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Hawley Presses Ex-NIH Official: ‘Is it ‘Normal’ For Scientists to ‘Pre-Bake the Outcome’ of Research?
A former National Institutes of Health official testified to a Senate committee on Thursday that the agency did not suppress inquiries into the origins of COVID-19, even as Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., questioned her about private emails suggesting otherwise. Carrie Wolinetz, who was the chief of staff for then-NIH Director Francis Collins during the pandemic,… -
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How Noncitizens Get to Vote in US Elections and How to Stop It: The BorderLine
Most countries allow only their own citizens to vote in national elections and require voters to prove their eligibility to vote through photo identification when they register and before they cast their vote. Here in the U.S., verifying eligibility and registering voters is left to the states. You would hope that the federal government would… -
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Senate Panel’s Probe Into COVID-19’s Origin Brings Us Closer to Truth
Did you know that four months before the world had ever heard of COVID-19—on Sept. 3, 2019—authorities in the Veneto region of Italy discovered COVID-19 antibodies in local blood samples. Of course, you didn’t. The deadly and mysterious COVID-19 was around much longer than anyone had previously suspected. We now know that fact,… -
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How the Radical Left Wrecked the Housing Market
Home affordability just hit a 17-year low, which means the dream of homeownership remains unattainable for the average person. Amid a cost-of-living crisis, saving enough for a downpayment and then affording a monthly mortgage payment has become a Sisyphean task—and radical leftist policies are to blame. Adding up the monthly cost of principal and interest on a mortgage, property taxes, and insurance… -
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Heir to George Soros’ Empire to Wed Ex-Hillary Clinton Aide Huma Abedin
Alexander Soros, son of George Soros and chairman of the Open Society Foundations, is engaged to veteran Democratic operative Huma Abedin, according to his Instagram account. “This happened … we couldn’t be happier, more grateful, or more in love,” Soros wrote on social media on Tuesday alongside a picture of him proposing to Abedin. Soros proposed to… -
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Teen’s Pro-Life Anthem Climbs iTunes Country Charts
A song with a tender pro-life message has reached the top 5 on iTunes’ chart for country music less than three weeks after its release. Eighteen-year-old Rachel Holt sings “I Was Gonna Be” from the perspective of an aborted child. The chorus of the song—“All I wanted was a chance/To learn to love and laugh… -
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Biden Talks Tough About NATO, but His Energy Policies Tell Different Story
President Joe Biden, host of the 75th anniversary NATO Summit in Washington that ends Thursday, last week claimed to ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos that he “put NATO together.” Trying to find a charitable spin on this claim, let’s assume Biden means that he helped NATO stand stronger against Russian President Vladimir Putin in the… -
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Joe Biden Has Always Been a Liar
Framed on a wall in my office is a copy of my first opinion column, published by The Dallas Morning News on Oct. 11, 1987. Until then, I had been a wire-service reporter and editor in Washington, D.C., and, before that, a sports writer in Boston, but had never written opinion. When given the chance by the Morning… -
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We Know What a Woman Is. Now, What Does It Mean to Be a Strong Woman?
It was January 2017 and President Donald Trump had just arrived in the Oval Office. The Women’s March took to the streets of Washington, D.C., proclaiming a message of “strength,” but Sarah Stonestreet didn’t see empowerment. She saw anger. “The overarching message was [a] middle finger to the chauvinistic world,” Stonestreet says of the marchers, adding… -
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Former Kentucky AG Warns About Threat to Business From Woke Corporations
Conservatives must be vigilant about big corporations that seek to “cancel” those with differing political views, former Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron warns. Cameron, a Republican, ran for governor in 2023, but lost to Democratic incumbent Gov. Andy Beshear. He now serves as CEO of the 1792 Exchange, a nonprofit organization that “seeks to preserve… -
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Why This Congressman Wants IRS to Probe Pro-Hamas Funders
“Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants,” Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis famously said in 1913. Indeed, our exposure of the network of organizations supporting pro-Hamas demonstrators is now helping a member of Congress pressure the Internal Revenue Service to investigate these groups. Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., sent a letter June 27 to… -
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RNC’s New Abortion Stance Betrays GOP’s Founding, Pro-Life Activist Says
The Republican National Committee’s 2024 stance on abortion is the worst platform plank he’s ever seen, pro-life advocate Tom McClusky said Wednesday at the National Conservatism Conference in Washington. McClusky, principal at public affairs firm Greenlight Strategies LLC, said that this week was a dark one for the pro-life movement in a panel discussion, “Beyond Dobbs.”… -
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‘Anti-Democratic’: Advertising Giant Silenced Conservative Outlets, House Report Says
The Global Alliance for Responsible Media likely violated federal antitrust laws by censoring and boycotting the speech of conservative news outlets and personalities, the House Judiciary Committee concludes in a new report. GARM used its “tremendous market power in the advertising industry” to keep advertising dollars away from certain conservative news platforms, including Breitbart, Fox… -
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Immigration Limits Needed to Preserve ‘National Identity,’ Ramaswamy Says
Former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy on Tuesday demanded an end to what he called a “neoliberal” status quo on immigration policy that he said is embraced across the political aisle. The Indian-American entrepreneur in a speech at the National Conservatism Conference in Washington pushed for the Right to get tough on immigration, both legal… -
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Here’s How Many Democrats Voted Against Requiring Proof of Citizenship to Vote
The Republican-controlled House voted 221-198 Wednesday to require proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections. The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, or SAVE Act, would amend the 1993 National Voter Registration Act, known as the “motor voter law,” to require that states obtain documentary proof of U.S. citizenship from someone before he or she… -
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Legacy NATO Members Should Follow Lead of Newcomers Finland, Sweden
The accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO is not just timely, but also transformative. Sweden and Finland have set the standard for what it means to be a NATO member by investing in their own military capabilities and by taking responsibility for security in Europe. The United States should be grateful to have two… -
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While Europeans Vacation, Denmark Attacks Livestock Farmers With Cow Tax
As Europeans generate greenhouse gas emissions by driving or flying off on their long summer holidays, Denmark is trying to lower those emissions by taxing cow burps and flatulence to combat climate change. The Danish government believes that taxing methane produced by animals will improve the lives of citizens by lowering global temperatures. Therefore, beginning… -
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Too Little Too Late: Democrats Stuck With Biden
With the revelation over the past two weeks that President Joe Biden is mentally and physically diminished, Democrats have traveled through all five stages of grief; first, they experienced denial; then anger; then bargaining; next, depression; finally, acceptance. But what they’re accepting is not Biden’s mental decline. What they’re accepting is the fundamental reality that… -
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No ‘Specialist’ Has Examined Biden at Residence in Delaware, White House Says
REAL CLEAR POLITICS—The White House would not say Monday why a neurologist with expertise in Parkinson’s disease, Dr. Kevin Cannard, visited the executive campus eight different times or who specifically the doctor was there to visit. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre insinuated Cannard had traveled there to treat members of the military, telling reporters… -
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‘Completely Ignored’: Parents Outraged After Va. County Disregards Objections, Unanimously Approves Gender Identity Lessons
A Northern Virginia school district will teach kindergartners about gay parents and middle schoolers about transgenderism in the wake of a unanimous vote late last month—despite significant parental opposition. The Fairfax County School Board unanimously approved changes to its Family Life Education Curriculum on June 27 that include “broadening examples of family structures to be…