In Focus

Abdul el Sayed, former President Barack Obama, Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN).

Obama and Slotkin’s selective defense of American ideals

Ron MacCammon · October 27, 2026 4:00 pm

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

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

talarico texas magazine illustration

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

Author Ta-Nehisi Coates speaks during the Celebration of the Life of Toni Morrison, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019, in New York. A stage production of Ta-Nehisi Coates' "Between the World and Me," his prize winning book about racism and police violence against Blacks, is being adapted by HBO for a special this fall. HBO announced Thursday that the program will feature readings from Coates' book and will be directed by Apollo Theater Executive Producer Kamila Forbes.

The closing of the Democratic Party mind

Conn Carroll October 13, 2025 2:00 pm

Chinese leaders including President Xi Jinping attend a ceremony.

Chinese money seeps into every level of American politics

Robert Schmad October 13, 2025 8:00 am

Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate, former Rep. Abigail Spanberger (C), marches in the 54th Annual Buena Vista Labor Day Festival parade with Democratic Nominee for Lieutenant Governor, Senator Ghazala Hashmi (R), and Democratic Nominee for Attorney General, former state Delegate Jay Jones (L).

Virginia Democrats want to bring radicalism back to the commonwealth

Zachary Faria October 12, 2025 2:00 pm

Construction workers in building site of wooden house.

The family-housing boom we need

Timothy P. Carney October 12, 2025 8:00 am

Abigail Spanberger speaks on Capitol Hill when she was a congresswoman.

GOP must force Democrats to confront their tolerance for political violence

Henry Olsen October 11, 2025 5:00 pm

U.S. Rep. Katie Porter, D-Calif., speaks to supporters at an election night party, Tuesday, March 5, 2024, in Long Beach, Calif. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

No longer the party of joy, Democrats clearly in need of anger management

Joe Concha October 11, 2025 1:02 pm

President Donald Trump, just nine months into office, has all but fulfilled his campaign promise to bring the war on drugs to the cartels’ doorstep.

Trump overseeing ‘golden age’ of war on drugs

Christian Datoc October 11, 2025 8:00 am

CBS sign

Bari Weiss vs. the intolerant Left

David Harsanyi October 10, 2025 2:00 pm

A Palestine Solidarity Campaign march in London.

In the fight against Islamism and antisemitism, the British government has picked the wrong side

Dominic Green October 10, 2025 4:15 am

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks in Lafayette Park.

Giving Tomahawks to Ukraine is the only way to end the war

Jakub Grygiel October 9, 2025 2:00 pm

Vice President JD Vance.

Trump’s abortion pill approval shatters his and Vance’s pro-life facade

Peter Laffin October 9, 2025 8:00 am

Sacks containing illegal drugs and plastic barrels containing fuel are displayed at a beachside campsite.

Trump is justified in striking Venezuelan drug cartels

Tom Rogan October 8, 2025 2:00 pm