Senate Republicans fight to keep their majority in 2026 midterm elections as key races in Georgia, North Carolina and Michigan could determine control.
President Trump warned the US would intervene if Iran begins killing protesters, as demonstrations fueled by economic collapse spread beyond Tehran and raise fears of a violent crackdown.
Looking back at it now, 10 years later, the warning signs were clear from the start — from the first trailer, in fact. Its initial image was a shot of a speeder zooming past the wreckage of a long-forgotten battle, an X-wing in the foreground dwarfed by a Star Destroyer in the background. Following it […]
When President Donald Trump roared to victory in 2024, conservatives told themselves a number of just-so stories. Biden-era profligacy had driven the Democratic Party into its grave, leaving MAGA Republicans to plot America’s future alone. Former President Barack Obama’s “coalition of the ascendant” had permanently splintered. Most importantly, wokeness was spent as a cultural force. […]
After years of Scandinavian and Bauhaus-inflected minimalism, no-frills graphic design, and the Marie Kondo-inspired culling of closets, clutter is suddenly back in style. According to the New York Times, a Ralph Lauren Christmas was the trend of the holiday season, although you don’t need to shop at Ralph Lauren to get the look. Cost-conscious consumers […]
To most Americans, colleges like Grand Canyon University look pretty benign. But not to the Federal Trade Commission. Until recently, the FTC looked at this Phoenix-based institution and many others like it and saw a big target. Fortunately, its yearslong assault against GCU seems to have failed. Last month, the FTC dropped its lawsuit against […]
In Focus delivers deeper coverage of the political, cultural, and ideological issues shaping America. Published daily by senior writers and experts, these in-depth pieces go beyond the headlines to give readers the full picture. You can find our full list of In Focus pieces here. Should we care here in America that the Brits and the […]
In the new issue of Harper’s magazine, a small article appears that claims Alger Hiss was innocent. Hiss, who died in 1996, was a high-ranking State Department official in the 1930s and ’40s. Hiss was also a communist and a spy for the Soviet Union. This was proven not only when Hiss was identified as a spy by a […]
“You’re fired!” President Donald Trump’s famous line from The Apprentice has been making a comeback since he returned to office in January, but a few days ago, he took it a bit too far by calling for the removal of Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook. Federal prosecutors are investigating the governor for alleged mortgage fraud, accusing her of improperly […]
During the 2016 election, establishment Republicans would say, “I’m not pro-Trump. I’m anti-anti-Trump.” On the one hand, President Donald Trump was not their guy. They made that abundantly clear. On the other hand, they recognized that the Democratic Party’s pathological hatred for the Bad Orange Man was and is an existential threat to the American Republic. The cure is […]
Before a local television station posted the shocking video of 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee Irnya Zarutska being stabbed in the neck and killed by repeat felon Decarlos Brown, Vi Lyles, the mayor of Charlotte, where the murder took place, said her city’s transit system was “by and large” safe and “we will never arrest our way […]
WHAT THE IMMIGRATION RAIDS ARE ABOUT. When you think about the current political fight over immigration enforcement, start with this: There are millions of people, at least 15 million and perhaps as many as 20 million, who are in the United States illegally. Millions of illegal migrants are new arrivals with no claim to stay in […]
Elected within months of each other with thumping victories, Liberal Starmer and hardliner Trump have cut an unlikely alliance with the invitation brandished with...
“Unprecedented, undemocratic and unlawful”: So the executive director of the city Charter Revision Commission describes the last-minute plot by to keep pro-housing measures off...
