Politics

Michigan Is Next Big Test for the Democratic Party

The Michigan Senate primary race between Haley Stevens and Abdul El-Sayed reflects the Democrats' growing ideological schism, but it's also a contest of competing campaign styles.

Candace Owens Crashes and Burns

She wanted fame, and now she's gotten it. She'll go down as the most humiliated podcaster in the history of podcasts. And not a moment too soon.

The Case for Cheerful Conservatism

Conservatism is strongest when it rejects despair, embraces reality with confidence, and defends the permanent things with good humor.

How Trump and DOGE Broke the IRS

The agency was on its way to a turnaround, says former IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel. DOGE had other plans.

How the West(ern) Was Lost

The American left's culture war isn't just on the West; it's on "the Western" too. It is because America embodies the West's values - far more than Europe, from which these once sprang - and

Name-Calling Won't Win Elections for GOP

America Is Building Again Thanks To the Supreme Court

Can Democrats Salvage Their Chances in Maine?

Unaffordable Housing Another 'Benefit' From Open-Border Dems

A Little Law Gives Hope That Government Can Suck Less and Make People’s Lives Better

When Sam Levine, Commissioner of New York City’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP), was eleven, he signed up for a service that would send him ten free CDs in the mail. “

How Lindsey Graham, Eager to Serve Trump, Became a Useful Idiot for Putin

Within moments of the early Sunday morning announcement that Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) had died, there was much obvious commentary about his journey from Trump foe to Trump suck-up. During the 2016

Scientists Ponder a New Climate Defense Tactic: Throwing Shade at El Niño

This story was originally published by Wired and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. This year’s El Niño is shaping up to be among the s

A World Cup Star Can Be “Babygirl.” But For Now, He’s Mostly AI.

As someone who watches too much soccer and knows Erling Haaland as perhaps the world’s most formidable striker playing today, seeing friends and acquaintances show me viral videos of the player as a

DOJ Subpoenas New York Times Journalists Following Air Force One Security Report

The New York Times said that at least four of its journalists received subpoenas on Friday from the Justice Department following their report on concerns over insufficient security on the new, Qatari-

Dam Removals Helped Bring About a Stunning Comeback for Maine’s Alewives

This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. For a few weeks each summer, the Sebasticook River in B