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The Fed Should Stay the Course
Taiwanese Leader Denounces Beijing's 'Assault on Religion'
Just days before Secretary of State Antony Blinken heads to China in an attempt to improve relations, Taiwan's top legislative leader was in Washington thanking the U.S. for its support and denouncing Beijing's "all-out assault on religion" amid a broader effort to block the Chinese people from enjoying fundamental freedoms and human rights.
Eric Adams' Approval Rating Is Falling
Crime is the top issue for New Yorkers and very few say it's gotten better under his watch.
Most Americans Agree on How To Teach U.S. History
The Merits of Meritocracy
with Ernesto Cortes
The Political Machine That Made George Santos
In New York's Nassau County, Republicans run for office when the GOP bosses say they can.
Davos Man Has a People Problem
One of the most iconic images of our time shows a polar bear marooned and adrift on an ice floe. Few other images capture the reality of climate change so viscerally. And now,...
Black Reparations Inspiring an Intersectional Pandora's Box
Until a few years ago, the idea of paying financial reparations to descendants of African slaves was dismissed as a fringe idea. Now a notion that President Barack Obama once reje
Virginians Support Protections for Unborn at 15 Weeks
Democrats in the Virginia statehouse pay plenty of lip service to democracy.
RNC Doubles Down on Party's Anti-Abortion Crusade
It's a bold plan.
The States People Are Moving To--& Ones They're Ditching
Hundreds of thousands of Americans moved last year. The reason? Think housing costs, jobs and taxes.
How Ideologues Infiltrated the Arts
Artists nationwide say they're being put to an ideological litmus test. 'It felt like somebody holding a gun to my head saying: your integrity or your life's work.'
The Press vs. Trump: A Contested Pulitzer
Chapter 3: A contested Pulitzer Trump's firing of Comey on May 9 was nothing like his hit TV show, The Apprentice. The boss couldn't move on to the next episode, nor would the ousted employee quietly walk away. The firestorm that erupted in the aftermath of Comey being axed required a do-over, in part because [...]
Media Got Awards for Lying, and They've Never Stopped
No amount of 'painful road of introspection' can fix what the media did to this country and to American democracy.
Trump So Far Isn't Scaring Anyone Off White House Race
It's Past Time To Reduce Over-Classification
Embarrassment or protecting turf are never good reasons to classify.
Fix Is In: FBI Bungles Case Against Biden
The FBI has adopted an approach that would compromise or complicate any criminal charge.
Archives 'Wasn't Allowed' To Reveal Documents Finding
A top House Republican says the top lawyer for the National Archives wasn't allowed to weigh in on the discovery of classified documents in President Joe Biden's possession - despite publicly commenting repeatedly on former President Donald Trump's similar circumstance.
The GOP's Struggle To Prove Its Biden Probes Are Legit
House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer, R-Ky., wants to frame Republican probes as impartial. He has his work cut out for him.