Politics

Trump’s grip on the Republican party has never been tighter. Will Democrats take Texas from its grasp?

The US president’s backing of Maga extremists turns off the very voters Republicans need to win over in the midterms

Minneapolis police chief resigns after scandal over sexual misconduct investigation

A report found that Brian O’Hara probably interfered with investigation in what mayor called a ‘breach of trust’

Hardly anyone watches baseball in the UK. So why do we keep speaking its language?

I’ve loved the sport for years, and it’s a lonely pursuit. Whenever I talk to a fellow Brit about it, they look at me as if I’ve thrown them a curveball …

Lawnmower hum: why the sound of the summer could cost you £5,000

For some it’s ‘the music of May’. For others, it’s an antisocial irritation. But wherever you stand, be careful – or you could fall foul of the law

Byron York says US and Iran are between war and peace

Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York spoke on the Hugh Hewitt Show Tuesday about the Iran war, saying, “I think we’re in something in the middle between war and peace with Iran.”

Trump ramps up attacks on Talarico after Paxton’s Texas Senate runoff win

Donald Trump moves quickly to unite Republicans behind the Texas attorney general as Democrats eye rare opening

Jimmy Kimmel on Trump’s no-show at Don Jr’s Bahamas wedding: ‘Flying to an island makes him miss Epstein’

The late-night host slammed the president’s Iran bombings, ‘perfect’ health reports and reacted to RFK Jr’s snake attack

Thirty-five people want to be the next president of France. What could possibly go wrong?

Unless the mainstream gets its act together, next year’s election looks likely to hand the keys of the Élysée to the far right

John Cornyn Lost With His Boots Off

Like fellow Republicans exiled by the president, he still accepted Trump’s claim to inhabit the will of the party.

Man executed for poisoning Chinese billionaire Netflix producer Lin Qi

Chinese authorities have executed a man convicted of using poison to kill a billionaire gaming tycoon linked to the Netflix adaptation of "The Three-Body Problem" over a professional dispute, local media reported Tuesday.

Democrats say they were shut out of fraud event after Vance says crackdown ‘should not be partisan’

State attorneys general say their deputies were turned away and criticized the White House for ‘politicizing’ fraud issues

Penn says it is fighting antisemitism. Its recent tenure decision tells another story

The University of Pennsylvania has spent months claiming it is serious about confronting antisemitism, restoring trust, and repairing the damage caused by campus unrest after Oct. 7, 2023. Yet, Penn has apparently now granted tenure to Sukaina Hirji, whose public activism sits at the center of the very crisis the university claims it is trying to repair.