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Trump should bolster support for Iranian protesters

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What will the US and Israel do about the Iran protests?

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Peter Laffin

Intelligence, power, and moral clarity: Trump’s Venezuela masterstroke

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Peter Laffin

Supreme Court must reject the indirect carbon tax

Politicians have nearly stopped talking about climate change, a recent analysis shows. They recognize that a bigger concern for Americans is the...

yesterday 10

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Andrew Gould

Which companies might be winners and losers in Venezuela?

President Donald Trump has dramatically altered the geopolitical landscape of global oil markets with his bold reassertion of the Monroe Doctrine...

yesterday 10

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Bethany Mandel

Is Mohammed bin Salman an ally or adversary?

President Donald Trump counts Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman, or MBS, among his closest foreign friends. Trump calls MBS a “good friend,”...

yesterday 6

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Michael Rubin

Will any Democrat condemn Mamdani’s Marxist tenant advocate?

New York’s new socialist mayor, Zohran Mamdani, wasted no time backing up his bark with real bite by appointing Cea Weaver to head the Mayor’s...

yesterday 10

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Bethany Mandel

What the ‘Donroe Doctrine’ does and doesn’t mean

Rarely has a policy document gone from publication to implementation as quickly as President Donald Trump‘s 2025 National Security Strategy....

yesterday 20

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On this Jan. 6, remember the violence of 2020’s BLM riots

Today is Jan. 6, 2026, the fifth anniversary of the 2021 Capitol riot, an event that Democrats and Never Trumpers love to remind everyone...

yesterday 10

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Brad Polumbo

On This Day: Adams advises Washington on the defense of New York

Jan. 6, 1776 Watertown, Massachusetts Responding to a request from Gen. George Washington, John Adams sent a letter weighing in on Gen. Charles...

yesterday 5

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Brad Polumbo

Venezuela’s downfall should be a wake-up call to fans of ‘democratic socialism’

After President Donald Trump‘s shock move to oust former Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro, the national debate has focused on the legality and...

yesterday 4

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Brad Polumbo

Jack Smith reveals Jan. 6 committee charade

JACK SMITH REVEALS JAN. 6 COMMITTEE CHARADE. Today marks the fifth anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. The world has moved on; the news...

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Ron York

How much will the US justify in the name of ‘narco-terrorism’?

After weeks of increased tensions, social media threats, and blown-up alleged drug traffickers in the Atlantic Ocean, American forces successfully...

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Ron York

Free speech does not exist in France

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Zachary Faria

Pennsylvania manufacturers continue to support Trump’s tariffs

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Zachary Faria

Josh Hawley is a pro-life hero

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Zachary Faria

The Temple Mount post-Oct. 7: Where faith and politics collide

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

yesterday 5

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Bethany Mandel

Why Maduro’s capture is such a major crisis for Cuba

The political situation in Venezuela is uncertain. President Donald Trump suggests Venezuela’s new president, Delcy Rodriguez, will cooperate with...

yesterday 5

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Bethany Mandel

European leaders fail the international law test on Venezuela

The U.S. military operation to capture Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro has provoked anger from both U.S. allies and adversaries. Where the...

yesterday 5

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Bethany Mandel

Cuba is the big loser in Maduro’s capture

President Donald Trump’s decision to seize Venezuela’s former dictator, Nicolás Maduro, and bring him to America for trial is a win for the United...

yesterday 5

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Sean Durns

Venezuela: It all depends on the meaning of the word ‘run’

VENEZUELA: IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE MEANING OF THE WORD ‘RUN.’ There have been two parts to the political world’s reaction to the American...

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Ani Chkhikvadze

The real ‘international law’ has always been that might makes right

Democrats and Europeans are wailing about “international law” after the U.S. capture of former Venezuelan dictator Nicholas Maduro. This should be...

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Zachary Faria

Will Trump make Cuba the next Haiti or Puerto Rico?

Like almost everything else in Havana, the old Tropicana hotel and casino seems frozen in time. When I visited Cuba two years ago, the hotel was...

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Zachary Faria

On This Day: Col. Henry Knox

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

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Zachary Faria

In Marty Supreme, Timothée Chalamet makes ambition look like destiny

There is something perversely admirable about a person who refuses to apologize for talent and looks at the ordinary life laid out before him and...

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Gentry  Collins

Ignore everything Trump says about Venezuela

The United States just waged a very quick regime-change war without congressional authorization after consulting the oil companies on the...

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Gentry  Collins

Rugged individualism built the American Century. Collectivism could unmake it

This will be a consequential year. Americans will celebrate the 250th birthday of the country, commemorate the 25th anniversary of the 9/11...

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Gentry  Collins

Dave McCormick pens inaugural letter to Pennsylvania voters

PITTSBURGH — In his inaugural letter to residents of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Sen. Dave McCormick (R-PA) said that after his first year in...

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Gentry  Collins

California’s Palisades fire cover-up continues

Almost a full year after a fire in the Pacific Palisades burned more than 6,000 homes and killed 12 people, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) still has not...

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Ani Chkhikvadze

Trump’s righteous warning to Iran’s leaders

President Donald Trump has warned Iran that the United States would come to the rescue of peaceful protesters if Iranian security forces killed...

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Ani Chkhikvadze

Some cultures are simply not compatible with American values

First, there was fraud in the Department of Agriculture’s Federal Child Nutrition Program. Then it was fraud in Medicaid’s “nonstandard benefits”...

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Beware the company Zohran Mamdani keeps

Zohran Mamdani has become New York City mayor just a few years after being an unemployed wannabe rapper, a few years after becoming an American...

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Ian Haworth

Mamdani’s collectivist vision for America

The most disturbing part of New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s inauguration was not that he chose fellow socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) to swear...

03.01.2026 10

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A welcome end to the Maduro regime

President Donald Trump took decisive and justified action this morning, launching precision military strikes in Venezuela that enabled special...

03.01.2026 4

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What Trump should do if Ukraine peace talks collapse

Peace talks on ending Russia’s war on Ukraine are likely to collapse once Russia rejects binding security guarantees for Ukraine. Russia entered...

03.01.2026 2

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Ani Chkhikvadze

This wasn’t an arrest in Venezuela. This was an unauthorized regime-change war

Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio both justified the United States’s overnight invasion of Venezuela and capture of its...

03.01.2026 4

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Timothy P. Carney

Capturing Maduro was the extraordinarily challenging but easier part

Delta Force, the Army’s premier special operations unit, has just earned another testament to its deserved reputation as the world’s finest close-...

03.01.2026 1

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Timothy P. Carney

California’s toxic empathy isn’t helping homeless drug addicts

The toxic empathy of Democratic policies on homelessness and drug use allows homeless drug addicts to slowly kill themselves in the streets and...

02.01.2026 1

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Salena Zito

California is the poster child for fraud and financial waste

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) is trying to push back on the notion that California is rife with fraud and financial waste. Now would be a bad time to...

02.01.2026 30

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Salena Zito

Russia overextends its deception fetish with invented Ukrainian attack on Putin

Inventing a nonexistent Ukrainian assassination attempt against Russian President Vladimir Putin, Russian officials have damaged their credibility...

02.01.2026 2

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Salena Zito

On This Day: The Tory Act

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

02.01.2026 10

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Salena Zito