*Prime MinisterNikol Pashinyan* pledged to “continue the course of rapprochement with the West” after his ruling Civil Contract party won comfortably in yesterday’s parliamentary elections. Early results show the incumbent party received 49.8% of the vote, while the Russian-aligned Strong Armenia Alliance finished in a distant…
Republicans have falsely called Texas Senate candidate James Talarico transgender, vegan, and questioned whether he has a real girlfriend. Now, conservatives are targeting his church.
A new _Daily Wire_ article, billed as an investigation, labeled St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church a “woke Austin church” based on ministries and charitable initiatives listed on its website. Those include…
If you’ve read anything about the Democrats’ “autopsy” of its 2024 election loss, which was released Thursday after being suppressed for months, it probably highlighted what the report doesn’t include: any mention of Gaza, the Biden administration’s refusal to curb Israel’s genocidal war, or Kamala Harris’s mealy-mouthed efforts to triangulate a position after becoming the nominee in July. “There…
In an interview with _The_ _New York Times_ last week, Tucker Carlson, once a Trump stalwart, called President Trump’s war with Iran “the single most foolish thing any American president has ever done.” The conservative podcaster no doubt was being intentionally hyperbolic, as his followers expect; it’s hard to argue that this military misadventure already qualifies as a more foolish decision…
As a _New Republic_ reader, you’re well aware that 2026 is a midterm year. But unless you’re a political junkie—or a voter in a handful of states—you might be unaware that primary season has already begun. Five states have held primaries already, while the rest are taking place this spring and summer. On the Democratic side, there’s no shortage of ideological disputes, age gaps, and longtime…
President Donald Trump and the conservative think tanks that inspire his policies want to privatize the Transportation Security Administration screeners who check your bags and bodies before you fly. It’s been a goal of theirs since Trump’s first term—the Heritage Foundation has been banging on about it since at least 2017—but they’ve re-upped the call amid Congress’s stalemate over Department of…
Everyone prefers peace to war, except Iran. It has been at war with the United States and Israel since the mullahs took power in 1979. War is part of its Islamic revolution, and it shall remain so if the current regime stays in power. The so-called two-week ceasefire agreement with Iran represents a capitulation to barbarians who see themselves as an axis of resistance and would seize any…