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 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.
Plus: A listener asks the editors to name their least favorite national emergency from the list of those currently in effect.
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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.
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 incoming administration has an opportunity—if it can meet expectations.
It's still the economy, stupid.
Voter ignorance and bias in evaluating political information were major factors in both.
Plus: Evading congestion pricing, expelling Hondurans (and the U.S. military), and more...
Refugee resettlements last year hit a 30-year high, but that progress is fragile.
Voters overwhelmingly favored the new policy, which a former state legislator unsuccessfully tried to block.
Journalists increasingly see their job as protecting their preferred candidates, not asking tough questions.
Even among Republicans and conservatives, support for the policy comes with caveats.
Brianna Wu and TafTaj discuss the role of transgender issues in the 2024 election, "centrist" trans politics, and their own personal stories.
More than a month after Election Day, the race has been called in favor of Amendment 2.
Trump's pick to run the FBI has a long list of enemies he plans to "come after," with the legal details to be determined later.
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Crypto podcaster, writer, and infrastructure investor Nic Carter discusses the role digital assets played in Trump's election, the persecution of Polymarket, and the "enormous spiritual chasm between the right and the left."
Journalists increasingly see their job as protecting their preferred candidates, not asking tough questions.
Former CIA analyst Martin Gurri discusses Donald Trump’s political arc, the rise of populism, and the incoming chaos and transformation we cannot foresee.
"It's harder to be snotty or snarky when I'm looking you in the eye.”
To deflect further assaults on democratic norms, Trump's foes will need a skilled, focused, and thoughtful leader. California Gov. Gavin Newsom is not that guy.
With 50.1 percent of the final tally, Alaskans voted to preserve a system that allows voters more choice in how they vote, and who they vote for.
A.E.I.'s Yuval Levin discusses Trump's mandate (or lack thereof), building coalitions, and how the classic divide between Edmund Burke and Thomas Paine remains relevant.
The president-elect uses conditional grammar to craft self-fulfilling speculative historical fiction.
The Democratic state displayed more economic literacy than its Republican counterparts.
Economics likely spelled doom for Harris, but extreme ideology sealed her party’s fate.
But the amendment won't prevent the state from killing you.
With only months left in his term, Biden wants to forgive the loans of nearly eight million borrowers experiencing "hardship."
It would take nearly $8 trillion in budget cuts merely to stabilize the national debt so it does not grow faster than the economy.
Several Republican senators have said they are not inclined to abdicate their "advice and consent" role in presidential appointments.
The spread of conspiracy theories in response to a bruising electoral loss is not only found on the political right.
The key reason America is so prosperous is because it has been the world's beacon of liberty, welcoming to immigrants and open to trade.
Independent journalist Lee Fang discusses why the Democrats lost so badly and whether or not the party has the ability to course correct anytime soon.
Political scientists Hyrum and Verlan Lewis discuss the 2024 election and the power of self-narratives in American politics.
The president-elect’s record and campaign positions belie Elon Musk’s talk of spending cuts.
The key issue in such cases is the motivation of the official who adopted by the policy, not who voted for him.
Trump's victory was narrow and largely caused by public anger at inflation and price increases.
Will the mercurial tech mogul put his thumb on the scale to help his own companies, or will he push for a broader deregulatory agenda?
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