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The White House says it’s considering whether it can suspend habeas corpus, the ancient Anglo-American writ that requires the government to demonstrate to a judge the factual and legal basis for ...
The winner, WFB announced with unfeigned delight, was Sam Tanenhaus and he had won the sweepstakes for two reasons: First, he had written a book about Whittaker Chambers that WFB had admired. And ...
Greetings and welcome to this 36th episode of the Carnival of Fools! This may be the last one we stage in this dusty old theater, as mysterious foreign donors have just offered to upgrade the Carnival ...
Opinion
Poison Plane
For one thing, the plane is a potential security threat, given all of the possible places to hide listening devices within a jumbo jet. Assuming that issue could be dealt with through an extensive ...
The museum strives for an ‘equal opportunity’ apolitical approach. Maybe it should strive harder. At the National Museum of American History’s stores, shoppers can find the typical fare ...
Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected by the College of Cardinals to succeed the late Pope Francis on Thursday, taking the papal name Pope Leo XIV.
The Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration could begin enforcing the ban while litigation plays out in lower courts.
Lashkar-e-Taiba, listed as a foreign terrorist organization by the United States, is the Islamist group accused of plotting attacks in India and in the West, including the three-day assault on Mumbai ...
Joe Nocera writes about how the cold, heartless ‘neoliberals’ took over American economic policy in the 1990s and have been proven wrong by Trump.
During the same town hall, she also blasted the Trump administration’s deportation of alleged Venezuelan gang members as ‘sanctioned kidnappings.’ ...
The ruling was issued in response to an emergency appeal and will remain in place only until the issue is decided in lower courts.
Donald Trump must be the first president in history to say that his policies will deprive American children of toys.