Inflation and the pandemic are hurting President Biden’s popularity, but the midterms are still months away. Gasoline and groceries have led the way in rising costs facing American households. Hi. Welcome to On Politics, your guide to political news. We’re…
A sharp rebuke of Senator Ted Cruz by the Fox News host Tucker Carlson has heightened a legal and semantic debate over a charged term. The Fox News host Tucker Carlson criticized Senator Ted Cruz of Texas for calling the…
Lt. Gen. Michael E. Kurilla would take over as the United States tries to conduct operations in Afghanistan from afar. Lt. Gen. Michael E. Kurilla at Fort Campbell, Ky., last year. If confirmed, he would replace Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie…
President Bill Clinton pulled her nomination as assistant attorney general in 1993 after she came under criticism for her views on voting rights. Lani Guinier in 1998, five years after her nomination for a top post in the Justice Department…
The date is later than usual and was set as the White House confronts an evolving pandemic and a stalled legislative agenda. President Biden at the White House on Friday. It is unclear how the Omicron variant might affect this…
The U.S. intelligence community offered steps that would mitigate — but not stop — spyware developed by firms like the NSO Group. The most insidious spyware can be placed on a phone without having to trick users into clicking a…
Proscription, the listing of some groups or organizations as terrorists, has become a crucial counterterrorism initiative adopted by liberal democratic governments. Despite the criticism proscription has caused due to it occurring at the discretion of individual states, it has proved…
Proscription, the listing of some groups or organizations as terrorists, has become a crucial counterterrorism initiative adopted by liberal democratic governments. Despite the criticism proscription has caused due to it occurring at the discretion of individual states, it has proved…
Challengers say the administration exceeded its authority in requiring vaccines or testing at large employers and mandating vaccines for many health care workers. Protesting a vaccine mandate in San Francisco. The Supreme Court has repeatedly upheld state vaccine mandates in…
New year, new EU presidency! Regardons vers l’avenir. pic.twitter.com/JlAn2dCaYq — Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) January 1, 2022 Cue the whole world debating how to translate “emmerder” When the whole world is debating how to translate "emmerder" ?? — Anne-Sylvaine…