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I just got done having some great meetings with the White House,” he told his supporters on February 7. What he did not say—either publicly or to Trump’s advisers at the time—was that there was a ...

A s Iranian missiles and drones exploded above Dubai in the first days of the Iran war, the city’s legions of social-media influencers started posting. “Your boy is currently ...

Representative Andy Ogles wrote Monday that “Muslims don’t belong in American society.” He represents thousands of them in Congress.

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These six books demand discussion—with a pal, a date, or a book club. This article was featured in the One Story to Read ...

Today, as Israel finds itself locked in a multifront war with Iran and its proxies, Netanyahu is once again attempting his favorite trick: transmuting a national existential crisis into a personal ...

About 130 years ago, the job of pianist was automated when Edwin Votey created the first player piano. The machine worked by reading music that was encoded by holes punched into rolls of paper, which ...

Jinqiao Yang and Meng Wang of Team People’s Republic of China celebrate victory in the wheelchair-curling mixed-doubles gold-medal match against Team Republic of Korea on day five of the 2026 Winter ...

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In the least charitable—and probably accurate—view, President Trump went to war with Iran out of a delusional faith in himself. He believed that the worst-case scenarios that have deterred past ...

Universities and their allies have been able to block many, if not most, of the White House’s moves in court.