While the Republican and Democratic parties plunge into painful realignments, China is making its own moves internationally. Taiwan has become a major flashpoint of the U.S.-China rivalry, and two books on the topic reveal not only some of the key arguments taking place in the United States about Taiwan, but also why this realignment is
In Rupert Brooke’s best-known poem, a soldier says that if he dies, there will be “some corner of a foreign field/That is for ever England.” As I discovered nearly 30 years ago, such corners, dating from 1918 and 1919, can be found in a cemetery in Archangel (Archangelsk) in Russia’s far north. In her latest
Mathematicians can have a childlike sense of wonder. They chart the optimal color of bananas to ripen on schedule, rather than just purchasing the best-looking ones. Where most people see a mess to clean up, they see the partial differential equations written in the red of splattered ketchup. They set up statistical models to predict
A former communications staffer for Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who was recently hired by the Biden campaign in Pennsylvania to help with communications, works as a "drag queen" on weekends.
In June, former President Donald Trump’s campaign and allied political action committees paid their lowest monthly amount in legal bills so far in 2024. The Trump campaign paid less than $1 million in legal bills in June—a much lower amount than the preceding months this year. On July 20, a number of political action committees
Former President Trump sat down with Jesse Watters to discuss the failed assassination attempt against him. The interview will air on Fox News Channel on Monday night at 8 p.m. ET.
Pressure mounts as calls grow for Biden to end reelection bid – CBS News Watch CBS News CBS News has learned President Biden is deeply frustrated amid a push from within the Democratic Party to end his presidential bid. Some Democrats are supporting the president while pitching an alternative should he leave the race. Willie