Gavin Newsom's Trolling of Donald Trump Is a Painful Reminder That Politics Can Always Get Dumber
Newsom hired a brass-knuckled social-media team to fight fire with fire, but the result is even more childish nonsense in politics.
Newsom hired a brass-knuckled social-media team to fight fire with fire, but the result is even more childish nonsense in politics.
Most voters support submitting ballots by mail, and also voter ID.
The Constitution requires apportionment to be based on a count of all "persons," excluding only "Indians not taxed."
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Voters overwhelmingly supported Initiative 83, but Democratic lawmakers have been hesitant to adopt it.
In a petty, public war of words, Trump threatens to cut off federal support to Musk's companies after the billionaire attacked his deficit-busting budget bill.
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Democrats keep trying to out-hawk Republicans, even though the mood in America has shifted toward diplomacy.
In a legal filing this week, Trump argued that routine edits to a CBS News interview he did not participate in caused him "confusion and mental anguish."
Ignore David Axelrod's suggestion that questions "should be more muted and set aside for now as he's struggling through this."
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Three libertarians—Dave Smith, J.D. Tuccille, and Liz Wolfe—revisit their reluctant votes for Trump, weighing the promises, chaos, and consequences of his second term so far.
The new standards are "the most unapologetically conservative, pro-America social studies standards in the nation," according to State Superintendent Ryan Walters.
The president's lawyers also conflate fraud with defamation, misconstrue the commercial speech doctrine, and assert that false speech is not constitutionally protected.
Now the tell-all books are pouring in.
The president is arguing in court that journalism he doesn't like is "election interference" that constitutes consumer fraud.
The defense secretary, who shared information about imminent U.S. air strikes in a manifestly insecure group chat, thought Clinton should be prosecuted for her careless handling of sensitive information.
The Senate minority leader mocked anti-tax, anti-government views held by most Americans.
Researchers analyzed political content made with artificial intelligence and found much of it was not deceptive at all.
Rep. Adam Smith (D–Wash.) thinks Democrats should return to their antiwar roots—and be open to negotiating with Russia.
Regulations, taxes, bad energy policy, and a lack of entrepreneurial spirit hold the country back.
At his confirmation hearing, the president's pick to run the nation's leading law enforcement agency ran away from his record as a MAGA zealot.
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The Fraternal Order of Police mistakenly thought that the president "supports our law enforcement officers" and "has our backs."
Biden’s preemptive pardons and Trump’s blanket relief for Capitol rioters both set dangerous precedents.
The president drew no distinction between people who merely entered the building and people who vandalized it or assaulted police officers.
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In the first volume of his final report, Special Counsel Jack Smith laid out a damning case against the former and future president.
Ranked choice voting and nonpartisan primaries suffered a bad election cycle in 2024.
Recent election results show the drug war’s punitive mentality still appeals to many Americans, even in blue states.
Despite some notable wins, the president-elect's overall track record shows he cannot count on a conservative Supreme Court to side with him.
President-elect Edmundo González has vowed to challenge Maduro's grip on power.
He says he wants to "stop growing the money supply and start growing the stuff money buys."
Aside from a felony record that may yet be erased on appeal, the president-elect will face no punishment for trying to conceal his hush payment to Stormy Daniels.
The outgoing Canadian prime minister says ranked choice voting would change how political parties and voters approach elections. He's right.
The incoming administration has an opportunity—if it can meet expectations.
It's still the economy, stupid.
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Refugee resettlements last year hit a 30-year high, but that progress is fragile.
After a delay, Johnson secured the slimmest of majorities.