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Trump Reverses, Says Release the Epstein Files
2025-11-17
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A New Crusade in Africa
2025-11-16
The inevitable logical end to any “civilizational politics” is a crusading foreign policy. The post A New Crusade in Africa appeared first on The American Conservative…Read MoreContinue Reading
The Hidden Politics of the Crossword Puzzle
2025-11-15
November 15, 2025 Take it from me: A crossword clue can be debated with the kind of fervor normally reserved for corporatist propaganda and outright racism. Hello girls at the New Yorker Hotel work on Daily News Crossword Puzzle Contest. (Larry Froeber / NY Daily News Archive / Getty Images)Continue Reading
European nations have no choice but to raise retirement ages – our case study shows why
2025-11-14
In early October 2025, with his political future hanging by a thread, France’s resigned-and-reappointed prime minister Sébastien Lecornu pledged to suspend unpopular pension reforms until 2027, when presidential elections will be held. Socialist MPs declared victory. The French business community groaned. The S&P downgraded France’s credit rating, citing budget concerns.Continue Reading
Barnes and Noble’s Book of the Year Feels Like a Throwback. In Good Way. I Think.
2025-11-13
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. This year’s Barnes & Noble’s book of the year had been popping upContinue Reading
Shutdown deal reopens Democratic rift: From the Politics Desk
2025-11-12
Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, a newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the White House, Capitol Hill and the campaign trail. In today’s edition, our Capitol Hill team has the latest on the political fallout from theContinue Reading
Three questions for 2026: From the Politics Desk
2025-11-11
Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, a newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the White House, Capitol Hill and the campaign trail. Plenty has changed in politics this week following some big elections. But one thing is theContinue Reading
What America’s divided and tumultuous politics of the late-19th century can teach us
2025-11-10
People trying to understand politics in the United States today often turn to history for precedents and perspective. Are our current divisions like the ones that preceded the American Revolution or the Civil War? Did the dramatic events of the 1960s generate the same kind of social and political forcesContinue Reading
The Insider Politics Sheets Are Scurrying for New Conventional Wisdom
2025-11-08
One must-read delivered daily to your inbox 11.06.25 | 12:38 pm One of the most important things to understand about politics is the danger of literalism, assuming the straightforward meanings are the important ones. You can be following the libretto but the real action is in the score. Closely relatedContinue Reading
The shutdown continues, but politics persists. That gives this quiz a lot of fodder
2025-11-07
November 7, 20255:01 AM ET Holly J. Morris From left: a young(er) Nancy Pelosi, a young(er) Dick Cheney, a still-young Zohran Mamdani. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images; Alex Wong/Getty Images; Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images; Alex Wong/Getty Images; Angela Weiss/AFP viaContinue Reading
