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House Freedom Caucus: How We're Delivering For Taxpayers | Opinion

House Freedom Caucus: How We're Delivering For Taxpayers | Opinion

The House Freedom Caucus (HFC) accomplished some of its most effective work during July 2025. Hard work, attention to detail, and tough...

yesterday 8

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Various

Grading the Second Trump Presidency, Six Months In

Grading the Second Trump Presidency, Six Months In

Over the course of four years' banishment to America's political wilderness while subjected to both a would-be assassin's bullets and the...

previous day 2

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Josh Hammer

The Blueprint for ICE's Future Is Being Drawn in the West Bank | Opinion

The Blueprint for ICE's Future Is Being Drawn in the West Bank | Opinion

With the recent passage of the Big Beautiful Bill, a new era in American law enforcement has begun. The bill dedicates over $165 billion over five...

previous day 9

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Tariq Habash

How Long Will Americans Tolerate Ukrainian Corruption? | Opinion

How Long Will Americans Tolerate Ukrainian Corruption? | Opinion

Interventionist politicians like Lindsey Graham and Joe Biden constantly positioned U.S. support for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as a "...

previous day 2

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Steve Cortes

Call It What It Is—Ethno-Religious Cleansing of Druze in Syria | Opinion

Call It What It Is—Ethno-Religious Cleansing of Druze in Syria | Opinion

"We heard gunfire outside; we heard them calling out all the Druze. The neighbors. They killed them. We heard it," Angela—a pseudonym to protect...

previous day 1

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Nuri Kino

No, Trump Did Not Start the Global "Trade War" | Opinion

No, Trump Did Not Start the Global

After strong growth in 2024, global trade will take a hit this year. Many point the finger at President Donald Trump. That's a mistake. The World...

thursday 10

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Gordon G. Chang

The Hidden Dangers of Eliminating Taxes on Tips | Opinion

The Hidden Dangers of Eliminating Taxes on Tips | Opinion

Earlier this month, President Donald Trump signed the Big Beautiful Bill into law. One of its provisions that made a bipartisan splash on the...

thursday 40

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Lindsey D. Cameron

Alaska Governor: Don't Blame Trump for Copper Price Inflation | Opinion

Alaska Governor: Don't Blame Trump for Copper Price Inflation | Opinion

Record-high copper prices have some observers blaming the introduction of tariffs for the recent spike in prices. But pointing the finger at...

thursday 20

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Mike Dunleavy

Marijuana Could Break Your Heart—Literally | Opinion

Marijuana Could Break Your Heart—Literally | Opinion

Love smoking weed? Prepare to get your heart broken—literally. A flood of recent studies have detailed the damage marijuana does to your mental...

thursday 3

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Kevin Sabet

Trump's Blueprint for Authoritarian Capitalism | Opinion

Trump's Blueprint for Authoritarian Capitalism | Opinion

Three days after comedian Stephen Colbert called Paramount's $16 million settlement with President Donald Trump "a big fat bribe," CBS canceled his...

thursday 2

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Nicholas Creel

What Coldplay Kisscam Says About America's Leadership Crisis | Opinion

What Coldplay Kisscam Says About America's Leadership Crisis | Opinion

America's so obsessed with its own hype it's forgotten how to think. AirPods blur the line between presence and absence, reducing opportunities for...

thursday 2

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Les T. Csorba

Malcolm-Jamal Warner Was America's Brother | Opinion

Malcolm-Jamal Warner Was America's Brother | Opinion

I am sad, so profoundly sad. I screamed, literally, on a call, when an alert crossed my laptop this week that Malcolm-Jamal Warner had died. I...

23.07.2025 30

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Kevin Powell

And Now It's The Wall Street Journal's Turn To Tango With Trump | Opinion

And Now It's The Wall Street Journal's Turn To Tango With Trump | Opinion

When, oh when, will Americans realize we are descending into dictatorship? President Donald Trump has already silenced ABC, CBS, and Facebook,...

23.07.2025 3

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Thomas G. Moukawsher 

Epstein Files: True Scandal or Wild Conspiracy Theory?

Revelations about President Donald Trump's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, and demands that the Justice Department release further documentation...

23.07.2025 3

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Newsweek Staff

What 'Superman' Says About Gaza—And Us | Opinion

What 'Superman' Says About Gaza—And Us | Opinion

When audiences left early screenings of James Gunn's new Superman, many carried more than popcorn and superhero nostalgia—they carried the...

23.07.2025 3

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Faisal Kutty

The Trump Administration Is Trying to Silence Us | Opinion

The Trump Administration Is Trying to Silence Us | Opinion

Hurricanes. Wildfires. Floods. As federal employees with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, we're often among the first on the ground when disaster...

22.07.2025 10

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Colin Smalley 

Why Haven't Top Dems Learned From Harris Campaign's Failures? | Opinion

Why Haven't Top Dems Learned From Harris Campaign's Failures? | Opinion

Political upstart assemblyman Zohran Mamdani stunned the political world last month with an upset defeat of former governor Andrew Cuomo in New...

22.07.2025 4

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Tom Rogers

What if the Parties Struck a Truce on Gerrymandering? | Opinion

What if the Parties Struck a Truce on Gerrymandering? | Opinion

America's two major political parties are about to exchange the next salvos in a decades-long battle where—as is typical of trench warfare—they...

22.07.2025 4

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Matt Robison

The Right Tech Could Have Saved Dozens in the Texas Floods | Opinion

The Right Tech Could Have Saved Dozens in the Texas Floods | Opinion

Hearts are breaking all over America and the world as the devastating stories from Texas continue to take shape. The rising waters of the Guadalupe...

22.07.2025 3

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Theresa Payton

As PKK Lays Down Arms, Iraq Emerges As Power Broker | Opinion

As PKK Lays Down Arms, Iraq Emerges As Power Broker | Opinion

At the entrance to a cave northwest of Sulaymaniyah in Iraq's Kurdistan Region, PKK fighters threw their weapons into a fire in a ceremony that...

22.07.2025 2

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Tanya Goudsouzian