In Focus

People take photos near a John Harvard statue, left, on the Harvard University campus, Jan. 2, 2024, in Cambridge, Mass. (Steven Senne/AP)

Restoring Veritas? Harvard University still has a long way to go toward returning to its true mission

Michael M. Rosen · October 18, 2026 4:00 pm

Defendant Lindsay Clancy and attorney Kevin Reddington listen to Judge William Sullivan declare a mistrial in Clancy's murder trial on Friday, Sept. 4, 2026, in Plymouth, Mass.

The Lindsay Clancy case exposes the insanity defense loophole

The SSA office.

The looming Social Security cliff

Associate Justice Samuel Alito

Why speculation about Justice Alito’s future continues despite his rejection of retirement

White House press secretary Katie Zacharia walks out to speak with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, in Washington.

Zacharia had to go. Here’s who should be next

A No Kings march in Midtown Manhattan denouncing President Trump and his administration on March 28, 2026. (Gina M. Randazzo/ZUMA Press Wire via Newscom)

In defense of the Senate

David Harsanyi August 4, 2026 2:00 pm

A No Kings march in Midtown Manhattan denouncing President Trump

Highly credentialed, underemployed, and furious: Meet the DSA

Ron MacCammon August 3, 2026 4:00 pm

A worker gestures near the stadium as preparations continue, Thursday, June 11, 2026, in Santa Clara, Calif., near San Francisco, ahead of the World Cup Group B soccer match between Qatar and Switzerland.

Title IX didn’t ruin men’s soccer. Football did

Amy Swearer August 3, 2026 2:00 pm

2026 primaries to watch

Under-the-radar primary races you should be following three months until midterm elections

Lauren Green, James A. Downs August 3, 2026 8:00 am

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio disembarks a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft at Kuwait International Airport during his visit to the Middle East to discuss the interim deal between the U.S. and Iran with Arab Gulf allies, in Kuwait City, Kuwait, Wednesday, June 24, 2026. (Eric Lee/Pool photo via AP)

Why Marco Rubio is rising

Zachary Faria August 2, 2026 2:00 pm

The Roseville, Mich., house is seen on Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012 where police plan to take soil samples from under a driveway Friday after a tipster said it could be the final resting place of missing Teamsters leader Jimmy Hoffa. Roseville Police Chief James Berlin says a man claims to have seen a body buried there approximately 35 years ago. Berlin says the man believes it could be Hoffa. Hoffa disappeared in suburban Detroit in 1975, and his remains haven't been found. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

The American dream lives in suburbia

Timothy P. Carney August 2, 2026 1:27 pm

Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN).

Minnesota’s cash-burning paid leave program: A tale of ‘Democratic mismanagement’

Mia Cathell August 1, 2026 2:00 pm

This image released by CBS News shows Bari Weiss at the CBS News/Politico reception ahead of the White House correspondents dinner.

CBS hired one conservative. The legacy press lost their minds

Joe Concha August 1, 2026 6:00 am

Venezuela's interim president, Delcy Rodriguez, accompanied by the president of the National Assembly, Jorge Rodriguez, and the Minister of the Interior, Justice, and Peace, Diosdado Cabello, holds a press conference for national and international media in Caracas, Venezuela, on July 2, 2026. (Photo by Javier Campos/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Why this round of Venezuela talks could actually be different

Imdat Oner July 31, 2026 4:00 pm

Warren G. Harding was a reasonably effective and highly popular president and not a buffoon. (AP file)

Warren Harding and the bravest presidential speech in US history

David Harsanyi July 31, 2026 2:00 pm

Left: cap sold at the web site of Richard Nixon’s presidential library; Right: A T-shirt for sale by podcaster Alex Jones; Center: President Richard Nixon during a White House news conference in which he defended sending U.S. troops to Cambodia, May 8, 1970. (thealexjonesstore.com; Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum; Associated Press)

Why the New Right loves Nixon

Nathan Pinkoski July 31, 2026 6:30 am

Chick-fil-A

Civic renewal is alive inside a Chick-fil-A on Long Island

Samuel J. Abrams July 30, 2026 4:00 pm