Politics

Death of Congolese man renews scrutiny of race relations in Ireland

Yves Sakila died after being restrained by security guards ‘in broad daylight’

Best quotes from the 2026 IISS Shangri-La Dialogue: Defense spending, multilateralism and the future of the Asia-Pacific

Here are some of the most interesting quotes that CNBC has heard over the three days of the summit.

The fall of John Cornyn mirrors the fall of the Republican party

The Texas senator was emblematic of the era between Reagan and Trump, as Republicans shifted from the party of business to a cult of personality

Could Trump’s Iran ‘excursion’ be a bigger global turning point than Vietnam?

The far shorter Middle East war has rapidly revealed the strategic weakness of US firepower in an interconnected world

Do socialists know why socialism fails?

This past April, I sent a letter to Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) about a problem that has been troubling me for some time. Here’s the text:

L.A.’s Lose-Lose-Lose Primary

The mayoral race is a staging ground for three of the most unfortunate tendencies in American politics.

Dining across the divide: ‘On climate, he liked a graph. I’m a little more: show me the evidence’

The topic of global heating saw temperatures rise, but could they find common cause on asylum seekers?

Priest accuser hopes Texas conviction will keep him from victimizing others

Woman, who says Anthony Odiong pressured her into sex acts, says church officials failed to act when told of abuse

Anti-Muslim hate and antisemitism are twin crises. We must confront them together

The two hatreds have rarely been seen as related dangers. But they overlap even as Muslim and Jewish communities are pitted against each other

I'm no Trump fan. But giving him props cost me friends

What I recently wrote about President Donald Trump for a Beltway political publication unleashed a backlash that strikes me as sadly symptomatic of at least three larger issues at play in our culture.

McConnell lets loose on Trump on his way to retirement

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is sailing into retirement with a political luxury he never had as Senate GOP leader: the chance to openly break with President Donald Trump.

E. Jean Carroll is a mess for the administration that won’t go away

Headlines suggesting President Donald Trump’s Justice Department was targeting E. Jean Carroll for a perjury investigation created a mess for the administration last week.