She co-founded The Free Press as a bastion of liberalism in an illiberal time. Her arrival at CBS is paved with excuses for illiberal friends.

As one associate noted, William Franklin had, by his late 20s, become his father’s “friend, his brother, his intimate and easy companion.” Franklin raised his son with all the advantages he had not ...

America has always had a strong aversion to seeing the military on the country’s streets. That is not stopping the current president.

Trump may have ended the Gaza hostage crisis. Can he end the Gaza war? When Donald Trump brokered the Abraham Accords in his first term, he heralded the normalization agreements between Israel and ...

The Trump administration is culling the best and brightest from the federal workforce for a rounding error’s worth in savings.

Upon entry, about half of the company sloughed off their soaking breeches to stand around in voluminous shirts, pantsless, like giant toddlers; within minutes the place reeked of sodden natural fibers ...

The president’s threats of revenge are no longer bluster.

In a new book, the sportswriter Jane Leavy spitballs with some of the greats about how to make the American pastime more appealing.

A s far as government shutdowns go, this one has so far lacked the round-the-clock chaos of its predecessors. There have been no dramatic late-night clashes on the floors of Congr ...

Former FBI Director James Comey pleaded not guilty to two felony charges at his arraignment. A lawyer for Comey said he plans to file motions to dismiss the case; a jury trial is set for January 5.

What Patrick Henry did above all was talk—and get talked about. He astonished his listeners as the most compelling public speaker they had ever encountered. He was, John Adams proclaimed, the ...

He was denounced by rebel propagandists as a tyrant and remembered by Americans as a reactionary dolt. Who was he really?