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

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

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 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.

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

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

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.

In "The Castle," Jon Ronson investigates the roots of male alienation and the forces driving men toward grievance and the manosphere.

The mainstream press was far from perfect. But before the era of “hot takes,” information silos, steep budget cuts, and ugly charges of “fake news,” it had strengths that we need now.