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While there was little doubt before as to where Trump stood on democracy and human decency, he has made it clear with his decision to designate Antifa a “terrorist” organization that he and his coterie are clearly on the side of fascism.

The future of international trade will be shaped not by the resurrection of liberal multilateralism but by struggles over what forms of economic cooperation can emerge from its ruins.

A rebrand of previous centrist initiatives, Majority Democrats pins the blame for Democratic Party woes on “woke.” They vaguely gesture toward the Democrats shedding support in the working class, but largely chalk up this loss to “cultural” factors.

On September 8, 2025, the Supreme Court did its best to murder what’s left of civil rights in this country.

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It's clear that Trump is rushing to lock in permanent power. But there is hard evidence that he may not enjoy the success that Vladimir Putin and Victor Orban did. Is the Jimmy Kimmel affair the harbinger of a failed Trumpian putsch?

In lockstep with Netanyahu, opposition leaders lined up to condemn Israel's closest allies who recognized the State of Palestine. If they had the guts, they'd tell the truth: that death, destruction and 'Super Sparta' need not be their fate.

Chief Justice John Roberts has now overseen 20 years of increasingly illiberal rulings by the Supreme Court. Presidential immunity, for example, did not exist until Donald Trump asked for it and the Roberts court gave it to him.

In an unprecedented move, Pete Hegseth has summoned all U.S. generals and admirals from around the globe to an in-person meeting. The purpose is not clear. Here are some questions these military leaders should be asking, and some answers.

Israeli Knesset member Aida Touma-Suleiman argues that in order for the growing recognition of the state of Palestine to be meaningful, it must be accompanied by sanctions for Israel’s permanent illegal occupation.