Conservatism (US Politics)

• Trump Is Getting Weaker, and the Resistance Is Getting Stronger - It’s become easier to imagine the moment when Trump’s mystique finally evaporates.
• At Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest, Attendees Find Conservative Squabbling Distracting - “It’s creating division instead of building a movement that keeps everyone together.”
• At Turning Point Fest, Vance Refuses to Take Sides in Fight Over Bigotry - The vice president’s plea for a big-tent coalition at an annual conservative gathering belied the cracks in his party over antisemitism, racism and conspiracy theories.
• Move Aside, Snowflake: ‘Theater Kid’ Is the New Go-To Political Insult - Zohran Mamdani, New York’s mayor-elect, is among the latest politicians to be tagged with the term, raising the question: What did theater kids do to deserve such scorn?
• Vivek Ramaswamy Challenges Conservatives on Surging Anti-Indian Hate - The leading Republican candidate for Ohio governor is calling out his party for rising intolerance, including against Indian American immigrants and their children, like him.
• Norman Podhoretz, Influential Editor and Neoconservative Force, Dies at 95 - A New York intellectual and onetime liberal stalwart, his Commentary magazine became his platform as his political and social view turned sharply rightward.
• Republicans Undercut Johnson, Circumventing Him to Force Votes - The speaker has repeatedly lost his grip on the House floor thanks to a once rare parliamentary maneuver that G.O.P. members are increasingly using to force action on legislation.
• A Major Test of Presidential Power, and How States Make Billions From Online Casinos - Plus, the social changes sweeping Iran.
• For ‘No Tax on Tips,’ the I.R.S. Gets Intimate - The Trump administration wants to exclude earnings from “pornographic activity” from a new tax break for tips. Will the I.R.S. know it when it sees it?