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Questions Mount as Ukrainian Airliner Crashes in Iran, Killing All Onboard, Hours After Missile Attack
KYIV, Ukraine—A Ukrainian International Airlines Boeing 737-800 crashed Wednesday morning only minutes after takeoff from Tehran and only hours after Iran launched a barrage of ballistic missiles at U.S. forces based in neighboring Iraq. Data from Flightradar24, a website that tracks aircraft, indicates the Ukrainian airliner crashed roughly two minutes after taking off from Imam Khomeini… -
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Trump Opts for More Sanctions, Not Military Action, After Iran’s Attack
Less than 24 hours after Iran fired 15 missiles at U.S. military facilities in Iraq, President Donald Trump signaled a strong desire to deescalate by announcing new sanctions instead of a military response. Trump also urged allies to put more pressure on Iran’s Islamist dictatorship. “As long as I am president of the United States,… -
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How the Left Manipulates Language to Defeat Conservatives
In politics, language is central—the words we use, what they mean, and what we want them to mean. As our guest today, The Daily Wire’s Michael Knowles explains how the left is a master of language manipulation. Liberals often win political victories by redefining words and rewiring our brains. “The lie of the left that… -
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Iran Fires 15 Ballistic Missiles at US Forces in Iraq
Iran lobbed more than a dozen ballistic missiles at U.S. military forces in Iraq, mostly at a remote base at al-Assad, the Defense Department said Tuesday night. Iran “just conducted a massive fireworks demonstration in the desert … attacking Iraqi soil. That is unbelievably reckless and provocative,” Jim Carafano, vice president of the Kathryn and… -
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Trump Judicial Adviser Teams Up With Conservative PR Executive in New Initiative
One of the leading voices behind President Donald Trump’s drive to appoint originalist judges to the federal courts is teaming up with an influential public relations executive in the Washington area to launch a new project. Leonard Leo is leaving his post running the Federalist Society, a network of conservatives lawyers, and is partnering with… -
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Teachers Go to Court to Fight Union Over Choice of Charities
Teachers who object to paying union fees on religious grounds are too political, some union leaders in Pennsylvania argue in a new twist on long-standing complaints about organized labor’s involvement in elective politics. But at least two of those teachers, who just had their day in court to put state labor laws under scrutiny, see… -
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California’s ‘Pro-Worker’ Law Is Killing Jobs Left and Right
If you want less of something, raise its price. That’s the logic behind policies such as cigarette and soda taxes and plastic bag fees. Somehow, policymakers in California thought that by raising the cost of doing business with independent workers, they could make all those workers better off. But now, instead of higher benefits and… -
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Remembering Gertrude Himmelfarb, a Voice of Moral Clarity in a Time of Moral Confusion
America has lost a voice that strongly and consistently provided the road map to steer us away from the political and cultural abyss we currently face. That voice belonged to historian Gertrude Himmelfarb, who died Dec. 30 at age 97. Gertrude spoke passionately about how our most important institutions—families, communities, churches, and private enterprise—must be… -
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European Islamists’ Not-So-Happy Holidays Terrorism Plots
We are just one week into 2020, and already Europe has suffered its first Islamist terrorist attack of the year. On Friday, a 22-year-old French citizen named in the press as “Nathan C.” began stabbing joggers in a park in Paris. One man died while trying to protect his wife, who was also seriously injured…. -
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How the 2010s Became the Decade of Debt
At the end of 2009, the total federal debt was $12.3 trillion—a staggering amount of money. Now, it stands at an astonishing $23.1 trillion. That’s roughly $180,500 of debt for every U.S. household. It is important for Americans to understand how we got here, and what lawmakers can do to bring back fiscal sanity. Poor… -
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It’s Iranian Regime, Not US, That Threatens Persian Culture, Pompeo Says
The United States will not target “cultural sites” in Iran for military strikes, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said, days after President Donald Trump alluded to doing so and strongly defended the possible move. Iranian cultural sites are not among U.S. targets, Pompeo told reporters Tuesday during a press conference. “Every target that’s being reviewed,… -
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Democrats Press Supreme Court for Quick Decision to Save Obamacare
A coalition of blue states and congressional Democrats has asked the Supreme Court to salvage the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate, after a federal appeals court declared it unconstitutional. The petitions filed Friday also urged the justices to hear the appeal on an expedited basis and ensure the Obamacare dispute is resolved by the end… -
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China’s Repression of the Uighurs Merits a Strong Human Rights Response
Last year, I had the privilege of taking a private tour of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Americans and the Holocaust exhibit. The purpose of the exhibit is to highlight the role of average Americans and their response to the events of the Holocaust. As I wandered the halls of the museum, my eyes were… -
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Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Protect Louisiana Abortion Regulations
The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to protect a contested Louisiana law that requires abortion providers to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital. An abortion clinic and two physicians challenging the law, called Act 620, warn that two of Louisiana’s three abortion clinics will close if the regulation takes effect. On Thursday,… -
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Newsweek Hits a New Low
If decent people working in mainstream American media want to know why many Americans do not trust them and are willing to use the term “fake news” to describe the mainstream media, I offer one of the most glaring examples of a lie in my lifetime. Last week, Newsweek headlined the following: “Conservative Radio Host… -
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Sen. Cruz: Impeachment Is a ‘1-Sided Show Trial,’ ‘Not Driven by Facts’
President Donald Trump is only the third president to be impeached because impeachment is a rarely used tool that the Founders intended to be a serious and fair process. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, says he is concerned that Trump hasn’t gotten the due process he deserves. I spoke with him about the impeachment process and… -
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Left’s Impeachment Drive Fueled by ‘Rage Instead of Reason,’ Says ‘Witch Hunt’ Author Gregg Jarrett
Impeachment is supposed to be a serious, deliberative process, but the Trump impeachment has been anything but. Fox News legal analyst Gregg Jarrett has a new book in which he unpacks the effort to catch President Donald Trump by any means. Listen to the podcast or read a lightly edited transcript below. Virginia Allen: I’m joined… -
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Add Iran’s Leadership to the Ash Heap of History
Addressing the British Parliament in 1982, President Ronald Reagan outlined a plan for placing the Soviet Union and Marxism-Leninism on the “ash heap of history.” It is an objective President Donald Trump might pursue against the mullahs in Iran, who are subsidizing terrorism in the Middle East and threatening to export it elsewhere. The latest… -
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Toxic Politics Complicate President’s Obligation to Notify Congress of Military Strike
The confrontational political environment in Washington made it more difficult for the president to give Congress advance notice of the U.S. drone strike that killed Iran’s chief terrorist in Iraq, national security experts contend. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said she plans to introduce a war powers resolution to curb future strikes against Iran, and… -
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At the Golden Globes, Ricky Gervais Exposes Hollywood’s ‘Woke’ Culture
Hollywood can’t take a joke. At the annual Golden Globes, an awards show for both movies and television, on Sunday night, host comedian Ricky Gervais was actually funny, lampooning Hollywood in general and its “woke” culture in particular. “Let’s have a laugh at your expense,” Gervais said in opening his monologue at the Globes’ 77th awards…