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The outcome of the presidential campaign, Republicans believed, was a fait accompli. “Donald Trump was well on his way to...

The idea that Donald Trump is forcing the Republican Party to moderate its extreme positions on abortion and LGBTQ rights...

As Democratic Party insiders, pundits, and your high-school friend group debate whether Joe Biden should drop out of the presidential...

By now, we should be used to this story: A beloved artist is undone by their own bad behavior, knocked...

Is the cure for male loneliness being in the Roman legion? Is the cure for male loneliness sailing the high...

The Democratic insurgency against Joe Biden’s candidacy has ended—or at least, it’s been driven underground.Since the president’s disastrous performance in...

In late June, a Chinese man stabbed a woman from Japan and her child at a bus stop for a...

On a Sunday afternoon in May, the Elizabeth Street Garden, a serene public park wedged between Manhattan’s SoHo and Little...

Iran has taken a turn that hardly anyone could have seen coming a few short months ago. For years, Iran’s...

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