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Pennsylvania state Sen. Tracy Pennycuick.

Meet Tracy Pennycuick, the trailblazing Pennsylvania state senator pioneering bipartisan AI safeguards

Christopher Tremoglie · October 30, 2026 8:37 am

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) and former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra.

Becerra will be Newsom, but worse for California

Former President Barack Obama speaks in support of Democratic candidates Sen. Jon Ossoff and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Keisha Lance Bottoms during a rally on Oct. 28 in Morrow, Georgia. (Brynn Anderson/AP)

Obama is ‘tired of being divided’: Pot, meet kettle

ICE Training Philly worst of worst illegal immigrants

Philadelphia Democrats organize to disrupt ICE. They’re protecting violent illegal immigrants

JB Pritzker speaks at a convention.

JB Pritzker lives in an alternate Illinois reality

President Donald Trump speaks at a dinner.

Trump’s Syria strategy might just work

Daniel DePetris November 8, 2025 6:00 am

Scott Wiener, center, speaks during an annual pumpkin carving

Meet Pelosi’s inevitable replacement, the execrable Scott Wiener

Zachary Faria November 7, 2025 1:33 pm

A United Airlines plane is parked on the tarmac outside a restaurant at Newark Liberty International Airport.

Now that Democrats won their elections, can they reopen the government before they kill holiday travel?

Tiana Lowe Doescher November 7, 2025 11:09 am

Columbia University's acting president Claire Shipman speaks during Columbia University commencement ceremony on Columbia's main campus, in Manhattan, on Wednesday, May 21, 2025 in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, Pool)

Congress demands Columbia University cut ties with China

Pedro Rodriguez November 7, 2025 9:43 am

President Donald Trump speaks with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during an arrival ceremony at the Royal Terminal of King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, May 13, 2025.

Saudi purchase of F-35s signals revival of US alliance

Pedro Rodriguez November 7, 2025 9:38 am

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni waits for the arrival of European Council President Antonio Costa at the Chigi Palace in Rome.

Giorgia Meloni’s strong leadership on Ukraine

Ani Chkhikvadze November 7, 2025 6:00 am

Vice President Dick Cheney, accompanied by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), bangs a gavel.

Cheney, Pelosi, and Mamdani — the American saga continues

Peter Laffin November 6, 2025 5:00 pm

New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani speaks.

Zohran Mamdani’s unimpressive win

David Harsanyi November 6, 2025 2:38 pm

Protesters confront federal law enforcement officers outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland, Ore., Monday, Oct. 6, 2025.

Portland is not a serious city

Zachary Faria November 6, 2025 2:17 pm

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky poses for a photo with servicemen.

What Russia’s desperate struggle to envelop Pokrovsk tells us

Tom Rogan November 6, 2025 1:52 pm

This combination of photos taken on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, shows Abigail Spanberger in Richmond, Va., left, Zohran Mamdani in New York, center, and Mikie Sherrill in East Brunswick, N.J. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough, Yuki Iwamura and Matt Rourke)

Why Tuesday’s election win for Democrats really wasn’t that big a deal or unexpected

Christopher Tremoglie November 6, 2025 12:54 pm

Emma Stone collaborates once again with filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos in “Bugonia.”

In Bugonia, it’s dangerous to dismiss conspiracy theorists

Harry Khachatrian November 6, 2025 12:34 pm