Category Politics

Most of the justices seem to want to make it harder to prosecute January 6 rioters. Jacob Chansley, also known as the “QAnon Shaman,” screams “Freedom” inside the US Senate chamber after the Capitol was breached by a mob during…

Carlson mainstreamed antisemitism for a long time, and conservatives seemed not to care. Then he set his sights on Israel. Tucker Carlson speaks in Florida on April 2, 2024. Ivan Apfel/Getty Images Zack Beauchamp is a senior correspondent at Vox,…

The Court mostly reinstates Idaho’s ban on transgender health care for children. Activists for transgender rights gather in front of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on April 1, 2023. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images Ian Millhiser is a…

It is no longer safe to organize a protest in Louisiana, Mississippi, or Texas. Demonstrators march from Baton Rouge City Hall to the Louisiana Capitol to protest the shooting of Alton Sterling by a police officer on July 9, 2016,…

The trial on the least important topic may be the most important to the 2024 election. Former President Donald Trump speaks to the media after a pretrial hearing on March 25, 2024, in New York City. Justin Lane/Getty Images Andrew…

Iran’s Saturday attack on Israel was a military failure. But things could still get a lot worse. Explosions are seen in the skies of Israel’s capital, following the retaliatory attack from Iran over the weekend. Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu via Getty Images…

Companies sometimes match donations to charity. What if the government did too? Then-UK Prime Minister Tony Blair and comedian Dawn French with a £4.3 million Gift Aid subsidy check marking the conclusion of a charitable fundraiser in 2001. Michael Stephens/PA…

How conspiring doctors, questionable tonics, and twisted patriotism led to the 1864 Arizona abortion ban that was just upheld in court. A protester holds a sign reading “My body my choice” at a Women’s March rally where Arizona Secretary of…

Iran had threatened to respond to an assassination at its embassy, and did so Saturday, sparking fears of a wider confrontation. Israel’s Iron Dome anti-missile system is seen here firing an interceptor missile in 2022. Ilia Yefimovich/Picture Alliance via Getty…

What the debate over “white rural rage” misses. Signs supporting former President Donald Trump are displayed at a Second Amendment rally in Ionia, Michigan, on July 19, 2023. Bill Pugliano/Getty Images White rural Americans are a “racist, xenophobic, anti-immigrant, anti-gay” authoritarian fifth…