President Trump’s extraordinary comments were the latest iteration of his unsubstantiated claims that U.S. elections are rigged as Republicans face potentially big losses next year.
A federal judge is set to decide whether a man convicted of attempting to assassinate Donald Trump deserves to spend the rest of his life in a federal prison.
Data: Gallup ; Note: Margin of error ranges between +/- 2.4 and 4.7 percentage points; Chart: Axios Visuals Americans say the country's biggest problem right now is politics, per a new global Gallup survey out Wednesday. Why it matters: Only eight other countries — out of 107 — ranked politics first, a sign of heightened political polarization and overall dissatisfaction among Americans. - The only country with a statistically significant higher share identifying politics at the top was Taiwan. It's under mounting political pressure from China, which doesn't consider it a country. How it works: Gallup polled a nationally representative sample of about 1,000 people age 15 and older in each of 107 countries from March - October 2025. …
Experts are reaching to divine the president’s approach to global policy and economics, with one theory seeing antecedents in centuries-old dynastic rule.
Thousands of police and security officers will work during the Milan-Cortina Games’ opening ceremony. The involvement of some U.S. ICE personnel has stirred opposition.
Sovereigntism and liberalism may find an accommodation in the face of a more aggressive left. The post Can the Rights in France Unite? appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs Can the Rights in France Unite? Sovereigntism and liberalism may find an accommodation in the face of a more aggressive left. France is at a crossroads: The nationalist party Rassemblement National is entering next year’s presidential election in a commanding position. According to some polls, the RN candidate could garner 70 percent of votes against a left-wing contender. The RN’s long-time boast of being France’s largest political party is now an incontrovertible fact. But France’s right has failed to march behind one banner. Rather than form an alliance with the RN, the Republicans (LR)—the heirs of Charles de Gaulle’s postwar movement—have lent grudging support to President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist…Open
At Davos, the Ukrainian president scolded European leaders. The post For Zelensky, Is Losing the War Better Than Losing the Peace? appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs For Zelensky, Is Losing the War Better Than Losing the Peace? At Davos, the Ukrainian president scolded European leaders. The biggest progress in the talks between Russia and Ukraine is that, for the first time since the opening weeks of the war, Russia and Ukraine are talking. That’s important. The first time they held direct talks, they were on their way to ending the war—at least before Ukraine’s friends in the United States, the UK, and Poland encouraged an end to diplomacy and a full commitment to war. For weeks, Russia has called negotiations “constructive,” the U.S. has said the talks “are at the end now” and that they are “down to one issue,” and Zelensky has called them “90 percent” complete.…Open
Don’t let “worst of the worst” become the new amnesty. The post The GOP Is About to Relive Its Worst Immigration Failure appeared first on The American Conservative .
Politics The GOP Is About to Relive Its Worst Immigration Failure Don’t let “worst of the worst” become the new amnesty. While the left humiliates itself by being unable to define a woman, Republicans are having their own definitional crisis: deciding who has to leave the country under “mass deportation.” There is nothing “mass” about narrowing enforcement to the “worst of the worst.” There is nothing populist about shifting the focus exclusively to criminals. There is nothing honest about pretending that this is what voters meant when they demanded action on immigration. What is unfolding with ICE in Minnesota is a familiar genre in American politics: Republicans try to implement a campaign promise. Then, the media…Open
Elan Zektser, an attorney for Turpin siblings James and Jolinda, tells “Jesse Weber Live” that after surviving the so-called “house of horrors,” the siblings were placed into a foster care system where hundreds of warning signs were allegedly missed by child services and ChildNet, leading to what he says became an even worse situation. #childabuse #fostercare #turpinsiblings "Jesse Weber Live" brings a fresh, fast-paced, and often unexpected take on the day’s headlines, diving into the biggest stories through the lens of legal expertise.
