Politics
What really matters in the world of politics, campaigns, ideology, and more.
The former House speaker on the midterms, Trump, and democracy.
A biographer says it’s not enough to reckon with Chavez’s actions. What’s needed is accountability.
How Trump is celebrating his favorite things: gold and himself.
The Mideast energy truce is breaking down.
4 billion people are fed by fossil fuels. The Iran war is showing just how fragile that is.
Iranians are still trying to work, study, and parent under the constant threat of both airstrikes and regime violence.
The response to the Texas Senate candidate’s comments on animal welfare highlight the challenge of talking about meat in US politics.
James Fishback espouses openly racist and antisemitic views. Young GOP voters are paying attention.
The saga for customers and companies is just beginning.
Prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi are testing the moral and ethical limits of betting.
Antiwar antisemitism is still antisemitism.
The crackdown on corporate landlords just got more counterproductive.
The spiraling conflict is a lifeline for Russia’s leader.
Trump is looking for help with the Strait of Hormuz. He’s not having much luck.
How the Epstein story became an American parable.
The Republican Party wants the Court to toss out thousands of ballots. Its arguments are laughably weak.
The party must not surrender to the tax revolt.
People are terrified of the war — but some worry it will end too soon to free them.
It would give $3,000 to every American in a household earning less than $150,000.
Trump’s new leader for DHS, briefly explained.
The ingredient that feeds the planet’s crops just got stuck in war.
Revealed in one chart.
Getting aid to civilians during wartime is difficult. Here’s the best approach.
It was a US strike that killed nearly 200 children on the first day of the Iran war, an investigation finds.
How long can Iran keep shooting missiles? How long can everyone else keep shooting them down?
Even if the Iran war ends tomorrow, high energy prices will persist.
The Trump administration doesn’t know when this is going to end either.
It won’t stop at the gas pump.
An Iranian Kurdish leader says his people are ready to rise up, but need more US support.
After Venezuela and Iran, Trump has a new target on his mind.
RFK Jr. wanted parents to question the science. A study of 12 million newborns shows they listened.
Having a nuclear weapon has never looked more appealing.
Jobs numbers down, gas prices up.
Trump shows his Homeland Security secretary the door.
The rise and fall of the “axis of resistance.”
The economic shock from Trump’s war may only be getting started.