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The government-funded ads show just how much President Trump has been able to use federal money for his own aims.

FBI Director Kash Patel and Attorney General Todd Blanche could reportedly see their jobs threatened if they fail to produce the indictments President Donald Trump is seeking from a sprawling series o...

Centrist politicians are soul-searching after electoral gains by the far right and the far left. Today's weak coalitions, political fragmentation and dire economy echo a past that led to the rise of f...

On a range of issues from Iran to safety net cuts to voting rights, Trump’s party is holding back until he’s beyond accountability once and for all.

The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.

A decade after his infamous Access Hollywood tape, the gender divide is again shaping a pivotal midterm election

He hopes most of the Republican Party will be "smashed to atoms" on Election Day; he described the party as "trembling and embarrassed" and said that most Republican lawmakers had exchanged their inde...

Refugees from third countries are being sent to Equatorial Guinea, where they are often sent back to the very countries they fled

With his spitefulness to the press, Donald Trump is giving it the chance to reform how it covers the presidency

CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten analyzed President Trump's claims he would be able to beat former Vice President Kamala Harris by 25 points if the 2024 election were run today.

It's not looking good for the GOP heading into November, but Nate Silver said there is one reason for Trump and the GOP to be optimistic: they have more money

Households in the contiguous United States will pay thousands of dollars more for energy through 2040 because of federal policy changes since President Donald Trump returned to office, such as canceli...

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A new survey finds that American support for political violence decreased heading into the 2026 midterms. While MAGA supporters remain the most likely to justify violence, overall willingness to commi...

How the EU and UK can respond to Chinese technological supremacy

Military doctrine gives officers a clear rule for manifestly unlawful orders: Refuse them. It offers no comparable rule when lawful action appears to

“We want to stop the North Koreans as far from Pusan as we can. Block the main road as far north as possible. Contact General Church. If you can't locate

Gulf Arab states increasingly view Israel as the main obstacle to progress on the peace plan – and may hope for an opening after Israel’s October elections.

This article argues that contemporary Western military innovation has become a strategic dead end. Tracing the evolution of military innovation from the Revolution in Military Affairs through counteri...

In January, this article series opened with a blunt question: Economic statecraft is back, but is America ready? Driving the question, in part, was the

The U.S. President discussed the war in Iran, press freedom, AI, and more ahead of the midterm elections.

The Pentagon identifies a new enemy…in America

Lebanese fleeing the country’s south are caught between the Israeli occupation and Hezbollah’s refusal to disarm. But for those seeking refuge in Beirut, further struggles await, writes Lemma Shehadi.

Mit Abermilliarden will Deutschland die Bundeswehr zur stärksten Armee Europas machen. Doch selbst in der Koalition bezweifeln einige, dass Verteidigungsminister Boris Pistorius das Geld sinnvoll ausg...

Die Ukraine greift Russland mittlerweile monatlich mit über 17.000 Drohnen an. Dort könnte die Luftverteidigung knapp werden. Fernsehbilder deuten nun auf chinesische Waffen bei den Kremltruppen hin.

Satellite imagery shows what was once farmland and desert taken over by warehouselike structures.

Our attention economy incentivizes the profane degradations of fame-seeking and celebrity culture.

In 1901, military analyst Jan Bloch declared that new military technologies had changed war so radically that the study of history had become useless. He

The industry has become the midterms’ most indelible political symbol for Wall Street’s reckless greed.

Nonfarm payrolls were expected to increase by 84,000 in September while the unemployment rate held at 4.1%.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called to mind the words of President Donald Trump when he delivered an anti-media speech to members of the military.

Homebuilders and prospective buyers continue to face challenging market conditions