What Is the Powerful Surveillance Law That Divided Lawmakers?

Under Section 702, the government is empowered to collect, without a warrant, the messages of Americans communicating with targeted foreigners abroad. Read More

Why changing U.S. demographics aren’t affecting the political balance of power

Even as the country has become more racially and ethnically diverse and religious attendance has declined, the relative size of the two big political-party coalitions has stayed almost identical. Read More

A New Film Examines the Godfather of Modern Conservatism

The PBS documentary “The Incomparable Mr. Buckley” implicitly and explicitly asks: What would William F. Buckley think of today’s Republican Party? Read More

The polls are suggesting a huge shift in the electorate. Are they right?

President Joe Biden is struggling with young voters but performing better than most Democrats with older ones. Read More

Battleground state Dem distances himself from defund movement, but political record shows different story

Pennsylvania Democrat Sen. Bob Casey says he does not support defunding the police, but he has attracted endorsements from left-wing pro-defund groups. Read More

What Are We Told About the Health of Biden and Trump? They Decide.

Neither Joe Biden or Donald Trump has sat for a comprehensive assessment of his mental fitness, a battery of tests often administered to people their age. Read More

Former Bush strategist: Trump took ‘worst possible political position’ on abortion

Matthew Dowd — who served as chief strategist for former President George W. Bush’s 2004 reelection bid, argued former President Trump took the “worst possible political position” in his statement on ... Read More

It's 2024 and I'm sick of silly TV shows about politics.

Real life politics has plenty of drama. I don't need to see sex scandals, caucuses and polling data in my escapism. Read More

Netanyahu owes the US better answers about Gaza

We as Americans should be asking hard questions about Benjamin Netanyahu. Does the prime minister have a vision to end Israel’s war in Gaza that doesn’t include us subsidizing indefinite occupation? Read More

George W. Bush to host Dallas fundraiser for GOP Pennsylvania Senate hopeful

Former President George W. Bush is hosting a fundraiser in Dallas next week for Republican Pennsylvania Senate candidate Dave McCormick. The invitation, posted online by reporter Ryan Hernandez, is ... Read More

The legacy of CT’s Joe Lieberman always included his time in New Haven

Former U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman is being remembered as a national figure who always returned home to his roots in Connecticut. A Stamford native who moved to New Haven, Lieberman developed numerous ... Read More

Former U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman dies suddenly at 82 after a fall in New York City; former VP nominee

Former U.S. Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, a former presidential candidate and longtime giant in Connecticut politics, died Wednesday following complications from a fall. Lieberman, 82, fell at his home in ... Read More