One in five voters who supported Donald Trump in 2024 now regrets their vote. Inflation and war are their biggest complaints.

Could the Clerk of the House lead a midterm coup? Garrett Epps looks to 1863 and 1865 for warnings about our current crisis.

In the 48 hours before 9/11, the Bush administration was insisting we spend enough on counterterrorism and not enough on missile defense.

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In the 48 hours before the devastating terrorist attacks, the Bush administration was insisting we spend enough on counterterrorism and not enough on national missile defense.

The late congressman’s posthumous book condemns dogmatic insistence on unpopular ideas and offers a roadmap for reconciliation.

Protect Democracy’s Beau Tremitiere offers tips on how citizens can do their part to ensure free and fair elections in November.

From GOP leaders to university presidents, those who might have mitigated to the president’s second term lawlessness instead bent the knee.

Charles Adair told jail officials he had schizophrenia. Less than 48 hours later, he was dead after officers restrained him in his cell.

As Europe struggles to respond to Russian hybrid attacks, Ukrainians warn their Western allies: “Putin is at war with you, too.” ...

I confess to some smug satisfaction when a disciple of Donald Trump turns heretic—especially after some very public humiliation or as just desserts. These instances of apostasy have appeal for Trump ...

A new history of the post 9/11 war on terror shows how badly America and its enemies misunderstood the consequences of their own actions.