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WASHINGTON — Brawling in the ring at Sunday’s UFC fight came with a show of Republican unity, as congressional leaders like Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Speaker Mike Johnson turned up to watch the event on the...Read more

Shehbaz Sharif, the prime minister of Pakistan, which served as the key negotiator between the U.S. and Iran, announced on June 14, 2026, that the two sides had agreed on a deal to end the war. It will be officially ...Read more

Trump again claims victory in Iran. He’s claimed victory before, but now he has a so-called “agreement” with Iran.

That agreement, which appears to be no more than a memo of understanding — that is, a set of ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear a Trump administration appeal and decide if "criminal aliens" may be held indefinitely while they fight deportation.

The case to be heard in the fall could give the ...Read more

We come to this moment from different directions. But today we stand in the same park, seeing the same thing: Something extraordinary is happening on Chicago’s South Side.

For almost 100 years, the Griffin Museum of ...Read more

The Obama Presidential Center’s unrelenting marketing campaign and weekslong soft opening have inspired an avalanche of opinions and emotions. For me, one feature rises above all: the new Obama Presidential Center branch...Read more

When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Washington and Europe expected a quick Russian victory. Russia’s population was more than three times that of Ukraine, its military four times ...Read more

The First Amendment needs all the help it can get these days. Many progressives want restrictions on “hate speech,” while Democrats weren’t shy about pushing private companies to censor “misinformation” during ...Read more

As soon as enough votes were counted to officially knock Tom Steyer out of the California governor's race, the anti-billionaire schadenfreude kicked in.

Social media and legacy media, conservative and liberal, all seemed ...Read more

A deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz is set for signature on Friday, and Donald Trump is already congratulating himself on being the first U.S. president to have made peace with Iran since the country’s 1979 revolution....Read more

There are two processes that we cannot escape: aging and math. This applies not only to human beings but also to large government social-insurance programs.

Last week the Social Security Administration released its annual...Read more

Steven Spielberg’s spectacular career arc includes popular popcorn films like “Jaws” and “Jurassic Park” as well as more sober, serious cinema like “Lincoln” and “Saving Private Ryan.” But while the ...Read more

As President Donald Trump sinks deeper into an Iran quagmire, he looks like a loser for joining an ill-planned war of choice and failing at peace talks.

Even if a U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding (or MOU) is signed ...Read more

The naysayers have had their say. Concern over a bold tower, characterizable as brooding. Worries about neighborhood gentrification, implying a new tourist destination is all downside. The amplifying of complaining ...Read more

Have you ever voted for a politician who said we should censor the media or ignore court rulings? What about a candidate who encouraged or joked about political violence? Or someone who prioritized your party over the ...Read more

Two major American universities were asked to do one thing after my mother died in April: acknowledge her passing.

The foundation she co-created nearly 50 years ago, the Dr. Herbert and Nicole Wertheim Family Foundation,...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- The lunar calendar may say it's the Year of the Horse, but for Los Angeles politics it's been more like the Year of the Dog.

Spencer Pratt made animal welfare a key platform in his unsuccessful campaign for...Read more

U.S. Rep. Mark Alford was at home Sunday when he learned from his staff about a fatal plane crash in Butler that killed 12 people.

Alford, a Missouri Republican, said he rushed to the city, situated in Bates County about ...Read more

President Donald Trump said he is opposed to having Congress renew now-expired spy powers for U.S. intelligence agencies unless lawmakers also pass a controversial voter identification bill.

Trump’s fresh demand adds ...Read more

Representative Seth Moulton’s primary challenge to Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey hasn’t attracted as much national attention as the Democratic firefights over Senate nominations in Maine and Michigan. But the ...Read more