In Focus

Greta Thunberg waves from a boat taking part in a civilian flotilla bound for Gaza.

Climate, Gaza, French schools: To Greta Thunberg, it’s all the same fight

Jonathan Alpert · October 27, 2026 2:00 pm

Trump Congress spending economy inflation

Nickel-and-dimed voters are ready to send politicians the bill

Spartans in Greece

America’s fate depends on men rediscovering their thumos

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James Talarico’s extremism and the Texas race that should not be close

Cute Little Caucasian Newborn Baby Lying in Bassinet in a Maternity Hospital. Portrait of a Tiny Playful and Energetic Child with a Name ID Tag on the Leg. Healthcare, Pregnancy and Motherhood Concept

Raising birthrates really does take a village

mehdi hasan

No, Mehdi Hasan, slavery didn’t build America

David Harsanyi October 24, 2025 2:00 pm

Pro-Palestinian activists attend a Rally for Palestine in Parliament Square on 14th December 2024 in London, U.K. (Mark Kerrison/In Pictures via Getty Images)

A closer look at the anti-Israel movement’s slogans

Isaac Schorr October 24, 2025 4:10 am

Senate candidate Graham Platner speaks.

A tale of two parties on tolerating extremism

Henry Olsen October 23, 2025 6:00 pm

Jared Kushner walks behind U.S. special envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff.

The misadventures of the witless Steve Witkoff

Tiana Lowe Doescher October 23, 2025 2:00 pm

President Donald Trump answers questions from reporters during a Diwali celebration in the Oval Office.

Trump should adopt his Gaza strategy to end the Ukraine war

Tom Rogan October 23, 2025 8:00 am

President Donald Trump shakes hands with Libby Horne, senior vice president at EMD Serono.

Why is the Right fighting over IVF?

Madeline Fry Schultz October 22, 2025 2:00 pm

A boy plays behind a poster with an image depicting Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. The ailing president's health crisis has raised contentious questions ahead of the swearing-in set for Jan. 10, including whether the inauguration could legally be postponed. The ailing president's health crisis has raised contentious questions ahead of the swearing-in set for Jan. 10, including whether the inauguration could legally be postponed. Officials have raised the possibility that Chavez might not be well enough to take the oath of office, without saying what will happen if he can't. The constitution says that if a president or president-elect dies or is declared unable to continue in office, presidential powers should be held temporarily by the president of the National Assembly and that a new presidential vote should be held within 30 days. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

How Venezuela is supporting radical left-wing groups in the US

Mike Gonzalez October 22, 2025 8:00 am

Democratic candidate for New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani.

The friends of Zohran Mamdani

David Harsanyi October 21, 2025 2:10 pm

Demonstrators participate in the second "No Kings" protest on October 18, 2025 in Thousand Oaks, California. Organizers expect millions to participate in cities and towns across the nation for the second "No Kings" protest to denounce the Trump administration. (Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images)

No Kings is the Seinfeld of protests: A show about nothing

Joe Concha October 21, 2025 8:00 am

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass smiles after she held a news conference regarding the U.S. Marines currently deployed by the Trump administration in Los Angeles, at the Los Angeles Mission College in Sylmar, Calif., Monday, July 21, 2025.

Los Angeles’s failing leadership is worse than ICE raid ’emergency’

Zachary Faria October 20, 2025 2:00 pm

Photos of Zizian cult members.

‘Zizian’ cult case: What you need to know about the wildest, least reported story of the year

Mia Cathell October 20, 2025 8:00 am

Health Insurance Claim Form form document.

Insurance subsidies are a costly fix to Obamacare’s leaky ship

Timothy P. Carney October 19, 2025 8:00 am