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In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s death, conservatives have moved quickly to consolidate power and attack their political enemies, whose relative impotence and penchant for capitulation...

Nonfiction “Proof: The Uncertain Science of Certainty Book,” Adam Kucharski (2025) My summer reading was a little unusual this year, because I’m in the middle of...

In the latest party turmoil over Israel’s war on Gaza, Democratic National Committee members voted on Tuesday to kill a resolution calling on the U.S. to...

The statue of Confederate Albert Pike, toppled overnight by protesters outside of Judiciary Square one street over from D.C. Police Headquarters, on June 20, 2020, in...

Shortly after Columbia University made broad concessions to the Trump administration, the school’s acting president Claire Shipman struck a triumphant tone. “Columbia retains control over its...

During Donald Trump’s first term, the Supreme Court made some effort to check his power. But that era is over. The court has ruled that Trump...

Americans are opposed to a war with Iran.  With voters on their side, some rank-and-file Democrats in Congress teamed up with a Republican to try to...

Top U.S. Justice Department officials are worried that Asif William Rahman, a former CIA analyst who leaked reports about Israel’s plans for a strike on Iran,...