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Obama Center engineer fires back at online critics ripping architecture as ‘monstrous insult’

The Obama Presidential Center's structural engineer says boldness was the goal, calling the tower's design an unprecedented architectural statement.

JD Vance reveals what drew him back to God after seeing Christians had life ‘figured out’

Vice President JD Vance reflects on his faith journey in new book 'Communion,' sharing how Christianity gave him purpose after years of chasing success.

Trump says vandals used chemicals to damage newly renovated reflecting pool near Lincoln Memorial

President Trump says vandals damaged the recently renovated reflecting pool near the Lincoln Memorial, saying chemicals were used on the newly installed surface.

After Assad: Syria’s sectarian reckoning

On the anniversary of Bashar Assad’s fall, a small group of professionals gathered at Aznavour, a restaurant in Damascus’s Old City. Red light washed over stone walls as hookah smoke hung in the air and a television cycled through Arabic music videos. They had come to talk about what had changed in Syria — and […]

The wish to be like Wolfgang: Review of ‘Amadeus’

Playwright Peter Shaffer (1926-2016) chased the same idea for 30 years. A mild-mannered, rule-bound protagonist meets a counterpart who is wild at heart. Our hero is at first repelled but soon becomes fascinated, envious, even obsessed. Theatergoers who remember Five Finger Exercise (1958), The Royal Hunt of the Sun (1964), Equus (1973), and Lettice and […]

Bernie Sanders’s ‘Wealth Fund’ Scheme Has Already Been Tried

A failed Swedish experiment should be a cautionary tale for the Vermont senator’s AI plan.

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani says the Democratic Party ‘lost its focus on working people’

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a self-described democratic socialist, says the Democratic Party 'has lost its focus on working people'

Why Trump picked Bill Pulte to lead US intelligence as critics question his qualifications

Trump picks FHFA Director Bill Pulte as acting intelligence chief, drawing criticism from lawmakers who say he lacks national security experience.

Noncitizens on voter rolls in Democrat-run state exposed as RNC chair pledges secure elections

Noncitizens were found on New Jersey voter rolls for years, with some voting in prior elections, according to RNC and NJGOP documents.

A political nerd’s guide to Britain’s by-election

For a few seismic days this summer, a scattering of towns and villages in the north of England will become the center of the...

Walz administration ignored fraud warnings as billions vanished, House oversight report alleges

House Oversight Committee report alleges Gov. Tim Walz turned a blind eye to billions in fraud in Minnesota's social services programs for years.

Nithya Raman overtakes Spencer Pratt in L.A. mayoral race

Nithya Raman, a progressive member of the Los Angeles City Council, surpassed reality-TV star Spencer Pratt in the Los Angeles mayoral primary Sunday, after a surge in her vote count put her in second place.

Raman overtakes Spencer Pratt in razor-thin race, AP count shows, but race remains uncalled

Los Angeles City Council member Nithya Raman has overtaken Spencer Pratt in the latest AP vote count, leading by more than 3,000 votes in the race.

California’s Election System Is a Disgrace

As the Los Angeles mayoral race shows, the Golden State must deal with serious systemic defects.

GOP’s $70 billion immigration package remove Democrats’ leverage to reform enforcement

Democrats are set to lose their leverage for reining in President Trump's deportation force as Republicans prepare to send him a bill this week funding immigration enforcement agencies through the remainder of his term.

Democrats deflect on Platner accusations despite ‘believe all women’ past

Democratic lawmakers deflected Sunday when asked about misconduct allegations against Graham Platner, refusing to condemn the Senate candidate despite previously championing the Democrats' "Believe all women" mantra.

South Africa’s president acknowledges rising tensions over migration

South Africa's president promised Sunday to act on what he called concerns over illegal migration following a rise in anti-immigrant protests and sentiment in Africa's most advanced economy, with other nations claiming their citizens have been targeted in xenophobic attacks.

Maverick Republican Sen. Bob Packwood of Oregon, who resigned after sexual harassment scandal, dies

Former Sen. Bob Packwood, a moderate Oregon Republican whose reputation as a champion of abortion and women's rights was spoiled at the end of his career by allegations of sexual harassment, has died. He was 93.

GOP senators push new legislation to incentivize states to clean up voter rolls

Republican Sens. Marsha Blackburn and Lindsey Graham are pushing a bill that would incentivize states to cross-check voter rolls quarterly against a Department of Homeland Security non-citizen database, citing election fraud concerns and President Trump's election-integrity agenda.

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