencer Pratt appears on track to advance to a November runoff against LA Mayor Karen Bass after no candidate cleared 50% in Tuesday's primary.

Jeffries declines to back Wasserman Schultz as Black leaders revolt over district switch

Hakeem Jeffries declines to endorse Debbie Wasserman Schultz in Florida's plurality-Black 20th District race amid concerns over Black representation.

Marni von Wilpert and Jim Desmond Advance in a San Diego-Area House Race

Ms. von Wilpert’s win in Tuesday’s open primary eliminated Democrats’ fears that two Republicans would advance to November in the 48th Congressional District.

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.

Preventing Canada’s Next Unmarked-Graves-Style Social Panic

Journalists should resolve to treat their Indigenous sources as real-life human beings—as opposed to mystic savants who channel sacred and unfalsifiable ‘knowings’

SF Social Justice Group Hosts Teacher's Workshop on 'Adult Supremacy'

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.

Supreme Court allows Alabama GOP-backed congressional map for midterms

The Supreme Court ruled Alabama can use a 2023 congressional map with one majority-Black district, handing Republicans a victory ahead of midterms.

Incumbent Karen Bass Advances to L.A. Mayoral Election in November

Her opponent remains undetermined.

Republican support for same-sex marriage has fallen by 18 percentage points since 2022.

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Poking the Eagle: IRGC Says It's 'Targeting' US Bases Tonight

Bass advances in Los Angeles mayor race. See primary results live.

Latest Los Angeles mayoral primary results, as incumbent Karen Bass seeks reelection in a tight race with candidates Nithya Raman and Spencer Pratt.

Representative Brad Sherman to Face Larry Thompson in November

The 15th-term congressman will face a Republican film producer after they both advanced in a nonpartisan House primary in Southern California.

British Regulator Investigating GB News Because...It Interviewed President Trump

Trump Suggests Vance and Rubio Should Run Together in 2028 Election

President Trump said Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio should split a ticket, without mentioning who should be at the top.

5 Takeaways From the California Primary Election

Without a dominant candidate in the governor’s race, Democratic voters ultimately wanted to ensure that their party wasn’t shut out of the general election.

LIVE PRIMARY RESULTS: We Love LA … And CA, IA, MT, NJ, NM, And SD

The EU’s Climate No Change

If I had to guess, Brussels will press on with the main thrust of its climate policy while making further tactical adjustments along the way.

They Chose Evil

From Smash to Grab

Imagine if Thomas Edison or Henry Ford had been obliged to contend with a Bernie Sanders.

Trump's Most Dangerously Sycophantic Promotion Yet

Trump has put the boy who cried mortgage fraud as the (acting) overseer of America's intelligence agencies. That can't end well for anyone.

Open Hiding

Jewish testimonies before Australia's Royal Commission paint a portrait of a culture already transformed—one in which Jewishness has become a professional and social liability

The Pride Flag Has No Business on Government Buildings

A poem of prideful protest.

Booker set to face Navy vet after former local NJ official lost in 2024 Senate race

U.S. Sen. Cory Booker will take on Justin Murphy in November as he attempts to win re-election, after Murphy won New Jersey's GOP primary for U.S. Senate on Tuesday.

A Trump Endorsement Falls Flat: 4 Election Takeaways From Iowa and Beyond

The president’s pick for governor of Iowa lost his primary, while Democrats in the state chose their nominee in what they hope will be a competitive Senate race.

Tuesday's Final Word

Manosfear

Theroux’s documentary on the Manosphere tells half the story—the loudly accessible, politically convenient half.

Nine takeaways from a big primary night in Iowa, California and more

In Iowa, Josh Turek won the Democratic nomination for Senate, defeating a rival who had criticized party leaders. Major races in California were not yet called.

Why Epstein, But Not Jackson?

We judge sex crimes according to archetype, not evidence.

Centrist Democrats launch new pledge: ‘We are capitalist, not socialist’

A pair of Democratic House members who won Republican-held seats want others to sign a vow for moderate policies.

Tracking who Trump is appointing to fill key administration roles

Follow President Trump’s progress filling over 800 positions, among about 1,300 that require Senate confirmation, in this tracker from The Washington Post and the Partnership for Public Service.

Shock! (NOT): Henry Nowak's Killer Was a 'Known Wolf'

Former Biden official Deb Haaland wins New Mexico primary for governor

Haaland could make history as the first female Native American governor if she’s elected.

Ranking the 2028 Republican presidential contenders

Vance and Rubio top the list but there’s plenty of room for an anti-Trump candidate.

Out of Time to Delay, House to Vote on Trump’s Power to Continue War in Iran

A measure to direct the president to halt U.S. engagement in Iran had been on track to pass in late May, but Republican leaders postponed action. They have run out of time to delay the vote.

Federal Student Aid Needs Major Changes

Professor Michael Kochin argues in favor of student aid that distinguishes between education with public benefits and that which has private benefits.

The Enhanced Games: How to Take Drugs and Still Lose to High Schoolers

It's hard to convey to a non-track person how slow this meet was. Even for people past their prime.

Claire's Weekly Letter: Secrets and Lies

Never Neverland, Andrew Hammel — The new Michael Jackson biopic and the campaign to whitewash the King of Pop’s reputation. Also New * What Is the Euro-Med...

We Love LA But Maybe Not CA: Pratt Readies General Election Strategy Against Bass ... We Think

Pentagon hires convicted Jan. 6 rioter for sensitive counterterrorism job

The Trump administration’s appointment of Elias Irizarry, who was 19 at the time of the Capitol attack, has alarmed some in the Defense Department.

Scott Pelley Is Ridiculous in All the Usual Ways

There is simply no circumstance in which an employee can behave like this and expect to remain employed.

Gregg Hull wins New Mexico GOP gubernatorial primary, setting up bid to flip governor’s office

New Mexico's GOP gubernatorial primary produced a nominee Tuesday as Republicans aim to reclaim the governor's office for the first time since 2019.

‘Nature’s Rights’ Bill Presented in U.K. Parliament

The nature rights movement is an existential threat to our species’ well-being.

Presenting Today's Earworm: Barack Obama's Library Looks Like a 'Klingon Prison'

The Democratic Mess in Maine

If the Nazi tattoo and Reddit posts weren't the end of it, why should we think the sexting will be the end of embarrassing revelations about Graham Platner?

California Governor’s Race Remains Too Close to Call

Steve Hilton, a Republican, and Xavier Becerra, a Democrat, were leading in election night returns. Tom Steyer, another Democrat, urged patience as more votes were being counted.

Richard Dawkins and the Claude Delusion

What is consciousness for?