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Melat Kiros Called October 7 ‘Inevitable’ and May Be Heading to Congress
The 29-year-old political novice is the latest DSA candidate to topple an incumbent Democrat. She refused to call an attack on Jews ‘antisemitic’ and…
Olivia Reingold
Rod Dreher: What I Learned in Hungary
Orbán’s Hungary was neither the semi-fascist state its critics claimed, nor the model its admirers imagined. After four years living the experiment, I…
Rod Dreher
Our Revolutionary Moment. Plus. . .
Pete Hegseth is firing the wrong general. America’s first girlboss. And more.
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Meet NYC’s New Socialist Leaders
Abolish ICE. Free Palestine. Organize your union.
Olivia Reingold
How Israel Became the Biggest Litmus Test in American Politics
Young people see politics as a contest between oppressors and the oppressed. And for countless reasons, they cast the Jewish state as the great enemy in…
Mark Halperin
It’s Not the Poor Fueling Socialism’s Rise. It’s the Rich.
Darializa Avila Chevalier’s victory in New York’s 13th district exposes a national paradox: Candidates running on working-class politics are powered by…
Rafael A. Mangual
WATCH: Mamdani’s Allies Just Swept New York. What Comes Next?
Douglas Murray, Mark Halperin, and Reihan Salam unpack the socialist sweep in New York City’s primary elections last night—and what comes next.
Rafaela Siewert
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Mamdani’s Socialist Sweep in New York
On Tuesday, radical House candidates won big in the city. ‘It doesn’t feel safe to be Jewish anymore.’
Olivia Reingold and Peter Savodnik
Introducing: The Honesty Project
We’re asking Americans what they really believe.
Mene Ukueberuwa
What the New AI Millionaires Are Spending It On. The Dad Divide. Plus. . .
Trump’s strategic defeat. Will this Libertarian flip Texas blue? And much more.
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Could a Libertarian Tip the Texas Senate Race?
Ted Brown claimed 2.4 percent of the vote in his last Senate run. That could be enough to spoil a tight race.
River Page
California’s Voting System Is Built for Suspicion
The slow count of votes in Los Angeles led to allegations of a stolen election. There’s no evidence of impropriety, but the system is a recipe for…
Peter Savodnik
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