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Scalise touts fundraising numbers to supporters amid heated speakers race

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise is pitching himself as a "fundraising powerhouse" in a new memo to donors and supporters within the House GOP.

How to fight a president, please a billionaire and save a newspaper

Marty Baron ran The Washington Post’s newsroom for nine years. In that time, Marty clashed with then-President Donald Trump. He pacified rebellions from his...

Trump endorses Jim Jordan to succeed Kevin McCarthy as House speaker

Former President Donald Trump has officially endorsed Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, the House Judiciary Committee chairman and longtime Trump defender, to succeed Kevin McCarthy as House speaker.

Freedom of passions, freedom from speech

Everyone likes free speech until they’re the one being spoken about. No doubt the Swiss journalist Catherine Macherel was insulted when the French-Swiss racist agitator Alain Soral called her a “fat lesbian” in a Facebook video and said that her work as a “queer activist” showed that she was “unhinged.” But should Soral go to jail and pay thousands of euros in fines, as a Swiss court decided on Oct. 3?

Nikki Haley bets 2024 GOP voters want to hear the hard truths about the economy

She's the only Republican candidate emphasizing fiscal responsibility.

The forgotten war that made Germany militant and France French

History is famously full of conflicts celebrated by the victors and forgotten by the losers. But some are ignored on all sides. The Franco-Prussian War is one of the latter, but it is now excavated by Rachel Chrastil's Bismarck's War: The Franco-Prussian War and the Making of Modern Europe.

California’s homeless czars

Anti-vagrancy laws are older than the republic. County governments in England and states in America have always enjoyed the power to regulate the use and misuse of public spaces.

McCarthy ousted as Speaker: What comes next?

The House is in uncharted territory after Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) was ousted from his Speakership this week, leaving members trying to navigate a way forward amid the chaos. McCarthy was booted from the top spot in a 216-210 vote on Tuesday. The situation is unprecedented, leaving many wondering what comes next. Who is leading...

Menendez indictment opens door for crowded Senate primary

A rowdy and crowded primary could be in store for New Jersey Democrats as much of the party has come out against the now-indicted Sen. Robert Menendez (D). Menendez has asserted his innocence against bribery charges brought last month, while many of his Senate Democratic colleagues and state party leaders are calling on him to resign. Instead,...

RFK Jr. independent bid poses threat to Biden and Trump

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s likely party switch from Democrat to independent would be a major wild card with the power to reshape the 2024 presidential election — it’s just unclear for which side. Kennedy’s doomed primary bid against President Biden has kept the nominating contest concentrated around the president, even as he faces dips in...

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