Politics

These mayors live along Lake America’s shores. But they won’t be calling it that.

Robert Corradino has never lived anywhere but Oswego, New York. As the only commercial port city on the southeastern shore of Lake Ontario, everything bears the lake’s name — the streets, the conve...

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Federal judges say they’re facing intensified threats since start of Trump’s second term

Federal judges say they’re worried about increased threats to members of the judiciary since the start of President Donald Trump’s second term, a trend some say is fueled by politically charged cas...

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House Democrats watch closely as Hakeem Jeffries vows to rein in rogue members

Democrats have spent the better part of two years looking on in glee as House Republicans have struggled to wrangle their narrow majority and enact a consensus agenda.Now, eyeing a potentially smal...

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Trump’s Lake Ontario push forces tech to pick a side

President Donald Trump’s geography wars keep getting worse for the tech industry — forcing online mapping platforms to choose between crossing a vengeful White House or angering the Democrats who m...

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Trump keeps attacking Silicon Valley's giants in court — and they keep dodging

President Donald Trump’s antitrust enforcers have repeatedly tried to break up tech giants, even after their CEOs bent the knee to him. But the courts keep saying no.Wednesday’s decision by a feder...

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Democrats’ new data center attack line

Voters are in an uproar over data centers — and Democrats are trying to direct anger toward Republicans by pointing to a tax provision buried in the GOP’s “big, beautiful bill.”Of the myriad talkin...

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Ken Paxton went after gambling in Texas — but stays hands off on Kalshi

As Texas attorney general, Ken Paxton has pushed for strict enforcement of Texas gambling laws, especially for fantasy sports sites and gaming machines. But after Paxton and his PAC took thousands ...

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Stephen A. Smith has some words for Democrats as he makes his 2028 plans clear

Sports broadcaster Stephen A. Smith has been bouncing around cable TV but insists he’s staying out of one arena: the political one.The outspoken ESPN personality isn’t staying away from talking pol...

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‘Markets’ or ‘gambling’: The brewing Supreme Court fight over prediction markets

A nationwide brawl between dozens of states and the prediction markets championed by President Donald Trump has landed at the Supreme Court.The clash, if taken up, would mark a blockbuster showdown...

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The Trump administration is taking stakes in more companies — and progressives are taking notes

The Trump administration is shaking up federal involvement in the mining, tech, energy and defense sectors by making the government part-owner of dozens of U.S. companies -- and sparking a conversa...

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Americans love AI. They don’t want the data centers that power it.

They’re ugly. They’re noisy. They sprawl across the landscape. They gobble up energy and water.Americans hate data centers and don’t trust the Big Tech companies that need them. But they love using...

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White House pushes companies to ditch Macron’s space summit

The White House pressured U.S. space companies to skip French President Emmanuel Macron’s space summit in Paris next week — a surprise move that left company executives confused about what they sho...

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Another ActBlue Official Pleads Fifth In House Probe of Alleged Foreign Donations

Another ActBlue Official Pleads Fifth In House Probe of Alleged Foreign Donations Authored by AG News Staff via American Greatness, Another senior figure at Democratic fundraising...

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Will AI save or ruin democracy? It depends on whether we allow computers to stand in for people

We seem to be caught in a loop that AI will either save or ruin democracy. At one extreme, politics scholar David Altman worries that artificial intelligence is leading the world toward an “AI-d...

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This time it’s URGENT: Inside battleground candidates’ email strategy

Democrats running for the most competitive Senate seats are betting that folks are more likely to open up their wallets to defeat President Donald Trump and Elon Musk than their in-state rivals.Tak...

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How Trump Lost Asia

Subscribe here: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTubeIn this episode of The David Frum Show, The Atlantic’s David Frum opens with a discussion of how Donald Trump has enriched himself and his family d...

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Trump's Venezuela Oil Deal Sells Out Democracy and Free Markets

Just days after the U.S. military captured Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro in early January, Secretary of State Marco Rubio outlined the ...

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Trump's seen the data center polling – and he still supports them

Donald Trump knows the polling on data centers is bad. He’s making the case for them anyway.“He looks at the polling. He looks at what people are saying,” a senior White House official told POLITIC...

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Florida Republicans worry they won’t capture big redistricting gains

TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Republicans expected Florida to stand as a crucial pillar of their national mid-decade redistricting push. But with roughly two months until Election Day, the chances of the ...

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Republicans struggle for footing on data center response ahead of midterms

Vulnerable House Republicans returned to Washington this week pushing for action before the midterms on reining in data centers, only to find their leadership still undecided on the volatile issue....

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Abdul El-Sayed answered 9/11 question honestly. CBS attacked him

There are few consensus opinions left in American politics. The ones that remain, now that Dolly Parton has passed away, fall neatly into two camps. The first are policies that the United States h...

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