Politics

It Shouldn't Take More Proof to Catch a Fish Than to Vote

The November of my senior year in high school, I stayed up until midnight watching the 2020 election. The campaign season and election were nerve-racking, especially amid the backdrop of the pandemic. When I finally fell asleep, the election remained a toss-up. Pennsylvania, Georgia, and Nevada were all leaning red, but that did not last, and former President Joe Biden was announced the winner four days later. After the disputed election results, questions quickly spread about the legitimacy of the vote count.

Anti-abortion leaders see Josh Hawley as possible 2028 force

During the 2024 presidential election, former Vice President Mike Pence was the most staunchly anti-abortion candidate, pressuring other Republicans in the primary to endorse a 15-week federal abortion ban.

Socialism didn't die with the Soviets

Watching Mayor Zohran Mamdani carry on in New York, I am reminded of Lord Percy of Newcastle’s ominous definition 75 years ago of “social democracy”: “The phrase,” he wrote, “does not imply that economic activity should not continue to be based on private property; it implies only that, as a matter of legal rights, such property should be perpetually insecure.”

The Kennedy Center Has a Problem That Courts Can’t Fix

A board of Trump loyalists keeps dragging out a legal fight over the center’s future.

Ukraine launches investigation after Russian strike on depot near homes triggers explosions, kills at least 37

Updated on: August 29, 2026 / 8:45 AM EDT / CBS/AP

Can Trump end Armenia and Azerbaijan's forever war?

Before launching Operation Epic Fury against Iran on Feb. 28, one of President Donald Trump’s favorite refrains was that he “ended” eight wars during his first year-plus back in office.

What the Data Center Backlash Has in Common with 'Free Palestine'

A popular cause begins to gather steam. Originating from leftist activists, it attacks its target with unremitting focus and ferocity. The movement runs contrary to all available evidence when analyzed rationally, but it attains a sharp emotional resonance. It gains steam from social media algorithms juiced by foreign actors eager to promote division and advance their own preferred policies. It begins to break containment by attracting support in the center and even on parts of the Right. And it suddenly becomes mainstream, turning conventional wisdom on its head.

They laid down arms. Now ex-guerrillas in Colombia fear fate under new hardline president

'Total peace' plan of previous government led only 99 of Colombia’s 30,000 armed combatants to disarm, but new president Abelardo De la Espriella opposes peace agreements

What Might Happen to Trump’s Ill-Gotten Gains

Americans are not accustomed to learning lessons about democracy from Nigeria, Peru, or the Philippines. That disregard may soon change. Those countries offer examples of what it looks like to reclaim stolen or swindled wealth from fallen authoritarian rulers. Done right, this work can deliver justice and strengthen democratic institutions for the long run. But cleaning up after a corrupt regime also comes with serious challenges and hazards.

Democrats try to divorce themselves from a toxic Hasan Piker

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Oman can't avoid Operation Economic Outcast

President Donald Trump threatened to bomb Oman if it “gets in the way” of American plans for the future of the Strait of Hormuz. Despite the threat, Iran and Oman announced that they are nearing an agreement to open and manage a single corridor through the strait. While this statement doesn’t address tolling, Muscat has previously signaled that it would accept a joint fee-collection mechanism with Iran. This stands in direct opposition to promises from Trump that Hormuz will be “open, safe, and free.”

Why Texas won't extradite an ICE officer to Minnesota

The legal battle over Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer Christian Castro — charged with a crime in Minnesota before returning to Texas — has become a test of a little-discussed constitutional provision.