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‘28 Years Later: The Bone Temple’ Review
Ralph Fiennes delivers the performance of the year in mid-January.
 • Sonny Bunch
Susan Glasser and Jacob Soboroff: A Dangerous Lame Duck
Trump's low approval ratings may be giving people the idea that he is weak and disempowered.
 • Tim Miller and Jacob Soboroff
1:08:41
Democrats Appear Ready to Duck a Key Fight on ICE
Top Senate Democrats are focused on other priorities in the government funding fight.
 • Joe Perticone
Iran Is More Than Just a Target Set
Military action—especially unsupported by diplomatic, economic, and information efforts—could make things worse.
 • Mark Hertling
The Nazi Slogans Are Not an Accident
How many Americans actually want a race war?
 • Jonathan V. Last
Send It In, Jerome!
The Fed chair finally learns that the only way to deal with Trump is to push back.
 • Andrew Egger, Cathy Young, and Jim Swift
Young Americans Are Turning Antisemitic
A recent survey shows a clear shift toward anti-Jewish sentiment—and it’s worst on the far right.
 • Cathy Young
Emulating the Enemy
In Venezuela and Greenland, Trump’s strategy is to beat the bad guys by becoming the bad guys.
 • Will Saletan
Bill Kristol: This Is Accelerationist Authoritarianism
Watch now | Grandpa Trump looked like he was losing the pep in his step at the end of the year.
 • Tim Miller and William Kristol
56:04
The Law Is “Fake and Gay”
Turns out the Trump domination theory of foreign policy applies to domestic politics, too.
 • Jonathan V. Last
Venezuela Was Not Liberated (w/ Quico Toro)
Quico Toro offers an insider’s perspective on his lost homeland and the American raid.
 • Quico Toro and Mona Charen
30:43
Take the Masks Off
ICE won’t even match the courage and professionalism of the Iraqi Police.
 • William Kristol, Andrew Egger, Jim Swift, and Mark Hertling
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