The cousin of a firefighter who died on 9/11 took a veiled jab at New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani for his refusal to condemn the slogan "globalize the intifada."
I am always on the lookout for historians who can fashion well-worn stories from the past into sparkling new dramas filled with cliffhangers and near-catastrophes that keep me turning pages in taut expectation of an outcome decided centuries ago. Author Scott Ellsworth provides just that in Midnight on the Potomac: The Last Year of the […]
Part of being a student — even an old one, like me — is spending time in the library. As I write this, I am sitting in the Firestone Library at Princeton University, looking up at a wall festooned with names of honored, illustrious alumni and super-rich donors, two categories that do not always, or […]
Godzilla has terrorized the Land of the Rising Sun for decades. Known as a kaiju (monster) in Japan, and King of the Monsters in the United States, Godzilla’s fearsome roar and atomic breath is a child’s nightmare come to life. It’s fought with and against other gigantic creatures. It’s struck fear in the hearts of […]
Until it closed last year, Monarch Novelties was the only souvenir store in Washington, D.C., that sold campaign memorabilia exclusive to the three presidential elections of the 1960s. The store was an oddity, a decaying building on 14th Street that, for more than 80 years, trafficked in eccentricities: not just Kennedy– and Nixon-era nostalgia but […]
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard told a New York Post podcast that she believes aliens could possibly be real and that she has lingering questions about UFOs.
Progressive activist Katie Wilson and incumbent mayor Bruce Harrell move on to Seattle's November general election after finishing with the top two slots in Tuesday's primary.
President Trump called for laws to change in the District so that teenagers 14 and older who commit crimes can be charged as adults, and he threatened a federal takeover of the city if things don't change.
Former Biden White House deputy chief of staff for policy Bruce Reed joined other Biden aides Tuesday in telling House lawmakers that Americans didn't need to have any concern over the former president's mental acuity.
President Trump on Tuesday established a task force to oversee the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles, which will give the federal government a role in security and planning for the event.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton set a Friday deadline for Democratic state lawmakers to return to work in the legislature or else face removal from elected office.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer met with President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday to discuss the toll tariffs are taking on the auto industry and the potential effects of his tax and spending bill on Medicaid.
The House Oversight Committee subpoenaed the Department of Justice on Tuesday for files in the sex trafficking investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, part of a congressional probe that lawmakers believe may show links to President Donald Trump and other former top officials.
