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Everybody is pretending that the GOP primary is actually a primary, but it’s not. Instead, it is a hostage situation unfolding before our eyes, and nobody is talking about it.
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman becomes, finally, the adult in the room.
Donald Trump wants to make Joe Biden’s purported mental decline an issue in the 2024 election — but the former president’s own “senior moments” rarely get the same attention from the media.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) has been called out for cherry-picking “evidence” and misrepresenting the testimony of an associate of Hunter Biden.
Unpacking the dynamics between Davos elites and the emerging global middle class. Are there opportunities for a win-win future?
The Makah and Shoalwater Bay Tribes’ lawsuits could signal a new avenue for tribal governments to recover climate costs from polluters.
An astonishing 70 percent of supporters of Donald Trump said they would only accept the outcome of the 2024 election if the former president prevailed.
Donald Trump’s legal team is petitioning the court to compel special counsel Jack Smith to turn over mountains of documents to the former president — another move to delay his trials as long as possible.
It should come as no surprise that Trump is the outlier among our last seven presidents, the unrivaled champion of churn.
Despite US efforts, events in the Middle East could be moving toward a larger war.
Powerful lobbyists represent both oil and gas interests and environmental groups.
It took the news media a whopping 31 minutes to taint the results of the Iowa caucuses and, therefore, the entire GOP primary.
Some people love Trump no matter what. Others will never vote for him. A small third group decides it.
Martin Luther King Jr. had a vision for the United States that would make the country better for everybody; six decades later, it is painfully obvious that the ambition required to realize this dream has been sorely lacking in US politics since then.
Financial analysts have concerns about Elon Musk’s drug use and bizarre behavior. Reports described Musk as slurring his words and acting “unhinged.”
Vivek Ramaswamy learned this week that even Donald Trump’s most loyal foot soldiers only stay in his good graces as long as the former president believes they benefit him.
It is entirely fair that President Joe Biden’s age is a campaign issue. But we also need to talk about Donald Trump’s various mental disorders.
In the coming months, it is likely the Supreme Court will get the final say on a range of issues crucial to Trump’s political and personal future; the former president is starting to seem worried that things may not go his way after all.
The Supreme Court has agreed to consider the vexing question of whether Donald Trump should be disqualified from the presidential ballot under the 14th Amendment prohibition against insurrectionists. Too bad we don’t have smarter jurists.
The majority of Americans support the prosecution of the former president on criminal charges.
Explore the evolution and deep roots of the MAGA movement, its impact beyond Trump, and an insider’s journey from belief to disillusionment.
Look at Trump’s words under a microscope. What do you see?
Climate activists are putting pressure on Dutch officials to reduce emissions at Europe’s most polluting port.
The past 24 hours present a great example of the kind of nonsense voters can expect from Donald Trump and the Republican Party in 2024.
I’ve been in countries where literally everything is for sale. America could become one.
In the US in 2023, billion-dollar climate disasters claimed the lives of nearly 500 people and cost over $90 billion. Yet a significant segment of the country continues to deny the reality of climate change.
Ultra-Orthodox Jews continue to support Netanyahu’s Gaza campaign, while secular Israelis care more about the hostages than eliminating Hamas.
In addition to directly buying political influence, Russia under Putin has played a long game of cultural influence.
As it turns out, federal judges do not seem to believe that presidents should have absolute power.
“The global energy crisis has been a giant cash grab for fossil fuel firms,” said one campaigner. “And instead of investing their record profits in clean energy, these companies are doubling down on oil, gas, and shareholder payouts.”
Donald Trump sketches his own myth for all to see.
Calls for transparency are growing louder following the revelation that Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III failed to inform anyone, including the White House, when he was incapacitated in intensive care.
The spread of viral disinformation via social media would prove a vital tool for the right-wing assault on public health throughout the pandemic.
Elise Stefanik’s appearance on NBC’s ‘Meet the Press’ is a great example of how Trump’s hangers-on also lie, distort, and obfuscate with impunity.
If Trump returns to power he’ll bring in agents of chaos to sabotage the government and wield its powers to punish his enemies and reward his supporters.
The economy is currently a liability for Joe Biden. Americans are convinced it is in the tank even though the numbers tell a different story. Can the president turn it around?
Nothing was resolved at the COP28 Conference on Climate Change except the growing conviction that the days of fossil fuels are numbered.
There’s one group that always comes out ahead in conflicts, from Israel to Iran to Russia.
The commander in chief did not mince words in his speech marking the anniversary of the January 6 assault on the Capitol.
How pivotal events in Israel resonate within American Jewish communities, shaping identity and geopolitics.
The new jobs report is further evidence that higher interest rates will not result in a feared recession but rather in the much-preferred “soft landing.”
A damning new report from the Democratic members of the House Oversight Committee calculates Donald Trump’s “harvest of unlawful foreign state money.”
Decisions like that in North Carolina, and previously in Florida and Tennessee, do nothing to help convince Americans that Joe Biden is a champion of democracy.
This activist’s package of controversial measures are rooted in Trump’s Big Lie. Do any of them make sense?
A new opinion poll regarding January 6, 2021, tells a troubling tale of polarization in the United States.
In an age of propaganda and general craziness, we offer a formula for good information, delivered in a compelling manner.
The elections of 2016 and 2020 were the “most important ever.” Now it’s happening again in 2024.
A look back at the year when a dinosaur-riding Jesus is honored in the US Capitol while Americans were fixated on TFGs courtroom dramas.