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The US has ways to exert leverage. They all come with risks. US President Joe Biden is welcomed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel, on October 18, 2023. GPO/Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images Joshua…

The app skews younger, its users appear more politically polarized, and its user base is changing. Supporters of the TikTok app demonstrate outside of the US Capitol before the House of Representatives votes to pass the “Protecting Americans from Foreign…

Kategate, briefly explained. From left to right, Princess Catherine; Prince William; Prince Harry; and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, greet well-wishers outside Windsor Castle on September 10, 2022, after the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Mark Kerrison/In Pictures via Getty Images…

Republican Rep. Ken Buck, a critic of GOP impeachment efforts, is the latest to leave early. Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO), one of the latest members to head for the exits, attends a hearing. Getty Images Li Zhou is a politics…

Biden is not “waging war” on American energy. He’s boosting it. Workers on the Shell Vito offshore oil platform while under construction onshore in Texas, in April 2022. Eddie Seal/Bloomberg via Getty Images Nicole Narea covers politics and society for…

21 years ago, half a million Hong Kongers took to the streets to stop Article 23. This month, Beijing finally won. In 2003, more than half a million Hong Kong people took to the streets in a landmark protest, shown…

The ex-special counsel testified Tuesday, but a transcript of his interview with the president undercut his claims. Former special counsel Robert K. Hur testifies alongside a video of President Joe Biden to the House Judiciary Committee on March 12 in…

The federal judiciary’s new rules target “judge shopping.” That’s terrible news for Matthew Kacsmaryk and other partisan judges. This man is no longer one of the most powerful policymaking officials in the United States. Courtesy of the Senate Judiciary Committee…

Winter’s insanely early end, explained in one map. Buds on the Yoshino Cherry trees surrounding the Tidal Basin are silhouetted against sunrise on March 3, 2024, in Washington, DC. J. David Ake/Getty Images Li Zhou is a politics reporter at…

A second Trump presidency is likely to bring more austerity than the first one did. Trump finishing a campaign rally in Rome, Georgia earlier this month. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images During his 2016 campaign, Donald Trump called for a ban on…