Politics

As this year’s Thanksgiving approaches, political tensions are bubbling up far earlier than the turkey heats the oven.

President Donald Trump reignited his criticism of Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker Tuesday during the annual Thanksgiving Turkey Pardoning event outside the White House.

Mayor Muriel Bowser of Washington, D.C., announced Tuesday that she will not run for re‑election next year—marking the end of her third term amid escalating federal intervention in the city’s affairs.

Chinese authorities have formally arrested 18 church leaders from Zion Church, one of the largest underground Christian networks in the country.

Billy Bob Thornton isn’t here for celebrity virtue signaling at awards shows. In a candid conversation on The Joe Rogan Experience.

In a striking moment on HBO’s “Real Time” Friday night, Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) admitted that antisemitism has become pervasive within the Democratic Party.

Democratic congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh is calling her federal indictment a case of political prosecution after allegedly impeding Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations in Chicago.

During Sunday’s broadcast of CNN’s State of the Union, Sen. Chris Murphy (D‑CT) accused President Donald Trump of weaponizing tariffs not to boost U.S. manufacturing.

On HBO’s Real Time Friday night, host Bill Maher criticized the Democratic Party’s approach to race and identity politics.

The Department of Homeland Security responded swiftly and scathingly when pop singer Chappell Roan used her stage time to lash out at U.S. immigration enforcement. During a performance Friday night at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, Roan shouted “fuck ICE forever,” triggering a rebuke from DHS officials who accused her of pandering and demanded she “get a grip.”