The highly anticipated Supreme Court ruling on Louisiana v. Callais will impact the Voting Rights Act, which led to the creation of majority-minority districts in nearly every state. Without such districts, gerrymandering of congressional maps can be taken up to an unprecedented level, effectively making House elections meaningless — perhaps even unnecessary.
South Korea gifted President Trump a golden crown and a coveted medal in a show of flattery during Trump’s visit to the country on Wednesday. South Korean President Lee Jae Myung presented his U.S. counterpart with the Grand Order of Mugunghwa, South Korea’s highest honor, as well as a replica of a historic gold crown....
This not just another propaganda success for Beijing. It is a betrayal, particularly because Turkey is the country most closely connected to Uyghurs by ethnicity, culture, and history
NYC socialist mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani faces controversy after his filmmaker mother's 2013 comments saying he's 'not an American at all' resurface.
California Gov. Newsom hires former federal prosecutor Michele Beckwith after the Trump administration fired her over an immigration enforcement dispute.
President Donald Trump reveals his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping will span 3-4 hours during South Korea diplomatic dinner, caught on hot mic.
Michael Alfonso, Sean Duffy's son-in-law and pro-Trump conservative, launches GOP bid for Wisconsin's 7th congressional district seat in solidly Republican area.
Senate Republicans debate piecemeal funding bills during shutdown as Sen. Josh Hawley's food stamp extension faces resistance from party leadership and White House.
U.S. Navy targets cocaine smugglers in Caribbean waters as drug cartels shift tactics from sea routes to aircraft. Maritime counter-narcotics campaign forces traffickers to adapt.
Despite the continued suspension of the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program, the State Department appears to have begun a quiet effort to move a limited number of Afghans with USRAP cases out of Pakistan. Many Afghan USRAP applicants fled to Pakistan following the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, both to remain safe amid the Taliban’s reprisal campaign and because […]
President Donald Trump’s visit to Asia and expected meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the APEC Summit in South Korea on Thursday will be pivotal. While trade and rare-earth exports will dominate headlines, the deeper contest is ideological: democracy versus authoritarianism, conscience versus control. At the center of this struggle is Taiwan, the flashpoint […]
What happened to the Whigs in the 1850s? And will the same thing happen to today’s Democrats? After the Federalist Party of Alexander Hamilton and John Adams collapsed in the aftermath of the War of 1812, the Whigs arose to replace them as the alternative to the Democratic Party that took its nascent form around […]
The Democratic Socialists of America just wrapped up a Hajj to their Mecca: Havana, a city so buried in detritus after decades of communism that it’s a wonder why any politician would want to be associated with it. Comparing photos of the Cuban capital today with those from the 1950s is an anti-socialist campaign ad that writes […]
