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Why Kilmar Abrego Garcia is still important

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Rep. Jodey Arrington

RFK Jr.’s leadership brought an end to the Texas measles outbreak

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Rep. Jodey Arrington

If Virginia Democrats want to legalize brothels, they should admit it

If Virginia Democrats want to legalize brothels, they should admit it

Prostitution is illegal in Virginia, but you would never know it from the goings-on in Fairfax County. More than 80 illicit massage parlors operate...

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How the ‘big, beautiful bill’ saved Medicaid from disaster

How the ‘big, beautiful bill’ saved Medicaid from disaster

If you’ve heard of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, also known as H.R. 1, you’ve probably heard about changes it’s made to healthcare...

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Rep. Mike Flood

James Dobson, 1936-2025, led with conviction and gentleness

I was a Brio girl. My little sister and I (now in our 30s) still know the zip code for Colorado Springs. It’s 80995. The influence of James Dobson,...

yesterday 10

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Rep. Mike Flood

How the American Academy of Pediatrics undermines public trust

The American Academy of Pediatrics is at war with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention over COVID-19 shots for infants, and as usual, the...

yesterday 10

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Rep. Mike Flood

Trump kills banks’ excuse for political discrimination

Trump kills banks’ excuse for political discrimination

For years, big banks have been lying about debanking conservative customers for political reasons. They tried to hide behind “regulatory pressure”...

yesterday 10

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Rep. Mike Flood

Surprise! California high-speed rail gets more bad news

The California High-Speed Rail Authority issued a project update for the first time in two years. It’s hard to believe, but the update was more...

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Zachary Faria

Tired of winning? Here are 10 reasons why last week was Trump’s best yet

In Focus delivers deeper coverage of the political, cultural, and ideological issues shaping America. Published daily by senior writers and...

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Zachary Faria

Trump’s flag desecration order would make Europe proud

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Tom Rogan

Tired of winning? These 10 numbers prove last week was Trump’s best yet

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Tom Rogan

Trump’s utterly incoherent Ukraine strategy

President Donald Trump’s Ukraine policy is no more coherent today than it was last Friday when his administration executed search warrants against...

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John Bolton

The Smithsonian is long overdue for a housecleaning

The Smithsonian is long overdue for a housecleaning

The Smithsonian Institution removed references to President Donald Trump earlier this year from its exhibit on the impeachment of presidents. This...

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Time to face the truth about mifepristone

Time to face the truth about mifepristone

Last week, Costco announced it would not sell abortion-inducing Mifepristone at its 500-plus pharmacies, following a pressure campaign from...

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Timothy P. Carney

False genocide charges don’t help Palestinians

False genocide charges don’t help Palestinians

Just under 25 years ago, while spending the year teaching in Iraqi Kurdistan, I was at a café with some Swedish NGO workers. Both BBC and Al...

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Timothy P. Carney

Trump’s (and America’s) Putin Problem

Trump’s (and America’s) Putin Problem

In Focus delivers deeper coverage of the political, cultural, and ideological issues shaping America. Published daily by senior writers and...

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Timothy P. Carney

Conservatives should take the growing wealth gap seriously

In Focus delivers deeper coverage of the political, cultural, and ideological issues shaping America. Published daily by senior writers and...

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Jeremiah Poff

Commercial surrogacy turns children into commodities

Commercial surrogacy turns children into commodities

The buying and selling of human babies has gone unnoticed by federal policymakers for too long, but that may soon change. In the past three months,...

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Gavin Newsom is the likely Democratic presidential nominee

It should not be lost amid the bizarre social media posts, Gavin Newsom is most likely to be the 2028 Democratic nominee for president. This means...

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Zachary Faria

Lawmakers shouldn’t play favorites in the pharmacy market

Tennessee lawmakers are once again considering legislation that would expand government interference in the healthcare market by targeting pharmacy...

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Hannah Cox

Jerome Powell’s Jackson Hole speech will likely signal coming interest rate cuts

Jerome Powell’s Jackson Hole speech will likely signal coming interest rate cuts

Later this morning, Jerome Powell, chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, will speak in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, at a symposium...

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Tom Rogan

Trump’s troublesome turn toward state capitalism

President Donald Trump is a generational political talent who has recognized underserved constituencies, mastered modern media, and perfected...

22.08.2025 2

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The last mission

Four years ago, the world watched the ignominious end of 20 years of the U.S. military’s hard work and sacrifice in Afghanistan as the country fell...

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Rob Long

A tangled history: Review of ‘Rope’ by Tim Queeney

Rope has shaped our modern world in profound ways, claims Tim Queeney in his engaging new history of an overlooked candidate for one of man’s...

22.08.2025 2

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Rob Long

The customer service Turing Test

I was in the middle of one of those customer service “chats” yesterday when I violated one of my deeply held personal rules. I am moving to a new...

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Rob Long

Abolish cheerleaders

Sometimes the oddest developments make crystal clear a truth that should have been evident much earlier. The Minnesota Vikings, for a reason only...

22.08.2025 2

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Timothy P. Carney

Highland prequel

I became a TV critic in 1998, at heart if not in practice. The occasion was the world premiere of Merlin, a two-part NBC miniseries starring Sam...

22.08.2025 1

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Timothy P. Carney

DEI Disney is wondering how to win back young men

Disney’s progressive ideology has alienated young men. The company now recognizes that its own franchises are toxic to that audience. Higher-ups at...

22.08.2025 2

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Zachary Faria

Trump has no business taking a stake in Intel

In Focus delivers deeper reporting on the political, cultural, and ideological issues shaping America. Published daily by senior writers and...

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Zachary Faria

Make mail-in voting great again: Trump should embrace it, not reject it

President Donald Trump made an unexpected pivot earlier this week after his diplomatic outreach and foreign policy meetings to attempt to end the...

22.08.2025 2

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Zachary Faria

Two cheers for Trump’s AI action plan

“We’re gonna win so much,” President Donald Trump famously declared on the campaign trail in 2016, “that you may even get tired of...

22.08.2025 3

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Timothy P. Carney

The toxic body count discourse

Because one of the easiest ways to farm engagement on X is to gin up outrage among the masses, a discourse that refuses to die is that of “body...

22.08.2025 2

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Timothy P. Carney

Trump’s Syria gamble

President Donald Trump is a man in a hurry. Whether it’s tariffs, international trade negotiations, or immigration raids in the workplace, he can...

22.08.2025 1

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Timothy P. Carney

Trump attacks companies, and they hire his friends as lobbyists

While running for president in 2016, Donald Trump took aim at Amazon. “If I become president,” Trump said,” Oh, do they have problems. They’re...

22.08.2025 2

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Timothy P. Carney

Trump just shrank the economy

In late August, the federal government inflicted a major and needless price rise on Americans. Its decision was not broadcast in a presidential...

22.08.2025 1

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Dan Hannan

Going clubbing: Review of ‘London Clubland’ by Seth Thevoz

The English love to get together and sit apart. That explains the private club. The Reform was founded by Whigs. The Carlton is for Conservatives,...

22.08.2025 1

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Dominic Green

Anti-Trumpian and Trumpian lawfare

Two significant developments have just taken place in quick succession in a growing fight over whether America’s legal system is, or should be, a...

22.08.2025 2

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Hugo Gurdon

A nationwide stampede away from the Democratic Party

A nationwide stampede away from the Democratic Party

In 30 states and Washington, D.C., voters may declare a political party affiliation at the time of registration or change their affiliation at any...

22.08.2025 2

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Hugo Gurdon

What do ‘security guarantees’ mean for Ukraine?

If Ukraine decides to sign any peace deal ending its 3 1/2 year war with Russia, security guarantees will have to be included. Persuading Kyiv’s...

22.08.2025 1

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Hugo Gurdon

The death of the superhero genre

It has been said for years since the COVID-19 pandemic, but it finally appears to have become true: Superhero movies, as presently constructed, are...

22.08.2025 1

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Hugo Gurdon

The babies of Onslow County

Conservatives have always been more concerned than liberals about the health of American families. But as fertility sank again in 2024 to an...

22.08.2025 2

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Hugo Gurdon

The pivot to Europe

The pivot to Europe

The defining image of relations between Europe and the first Trump administration was a photo taken at the G7 summit in Canada in June 2018....

22.08.2025 1

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Dominic Green

The questions that need answering over John Bolton FBI raid

The FBI raided former national security adviser John Bolton‘s house on Friday. The associated investigation is believed to center on Bolton’s...

22.08.2025 1

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Tom Rogan

Stephen Miller’s sublime takedown of ‘communists’ and ‘stupid white hippies’

Stephen Miller, White House deputy chief of staff for policy, hit a home run earlier this week with his description of the nagging, rabid, toxic,...

22.08.2025 2

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Tom Rogan

A major win as Trump seeks to undo lawfare’s damage

A MAJOR WIN AS TRUMP SEEKS TO UNDO LAWFARE’S DAMAGE. Things happen quickly in the second Trump administration, and the political world is buzzing...

22.08.2025 2

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Ron York

Amazon expands jobs and services in rural America

ERIE — Few outside of those who live there understand what the county of Erie’s future holds for its economic future. Is it rural? A port? A city?...

22.08.2025 1

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Tom Rogan

Trump’s UN ambassador nominee needs a Senate vote

Trump’s UN ambassador nominee needs a Senate vote

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) should quickly hold a full Senate confirmation vote for Mike Waltz, President Donald Trump‘s nominee to...

21.08.2025 1

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David Harsanyi

If Israel cures paralysis, will its haters boycott the cure?

Israeli doctors will perform the world’s first-ever human spinal cord implant using a patient’s own cells in the next few months. If successful,...

21.08.2025 1

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David Harsanyi

In Focus Forum: Is RFK Jr. making America healthy again?

In Focus delivers deeper reporting on the political, cultural, and ideological issues shaping America. Published daily by senior writers and...

21.08.2025 2

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Washington Examiner Staff

Turnstile’s soft-focus hardcore

The excitement generated around the Baltimore band Turnstile since the release of its fourth album, Never Enough, in June is best summarized by the...

21.08.2025 1

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Chris R. Morgan