Politics
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Iran offers a fresh window into when Trump chickens out — and why his threats matter anyway.
We’re about to find out whether an authoritarian can lose at the ballot box.
Dems won a swing-state election in a 20-point blowout.
Trump just pulled a Russian-style policy move — and it’s not clear it will deliver what he promised.
The president’s new “double sided” deal was triggered by an online ultimatum that could be a war crime — or could be a strategy.
A reporter who covered the Iraq War explains what it can tell us about Iran.
Bombing all of Iran’s bridges and power plants would be illegal.
This could be the future of foreign aid. Or a total disaster.
Sen. Chris Murphy explains how blatant corruption is undermining faith in democracy.
The best thing about Bondi was her incompetence.
One of Trump’s longtime allies makes the case against the Iran war.
How they’re using AI at the lab that created the atom bomb.
Trump signaled that he’s ready to wrap up the conflict, but that may not be up to him.
A new executive order attempts to seize control of mail-in voting.
At least seven justices appear to believe that the Fourteenth Amendment means what it says.
The world’s poorest countries are paying the price for a war they didn’t start.
We have the tools to end the virus. The question is whether we’ll abandon them.
Gas — and lots of others things — are still getting more expensive.
Sadly, the Court’s decision in Chiles v. Salazar is correct.
Good news for your upcoming flight.
Immigrant or not, Trump’s mass deportation pledges have fundamentally changed how regular people live.
Donald Trump’s makeover of the nation’s capital, explained.
He’s wanted regime change for 20 years. But not like this.
The legal breakthrough that could reshape social media — for better or worse.
The MAGA civil war over the Iran war is opening up new and old religious and political feuds.
A court just gave awful news to victims of ICE’s occupation of Minneapolis.
Are US-Iran negotiations going anywhere?
This is a good thing.
Why the Trump administration is gamifying war.
What the AI jobs panic is missing.
It may not be possible to TACO out of this one.
What Trump wants from a DHS funding measure, briefly explained.
Markwayne Mullin, a Trump loyalist with an unconventional record, takes over Homeland Security at a moment of crisis.
The drone math giving Iran an edge, explained.
Right-wing populists say that Trump has embraced George W. Bush’s foreign policy. They’re half-right.
Shifting goals and asymmetric leverage make a clean victory elusive — for all countries involved.
The peculiar legal argument behind Trump’s attack on citizenship was invented by 19th-century anti-Chinese racists.
Airport delays are spreading. Trump wants ICE agents to fix it.
At least four justices appear to be on board with a frivolous lawsuit attacking voting by mail.
And the magic number when owning an EV starts to pay off.