President Donald Trump says that Chinese President Xi Jinping has given him assurances that Beijing would take no action toward its long-stated goal of unifying Taiwan with mainland China while the Republican leader is in office.
Former President Barack Obama returned to the campaign trail Saturday, lending his political clout to Democratic candidates in Virginia and New Jersey as part of a final push to energize voters ahead of Tuesday's off-year elections.
Police in a Chicago suburb are collecting videos and other evidence to send to the Illinois attorney general's office after a car crash involving a U.S. Border Patrol vehicle led to a violent arrest caught on video showing an agent repeatedly punching a man in the head while pinned to the ground.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Sunday accused the Trump administration of choosing to "weaponize hunger" during the ongoing government shutdown, citing the dispute over payments to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which serves tens of millions of low-income Americans.
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson defended the Trump administration's recent military strikes in the Caribbean, citing "exquisite intelligence" as justification for targeting alleged drug traffickers.
As it passes legislation about pregnancy, postpartum health and lactation, the City Council is doing its best to avoid using the alarming word “woman."
If the Trump administration is really dumping the entire grace period for legal immigrants to renew work permits, the Department of Homeland Security needs...
Donald Trump recognizes an important reality: There is nothing immoral about testing US nuclear weapons, and not testing them doesn't make the world safer.
While President Trump extracted compromises on tariffs, fentanyl and trade, much remained unsaid over the course of the two-hour meeting with Chinese President Xi...
As a lifelong athlete, resident of Virginia, and advocate for protecting women’s spaces, I know what’s at stake this election season. Stories like mine are becoming more common. As an NCAA Division 1 athlete at Southern Utah University, I structured my life around my sport. Up before sunrise, running by 5:45 am, and juggling classes, […]
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. Five years after the pandemic-era census miscounted hundreds of thousands of […]
ALVIN BRAGG AND THE TRUMP TRIAL THAT NEVER HAPPENED. There was a curious moment in New York City politics a few nights ago, but you might have missed it because of all the attention being paid to the mayor’s race. It happened during a debate in the contest for district attorney of Manhattan. The only reason most […]
Democrat Mikie Sherill holds what looks like a strong early-vote lead — but she's actually underperforming, as Jack Ciattarelli taps into GOP enthusiasm.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer shared a misleading quote that claims President Trump was only focusing on the construction of the new White House...
Most liberals these days are stereotypical mean girls. For readers unfamiliar with the classic film Mean Girls (2004), starring Lindsay Lohan, a mean girl is typically a young woman who engages in manipulation, bullying, and gossip to gain social status and power within a friend group or broader community. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is a prime example. […]
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. Much brouhaha has been made about Helen Andrews’s Compact essay […]
Former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre has become the scapegoat for the cover-up of former President Joe Biden‘s health, as Democrats and liberal media turn on her to try and pretend that they weren’t part of that exact same cover-up. Jean-Pierre is on a book tour for her book, Independent, and it is going predictably poorly. This […]
