Politics
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Jalud and the West Bank’s epidemic of settler violence, explained.
When tech CEOs say their products might kill us all, are they trying to sell us something?
Voters on both sides of the aisle despise data centers. But do they hate them enough to influence the midterms?
Black voters — and leaders — face a crossroads.
We still live in the long shadow of Hamas’s brutal 2023 attack — and Israel’s devastating response to it.
Online nativists are exploiting middle-class economic worries to stir hate.
Why red-dye diesel probably isn’t the fix the White House needs.
House Democrats’ deliberately vague day-one agenda, explained.
Can Trump bribe his way out of a midterm disaster?
They just can’t come up with a legal argument that would allow them to do so.
This messy bipartisan bargain that could bring down your power bill.
They’re interested, but don’t sign them up for the revolution just yet.
The latest way Trump is using crypto to profit off the presidency.
The 2026 midterms will test Republican disillusionment with Trump — and Democrats’ new appetite for a fight.
A 2025 vote is haunting Jon Ossoff and other Democrats.
Republicans are worried about them. Democrats are cheering them on. But what do they really want?
Sarah Longwell explains how Democrats could win 2026 — and still lose the bigger fight.
The withdrawal represents the end of a long (and often, ugly) chapter in US history. It’s also great news for Iran.
Diesel costs more. Soon, so will everything else.
The GOP’s farm-state problem just got worse.
China has its own AI worries — but a robot apocalypse isn’t one of them.
Trump’s lower court judges won’t even listen to the Supreme Court when it tells them “no.”
Trump is using your money on TV ads to stroke his ego.
The president made confrontation with China core to his political identity. Now he’s walking it back.
We probably shouldn’t de-Flock the police.
What on Earth is the “structure of the Constitution”?
A Sunrise Movement co-founder is running for Congress. He’s talking more about data centers than climate.
With Republicans on the back foot, Democrats are eying an expanded Senate map.
They’re being bombarded with attack ads. How do they respond without betraying a vulnerable community?
Trump, Xi, and the UN are all talking AI this week. Here’s the question they need to answer.
CNN, Politico, and MS NOW are back in the White House after a court order.
More than half of Americans still say they view China negatively. But that percentage is dropping.
Trump’s lawyers said he barred three news outlets from the White House on security grounds. A judge seemed skeptical.
Donald Trump’s 2024 gains are being erased in the midterms. Here’s what happened.
On issues like tariffs, the Iran war, and immigration, reckoning with Trump’s unpopularity could have implications for the GOP’s future.
Trump is trying to future-proof his legacy.
The abortion rights movement’s biggest test of 2026.
If you give the president his national security ballroom, he’s going to ask for his national security arch.
A major UN meeting kicks off this week in New York, one year after President Donald Trump asked if the UN had a purpose.