In Focus delivers deeper coverage of the political, cultural, and ideological issues shaping America. Published daily by senior writers and experts, these in-depth pieces go beyond the headlines to give readers the full picture. You can find our full list of In Focus pieces here. Last week, we covered reports that Democrats in Virginia were […]

An education and advocacy organization filed a lawsuit seeking to halt the Trump administration’s renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, citing a quirk in the law. The Cultural Landscape Foundation filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Monday, seeking a preliminary injunction. The group argued that the Department […]

President Donald Trump on Monday labeled himself the “father of fertility” on Monday for his administration’s work to protect in vitro fertilization and cut costs associated with the procedure. Trump made the comments during an Oval Office event with administration officials, congressional allies, and IVF advocates announcing a new federal directive allowing employers to offer […]

The lone Democrat on the Federal Communications Commission on Monday sent a letter to Disney’s CEO, warning the owner of ABC that it is the “target” of a censorship campaign.  Anna Gomez, the only Democrat commissioner on the board chaired by Brendan Carr, sent the letter as Disney and ABC are under investigation at the […]

A bipartisan group of senators asked President Donald Trump to announce the sale of new weapons to Taiwan, marking a public flash of frustration ahead of his visit to China this week. In a letter, eight senators — six Democrats and two Republicans — urged the president to notify Congress of $14 billion in planned […]

Amid the systematic killing of Palestinian and Lebanese journalists, an organisation, seen as the “AIPAC of Europe,” brings British media workers to Israel, writes John McEvoy. By John McEvoy Declassified UK In late April, journalist Amal Khalil and photographer Zeinab Faraj… Read more →

President Donald Trump described his ceasefire with Iran as being on “life support” on Monday after rejecting a proposal from Tehran over the weekend. Although Trump was adamant that the ceasefire remains in place, he called it “unbelievably weak.” “I would call it the weakest right now, after reading a piece of garbage — I […]

The so-called “Rubber-Stamp Rule”, an effort by the Trump administration to “Make America Nuclear Again”, violates key components of the Atomic Energy Act (AEA) and Energy Reorganization Act, according to comments filed this week by 13 organizations including the Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS) and Beyond Nuclear. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) proposed rule will allow reactor designs that the Department of Energy (DOE) and Department of Defense (DOD) have approved to

Six deceased individuals were found in a train car near the border town of Laredo, Texas, on Sunday afternoon, according to local police. Fire and EMS workers in Laredo pulled a half-dozen bodies from inside a Union Pacific Railroad car after a railroad employee called emergency responders to report possible deceased inside a car while […]

State of the Union: President Trump called Tehran’s response to a U.S. proposal “totally unacceptable.” The post Ceasefire Day 34: Netanyahu Says War with Iran ‘Not Over’ appeared first on The American Conservative.

Dems' reported plan to stack the VA Supreme Court is an omen for what they plan to do to SCOTUS should they retake trifecta control of the federal government.

Two weeks before Rami Elghandour was expected to address newly minted engineering graduates at his alma mater Rutgers University, the CEO of biotech firm Arcellx received a shocking call from school administrators. Citing “vague” complaints about his social media posts on Israel and Palestine, the school abruptly withdrew its convocation invitation. We speak to Rami Elghandour about the decision, which he tells Democracy Now! he finds not only “heartbreaking,” but also illogical. “Having a diffe

National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett expressed hope Monday that there is an off-ramp for Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell to peacefully exit the central bank. Powell’s term as chairman is ending Friday. But in a highly unusual move, he has vowed to stay on at the central bank as a board member until the […]

Outraged by the civilian casualties from the war on Iran, protester Guido Reichstadter scaled the 168-foot Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge in Washington, D.C., earlier this month. He remained on the bridge for over five days. Upon descending, he was arrested and charged by law enforcement for trespassing. Reichstadter says he undertook his protest as a form of nonviolent opposition against both the Trump administration’s war on Iran and the unchecked acceleration of artificial intelligence sy

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) on Monday renewed calls for the Justice Department to prosecute former top U.S. health official Anthony Fauci, arguing prosecutors were running out of time to pursue charges over allegations Fauci lied to Congress about U.S.-funded research tied to the Wuhan Institute of Virology.  Paul, who chaired several contentious Senate hearings on […]

This year’s local election results from the United Kingdom are in. The far-right, anti-immigrant Reform UK party made substantial gains, while the ruling Labour Party suffered heavy losses, signaling what London-based journalist Daniel Trilling calls a “wider fragmenting of politics” and a generational shift away from the two-party political system. We get an overview of major developments to the U.K. political scene from Trilling, including how Donald Trump’s transformation of the U.S. right-wi

President Donald Trump claimed Tehran is willing to give up its nuclear capabilities, a key proponent of ending the Iran war, but the United States must be the one to remove the nuclear power. “Iran told me very strongly they intend to give us the nuclear dust, as I call it,” Trump said during an […]

Trump Blasts Iran’s Response to U.S. Ceasefire Proposal as “Totally Unacceptable”, Iranian Political Prisoner Narges Mohammadi Hospitalized After Collapsing in Prison, Israeli Strikes on Lebanon Kill Dozens, Including Infant and Medics, Despite Ceasefire Deal, Israeli Forces Kill Three Palestinians in Latest Violations of Gaza Ceasefire, Israel Deports Two Activists It Abducted from Gaza-Bound Humanitarian Aid Flotilla, Palestine International Marathon Includes Amputees Who Lost Limbs to Israeli

This essay is a part of The Right Way Forward, Restoring America’s new think tank debate series in which leading conservative institutions argue the defining questions of the post-Trump era. Read about the series here. President Donald Trump’s tariffs are controversial among conservatives, just as they were for Ronald Reagan in the 1980s. Free-traders argue […]

The DNC’s decision to scrap the autopsy on the 2024 defeat to Donald Trump is a political gift to the former vice president as she gears up for 2028, writes Norman Solomon.  By Norman Solomon Common Dreams More than four months… Read more →

President Ronald Reagan had Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-NY) number years before she was born. In his famed 1964 speech at the Republican National Convention, Reagan quipped: “The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they’re ignorant; it’s just that they know so much that isn’t so.”  In recent remarks at the University of Chicago’s […]

Jeet Heer Branko Marcetic on the fake populism of a sordid elite. The post What Jeffrey Epstein Taught Peter Thiel and Steve Bannon appeared first on The Nation.

President Donald Trump said Monday that he’s considering making Venezuela the 51st American state, months after removing former dictator Nicolas Maduro from power. Trump spoke to Fox News on Monday, stating that he was “seriously considering” the proposition. The president has previously floated annexing Canada and Greenland. The foreign policy of Trump’s second term, influenced […]

Corey Robin What happens to our understanding of capitalism when we assume that it might not come to an end? The post Capitalism’s Long Revolution appeared first on The Nation.

EXCLUSIVE — House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) is demanding a sweeping review of taxpayer-funded settlement payouts to federal employees, arguing that agencies may be quietly paying out millions of dollars to resolve workplace disputes they could otherwise win in court. In a letter obtained by the Washington Examiner sent Monday […]

Brian Dolinar Communities in World Cup host cities across the United States are organizing to ensure that the tournament lives up to its promise of making soccer a force for good. The post Soccer Belongs to the People. These Activists Want to Keep It That Way. appeared first on The Nation.

Why is President Donald Trump so tolerant of Iran’s diplomatic intransigence and military escalations? The question bears asking. After all, recent days have seen Iran both reject the latest U.S. negotiating position to end the conflict and successive Iranian attacks on U.S. and allied interests. The United Arab Emirates has suffered Iranian attacks, as have […]

In a triumphal move back toward democratic rule, Hungary's new leader Péter Magyar took his oath of office Saturday in a "regime-change" ceremony rich with symbolism before tens of thousands of jubilant constituents. The sense of a hopeful new political era resonated in both Magyar's tribute to the achievements of "ordinary, flesh-and-blood people," and in the gleeful moves and air guitar of unstoppable "dancing machine" and new Health Minister Zsolt Hegedűs. Lookit this guy boogie. Damn, we can

The mega success of the Michael Jackson biopic has showed that the public has moved on from the lies, even if the media refuse to do the same.

State of the Union: The prime minister of Qatar met with White House officials and spoke to Iran’s foreign minister.  The post Ceasefire Day 33: Iran Responds to U.S. Proposal appeared first on The American Conservative.

After The Federalist's Mollie Hemingway's new book exposed the dangerous delay of Dobbs, the liberal justices appear to have stalled again.

The language of the police robs crime and punishment of morality. The post Making Murder Respectable appeared first on The American Conservative.

The school district ignores the anti-white biases of many AI tools.

State of the Union: While Pakistan has led mediation efforts, the Qataris are playing an important role. The post Trump Officials Meet with Qatari PM about Ending Iran War appeared first on The American Conservative.

On May 6, the day after the government filed its response, Pate denied the SPLC's motion as moot: The government isn't lying, and there's no evidence that they intend to, so there's no need to order them not to.

The alliance is not only ideologically congenial, but electorally valuable. The post A Durable Coalition: Social Conservatives and Antiwar Voters appeared first on The American Conservative.

The Fulton County Election Board is playing the victim card as the federal government begins a long-overdue accountability effort.

Judge Duncan is the kind of judge Americans should celebrate: faithful to the law, gifted in intellect, and humble in the position he holds.

Altogether, the rules, expectations, and disciplinary consequences largely determine a school’s culture and values.

The New Jersey AG's letter is just the latest evidence that New Jersey is motivated by a crusade to silence viewpoints with which it disagrees. And that’s unconstitutional.

American strategy has given way to flailing improvisation. The post Welcome to the New World Order? appeared first on The American Conservative.

A test run in LA could pave the way to larger ambitions. The post The Pratt Political Project appeared first on The American Conservative.

Britain’s national shoplifting epidemic is a symptom of much wider social sickness. The post Shoplifters Will Not Be Prosecuted—At Least Not In the UK appeared first on The American Conservative.

Tariffs and antitrust are yin and yang. Ranchers need both for a functional market. The post The Republican Playbook for Saving the American Rancher appeared first on The American Conservative.

Maybe the biggest threat to the beleaguered country comes from inside. The post Zelensky and Ukraine Are in a World of Trouble appeared first on The American Conservative.

In the UK today, questions of identity and culture drive political change. The post The British Turn Their Backs on Labour appeared first on The American Conservative.