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With the arrival of Pope Leo XIV, much of the media has emphasized the mystery of the papal conclave, focusing on cryptic ...

As executive director of the nonprofit Leaving MAGA, I am often asked how best to engage those MAGA people closest to us.

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Today’s MAGA-fied Republicans have entirely forgotten how to govern — or even how to police their own bad behavior.

He is certainly the most powerful, at least for three more years, but power is only one measure of importance. On Thursday, a ...

Maryland Democrats reacted swiftly, and angrily, Friday to news that President Donald Trump had fired the librarian of ...

In a now-viral post on X, a social media user from Bengaluru appealed to US President Donald Trump to intervene in two ...

To MAGA or not to MAGA? Massachusetts Republicans face that question ahead of the 2026 election. And whether or not to embrace, or even tacitly acknowledge, President Donald Trump is causing major ...

I do not blindly vote Republican. I vote to advance conservative policy that President Donald Trump and the GOP have abandoned.