How much is Trump chipping away at NATO support?
The past month has been a whirlwind for the politics of NATO. Former president Donald Trump continued to undermine the alliance — and scare allies — by saying he would…
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Justices skeptical of Tex., Fla. laws that bar platforms from deleting content
A majority of the Supreme Court seemed broadly skeptical Monday that state governments have the power to set rules for how social media platforms curate content, with both liberal and…
Biden and Trump head to the border for dueling visits Thursday
President Biden and former president Donald Trump are both traveling to Texas border towns on Thursday, creating an unusual spectacle of dueling visits in which the prospective 2024 presidential rivals…
Republicans see improvement with Black voters despite themselves
Summaries of Donald Trump’s speech at a Black Conservative Federation (BCF) event on Friday can hardly capture the extent of the bizarre pandering that it entailed. Yes, Trump indicated that…
New York Democratic lawmakers reject proposed congressional map
Lawmakers in the Democratic-led New York state legislature Monday rejected a new congressional map proposed by an independent redistricting commission, the latest political twist in a state that could play…
RFK says he didn’t read Alabama IVF ruling, declines to say when life begins
COSTA MESA, Calif. — A week after the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos are people, independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he had not read the…
Russia looms over yet another Trump presidential campaign
In February alone, Donald Trump encouraged Russia “to do whatever the hell they want” to NATO allies that do not contribute sufficiently to the military alliance. He refused to condemn…
Why the Michigan GOP will have a presidential primary and a convention
Michigan will hold a Republican presidential primary on Tuesday, but that contest won’t award all the state’s delegates — the GOP also will hold a state convention days later to…
How Justice Engoron’s numbers add up for Trump’s penalty in the N.Y. fraud trial
NEW YORK — Donald Trump this month was ordered by a New York Supreme Court justice to pay a penalty of $354,868,768, plus interest that continues to accrue, because the…
As Trump continues to trounce Haley, she presses on as MAGA antagonist
She came in third in Iowa. She lost by double digits in New Hampshire. In Nevada — where Donald Trump’s name wasn’t on the primary ballot — Nikki Haley trailed…