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opinion
The Art of the Deal, Russia-Ukraine Style
Two months after the breathtaking Operation Midnight Hammer strikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities and the ceasefire with Israel that soon followed, President Donald Trump has once again upended conventional foreign policy wisdom. After years of escalatory rhetoric, moral posturing, and seemingly endless funding packages, Trump’s twin high-profile summits with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska… -
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How Did a Migrant Who Can’t Speak English Get a License to Drive a Big Rig?
WASHINGTON—You’ve seen the video. Big-rig driver Harjinder Singh tries to make an illegal U-turn on a Florida Turnpike. The semi-truck jackknifed and blocked all lanes of traffic. Those in the minivan destroyed in the Aug. 12 crash never had a chance. The collision killed the driver and two passengers. The question on everyone’s mind: How… -
news
Fewer People, More Cocaine: Smuggling Operations Through Puerto Rico
Illegal border crossings are down across the U.S. border with Mexico, and Customs and Border Protection has also seen a significant decline in drug seizures at the border. But the same cannot be said of drug seizures in the U.S. territories of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands as cartels look for ways to get… -
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DeSantis Urges Congress to Defund Sanctuary States That License Illegal Aliens as Drivers
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is calling on Congress to defund sanctuary states that provide illegal immigrants with driver’s licenses. DeSantis’ push comes after an illegal alien, Harjinder Singh, was charged with three counts of vehicular homicide after he appears to have tried to make an illegal U-turn while driving a commercial tractor-trailer on Aug. 12… -
opinion
Trump’s Smithsonian Review Is Long Overdue
The White House last week informed Lonnie Bunch, the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, that it’s putting the museums under review—in other words, adult supervision. The news came in a letter that amounted to a major front in the Trump administration’s war to retake the culture. As I wrote in an X post quoted by The New York Times, “Given the Smithsonian’s behavior in… -
opinion
Is Socialism as Popular as the Media Think?
“Democratic socialists” have been getting the teenage-idol treatment from giddy reporters and editors at legacy media outlets for years. Their newest crush, as New Yorkers already know, is jihadi-apologist and Marxist New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani. In a 4,500-word cover story headlined “The Meaning of Zohran Mamdani,” Time magazine paints a caricature of… -
opinion
Ascending to New Heights: Trump and the Return of Winning
If they gave out patches for passing the Presidential Daydreaming Test at Rosecroft Elementary, I’d have gotten more patches than a quilt. But alas, it took passing the Presidential Fitness Test to be so honored. News that President Donald Trump was reinstituting that Presidential Fitness Test brought me right back to Rosecroft. Or more accurately,… -
opinion
Unhinged Washington Protesters Show Why Democrats Are Losing Ground
While Washington, D.C., residents are enjoying feeling safe on the streets of their community once again, angry middle-class suburban protesters want the National Guard to leave the crime-ridden city. When Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth visited the National Guard troops at Union Station this week, protesters used their First Amendment rights… -
opinion
Why Washington Fears EJ Antoni
Washington is flailing. The establishment has gone into a full meltdown over one man: EJ Antoni. Why? Because he’s telling the truth taxpayers already know—America’s economic data system is broken, politicized, and no longer trusted. For decades, the Bureau of Labor Statistics was supposed to be the gold standard of government data. Today, it’s a… -
news
First House Candidate Emerges After Texas Redistricting
In a move that could send another strong conservative to Washington, Texas state Rep. Briscoe Cain is running for the newly redrawn 9th Congressional District seat. “I want to run for Congress because CD-9 is MAGA country—home to a tremendous amount of hardworking, humble, and amazing conservative people. President Donald Trump’s people deserve a fighter… -
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House Vows to Make Epstein Documents Public After Review
The Justice Department released the first installment of documents on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to House of Representatives investigators on Friday. The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee pledged to make the documents public after a review to ensure the identities of victims have been protected. House Oversight Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., subpoenaed the… -
opinion
‘Green’ Europe’s Industrial Masochism
If a self-described leader finds that nobody is following, is leadership present? Perhaps. The next question might be, where is the leader headed? These queries could well be put to the European Union’s makers of energy policy, who fancy themselves as groundbreakers for a supposed transition away from fossil fuels in favor of “green” technologies…. -
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Trump Admin Finds University’s DEI Policies Violate Civil Rights Act
The U.S. Department of Education found that George Mason University violated civil rights laws in promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion policies—potentially calling into question the future of the school’s already embattled president. The department accused Virginia’s largest public university of violating Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act by illegally using race and other… -
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Texas Democrat Rep. Lloyd Doggett Announces Potential Retirement
Texas Democrat Rep. Lloyd Doggett has announced he will not seek reelection if Republicans’ new congressional map becomes the law of the land in the Lone Star State. If the new congressional lines go through, Doggett will likely have to face off against fellow Democrat Rep. Greg Casar, D-Texas, in what could shape up to… -
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Who Is Trump’s New FBI Deputy Director?
President Donald Trump announced this week that Missouri’s Republican attorney general, Andrew Bailey, will join Dan Bongino as co-deputy director of the FBI. “He has served as a distinguished attorney general for Missouri and is a decorated war veteran, bringing expertise and dedication to service,” U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said. “His leadership and commitment… -
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Sherrod Brown’s Bill on ‘Pregnant Persons’ Comes Back to Haunt Him
Earlier this week, former Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, formally announced that he is seeking a comeback bid after losing last year to now Republican Sen. Bernie Moreno, though he’ll have his record to contend with. Brown is running against Republican Sen. Jon Husted, who was appointed to fill now Vice President JD Vance’s seat, triggering… -
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‘Racial Justice’ Org Weighs in on National Guard Deployment
The Legal Defense Fund said Thursday it had sent letters asking governors of six states not to send National Guard troops to Washington, D.C. Its letters follow announcements from those states that they plan to deploy troops to the nation’s capital to counter what Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves called the “out of control” crime there…. -
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Hawley Demands Documents From Zuckerberg
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., is demanding Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg hand over documents from his company about its artificial intelligence policies toward minors. The move comes after an explosive report from Reuters that detailed how an internal Meta Platforms document permitted Meta chatbots to engage children in “conversations that are romantic or sensual.” “Big Tech… -
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‘RACIST AND ABHORRENT’: Spanberger Condemns Sign Comparing Black Republican’s Stance on Trans Bathrooms to Segregation
Virginia Democratic gubernatorial nominee Abigail Spanberger condemned a sign comparing her black Republican opponent’s stance on transgender bathrooms to racial segregation. “Abigail condemns this repulsive display,” Libby Wiet, Spanberger’s press secretary, told The Daily Signal in a statement Friday. “It’s racist, abhorrent, and unacceptable.” The candidate herself took to X with another statement Friday. “Many… -
opinion
Bernie Sanders’ War on Free Speech Could Make Patients Sicker
Calling pharmaceutical ads an “embarrassment,” Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ and Maine Sen. Angus King’s self-righteousness is on full display. More importantly, the two demonstrate a fundamental misunderstanding of the benefits enabled by the drug advertisements we have all become accustomed to seeing. If implemented, their bill to ban such ads in print and on TV,…
