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How many "Dan Sullivans" does an election need?

One would seem plenty, but Alaska is going to the polls with two "Dan Sullivans" on the ballot -- one the sitting Republican U.S. senator in a nip-and-tuck battle to save his seat, and the other a random guy whose only discernible purpose in the race is to divert precious votes from the real Dan...Read more

Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic Senate candidate in Michigan, thinks he's another JFK, not in terms of charm or wit, but as a fellow victim of religious bigotry.

When he ran for president in 1960, Jack Kennedy indeed encountered anti-Catholic prejudice, including the preposterous claim that he'd take orders as president from the Vatican. This ...Read more

"All my life," Charles de Gaulle famously said, "I have had a certain idea of France."

This, though, was presumably not what he had in mind. France has been wracked by riots targeting public buildings and symbols of the nation, as well as ordinary commercial concerns.

Of course, France has a long tradition of unrest on the streets. If ...Read more

After sweeping the swing states and winning the popular vote in 2024, Donald Trump took office with a sense that he occupied the center and had dealt the cultural left a grave blow.

Non-aligned or heterodox voices in the podcasting world and media had gravitated toward him, alienated by the illiberalism and exotic concerns of contemporary ...Read more

Much of Ilhan Omar's family story is a black box, but we are presumably about to learn more about it.

Federal authorities raided her Washington, D.C., residence in what's reportedly a probe related to her immigration paperwork.

The congresswoman has alleged an effort to weaponize federal law enforcement and silence her. The Trump ...Read more