America Votes: Trump’s Power on the Ballot
It’s Election Day, and Americans have another opportunity to decide the limits of President Donald Trump’s power. Voters across the country are choosing all 435 members of the House and 35 senators,…
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EXCLUSIVE: State Department Backs ‘Orderly Transition’ of Power in Serbia
As Serbia changes governments, it enters one of the most sensitive moments in any democracy: the peaceful transfer of power. The United States is making clear that it wants that transition to be orderly. In an exclusive statement to…
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What Will Decide the 2026 Midterms?
Americans are voting today in midterm elections that will determine control of Congress and shape the final two years of President Donald Trump’s second…
Keep readingJustice Department Deploys 1,000 Election Monitors Across All 50 States
The Justice Department is deploying approximately 1,000 election monitors and observers across all 50 states Tuesday, marking the first nationwide operation of its kind…
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First lady Melania Trump will bring Russian and Ukrainian representatives together at the White House on Thursday, following her efforts to secure a ceasefire…
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TODAY AT THE WHITE HOUSE
THE FIRST DRAFT
Why Elon Musk Is Spending Millions to Defend Texas Republicans
Why does a Republican Party that has dominated Texas politics for decades need the world’s richest man to spend so much money defending its hold on the state?…
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Trump Says He Would Pardon Elon Musk if Needed
President Donald Trump said Monday he would be willing to pardon Elon Musk if he believed the billionaire needed protection from potential prosecution.…
Trump Says He’ll Become ‘Mr. Veto’ if Democrats Take Congress
President Donald Trump says he is preparing to use his veto power if Republicans lose control of one or both chambers of Congress…
Trump Heads to Lincoln Memorial for Midterm Pitch
President Donald Trump will deliver his closing argument to voters Monday afternoon at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, making one final push for…
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AFTERIMAGE REVIEW
Chronicles on Freedom: My Life in Voluntary Exile
“It is we who changed. Everything else remained the same,” the Croatian waiter at Monte’s Trattoria in New York City told…
Alina Habba’s $50 Million Deal and the Case for Saying No
There comes a moment in the life of a nation when the most important word in its…
George Logothetis: Humanity Cannot Survive as a Collection of Avatars on a Screen
There is no shortage of power in New York this week. Black SUVs sweep through Midtown with…