Politics

Former vice president and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris thinks it was “reckless” to defer to former President Joe Biden on his decision to remain in the 2024 presidential race long past the point where concerns about his declining health became insurmountable. In an excerpt published in The Atlantic of …

The U.S. Senate race in Texas just got a lot more intriguing — with the addition of a young, charismatic foe of Christian nationalism, who is himself studying to be a minister. James Talarico declared Tuesday that he’s seeking the Democratic nomination, vying to contest the Senate seat now held …

Turning Point USA founder and conservative influencer Charlie Kirk was shot and killed today during an event at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. A spokesperson for Kirk confirmed to The New York Times that the conservative influencer died shortly after being shot in the neck while speaking at the …

Charlie Kirk, the right-wing political influencer and activist who co-founded Turning Point USA to foster a culture of conservatism on school campuses around the nation, was shot dead today while speaking to students at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. He was 31 years old. “The Great, and even Legendary, …

The right-wing media ecosystem has been clamoring for information on Jeffrey Epstein for years. It was briefly up in arms when Donald Trump’s Justice Department announced in July that it would not be releasing more material on the case, before largely tabling the issue and rallying behind the president — …

America’s pro-democracy movement is gearing up for what may be its biggest mass demonstration yet against the increasingly militaristic Trump administration — which has sent armed troops to occupy the nation’s capital and is threatening to do the same in large cities from Chicago to New Orleans. Popular resistance in …

Few people can claim the kind of virtually universal appeal enjoyed by Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks. (The sitting president certainly can’t.) Following a West Point Academy alumni group’s cancellation of an award ceremony honoring Hanks — a longtime advocate for veterans — Trump celebrated the snub, decrying the actor as …

President Donald Trump seemed to complain today that crime had not been totally eradicated in Washington, D.C., because local statistics continued to include domestic disturbances and incidents of domestic violence. During an extended speech at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., Trump claimed that his deployment of federal …

Donald Trump sued The Wall Street Journal in July over a story about a lewd birthday note the paper reported he sent to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in the early 2000s. The president insisted the note did not exist, calling it a “fake thing.” Well, the note does exist, …

Donald Trump inflicted plenty of damage on the United States over the course of his first four years in office, but the most enduring blow may have been his radicalization of the Supreme Court. He appointed not one, not two, but three conservative justices, all of whom were hand-selected by …