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Forget tariffs. Biden’s actions to crack down on Beijing’s tech development will do more to hinder the Chinese economy — and divide the two nations — than Trump ever did.

Protestants are splitting up over LGBTQ issues. In the 1840s, it was slavery that opened a rift.

‘Common good constitutionalism’ has emerged as a leading contender to replace originalism as the dominant legal theory on the right.

“The longer Russia wages this war, the harder it is going to be on those Ukrainian people,” an NSA official said.

How an old privacy law and new security demands force Washington to rely on an industry in the crosshairs.

Andrew Yang has thoughts on Trump’s handling of COVID-19, the administration’s proposed cash infusion, and why the current crisis is paving the road to universal basic income.

Four health organizations, working closely together, spent almost $10 billion on responding to Covid across the world. But they lacked the scrutiny of governments, and fell short of their own goals, a…

Expensive regulation and high demand across the country have made the illicit trade more profitable than going legit.

Cannabis is legal in many U.S. states… or is it?

American food prices are rising at the fastest rate in decades due to supply chain issues, labor shortages, climate challenges and the conflict in Ukraine.

The Pentagon is quietly transitioning high-altitude balloon projects to the military services.

History shows that free trade can’t buy world peace.

A company executive responds to claims of bias.

There is no strategy to Trump’s Twitter feed; he is not trying to distract the media. He is being distracted—by cable news.

In a tabletop exercise days before an untested new president took power, officials briefed the incoming administration on a scenario remarkably like the one he faces now.

The September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and the 2008 financial crisis changed how Americans perceive their country and the world. The coronavirus pandemic has quarantined people in their homes, and altered their relationships and how they view the institutions that govern them. As with earlier crises, the coronavirus crisis may change people and US society as a whole in fundamental and lasting ways. No one can predict how this will play out. Politico Magazine asked experts and thinkers for their visions of the future.

Shared by 514, including Dr. Syra Madad, Steve Silberman, Matthew Herper, Prof Michael E. Mann, Katie Benner

Putin is trying to take down the entire world order, the veteran Russia watcher said in an interview. But there are ways even ordinary Americans can fight back.

Rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are not only causing global warming, they are actively harming the Earth’s food supply by depleting the nutrients in plants. Politico Pro agriculture reporter Helena Bottemiller Evich digs deep to explain how plants are in danger of becoming junk food. The air’s elevated levels of carbon dioxide are depleting crops’ minerals and vitamins and increasing their carbohydrate content. getAbstract recommends this article to people concerned about the falling nutritional content of the food on their plates.

Where was the president in the eight hours after the Sept. 11 attacks? The strange, harrowing journey of Air Force One, as told by the people who were on board.