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With Ground War Bogged Down, Ukraine Should Turn to Sea to Speed Russia’s Defeat
The war in the Donbas region between Russia and Ukraine is settling down to a series of small attacks and tenacious defenses. Deliveries of U.S. and allied military equipment are key but not in the quantities necessary to make them decisive. All this points to the conflict taking the form of a war of attrition…. -
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CHIPS Act an Example of Misguided Public Policy, Heritage Foundation President Says
The conservative movement at its best focuses on the lives of real Americans, Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts said at the recent American Economic Forum in Washington. “We have to get out of the habit of spending so much and expecting modern monetary theory and/or inflation to pay down debt,” Roberts said, adding that the… -
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Pelosi Defies China’s Bluster, Heralds ‘Taiwan’s Vibrant Democracy’
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi defied the Communist Chinese government Tuesday by touching down in Taiwan for a visit. The California Democrat continued to win praise from Republican lawmakers, but an ambiguous response at best from the Biden administration, which has been skeptical of the trip. Pelosi issued a statement after her arrival saying that the… -
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Liberal ‘Dark Money’ Groups Target Election Integrity, House GOP Watchdogs Say
“Dark money” groups on the left that seek to control local election offices across the country could further undermine confidence in American elections, some House Republicans fear. “Let’s call this what it really is—a blatant attack on the security and integrity of the fairness and transparency of our elections,” Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y., the co-chairwoman… -
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Al-Qaeda’s Leader Is Dead. Now What?
President Joe Biden announced Monday that the United States had killed al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri in a drone strike over the weekend. Zawahri, who was an Egyptian doctor, replaced Osama bin Laden after he was shot and killed by U.S. Navy SEALS in May 2011. He was listed as the FBI’s “Most Wanted Terrorist” and… -
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Good Riddance: The Elimination of al-Qaeda’s Top Terrorist and the Troubling Questions It Raises
Ayman al-Zawahri, Osama bin Laden’s deputy and a mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks, has been killed in a U.S. drone strike. The good news is that one of the world’s most notorious terrorists is dead. The bad news is that, one year after the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, Zawahri’s presence in the capital of… -
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Tesla’s Battery Deals Highlight Chinese Dominance of Key Materials for Electric Vehicles
Tesla signed new contracts with two of its current Chinese battery material suppliers, Bloomberg reported on Sunday, highlighting the extent to which American electric vehicle manufacturers rely on China for critical minerals and materials. Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co. and CNGR Advanced Material Co. renewed pricing agreements to provide Tesla with supplies of ternary precursors, chemical… -
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Man Who Posed as Federal Agent Pleads Guilty in Scheme to Build Relationships With Secret Service
A Washington, D.C., man pleaded guilty Monday for charges related to a scheme where he allegedly bought off Secret Service agents, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s D.C. Office. Arian Taherzadeh, 40, was charged with federal conspiracy offense and two D.C. offenses of unlawful possession of a large-capacity ammunition feeding device and voyeurism, according to plea… -
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Cultural Critic James Lindsay Explains Rise of ‘Groomers’
Have you ever seen a teacher who is just a little too interested in getting kids to talk about their sexuality? Or a government bureaucrat seemingly obsessed with pushing LGBT ideology into schools? Then you’ve likely encountered what James Lindsay, a cultural commentator and frequent critic of LGBT activists, calls a “groomer.” Lindsay, 43, is… -
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‘Doonesbury’ Still Attacks Trump, Ignores Biden’s Many Gaffes, Policy Failures
July 20 marked a year and a half into the Biden administration, but you’d never know that from Garry Trudeau, the liberal hack political cartoonist behind the long-running, but highly overrated “Doonesbury” comic strip. Though former President Donald Trump has been out of the White House now for more than 18 months, he apparently still lives… -
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Why She Gave Her Baby Life After Being Raped at 14
Eve Nunez’s life was turned upside down in 1969, when she was raped. She was only 14. When Nunez became pregnant, a relative encouraged her to have an abortion, concerned that her pregnancy would bring shame to the family. Nunez chose life. “I had a grandma that passed away when I was 6,” Nunez says,… -
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Whoops! Department of Education Makes $300 Billion Accounting Mistake on Student Loans
What’s $300 billion between friends? A new report from the Government Accountability Office details a breathtaking discrepancy between what the federal government claimed the student loan program would generate, and what it actually costs taxpayers. As GAO explains: “Although the Department of Education originally estimated federal Direct Loans made in the last 25 years would… -
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Manchin’s Support May Hand EPA Power to Throttle Coal Industry
The new spending bill that drew backing from Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., contains funding provisions that could allow the Environmental Protection Agency to work around the Supreme Court’s recent ruling reducing the agency’s ability to regulate emissions from coal plants. The economic package would make $45 million available to the EPA to regulate greenhouse gases… -
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Counterfeit, Black Market Abortion Pills Flood Internet With Help of Corporate Media
Vendors have flooded the internet with illegal, unregulated chemical abortion pills, according to Politico, after corporate media outlets openly promoted do-it-yourself chemical abortions. Unregulated online vendors pose a threat to the health of women by illegally selling abortion pills which may be expired or counterfeit, according to a report in Politico. Several media outlets promoted the use… -
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Is Kansas a Pro-Life or Pro-Choice State? Voters Will Decide
Kansans are headed to the polls Tuesday to decide how their state will address the issue of abortion. Voters are asked to vote yes or no on an amendment to the Kansas Constitution, known as Value Them Both, that says no “right to abortion” exists in the state. “The Value Them Both amendment has… -
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Why UK Defense Must Go on Offense
Following a wave of Cabinet and ministerial resignations, Boris Johnson has announced that he will step down as the prime minister of the United Kingdom. Now, Britain and the world are left to wonder who will be next to command its ship of state. Whoever it might be, the next prime minister must make defense… -
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Senate Hearing on Diversity in Diplomacy Fails to Get to Real Questions
A Senate hearing on “diversity and equity” in American diplomacy proved to be a wasted opportunity to tackle a core question in our politics: Do we want equality or “equity”? Instead, the hearing kicked off with mostly old white men bemoaning that the senior ranks of the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International… -
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Trump Isn’t an ‘Insurrectionist’
In an editorial called “Trump’s Silence on Jan 6 Is Damning,” the New York Post wrote: His only focus was to find any means—damn the consequences—to block the peaceful transfer of power. There is no other explanation, just as there is no defense, for his refusal to stop the violence. It’s up to the Justice… -
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CHIPS Is a Missed Opportunity for Real Security
“ … We have to be on guard against China at all times … For all technology, we have to do everything we can to make sure our leading edge technology, whether it’s in CHIPS, or artificial intelligence, or other areas, can’t get into the hands of the Chinese.” That was Secretary of Commerce Gina… -
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Why Sen. Pat Toomey Did Right Thing in Stopping Burn Pit Bill
Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., was right last week to stop legislation that would have presumed a host of health conditions are linked to American service members' exposure to burn pits. First, Toomey was right because the automatic presumption that many illnesses suffered by veterans are connected to burn pit exposure (ranging from chronic sinusitis to…