Politics
What really matters in the world of politics, campaigns, ideology, and more.
A UN commission joined a chorus of experts in calling Israel’s actions a genocide. Will the world listen?
How the Trump administration took Jimmy Kimmel off the air.
What studying hundreds of political assassinations has revealed.
The former Man Show host has gone from the least political voice in late night to a victim of the war on woke.
Mehdi Hasan explains why he’ll debate (almost) anyone.
Charlie Kirk and meme culture’s violent turn.
Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.
The right’s new assault on free speech isn’t cancel culture. It’s worse.
Trump’s new attack on press freedom, briefly explained.
The next few months could be the most consequential period for US constitutional law since the Roosevelt administration.
Chris Van Hollen on a government shutdown, Charlie Kirk, and Zohran Mamdani.
The contradictions at the heart of this fundamental right in democracies.
Trump wants to be a cultural tastemaker. The CIA did it first.
Remember the TikTok ban? There’s a new deadline coming up.
Cook v. Trump is one of the highest-stakes cases of Trump’s presidency.
How Gen Z’s parasocial relationship with Charlie Kirk explains his success.
Three reasons his message resonated so strongly with young conservatives.
We can hold two thoughts in our head at the same time.
There’s one big guardrail left on Trump’s ambitions. Democrats are gearing up for a showdown that could destroy it.
His story about the left and the right doesn’t hold up to the facts.
The late Talking Points USA leader built a movement that will outlive him.
They’re calling him a martyr for free speech as they demand a violent crackdown on progressive dissent.
Our unmoderated online reality bares its teeth.
Whether this week’s drone incursion into Poland was an accident or a provocation, the risks are still growing.
On the horrible murder of Charlie Kirk — and the threat to democracy it created.
Zeke Emanuel on RFK Jr. and the crisis of faith in public health.
The party should only force a shutdown for its own political gain.
Is the best way to fight Trump “normal” politics — or something else?
The message behind the unprecedented attack on the soil of a US ally.
It’s blue, the feeling the country has.
Why you should care about Trump’s crypto ventures.
ICE gets the go-ahead for indiscriminate immigration stops in LA.
Don’t expect the courts to keep ICE under control.
Why Trump’s gaudy White House remodel matters.
Few countries better exemplify how life has actually improved.
The hit Broadway musical turns 10 this year. Does anyone think it’s cool anymore?
Is the economy headed for a downturn?
“The Department of War,” explained.
What will come next in the Trump administration’s war on “narcoterrorism”?