Politics

Pardoned January 6 rioter sentenced to seven years for Virginia burglary

Zachary Alam spent four years in jail for his role in the Capitol attack before Trump pardoned him in 2025

‘I see every child like I see my children’: why US mothers are on the frontlines of resistance movements

Mothers’ experiences often intersect with federal policy battles over gun violence, immigration and childcare

‘Blindfolded, I sat down slowly. Then the interrogation began’: Iranian Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi on the torture of solitary confinement

Sentenced to 44 years in prison for her political activism, she is now critically ill and her family warn she may soon die in custody. In this exclusive excerpt from her writings, smuggled out of prison at immense risk, Mohammadi describes the horror of her incarceration

Win for Christian foster parents chips away religious liberty infringement

Policies and legislation censoring speech and infringing upon religious freedom, such as those in California, Maryland, and other states in the Union, are in direct opposition to constitutional law.

How great power competition in the Central Sahel helped al Qaeda

A fight for influence between France, Russia, and the United States in the central Sahel has fomented disaster in the region, after an al Qaeda affiliate filled the vacuum opened by the competition.

Walkability is for kids

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The ROAD to Housing Act is a dead end for affordability

American families are enduring the least affordable housing market in history. President Donald Trump and Congress rightly recognize the scale of the crisis. But the Republican Senate’s 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act is a dead-end. The legislation fuels more home-price inflation with an expansion of government subsidies. Meanwhile, its frontal assault on private investment will suppress the supply of new single-family rental homes. Luckily, it appears the president is realizing that the Road to Housing Act advances problems rather than solutions.

GOP torn between agriculture and MAHA over glyphosate

Federal pesticide regulations are increasingly splitting the GOP ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, pitting industrial farmers against Make America Healthy Again activists.

AI Will Push Jews to Question the Source of Religious Authority—Again

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Beverly Hills 911

Beverly Hills detectives try to figure out how a widow ended up dead below a staircase in her mansion. "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards threaten US sites in Middle East if tankers come under fire

Revolutionary Guards issue warning as Trump awaits Iran’s response to Washington’s latest proposal for peace deal

Donald Trump will arrive in Beijing this week knowing that Xi holds all the cards

The US president will be counting on China to influence Iran and help him out of his latest mess. But the price may be high – including for Taiwan