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Presidential Fitness Test is back. Can you run a mile, Mr. President?

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Rex Huppke

Democrats need a way forward. Mamdani is right there.

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Sara Pequeño 

How is preventing disease and saving lives 'woke'? Ask RFK Jr.

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Dr. Thomas K. Lew 

I'll tell you the truth about the One Big Beautiful Bill and Medicaid

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Rep. Brett Guthrie

Trump gets brutal jobs report and fires the person behind the numbers

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Rex Huppke

Misleading photo of 'starving' child aids Hamas propaganda in Gaza

Misleading photo of 'starving' child aids Hamas propaganda in Gaza

It’s hard to think of anything more awful than the suffering of an innocent child. That’s why recent photographs of children in Gaza run by many...

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Ingrid Jacques

Republicans voted to cut Medicaid. Now they want to save it?

Republicans voted to cut Medicaid. Now they want to save it?

Republicans in Congress have a shady tradition, last seen before and after former President Joe Biden's $1 trillion infrastructure bill became law...

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Chris Brennan 

North Carolina is a red MAGA wall. This Democrat could break through.

North Carolina is a red MAGA wall. This Democrat could break through.

After months of speculation, former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper announced on July 28 that he would be running for the U.S. Senate seat being...

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Sara Pequeño 

Trump is forcing universities to protect all students

Trump is forcing universities to protect all students

As a mother of 10, three of whom will be in college this fall, and a committed civil rights advocate, I’ve long defended the rights of all people...

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Andrea Picciotti-Bayer

We're starving in Gaza. I can't watch my children suffer like this.

We're starving in Gaza. I can't watch my children suffer like this.

I am a father of three young children and a nutritionist from northern Gaza. Where once I advised others on the dangers of malnutrition, I now find...

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Mohamed Hammoudeh 

So now Republicans want to waste more money by bribing us?

So now Republicans want to waste more money by bribing us?

On July 28, Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, announced legislation that would provide Americans with $600 “rebate checks,” supposedly due to the vast...

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Dace Potas 

Trump can't distract from Epstein, but he's still trying

Trump can't distract from Epstein, but he's still trying

We here in Palm Beach County, Florida, have firsthand information that what President Donald Trump calls the “Russia, Russia, Russia hoax” was no...

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Frank Cerabino 

As an immigrant, Beyoncé’s 'Cowboy Carter' shaped my American dream

As an immigrant, Beyoncé’s 'Cowboy Carter' shaped my American dream

In April 2024, I sat across from a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officer in a cream blazer, answering questions I had memorized from...

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Ena Ganguly 

Cane sugar won't make you healthy, no matter what Trump claims

Cane sugar won't make you healthy, no matter what Trump claims

Our favorite soda is being made great again. Or is it? Early in my career, I was puzzled when a lab colleague asked me to bring back a few cans of...

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Bruno Xavier 

Trump's killing the EPA, and my tire-burning business thanks him

Trump's killing the EPA, and my tire-burning business thanks him

Every morning I wake up, open the doors to my family tire-burning and tainted-meat-sales business and thank God for President Donald J. Trump. We...

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Rex Huppke

Is media's coverage of Israel, Gaza getting it right or wrong? Tell us.

Is media's coverage of Israel, Gaza getting it right or wrong? Tell us.

As the images of hunger and desperation keep coming at us, we're hearing more and more people weigh in on Gaza, with news coverage picking up on...

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Joel Burgess 

Gaza is starving to death. Don't expect Trump to help.

Gaza is starving to death. Don't expect Trump to help.

Gaza is facing starvation. The U.S. government could do more to intervene. That's it. That's the tweet. The situation in Gaza is continuing to get...

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Sara Pequeño 

John Grisham: Legal aid protects Americans. Trump wants to end it.

John Grisham: Legal aid protects Americans. Trump wants to end it.

Before I became a writer, when I was a newly minted attorney in rural Mississippi, I saw how helpless people were going to court on their own. When...

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John Grisham

Liberals lose their minds over Sydney Sweeney ad. It's not a good look.

Liberals lose their minds over Sydney Sweeney ad. It's not a good look.

Actress Sydney Sweeney and I share a few things.  We’re both blonde (mine is natural; I’m not sure about hers). We have blue eyes. We have the same...

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Ingrid Jacques

Trump delivers bonanza of good economic news. Will liberals cheer?

Trump delivers bonanza of good economic news. Will liberals cheer?

Thanks to President Donald Trump's bold policies, it appears that the United States will avoid a recession this year − one that so many liberals...

30.07.2025 2

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Nicole Russell

We've managed to save the whales. New law could render them extinct.

We've managed to save the whales. New law could render them extinct.

Half a century ago, the American people took a remarkable step. They realized that their own survival is entwined with the survival of other...

30.07.2025 2

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Jeff Corwin 

Trump could pardon Ghislaine Maxwell. Why trust her now?

Trump could pardon Ghislaine Maxwell. Why trust her now?

We don't know what Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted child sex trafficker and former paramour/accomplice to the dead pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, said...

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Chris Brennan 

'He stole her': Trump degrades Epstein victim. She wasn't property.

'He stole her': Trump degrades Epstein victim. She wasn't property.

President Donald Trump has a new explanation for why he ended his long friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The story now...

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Rex Huppke

RFK Jr. wants legal psychedelics. I know the dangers firsthand.

RFK Jr. wants legal psychedelics. I know the dangers firsthand.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently sat in a congressional hearing to discuss departmental cuts. But what caught the...

29.07.2025 10

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Kristin Nash 

Who needs Colbert? Fox News' Gutfeld is the real king of comedy.

Who needs Colbert? Fox News' Gutfeld is the real king of comedy.

It turns out Trump Derangement Syndrome and late-night comedy don’t mix.  The announcement in July that CBS was canceling Stephen Colbert’s...

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Ingrid Jacques

Trump wins with EU trade deal. American workers will reap the reward.

Trump wins with EU trade deal. American workers will reap the reward.

Between golf rounds in Scotland, President Donald Trump secured a deal with the European Union this weekend that promises an extraordinary boon for...

29.07.2025 10

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Nicole Russell

Tired of soul-crushing modern architecture? AI can help.

Tired of soul-crushing modern architecture? AI can help.

Political commentator Tucker Carlson isn't shy about expressing his opinions, whether the topic is building political coalitions or building...

29.07.2025 1

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Chelsea Follett

Trump's weird babbling in Scotland reveals his cognitive decline

Trump's weird babbling in Scotland reveals his cognitive decline

It was nice of Donald Trump to travel to Scotland and show our European allies firsthand that the United States is led by a self-absorbed and...

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Rex Huppke