Politics

The UFC fighter who mocked Michelle Obama claims it was all a compliment

Clearly, the former first lady should have been flattered by the remark at the White House cage match

The UFC match plot: how a far-right group tried to assassinate Trump at his own event

Court files show how men connected through TikTok and encrypted apps planned attack on White House UFC fight

A World Cup lesson: Rediscovering the country we’ve taken for granted

As Americans prepare to celebrate Independence Day, there is an undeniable irony hanging over the nation’s 250th birthday.

The Court That Will Believe Absolutely Anything Is ‘Race-Neutral’

The majority gives Trump yet more license to discriminate.

Police arrived to arrest her father for sexual abuse. But he was making it all up

Mark described abusing his daughter in a chatroom. Then it turned out nothing he had posted was true – and he walked free. With ‘fantasy abuse’ on the rise, can Emily and her mother win their fight to make it illegal?

The Great American State Fair Isn’t Very Great

A dizzying showcase on the National Mall has Abraham Lincoln holograms, free Frosties, and a lot of Donald Trump.

'Not a culture war': the council that won its case over England flags on lampposts

Leader of local authority in Oxfordshire faces backlash over injunction ‘to maintain neutral, safe space for residents’

Trump’s Board of Peace plans to grant itself sweeping immunity, documents show

Draft resolution seeks to shield board members and security forces from potential prosecution for work in Gaza

‘Not puff pieces and kid gloves’: why Bari Weiss is hiring British journalists at CBS News

Editor-in-chief has developed network of UK thinkers she believes reject what she regards as overly ‘woke’ consensus

Forget crumbling democracy: America’s biggest crisis is a stagnant, murky pool

The Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool is a painful metaphor for the state of our union

Higher Ed Is Very Sorry

Universities are studying how they lost the public’s trust.

Trump-backed Letlow takes on Fleming in Louisiana Senate runoff

One of the country’s most contentious Republican primaries reaches its dramatic conclusion on Saturday as Trump-endorsed Rep. Julia Letlow (R-LA) takes on state Treasurer John Fleming in the Louisiana Senate runoff.