Politics
What really matters in the world of politics, campaigns, ideology, and more.


Voters love this solution to the affordability crisis. They’re wrong.


Seven questions about that unusual Mamdani-Trump meeting, answered.


MTG isn’t turning against MAGA. She’s trying to save it.


The fall of El Fasher and Sudan’s ongoing conflict, explained by an expert.


What makes this plan different from all the others?


Who’s really in charge on health policy?


They hardly ever fall. When they do, it usually means serious trouble.

It’s more subtle than Skynet.


Basic lawyering mistakes are impeding Trump’s agenda.


The lovefest has limits.

The “pharmacy of the world” needs to reinvent itself.


After near-unanimous support in Congress, the bill is headed to Trump’s desk.


Oops.


A guide to what’s well documented, what’s contested, and what’s pure speculation.




Or they could save it.


How Trump is starting to make Hispanic Republicans uneasy.


A Heritage insider alleging “openly misogynistic and racist” conduct shines a light on the right’s inner workings.


New data shows foreign PhD enrollment remains steady, but the risks to America’s foreign talent pipeline are growing.


How a neo-Nazi infiltrated so deep into the Republican Party.


After Indiana opts out, is Republican redistricting backfiring?


How Chinese hackers tricked Claude into hacking governments and companies all on its own.


Thus far, the justices have signaled they may not let him — yet.


The government has had troves of evidence for years.


The emails rocketed around social media. But what do they actually mean?


Will JD Vance’s vision set the GOP’s course after Trump?


The global backlash to Trump’s politicization of US intelligence, explained.


After 43 days, the government is almost open again.


“A pal is a wonderful thing.”


And save you $1,000 in the process.


Four questions about the Sudanese civil war, answered.


A political scientist explains the Democrats’ bizarre shutdown strategy.


The Republican Party’s arguments in Watson v. RNC is probably too much even for this Supreme Court.


Yes, polls showed more people blaming Trump. But on their substantive demands, the party was drawing dead.


The Republican justices find something they care about more than they care about religion.


We’ve forgotten how radical household appliances are.


What a president for Gen Alpha might be like.


Democrats are finally fighting back in the redistricting war.


Trump’s airport restrictions kick in.


The world is finally waking up to this brutal war. But that doesn’t mean an end to it is coming soon.