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Inside Senate GOP’s tense post-election reckoning as Thune clashes with Republican critics

Senate Republicans kept John Thune as leader by acclamation after a heated closed-door meeting that some lawmakers compared to "Festivus."

A new biography spotlights Dorothy L. Sayers

Dorothy L. Sayers deserves magnification in our cultural memory. Looking back at the 20th century, one might be unable to imagine a world without C.S. Lewis or T.S. Eliot, but Dorothy L. Sayers? While those luminaries loom large — studied in academic classrooms, quoted in churches across the world, and, in Lewis’s case, the basis […]

Fox News anchor Martha MacCallum talks about her new book

As the anchor and executive editor of The Story with Martha MacCallum on Fox News, Martha MacCallum attends to the stories, momentous and fleeting, that constitute the daily news cycle. As an author, though, MacCallum prefers to focus on the stories from the past that have the capacity to inspire in the present. In 2020, […]

‘The Brightness,’ Chad Harbach’s long-awaited follow-up to ‘The Art of Fielding,’ disappoints

Chad Harbach’s first novel, The Art of Fielding (2011), was one of the most widely praised debuts of its decade, so you can’t blame the author for following up with a book featuring the same setting and many of the same characters. But while his new novel, The Brightness, returns to Westish College in Wisconsin […]

Nvidia spy scandal underlines China threat

The successful targeting of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang by a Chinese intelligence service is a big deal. But foremost among U.S. concerns is how this incident underlines China’s unparalleled threat. It is thus absurd that Democrats want to eliminate the House Select Committee on China. Alice Huang was, at least nominally, an executive at Megaspeed, […]

Midterm results deliver ‘youth quake’ to American politics

The 2026 midterm elections delivered a solid blue wave for Democrats along with a new class of noticeably younger candidates across the board, beating out both new and incumbent senior opponents.  Whether it was James Talarico and Gina Hinojosa in Texas, Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan, Annie Andrews in South Carolina, Melat Kiros in Colorado or Josh Turek in...

Sotomayor says she hopes Supreme Court will overturn presidential immunity decision

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said on Saturday that she hopes the court's decision granting former presidents broad criminal immunity will be overturned, saying her colleagues have done some "crazy things." Appearing for a civics education talk at George Washington's Mount Vernon estate, the liberal justice also publicly commented for the first time on this...

US military fires at cargo ship in Gulf of Oman

A U.S. military aircraft fired at a commercial vessel in the Gulf of Oman on Saturday disabling the ship, in a latest move in the ongoing conflict with Iran. “CENTCOM forces disabled a commercial vessel in the Gulf of Oman, Nov. 7, after the ship’s civilian crew ignored repeated warnings and attempted to violate the...

Wisconsin state trooper released from ICE custody after ‘dramatic’ arrest

A 21-year-old Wisconsin state trooper was released Friday after being detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents a day earlier in what his lawyer described as a “dramatic experience.” Carel Aaron Van Der Merwe, who is originally from South Africa, was traveling to visit family when the arrest happened, his attorney Marc Christopher confirmed to...

Trump says ‘a few’ cabinet changes are in store after GOP midterm blowout

President Trump said he will be making a “few changes” to his cabinet following the midterm elections where his party suffered major losses at the hands of the Democrats who took control of the House and the Senate. “I love my Cabinet. I think they're good. But I'll … be doing maybe a few changes....

Sunday shows preview: Democrats lay out legislative agenda; Congress leadership sparks infighting

With Democrats set to take control of both the House and Senate following sweeping victories in the midterm elections, sitting lawmakers have already begun to lay out plans for the lame-duck period and the latter half of President Trump's second term. Democrats secured big wins in battleground states, flipping GOP-held seats in places like Texas,...

After Trump made inroads, Latinos help Democrats deliver blue wave

Hispanic Americans helped deliver a historic blow to the GOP in Tuesday's contest, diminishing gains President Trump made with Latino men while augmenting the ranks of Democrats in the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC). Exit polling data from polling firm BSP showed significant attrition among Latinos who backed Trump in 2024 — 17 percent of those...

Israeli president picks Netanyahu’s rival Eisenkot to form new government

Israeli President Isaac Herzog has selected Gadi Eisenkot, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s main rival, to try to form a new government following the parliamentary elections last month. Netanyahu’s coalition lost its majority in the Oct. 27 elections, and no party received enough seats in the Knesset for a governing majority. The president of Israel has...

Rep.-elect Ojeda posts tribute to father who died after midterms: ‘He held on’

Democratic North Carolina Rep.-elect Richard Ojeda on Friday posted a tribute for his late father who passed away following the Democrat’s win in the midterm elections. “For years, my dad battled Parkinson’s disease. On Election Night, I got to tell him, “Pop, we won.” This morning, he passed away,” Ojeda wrote in post on social...

Live updates: Melania Trump attends LSU-Alabama game; UFC’s Dana White offered press secretary role

First Lady Melania Trump is set to attend to the college football face-off between Louisiana State University and the University of Alabama Saturday afternoon, a visit tied to her Fostering the Future education initiative. The White House announced earlier this week the first lady had awarded LSU $5 million to establish a permanent endowment fund...

Republican Kris Kobach loses AG reelection bid in Kansas

Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach has lost reelection, the Associated Press projected, denying him a second term as the state’s top lawyer. Kobach lost to Chris Mann, a former prosecutor and police officer who nearly beat him in 2024. Mann leads with 50.6 percent of the vote to Kobach’s 49.4 percent, or a lead of...

Trump asks DOJ to investigate Democrats calling for impeachment of cabinet officials

President Trump raised concerns Saturday about some Democrats calling for the impeachment of Republican officials, referring to the threats as “extortion at the highest level” and asking the Justice Department to “look into this.” “The Democrats are going around threatening a lot of people … with Impeachment and many other forms of punishment, even though...

Rebuilding US foreign policy after Trump

Following a stinging defeat for Republicans in the midterm elections driven by opposition to the Iran war and tariff policies, the incoming Congress is expected to attempt to restrain or reverse several of President Trump's foreign policy initiatives.

Why do Americans keep killing each other? 

Writer John Mac Ghlionn argues that America's pervasive culture of violence and lethal aggression stems from deep-seated systemic issues, including extreme political polarization, socioeconomic insecurity, and a lack of a social safety net.

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