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Trump and I Have Proved Conservative Policies Work, Virginia’s Governor Says
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin said both he and former President Donald Trump have shown that “commonsense conservative leadership works.” Youngkin, a onetime businessman elected in 2021, said Monday night at the Republican National Convention that under President Joe Biden’s administration, Americans are facing 7.5% mortgage rates, while their raises can’t keep up with 30% increases… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Tucker Carlson Says ‘Not Crazy’ to Think ‘It Wasn’t Just a Lone Gunman’
MILWAUKEE—Two days after the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, political commentator Tucker Carlson said, “It’s not crazy to think that there was something there; it was an effort to kill Trump, it wasn’t just a lone gunman.” Trump’s assailant crawled onto a nearby rooftop Saturday night while Trump was on stage at a… -
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Scott Credits Miracle for Sparing Trump’s Life: ‘American Lion Got Back Up on His Feet’
In a rousing speech Monday on the opening night of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Sen. Tim Scott discussed the miraculous survival of former President Donald Trump from an assassination attempt two nights earlier. “If you didn’t believe in miracles before Saturday, you got to be believing right now,” Scott, R-S.C., told the crowd. “Thank… -
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Federal Judge’s Dismissal of Trump Classified Documents Case Appears to Be on Solid Constitutional Ground
In a major setback for President Joe Biden’s Justice Department, the federal judge overseeing the criminal case brought by special counsel Jack Smith against former President Donald Trump for willful and unlawful retention of national defense information under the Espionage Act and for obstruction of justice threw out the superseding indictment and dismissed all of… -
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Sen. Ron Johnson: Democrats’ ‘Clear and Present Danger’ to Americans
Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., spoke on his home turf Monday at the Republican National Convention, noting that the GOP was founded in Wisconsin to oppose slavery. He said the people of Wisconsin are like most Americans. “They believe the purpose of government is to improve lives, not make them more difficult,” he told the crowd…. -
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5 Things to Know About JD Vance
Donald Trump selected Sen. JD Vance from Ohio on Monday as his running mate in the Nov. 5 election, which the former president hopes will return him to the White House. Vance accepted and Vice President Kamala Harris said she’s ready to debate him. So, who is JD Vance? Here are five things to know… -
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Tucker Carlson: All the Right People in Washington ‘Against’ Trump’s VP Pick
Conservative commentator Tucker Carlson told Republicans gathering in Milwaukee on Monday that Americans should “be thrilled” by Donald Trump’s vice presidential pick. Earlier in the day, as the Republican National Convention opened, Trump posted on social media that he had chosen Sen. JD Vance, an Ohio Republican, as his running mate in the Nov. 5… -
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Another Alleged Lone Wolf Tries to Take Out Another Anti-Establishment President
Editor’s note: The following is a lightly edited transcript of the accompanying video from professor Peter St. Onge. JFK, Ronald Reagan, and now, Donald Trump. The seemingly orchestrated campaign of national collapse our ruling elite is carrying out took a very dark turn over the weekend as yet another alleged lone wolf tried to take… -
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‘Greatest Misinformation Campaign Since Russia Hoax’: Project 2025 Director Counters Lies
Left-wing smears of Project 2025 constitute “probably the greatest misinformation campaign since the Russia hoax,” the head of the initiative for the next conservative president said Monday at The Heritage Foundation’s Policy Fest at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. Paul Dans, director of the 2025 Presidential Transition Project for Heritage, was referring to the eventually… -
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Biden DOJ Aims to Salvage Jan. 6 Charges After Major Blow at Supreme Court
The Department of Justice is taking steps to preserve charges against Jan. 6 defendants after the Supreme Court dealt a major blow to its efforts. After the Supreme Court issued a ruling June 28 limiting the scope of an obstruction statute used to charge hundreds of Jan. 6 defendants, Attorney General Merrick Garland said the DOJ would… -
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Why Biden Will Have Trouble Keeping the Political Heat Down After Attempt on Trump’s Life
REAL CLEAR POLITICS—President Joe Biden addressed the nation Sunday night from the Oval Office in the wake of an assassination attempt on his predecessor and political rival, Donald Trump, urging Americans to “unite” and collectively “lower the temperature in our politics.” It was a speech about fundamentals. “Disagreement,” the president said, was “inevitable,” not just… -
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Lawmakers, Legal Experts Were Skeptical of Legality of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s Appointment
Republican members of Congress and conservative legal experts had long questioned the legality of Jack Smith’s appointment as special counsel. On Monday, federal District Court Judge Aileen Cannon of the Southern District of Florida tossed out the federal case involving classified documents against former President Donald Trump, determining that Smith’s appointment was unconstitutional since he was… -
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Thousands of Unaccompanied Minors Now Victims of ‘Taxpayer-Funded Child Slavery’
THE WASHINGTON STAND—Data collected between February of 2021 and January of 2024 revealed “464,922 [unaccompanied] children have been encountered by U.S. Customs and Border Protection police nationwide.” Some experts, such as those from the child immigrant aid organization Kids in Need of Defense, have explained this surplus of unaccompanied minors was “expected” and likely due to “U.S. measures implemented… -
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Some ‘Affirmative’ Conservative Solutions to Big Tech Dangers
Machines can’t have the “divine spark” of humans, but Americans can make machines “with our values,” a Heritage Foundation technology expert said last week at the National Conservatism Conference in the nation’s capital. “Conservatives must offer our own affirmative vision for AI,” said Kara Frederick, director of Heritage’s Tech Policy Center, referring to artificial intelligence… -
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Project 2025 Represents ‘Forgotten Americans,’ Reduces Washington’s Influence, Roberts Says
The real purpose of The Heritage Foundation’s policy and personnel plan for the next conservative president is to speak on behalf of forgotten Americans, Heritage President Kevin Roberts said Monday at the leading think tank’s Policy Fest at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. “You might say that the real purpose of this huge, broad-scale effort,… -
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BREAKING: Trump Picks JD Vance as His Running Mate
MILWAUKEE—Former President Donald Trump selected Sen. JD Vance, an Ohio Republican, as his running mate in the Nov. 5 presidential election. Trump made the announcement Monday on Truth Social. “After lengthy deliberation and thought, and considering the tremendous talents of many others, I have decided that the person best suited to assume the position of… -
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‘MANIPULATION’: Sen. Mike Lee Dismisses Biden’s Calls for Unity After Trump Shot
President Joe Biden’s “unity” rhetoric after the attempted assassination Saturday of former President Donald Trump is “manipulation,” Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, said Monday. Biden had a “missed opportunity” Sunday night to truly unite the country, Lee said during a panel discussion at The Heritage Foundation’s Policy Fest at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. Lee’s… -
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Ramaswamy Says US Could Have Had ‘Civil War’ If Trump Killed, Seriously Wounded
MILWAUKEE—Vivek Ramaswamy believes the United States may have fallen into a “civil war” if former President Donald Trump had been more seriously wounded or died. Speaking to the press after his speech at The Heritage Foundation’s Policy Fest at the Republican National Convention on Monday, the former Republican presidential candidate discussed the Saturday shooting at… -
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‘REVIVAL OF 1776’: Dismantling Administrative State Will Be ‘Modern Declaration of Independence,’ Ramaswamy Says
The next president needs to eliminate the federal government’s administrative state, entrepreneur and former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said Monday at The Heritage Foundation’s Policy Fest at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. “We don’t want to replace a left-wing nanny state with a right-wing nanny state,” Ramaswamy said. “We want to dismantle that… -
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UPDATED: Trump Documents Case Dismissed
UPDATED 7 p.m. Eastern—A federal judge in Florida on Monday dismissed the criminal classified documents case against former President Donald Trump, saying the appointment of special counsel Jack Smith as a prosecutor for the case violated the appointments clause of the U.S. Constitution. Smith’s office announced it would appeal the ruling. Trump faced charges of…