Trump Lost His Bet on DeSantis
Donald Trump can dress it up any way he likes. He can summon the spin doctors, rearrange the political furniture and insist that the whole midterms catastrophe was merely “one of those…
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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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Inside Jeffries’ Bid for House Speaker
Hakeem Jeffries is asking House Democrats to make him the 57th speaker of the House, positioning himself to make history as the first Black…
Keep readingTrump Stays Neutral as Scalise and Jordan Battle for House GOP
President Donald Trump is staying out of the battle to replace House Speaker Mike Johnson as the Republican leader in the next Congress. Asked…
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President Donald Trump opened Election Night on the offensive, lashing out at Fox News, attacking commentator Jessica Tarlov and warning to CBS that if…
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TODAY AT THE WHITE HOUSE
THE FIRST DRAFT
‘Oh, What a Night!’ Schumer Takes a Victory Lap and Promises Investigations
The morning after election night, Sen. Chuck Schumer was in a very good mood. Democrats had won back the Senate, and even Schumer had not expected a majority…
Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer Take Washington
It was the election night Donald Trump and his inner circle had hoped would never come. Republicans lost the House. They lost the Senate. And now to political…
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Melania Trump to Bring Russian and Ukrainian Representatives Together at White House
First lady Melania Trump will bring Russian and Ukrainian representatives together at the White House on Thursday, following her efforts to secure a…
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…
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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…