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Why Western Pennsylvania is built for the AI economy

Why Western Pennsylvania is built for the AI economy

HOMER CITY, Pennsylvania — A couple of days after the iconic towers of a coal fired power plant were flattened and seemingly all hope was lost after...

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Salena Zito

Illegal immigration goes down, and so does California’s population

Illegal immigration goes down, and so does California’s population

California’s brief population bounce back has given way to further population declines, showing that Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) is relying on illegal...

yesterday 1

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Zachary Faria

A bad week for the West against its green-red enemies

A bad week for the West against its green-red enemies

It’s been a bad week in the West’s existential battle against the green-red alliance of imperial Islam and the Left’s demagogic, cynical, and...

yesterday 1

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Hugo Gurdon

On This Day: Washington’s stoic mask drops in detailed correspondence with his brother

On This Day: Washington’s stoic mask drops in detailed correspondence with his brother

The following is an installment of “On This Day,” a series celebrating America’s 250th anniversary by following the actions of Gen. George...

yesterday 1

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Salena Zito

Blue states are bankrolling China’s green energy takeover

Blue states are bankrolling China’s green energy takeover

At a time when the importance of energy security could not be more clear, American energy dominance is under assault on multiple fronts. A shocking...

yesterday 2

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Jason Isaac

Bridging the gap between AI interest and implementation

Bridging the gap between AI interest and implementation

Artificial intelligence is seeing a massive “rebuild” as companies struggle to actually use it effectively. The focus has shifted from what AI...

yesterday 3

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Steven Taff

Democrats’ new antitrust test: Go woke or go broke

Democrats’ new antitrust test: Go woke or go broke

As the conservative movement continues to engage in a robust debate regarding the core principles of antitrust policy in the digital age, the Left has...

yesterday 3

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Gerard Scimeca

The politics of erasing Iryna Zarutska

The politics of erasing Iryna Zarutska

Iryna Zarutska, a 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee, was murdered in Charlotte last summer. She was minding her own business, seated on a public transit...

yesterday 1

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Guy Benson

How Congress can build off Trump’s AI framework this tax season

How Congress can build off Trump’s AI framework this tax season

The Trump administration on Friday, March 20, issued a legislative framework for a single national policy on artificial intelligence. The goal is to...

yesterday 1

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Oren Etzioni, Opinion Contributor

Activist investors threaten reversal of America’s housing affordability crisis

Activist investors threaten reversal of America’s housing affordability crisis

With average mortgage rates now dipping below 6% for the first time in years, many people are taking a fresh look at their housing options. After a...

yesterday 2

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Saul Anuzis

Your AI sycophant will see you now

Your AI sycophant will see you now

A gaming company CEO asked his lawyers if he could avoid a payout of upwards of $250 million to the studio he had acquired. They told him the plan...

yesterday 1

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Bryan Rotella

Trial lawyers hit the digital jackpot — and everyone else pays

Trial lawyers hit the digital jackpot — and everyone else pays

America is an incredibly litigious society, spending more than $300 billion per year, or nearly $1,000 per person, on tort litigation. Every day,...

yesterday 2

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Ross Marchand

Reclaiming Affordability: A housing agenda that will move women forward

Reclaiming Affordability: A housing agenda that will move women forward

“Reclaiming Affordability” is an op-ed series in partnership between the Independent Women and the Washington Examiner. Each day this week, a...

yesterday 3

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Patrice Onwuka

Why we nation-build

Why we nation-build

Conservatives often disagree about wars, but virtually no one likes nation-building. President Donald Trump has so far managed to avoid it in his...

yesterday 4

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W. James Antle Iii

Legacy media justifies Iranian war crimes with careless reporting

Legacy media justifies Iranian war crimes with careless reporting

Why is the legacy media parroting Iranian propaganda justifying war crimes? The city of Dimona “is home to Israel’s nuclear program,” CNN’s...

yesterday 2

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Tamar Sternthal

Don’t be fooled. Iraq isn’t the partner Washington thinks it is

Don’t be fooled. Iraq isn’t the partner Washington thinks it is

U.S. policy toward Iraq continues to rest on an assumption that no longer reflects reality: that Iraq functions as a coherent partner with centralized...

yesterday 1

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Heyrsh abdulrahman

The NIH has problems. Carelessly slashing its budget would create more

The NIH has problems. Carelessly slashing its budget would create more

Average tax refunds are reportedly up 10% this year, but easing Americans’ distrust of how Uncle Sam spends the money it keeps is not disappearing...

yesterday 1

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Tom Price

Washington can’t become America’s bookie

Washington can’t become America’s bookie

Betting on elections and economic data may be the newest frontier in “finance,” but it is still gambling. And while Congress has the power under...

yesterday 2

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Joel Griffith

America’s Maginot lines of defense

America’s Maginot lines of defense

The United States is waging a successful high-tech war against Iran. But at home, there are worrying signs that the nation is ill-prepared for wars of...

yesterday 10

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Washington Examiner

Time to reform Social Security is running out faster than you think

Time to reform Social Security is running out faster than you think

Forget about a six-year timetable to reform and save Social Security before its 2032 insolvency. The clock to direct the reform is closer to one year...

yesterday 3

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Doug Branch, Opinion Contributor

Faith among young people surges, providing a missing anchor

Faith among young people surges, providing a missing anchor

PITTSBURGH — Last September, Pastor Jason Howard of the Sanctuary Church in Pittsburgh saw a surge of young people flocking to his Christian...

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Salena Zito

The violent stupidity of the ‘No Kings’ protests

The violent stupidity of the ‘No Kings’ protests

The Democratic Party’s “No Kings” protests were revived this past weekend, showcasing the violence and the ideological incoherence of the...

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Zachary Faria

Will the insane shutdown ever end?

Will the insane shutdown ever end?

WILL THE INSANE SHUTDOWN EVER END? It seems weird to say, but Chuck Schumer (D-NY), the Senate minority leader, appears to believe Democrats have...

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Byron York

Well-designed townhouses might be the sweet spot for family-friendly housing

Well-designed townhouses might be the sweet spot for family-friendly housing

The baby bust is mostly cultural, but partly economic. The economic drag on family formation is mostly about housing: In the past six years, it has...

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Timothy P. Carney

Progress with an asterisk for Michigan Republicans

Progress with an asterisk for Michigan Republicans

From the convention floor to the hallways, I spent the day inside the Michigan GOP’s Saturday convention. What stood out was not chaos, but...

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Dennis Lennox

Trump is cracking down on the welfare fraud no one’s talking about

Trump is cracking down on the welfare fraud no one’s talking about

EXCLUSIVE — Americans are now acutely aware that welfare fraud is rampant in Minnesota. But the blatant theft from taxpayers is so widespread that...

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Kristi stahr

On This Day: As Washington organizes his army’s next move, Henry Knox and Nathaniel Greene prove vital

On This Day: As Washington organizes his army’s next move, Henry Knox and Nathaniel Greene prove vital

The following is an installment of “On This Day,” a series celebrating America’s 250th anniversary by following the actions of Gen. George...

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Salena Zito

Reclaiming Affordability: Reasonable cost of living is on women’s minds. Here’s how to deliver it

Reclaiming Affordability: Reasonable cost of living is on women’s minds. Here’s how to deliver it

“Reclaiming Affordability” is an op-ed series in partnership between the Independent Women and the Washington Examiner. Each day this week, a...

previous day 4

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Kamryn crane

Trump went to war with Iran alone — now he wants company

Trump went to war with Iran alone — now he wants company

On the morning of Feb. 28, the United States and Israel launched Operation Epic Fury against Iran, killing supreme leader Ali Khamenei and several...

previous day 2

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Jay Caruso

Energy affordability demands an ‘all of the above’ strategy

Energy affordability demands an ‘all of the above’ strategy

On the banks of the Hudson River in Buchanan, New York, the Indian Point Energy Center once stood as one of the most important pieces of the state’s...

previous day 2

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Rep. mike lawler

What the CPAC straw poll says

What the CPAC straw poll says

WHAT THE CPAC STRAW POLL SAYS. The Conservative Political Action Conference finished up its convention this weekend in Dallas with the traditional...

previous day 5

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Byron York

The Strait of Hormuz’s bitter lesson for the European Union

The Strait of Hormuz’s bitter lesson for the European Union

The crisis in the Strait of Hormuz reveals a truth that many European policymakers have ignored: Humanity remains structurally dependent on oil. This...

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Samuel furfari

Democrats keep choosing illegal immigrants over Americans

Democrats keep choosing illegal immigrants over Americans

Senate Democrats failed last week in their effort to end the Department of Homeland Security’s ability to arrest, detain, and deport illegal...

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Washington Examiner

Virginia Democrats turn themselves into pretzels to ‘stop Donald Trump’ with gerrymander

Virginia Democrats turn themselves into pretzels to ‘stop Donald Trump’ with gerrymander

Today’s Democrats hate President Donald Trump so much that they’re willing to abandon long-held positions and twist themselves into pretzels in...

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Jenny Beth Martin

Trump must not abandon Gulf allies to Iranian hegemony

Trump must not abandon Gulf allies to Iranian hegemony

If President Donald Trump backs down at this point in the war, it will leave the Gulf States to face a more radicalized and dangerous Iran seeking to...

sunday 7

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Bradley Martin

Trump is quietly solving America’s healthcare crisis. Here’s how

Trump is quietly solving America’s healthcare crisis. Here’s how

Medicare and Medicaid will devour more than a third of federal government spending within a decade. Republicans take a beating every time they try to...

sunday 7

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Chet Love

Reconciliation is the only path to defunding abortion providers again

Reconciliation is the only path to defunding abortion providers again

Congressional budget reconciliation proved an effective vehicle to achieve a first-of-its-kind victory for taxpayers in restricting the...

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John Mize

Democrats can’t quit their clean-energy-only agenda

Democrats can’t quit their clean-energy-only agenda

Wisely sensing a political opening with gasoline prices up by more than $1 per gallon since the start of the Iran war, Senate Minority Leader Chuck...

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Washington Examiner

Greg Abbott gets it: The Constitution isn’t a shield to protect radical Islamists

Greg Abbott gets it: The Constitution isn’t a shield to protect radical Islamists

Should Texas taxpayers be forced to fund institutions with connections to radical Islamist networks? They will if certain activist groups have their...

28.03.2026 4

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Mandy drogin

Trump closed one of China’s trade loopholes. Now it’s time to finish the job

Trump closed one of China’s trade loopholes. Now it’s time to finish the job

For decades, China has found the loopholes in the U.S.’s economic system and exploited them to the hilt. This is true in technology, finance, and...

28.03.2026 5

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Jason Chaffetz, Opinion Contributor  

The messenger is the message in Iran’s Islamabad talks

The messenger is the message in Iran’s Islamabad talks

The reported shift in diplomatic activity toward Islamabad marks a critical inflection point in the U.S.-Iranian conflict. In a post-strike Tehran,...

28.03.2026 6

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Ron maccammon

This is not Israel’s war. Iran campaign benefits America and the world

This is not Israel’s war. Iran campaign benefits America and the world

A strain of commentary, prevalent on both the isolationist right and the anti-interventionist left, insists on framing the military campaign against...

28.03.2026 10

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Ani Chkhikvadze

The Left’s moral posturing meets its match in Iran

The Left’s moral posturing meets its match in Iran

Progressive outrage over U.S.-Israeli military strikes against the Iranian regime could not be more revealing. As Iranians celebrated in the streets...

28.03.2026 5

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Madeline Alfonso

Hostile powers have too much influence in American classrooms

Hostile powers have too much influence in American classrooms

Hostile powers have undue influence in U.S. classrooms. The United States must do more to prevent adversaries from spreading poisonous ideologies in...

28.03.2026 10

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Washington Examiner

Marco Rubio should set his sights on 2032

Marco Rubio should set his sights on 2032

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has been a workhorse for President Donald Trump and a steady hand in a volatile global landscape, serving as a rare...

27.03.2026 5

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Steven Taff

Don’t believe the pundits: Iran is a strategic loss for Russia

Don’t believe the pundits: Iran is a strategic loss for Russia

A class of foreign policy commentators has spent the better part of four years insisting that Russia was winning in Ukraine, that Kyiv’s cause was...

27.03.2026 3

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Ani Chkhikvadze

Syracuse University shows that college wokeness is not dead

Syracuse University shows that college wokeness is not dead

Despite much progress, university wokeness is not dead. Syracuse University effectively accusing its men’s lacrosse team of glorifying genocide is...

27.03.2026 4

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Zachary Faria

On This Day: British fleet leaves Boston, destination unknown

On This Day: British fleet leaves Boston, destination unknown

The following is an installment of “On This Day,” a series celebrating America’s 250th anniversary by following the actions of Gen. George...

27.03.2026 4

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Salena Zito

Congress wants to protect kids online. Its solution makes them more vulnerable

Congress wants to protect kids online. Its solution makes them more vulnerable

Congress, once again, is at risk of letting good intentions lead to policy that is both ineffective and almost certain to bring unintended...

27.03.2026 4

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Benjamin Ayanian

Big Tech’s patent battering ram isn’t lowering drug prices

Big Tech’s patent battering ram isn’t lowering drug prices

Big Tech and its newfound allies are adopting a novel line of attack in their war against the patent system. These days, they’re latching on to...

27.03.2026 6

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James Edwards