Zohran Mamdani’s rapid rise from outer-borough state assemblyman to shock Democratic mayoral nominee was already one of the biggest political stories in years in New York City. Now, the 34-year-old ...

Following the September assassination of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk, United States President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance have shaped their political agenda by blaming the left ...

Vice President JD Vance did not point to a source, but a White House spokesperson separately cited an article about a Center for Strategic and International Studies study of 750 terrorist attacks and ...

The number of right-wing terror attacks in the U.S. plunged dramatically in the first half of 2025, while the amount of political violence from the left creeped up, a ...

No matter how hard ideologues try to exclusively blame their political foes for acts of political violence, the truth is that violent extremists today emerge from across the political spectrum. We ...

Can you remember the last time that you confused left and right? Most healthy people have no issues telling left from right, but for some people (about 15 percent), left-right confusion is a somewhat ...

As cold and flu season looms, those looking to get a vaccine may want to keep one important thing in mind. When the person jabbing you asks if you prefer your right or left arm, remember which one you ...

The Justice Department quietly removed from its website a study showing far-right extremists were responsible for the bulk of ideologically motivated deaths — a move that comes as the GOP seeks to ...

According to a new survey, Americans express roughly the same level of concern over left- and right-wing violence. Photo from Kristina Volgenau, UnSplash Americans express roughly equal levels of ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Importantly, we do not yet—and may never—know the motive, or constellation of ...

The assassination of Charlie Kirk is only the latest in a string of violent events in America seen through a political lens. Less than two days after the Sept. 10 shooting death of the conservative ...

President Trump seemed to excuse violence from right-wing or other supporters, and promised investigations into who was funding and organizing the left. By David E. Sanger David E. Sanger has covered ...