Politics
What really matters in the world of politics, campaigns, ideology, and more.


What happens when you kill the country’s climate science “mothership”?


Trump says he supports IVF. That’s about to be tested.


The president is a desperate man.


The National Center for Atmospheric Research is a treasure. The Trump administration wants to dismantle it.

The real cause of America’s “vibecession.”


A deadly weekend in Australia and Syria raises questions about the terror group’s future.


The House speaker still has Trump’s backing, but a growing number of his female colleagues have had enough.


Mini gyms and healthier food options aren’t going to make airports less miserable.


The antisemitic attack killed at least 15 people and injured dozens more.


A black market has been growing for years. This escalation puts a new spotlight on it.


How Trump’s winning coalition is unraveling in real time.

Both parties have turned their backs on traditional economic advice. Is the country paying the price?


Indiana Republicans ruin Trump’s week.


Conservatives haven’t taken health policy seriously for decades.


Republicans are also quitting in droves.


A fast-tracked green card — for $1 million.


The justices seemed to reject Justice Neil Gorsuch’s earlier call for major changes to the rules governing punishment.


China hawks were no match for the world’s most valuable company.


The president wants new congressional maps in Indiana. Its GOP state senators aren’t so sure.


DNA synthesis is going global. The biosecurity rules aren’t keeping up.


How the GOP is suffering from success.


The end of the SAVE plan, briefly explained.




“Fog of war” is the least of it.


Seniors’ rising political influence is a threat to economic growth.


Sunday’s awards exemplify MAGA’s politics of resentment.


The Court’s GOP majority wants to grow Trump’s authority, but also give itself a veto power over the president.


You can now place bets on elections, wars, and deportations. Should you?


America’s new “neoroyalist” foreign policy.


There is no plausible argument that Trump’s attack on birthright citizenship is constitutional.


According to Trump’s new national security strategy, America is done with “democracy promotion”…except in Europe.


The Court’s Texas decision is a victory for Republicans, and it is a terrible blow to all gerrymandering plaintiffs.


War crimes allegations are engulfing the Pentagon after a deadly strike in the Caribbean.


Hamm v. Smith is a death penalty case, but it could have big implications for anyone accused of a crime.


Trump is using a tragedy to stop immigration applications from 19 countries.


The Dells’ $6 billion gift just legitimized Trump accounts.


For this administration, war crimes are a feature, not a bug.


His administration is now openly advancing a worldview built by white nationalists in the 2010s.



