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Hitching the evangelical wagon to Donald Trump has meant unhitching it from the life and teachings of Jesus.

By granting blanket clemency to the January 6 insurrectionists, the president has unleashed violent, and loyal, paramilitaries.

The response to the January 6 pardons shows that the president faces no effective constraints from within his party.

A fragile cease-fire in Gaza, a lantern festival in China, a rare snowstorm along the American Gulf Coast, a comet in the sky above Uruguay, and much more.

Sam Altman has once again put himself in a position of power—this time by sidling up to President Trump.

A double dose of an emergency-contraception pill may open a back door for Americans seeking abortions in restrictive states.

Removing security clearances is petty and personal. But it is the president’s decision to make, and in a week of wacky and unexpected executive orders, it is one of the easier to defend.

Some of those who have fought for their family members to be released have mixed feelings about the sweeping nature of the president’s action.

Jubilee Media mines the nation’s deepest disagreements for rowdy viral videos. But is all the arguing changing anyone’s mind?

The president who built his fan base on isolationism is pivoting to a kind of imperialism that the U.S. hasn’t seen in decades.