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Stefany Shaheen defeated Maura Sullivan and a crowded Democratic field in the NH primary to replace Chris Pappas, who is pursuing a Senate bid.
The accuser has a history of alcohol abuse, hallucinations and delusional thinking, according to an Indiana prosecutor who determined she was not able to form criminal intent.
A likely double fail in which the president both undermines the American-led global order and fails to get the oil.
Former Republican senator John E. Sununu and Democratic Rep. Chris Pappas easily won their primaries for an open U.S. Senate seat.
(The Center Square) a Democratic New Hampshire Rep. Chris Pappas will face former Sen. John E. Sununu in the November elections to settle an open U.S. Senate race that could
All eyes are on former President Donald Trump, who has launched another White House bid.
Gov. Jim Pillen’s family business is one of the nation’s largest pork producers. As he seeks re-election, he has aligned himself with President Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda even though his farms have taken on undocumented laborers.
Brand new polling from the heartland shows that the Democrats have a problem in the Gopher State.Right now, Lt Gov. Peggy Flanagan has a slight 2-point lead, within the margin of error, at 40% vs. 38% for former sports broadcaster Michele Tafoya. …
An unorthodox survey suggests it’s time for the Australian government to concede defeat in the tobacco wars. Will it have the guts to do so?
Anthony DiLorenzo, an automotive executive who ran with the president’s endorsement, will be the Republican nominee in the First Congressional District.
Donald Trump endorsed Anthony DiLorenzo defeated Novel Iron Works owner Hollie Noveletsky and state Rep. Brian Cole to clinch the GOP nomination for the Granite State's 1st Congressional District.
Once GOP legislators have been swept aside, the Democratic Party’s real challenges with its socialist upstarts will begin.
The proposal, supported by the vice president, would expand the entitlement state to parents who aren’t currently receiving benefits.
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.
Drawing a bright line here is the right thing to do.
Cinde Warmington faces renewed attacks over her Purdue Pharma legal work as she secures the Democratic nomination for New Hampshire governor.
Pennsylvania Democrats are speaking out about accounts in a sprawling Wall Street Journal report of Sen. John Fetterman skipping constituent meetings and dodging responsibilities.
What the vice president is doing is changing how the money is spent to further conservative social policies.
The suspect pleaded not guilty to assault and inducing panic after pushing through a crowd toward Amy Acton. He was accused of knocking down two elderly people.
David Maxwell, a former Texas Ranger decorated for his decades of service, reported Paxton to the FBI in 2020.
How bad do you have to be when even the Qataris and UAE aren’t interested in the influence you’re offering?
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.
The Chinese Communist Party cannot and will not accept that its time in the sun has passed. But the public knows.
A federal appeals court upheld an injunction blocking the IRS from sharing taxpayer information with ICE, ruling the policy violated tax confidentiality laws.
Democratic Gov. Dan McKee could become the first elected governor in 12 years to lose renomination as Rhode Island's primary centers on a bridge crisis.
Anna D. Shapiro’s recent revival of Eric Bentley’s 1972 play about the HUAC hearings offered entertainment along with the pleasures of moral certainty and ideological reinforcement.
Progressives and socialists made historic gains in Democratic primaries. But what happens in November is what really matters.
Under economic pressure from the U.S., Iranian leaders have signaled they will not capitulate amid stunted diplomatic efforts to end the war.
The office of Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney in Washington, charged Zion Mitchell with two felonies.
Democrats took umbrage at a scene that made the national security adviser look weak.
Lily Tang Williams and Victor Orlando battled in New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional District GOP primary to flip the seat held by Maggie Goodlander.
At Trump's urging, the GOP is staging a midterm convention centered on him.
Stefany Shaheen and Maura Sullivan remain locked in a too-close-to-call New Hampshire primary as Chris Pappas vacates the seat for a Senate bid.
The second Trump administration's tariff policies underscore the need for antitrust vigilance.
Financial disclosures show the sums were equivalent to nearly one-third of each of their salaries. Experts say the gifts are without precedent and may violate the law.
New Mexico's name isn't up for debate - it's been ours since before the United States existed, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said.
Kelly Ayotte cruised past Republican primary challengers, setting up a high-stakes New Hampshire governor's race against Democrat Cinde Warmington.
As Republicans face down tough midterm elections, President Trump has appeared out of step with the party on Iran, the economy and other issues.
‘You cannot call yourself a revolutionary and not be talking about training with weapons,’ one professor said.
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The sequence of events detailed by National Transportation Safety Board investigators showed that the pilots lost crucial seconds before the plane ran off the runway in Miami.
Gas prices hit a record $4.15 per gallon over Labor Day weekend, shattering the previous high and posing a significant political test for Trump.
China’s economic competition with the United States makes Chinese companies a legitimate target, the agency’s deputy director, Michael Ellis, said at a conference.
A political group for the world’s richest man, who is ramping up a midterm spending blitz, began running attack ads against Democrats in Texas, Ohio and Iowa.
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…
She changed the world for women but backed off fighting for women when the going got tough.
Let's start with the positive: Republicans and Democrats are coming together to protect same-sex marriage from the Supreme Court.
Differences in height between men and women—a biomarker of stressor exposure in childhood—suggest that poor early health and nutrition constrain what children are achieving at school.
To be naked is to give up obsessive self-presentation and take off the mask.
At the beginning of his essay Thank God for the Atom Bomb, the literary critic (and World War Two Army veteran) Paul Fussell recalled a poetic advertising slogan he used to see on the sides of city buses. In life, experience is the great teacher. …
At an unusual gathering in Dallas, some of the party’s top candidates will be forced to decide just how tightly to tether themselves to an unpopular president.
Mr. Pappas, a moderate Democrat who has served four terms in the House, will face former Senator John E. Sununu, the Republican nominee, in November.
The general election race to replace Jeanne Shaheen, a Democrat, could help determine control of the U.S. Senate.
Trump awarded the Medal of Freedom posthumously to Welles Crowther, who saved an estimated 18 people before dying in the World Trade Center.
American manufacturing is on the rebound, and that good news could hardly come at a better time for President Donald Trump, as Republicans gird themselves for the midterm elections just two months from now.
The fact that intelligence leaks may embarrass the president is not a reason to refrain from investigating them.
Karyann Parkinson, a mother of five from Virginia, was convicted last month of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, after allowing her five-year-old son Sam to walk alone to a pond. After taking Sam for a walk through their gated neighbourh…
Political scientist Richard Hanania discusses why populism usually fails, why Western elites matter, immigration, MAGA, H-1B visas, housing and declining fertility.
Go beyond the soundbites and get to know some of the most interesting players in politics.
English departments are increasingly ignoring the great works of the past, in favour of popular literary works that reflect activist themes and nonliterary works of political and social theory.
Downtown Dallas will be home to the two-day "Trump-a-palooza" this week as the Republican National Convention makes a pitch to voters ahead of November's midterm elections. The party will have to combat counter-messaging, traditional low turnout, …
Donald Trump headlines the first-ever GOP midterm convention in Dallas, aiming to energize low-propensity MAGA voters ahead of key 2026 races.
The state is considering extending the life of its last nuclear power plant, Diablo Canyon, and allowing construction of new reactors to help meet its clean energy goals.
Spoiler alert: He flunks. But will the working class take note?
The Trump administration does not know how to use American power to expand American influence, and its officials do not care to learn.
The White House Historical Association, a nonprofit set up by Jacqueline Kennedy to preserve the building’s character, has declined to criticize the president’s changes.
Adam Hamilton, a Methodist pastor, is facing an uphill battle against Marshall. No Democrat has won a Senate race in the state since 1932.
The president's fight with our neighbor to the north — a constant over the course of his second term with a focus on trade — has turned ugly in recent weeks.
Do we really want to financially incentivize access to suicide and let doctors get rich providing it?
Supreme Court Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh and a federal judge issued opposite decisions on the fate of a congressional map that favored the GOP, leaving races in limbo.
After losing in two courts and winning in another, Missouri officials said they planned to forge ahead with using a congressional map that was redrawn to benefit Republicans.
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Maggie Goodlander faced challenger Paige Beauchemin in the New Hampshire Democratic primary as the district braces for a reshaped political map.
Francis Fukuyama’s new memoir assesses an intellectual life devoted to the health of the liberal-democratic idea.
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 Islamic regime’s remnants are keenly aware of American electoral dynamics — their best opportunity for an advantageous settlement to the war.
A Democratic strategy to appease moderate voters is more woke than it appears
Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with Benjamin Ryan about his journalistic adventures reporting on AIDS, monkeypox, gender activism, and the Jason Arday saga.
Chris Pappas defeated Karishma Manzur in the New Hampshire Senate primary, but a heated general election awaits against a former U.S. senator.
Sydney psychiatrist Tanveer Ahmed on why men who quit work aren't depressed but demoralised, and how mental health labels became a rival source of status and dignity.