In Focus

Protesters wave flags at the Winston Churchill statue during the Unite the Kingdom march in London, Saturday, May 16, 2026.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

The UK keeps calm and carries on toward French-style disaster

Tom Rogan · October 29, 2026 6:00 am

Venezuelans celebrate with a painting depicting opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado in Santiago, Chile.

Machado’s return could move Venezuela’s court fight into the streets

Block, the company led by Jack Dorsey, has released Dessa, a new voice model from its research lab that runs locally and produces strikingly human expressions such as laughter, pauses and crying. (Washington Examiner illustration/Getty Images)

Jack Dorsey’s ‘Dessa’ wants you to forget AI isn’t a person

Kamala Harris, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Gavin Newsom.

Democrats have a 2028 problem: Their candidates

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

Vance is no hypocrite on flag burning

David P Deavel September 4, 2025 6:00 pm

tariffs trade policy congress money white house

Markets loathed tariffs. Now can they learn to live without them?

Tiana Lowe Doescher September 4, 2025 1:00 pm

A new study funded by the National Institutes of Health found that people who cut dietary fats lost 68 percent more body fat than people who cut carbohydrates. (AP Photo)Â

Junk science on the menu: How ‘Fat Studies’ endangers public health

Peter Laffin September 4, 2025 8:00 am

The Democrats who absolutely will not be president

Joe Concha September 3, 2025 2:00 pm

A triptych of Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un.

China-Russia-North Korea axis isn’t a military alliance

Tom Rogan September 3, 2025 8:00 am

Vice President JD Vance walks to the West Wing of the White House, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025, in Washington.

The GOP’s overconfidence problem cracks the door open for Democrats

David Harsanyi September 2, 2025 6:00 pm

Regulator bullying: CPSC targeted Dreamland Baby

Bethany Mandel September 2, 2025 1:00 pm

Jason Miyares, Winsome Earle-Sears, Delores Oates, Glenn Youngkin and John Reid gather at a campaign rally in Vienna, Va, on Tuesday, July 1, 2025.

Education returns to center stage in Virginia gubernatorial race

Jeremiah Poff September 2, 2025 8:00 am

A plane carrying migrants deported months ago by the United States to El Salvador under the Trump administration's immigration crackdown lands at Simón Bolívar International Airport in Maiquetía, Venezuela, Friday, July 18, 2025.

Measuring Trump’s deportation success

Conn Carroll September 1, 2025 2:00 pm

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announces issuing "investigative subpoenas" to Orange County employees during a press conference in Orlando, Fla., on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. (Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel via AP)

Red states lean into cost-cutting brand with DOGE copycats

David Sivak September 1, 2025 12:08 pm

Gov. Gavin Newsom holds a press conference at the Google office in San Francisco on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025, to announce new AI partnerships.

Do Democrats want the GOP to take over their cities?

Zachary Faria August 31, 2025 2:00 pm

President Donald Trump listens as he meets with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung in the Oval Office of the White House.

Trump, activist investor in the White House

Timothy P. Carney August 31, 2025 8:00 am