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Unlike dozens of similar strikes, no one was killed after people suspected of drug smuggling were removed from what the U.S. military described as a floating refueling station.
The comparison works in reverse too. To make Lindsay Clancy representative of ordinary women is to make ordinary women more like Clancy
The hiring of Nate Hochman, who lost his job amid an uproar over a video containing a Nazi symbol, underscores the administration’s willingness to overlook past transgressions.
Another senseless murder elicits a depraved reaction.
He doesn’t understand how any of this works.
If Americans want inflation to return to normal levels, the Fed is going to have to do what it knows it has to do.
The swing state of Wisconsin had one of the most undemocratic State Assembly maps in the country. Now Democrats have a chance to take control of the legislature.
With November midterms approaching, two swing states are sending ballots, and other states plan to send theirs soon.
A thrash-metal classic turns forty.
Politics of the Day
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.
To be naked is to give up obsessive self-presentation and take off the mask.
Amy Acton's campaign says the Ohio governor candidate was targeted by an armed individual at the Canfield Fair as political violence fears mount.
Do we really want to financially incentivize access to suicide and let doctors get rich providing it?
The authorities are charging the man, who they said had two pistols and a Taser on him but did not draw his weapons, with misdemeanor assault.
I hate to use this column to say I told you so, but in this case, The Nation was on the right side of history.
Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with Benjamin Ryan about his journalistic adventures reporting on AIDS, monkeypox, gender activism, and the Jason Arday saga.
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.
‘I think there’s something admirable and rare about going to bat for your old pal.’
Republicans, nervous about the tight Senate race in the Lone Star state, hope Trump’s political war chest can boost GOP nominee Ken Paxton.
Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met with Vladimir Putin for over three hours in Moscow before heading to Kyiv to meet Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
The Trump administration does not know how to use American power to expand American influence, and its officials do not care to learn.
Democrats lead in the same average of polls on the generic congressional ballot, which measures which party voters prefer to control Congress.
All eyes are on former President Donald Trump, who has launched another White House bid.
Go beyond the soundbites and get to know some of the most interesting players in politics.
Hasan Piker told Fox News his job isn't to help the Democratic Party, even as consultant James Carville called him "an idiot" who isn't a Democrat.
Hakeem Jeffries, Jon Ossoff and Josh Turek are among Democrats flocking to Nantucket to court wealthy donors despite the party's anti-elite rhetoric.
Let's start with the positive: Republicans and Democrats are coming together to protect same-sex marriage from the Supreme Court.
Artificial-intelligence tools increasingly allow political actors to fool voters — and help candidates cast doubt on reality.
The president had ordered repairs to the iconic, and Ionic, columns outside the White House entrance.
A quarter-century ago, on the Tuesday morning of September 11, 2001, I took a late commuter train from Westchester to the Manhattan Institute's offices. Around Spuyten Duyvil, the flip phones-those old Nokias and Motorolas-started ringing, followe…
New photos of President Trump stepping off Air Force One with what appeared to be a darker hairstyle have quickly fueled social media buzz.
I have a theory. We're in another period of stasis. Nothing much is happening, in politics at least. The economy remains surprisingly buoyant-check today's new jobs numbers. Inflation bobs along, a low-grade fever. The expected tariff-driven chaos…
Drawing a bright line here is the right thing to do.
After 12 years of dominating American politics - either as president, as a candidate, or from the sidelines - Donald Trump will finally exit the stage in 2028, and it's anybody's guess what will come next.
The president has made peace with Michael D. Cohen, his onetime lawyer who turned against him. But contrary to Mr. Trump’s claims, Mr. Cohen has not recanted the testimony that helped convict his former boss.
Progressives on Capitol Hill are pushing a proposal to ban artificial superintelligence, but critics warn the move could hand global tech dominance over to China and Russia.
Such is the US president's narcissism that he would see a Democratic victory as proof that he's indispensable - meanwhile, his every decision spells calamity for voters
Abdul El-Sayed claims he's not a socialist, but Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Democratic Socialists of America ties tell a different story.
In the New York City suburbs, appealing to moderation is a winning bet.
Candidates have traded attacks on votes to releasing the Epstein files and political donations from those with links to Jeffrey Epstein.
Pennsylvania Democrats are speaking out about accounts in a sprawling Wall Street Journal report of Sen. John Fetterman skipping constituent meetings and dodging responsibilities.
President Trump is basking in the momentum of the various projects he has spurred around downtown Washington.
The president’s strategy, message and spending have left the G.O.P. in a difficult spot as lawmakers try to outrun his sagging approval ratings.
The filing puts the legality of the president’s push to impose limits on mail voting squarely before the justices even as states begin sending out ballots.
Test your knowledge and see which campaign promises the president has achieved.
The White House reposted Trump's Truth Social image showing New Mexico crossed out and rebranded as "America" days after the Lake America order.
It’s not clear to me that Vance’s statement is especially supportable.
Iran exploited U.S. fears of escalation for decades, but Trump's military pressure campaign is finally making asymmetry work both directions.
Political scientist Richard Hanania discusses why populism usually fails, why Western elites matter, immigration, MAGA, H-1B visas, housing and declining fertility.
It turns out most of us no longer believe in progress. And when that happens, it quickly becomes a crisis for societies like ours
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…
A new program offers an alternative to the standard academic Ph.D. in science, and this competition will prove beneficial.
Amy Acton’s campaign said multiple people were injured at the event at a county fair in Canfield, Ohio.
Gen. Christopher T. Donahue’s vision for fighting future wars won him powerful supporters around the world. Could they save his career?
A Muslim reformer's warning about Western timidity, Islamist extremism, and the defense of civilization.
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.
The Trump administration asks the Supreme Court to enforce postal service ballot mail restrictions as North Carolina ballots already enter the mail.
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…
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?
This US presidency is rewriting the rules of global governance and ushering the world into a new era.
Again the gnawing question: what to do about terrorists who should be executed when it may be impossible to try them?
Watching Gillo Pontecorvo’s film six decades after its release permits a nuanced understanding of the events that it portrays, which was unavailable when it first came out.
Saritha Komatireddy proposes a new Office of Civil Commitment after the Times Square fatal stabbing, saying New York fails mentally ill people.
The fact that intelligence leaks may embarrass the president is not a reason to refrain from investigating them.
Democrats are favored to win the House, but Republicans have viable paths to keeping control. These are the key themes and races to keep an eye on.
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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani faces backlash for handing a 9/11 ceremonial pen to aide Ramzi Kassem, who represented a convicted al Qaeda member.
Jefferson County, Colo., is one of the few public school systems to sue the Trump administration over demands that it revoke transgender protections or face funding cuts.
Data centers power everything from streaming and gaming to AI chatbots and fraud detection. Here's how they quietly run the apps you use daily.
The state has not elected a Republican to the Senate since 2010. But Chris Pappas, the likely Democratic nominee, anticipates a tough race against a well-known opponent, John E. Sununu.
The investigation appears focused on whether officials are adequately supervising children in and out of school, with scrutiny on attendance and social worker visits.
The Chinese Communist Party cannot and will not accept that its time in the sun has passed. But the public knows.
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.
The Court will be presented with a kabuki dispute over a power the USPS isn’t claiming, even after the president ordered it to claim precisely that power.