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Mr. Edsall contributes weekly essays from Washington on politics and demographics. President Trump hates to lose. Heading into the 2026 midterm elections, you can’t say that the president hasn’t ...

Elon Musk said in his second day of testimony that he was “a fool” for funding OpenAI. Mr. Musk grew combative during questioning from a company lawyer. Elon Musk enters the courthouse in Oakland, ...

MCLEAN, Va. — All eyes were glued to the screen as the numbers came in, at a small watch party at Lil Havana Cigar Club in McLean, Tuesday night. The group is all opposed to the new congressional ...

Child care got expensive — more than $13,000 per child, per year. So many people want government to pay for it. My state just agreed. New York will fund free child care. Yay! But wait … what ...

Calling AI things like “smart” or saying it “knows” something might sound harmless, but it can quietly mislead people about what AI actually does. A new study shows that news writers are more careful ...

There’s no delicate way to say this. Donald Trump is pathological. And he thinks you’re stupid. Not mistaken. Not misinformed. Not confused. Stupid. It shouldn’t surprise anyone that a man who once ...

Tomas Montoya has sold festival foods—funnel cakes, burgers, hot dogs—across the American Southwest for years. But lately, business has been rough. Costs are up, so he’s increased his prices.

Vice President JD Vance said Tuesday that Pope Leo XIV should “be careful” when he talks about theology, rebuking the pontiff over his criticisms of U.S. foreign policy. Subscribe to read this story ...

If you stop by your neighbor’s front stoop or go to that networking event or say hi to a colleague in the breakroom, you’ll almost definitely end up making boring small talk—right? The kind that makes ...