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Here’s Why Your Hospital Bills Are So Big — And Why Congress Doesn’t Care

If the right and left agree on reining in hospitals’ abusive tactics, then why hasn’t Congress acted?

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How Our National Debt Jeopardizes Families’ Futures

Lawmakers focused on their reelection in a few months or years care little about whether the United States faces economic stagnation decades from now.

12.05.2026 7

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Report: Bureaucrats Improperly Paid Out $186 Billion In Taxpayer Money In 2025

Will the public sector ever come to grips with the scale of the problem?

08.05.2026 10

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How The AARP Profits From Seniors’ Economic Misery

Senior citizens don’t deserve to get kicked in the teeth by a percentage-based 'royalty fee' that quite literally adds insult to injury.

07.05.2026 8

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Health Care Would Improve If More States Eliminated Hospital ‘Permission Slips’

It’s time for all states to follow in the steps of Tennessee and scale back their certificate of need programs.

05.05.2026 10

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Xavier Becerra Is No Moderate

Trying to attack Becerra as a moderate should strike most reasonable individuals as absurd.

04.05.2026 6

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No, The Trump Administration Shouldn’t Bail Out Spirit Airlines

The president’s talk of a potential $500 million bailout for Spirit Airlines would deflate conservatives’ spirit at a critical juncture.

29.04.2026 9

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The Bill For Democrats’ Next Obamacare Subsidy ‘Crisis’ Will Come Due Next Tax Season

When ineligible households receive large bills to repay Obamacare subsidies during next year’s tax filing season, Democrats will undoubtedly object...

28.04.2026 6

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How Trump’s Big, Beautiful Bill Is Reversing Rampant State Waste And Fraud

A recent congressional hearing showed the scope of the state waste, fraud, and abuse problem our nation faces.

24.04.2026 20

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Why American Independence Was Always Inevitable

British insistence that American colonists pay for an outside power to govern them made independence inevitable and revolution likely.

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As DOJ Probes NFL’s Anti-Consumer Broadcast Tactics, You Can Fight The League From Your Couch

Maybe it's time to jawbone the NFL and other sports leagues to give suffering fans a break in the pocketbook.

15.04.2026 6

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Trump’s Modest Budget Cuts Mean Nothing If He Won’t Touch Rampant Entitlements

The admin likely wished to avoid political attacks about the GOP 'cutting' Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security before the midterms.

14.04.2026 4

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The Real Reason Obamacare Enrollment Is Down Is Thanks To Trump’s Fraud Crackdown

Eliminating the 1.5 million fraudulent people who enrolled in 2025 means that coverage numbers may have actually increased.

09.04.2026 4

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How Biden’s So-Called Inflation Reduction Act Screwed Taxpayers With Massive Medicare Bailouts

Democrats’ 'affordability' agenda, which consists largely of throwing other people’s money at problems, is proving to be anything but 'for' taxpayers.

08.04.2026 10

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Your Medicaid Taxes Paid For An Autism Therapy Exec’s $2.5M Beach Home

In too many cases, autism therapy is at best a joke designed to bilk money out of Medicaid and at worst a danger to the patients themselves.

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Launch Of Artemis Moon Mission Kicks Off A New ‘Space Age’

Assuming the Artemis mission goes off without major complications, it would further prove U.S. companies can help us explore outer space.

31.03.2026 10

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Sen. Bill Cassidy Defends Medicare Scammers Over America’s Seniors

To prevent medical providers who have been abusing the system from losing their gravy train, Bill Cassidy would have seniors pay roughly $132 more per...

18.03.2026 7

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Rep. David Schweikert Mindlessly Gives Democrats Ammo To Attack GOP On Medicare

In opening Republicans up to a line of political attack on Medicare, Schweikert just made the task of the GOP retaining control of Congress more...

18.03.2026 10

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Formula One’s Energy-Efficient Engines Turn Race Day Into A Snoozefest

How Formula One responds to this 'hybrid crisis' could determine whether it accelerates, gets stuck in neutral, or heads into reverse.

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We Could Completely Get Rid Of Social Security, And It Still Wouldn’t Balance The U.S. Budget

Today’s politicians are literally mortgaging away our children’s financial futures so they can try to win another election.

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Labor Dept. Has Done Nothing To Recover Half-A-Billion Dollars In Suspected Covid Fraud

Congress has created a Leviathan too big to manage, giving fraudsters an easy opportunity to pick taxpayers’ pockets by the millions and billions.

11.03.2026 10

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California Voter ID Ballot Measure Offers Roadmap For Enacting Common-Sense Policies In Blue States

Conservatives should do more to leverage initiatives and referenda to enact popular policies over the objections of Democrat politicians.

10.03.2026 9

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With Tyler Reddick’s NASCAR Hot Streak, Michael Jordan Is Still Winning Pro Sports

Michael Jordan can’t stop his winning ways — just maybe not in the sport you think.

06.03.2026 10

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Another Study Shows How Covid Learning Losses Are Still Hurting Students

More than 2 in 3 schools (68 percent) are performing worse in both math and reading than they did before the Covid panic.

05.03.2026 10

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Mamdani Says Quiet Part Out Loud About Democrats’ Tax-Hiking Agenda

Elected Democrats rarely limit tax increases to wealthy families once in office.

02.03.2026 30

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Democrats Claim GOP ‘Gutted’ Medicaid. Federal Data Shows The Opposite

The latest CBO report illustrates how Medicaid spending, like that of other federal health care programs, continues to grow ever higher.

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GOP Focus On Futile Obamacare Bailout Instead Of MAGA Is A Great Way To Lose Midterms

Republicans should have spent the past months developing Obamacare alternatives, not engaging in a pointless effort to bail it out.

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‘The Intimidator’: NASCAR Honors Legend Dale Earnhardt 25 Years After He Died In Its Biggest Race

In many ways, Dale Earnhardt Sr.’s death is most notable for what it prevented — namely, another fatality within NASCAR in the 25 years since his...

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ESPN’s Philly Special Documents The Single Play That United A City

'Philly Special' provides new context for die-hard Eagles fans — and fans of comeback, underdog stories.

12.02.2026 10

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Valley Forge Park Preserves A Crucible Of The American Revolution

Valley Forge is a testament to the dedication of the thousands who sacrificed themselves for liberty, their homeland, and their posterity.

04.02.2026 10

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Freedom 250 To Bring IndyCar Racing To D.C. Streets For America’s Birthday Bash

Just when you thought you had heard every possible joke about gridlock in Washington, along comes IndyCar to break up the monotony.

03.02.2026 10

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Sad There’s No Football This Week? Watch These Old Super Bowl Highlights Instead

Leading up to Super Bowl Sunday, the NFL Network will re-air NFL Films’ highlight shows of the previous 59 Super Bowls.

31.01.2026 10

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NASCAR Ditches Cheap Gimmicks In Favor Of A Playoff Format Focused On Racing

Most motorsports fans will find something to like in a 'new' format that echoes one from two decades ago.

26.01.2026 20

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250 Years After Thomas Paine’s Common Sense, We Could Really Use Some

It speaks to the power of Common Sense that its author could articulate a series of circumstances that played out surprisingly accurately over the...

22.01.2026 10

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Minnesota’s ‘Welfare’ Programs Are One Big Poverty Trap

The real tragedy behind the Minnesota welfare scandal is an underclass trapped in poverty by 'anti-poverty' programs.

21.01.2026 20

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Here’s The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly Of The White House Health Plan

The White House's 'Great Health Care Plan' contains some good policies and some not-so-good ones.

19.01.2026 10

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Being A Millionaire On Paper Doesn’t Mean You Can Stop Saving For Retirement

These days, a million-dollar 401(k) doesn’t guarantee a cushy retirement.

15.01.2026 10

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Report: Medicaid Paid Out $400 Million To Dead ‘Recipients’ In Just One Year

DHS identified improper Medicaid payments totaling over $408 million in just one year — and only half the payments were recovered.

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Democrats Who Let Covid-Era Child Tax Credits Expire Now Cry ‘Crisis’ Over Lapsing Obamacare Giveaway

Why is it only a 'crisis' when a spending program expires on Republicans’ watch?

13.01.2026 10

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Democrats Want A Fully Government-Controlled Health Care System, And They Keep Saying So

Don't be fooled. Democrats won’t stop at reviving the (now-expired) enhanced Obamacare subsidies.

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To Celebrate America’s 250th, Read Her Founding Documents In Person

These D.C. exhibits cultivate a greater appreciation for the freedoms and people who created the first quarter-millennium of our rich American story.

07.01.2026 10

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10 Reasons House Republicans Shouldn’t Extend Enhanced Obamacare Subsidies

Republicans should stop playing into Democrats’ hands and start turning their attention toward reducing the underlying cost of health care.

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Secularized America Needs A Charlie Brown Christmas Now More Than Ever

As A Charlie Brown Christmas celebrates its 60th anniversary, the increasing secularization of American society means fewer people than ever...

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NASCAR Legend Greg Biffle Died An American Hero

Greg Biffle not only succeeded in the highest levels of stock car racing but also helped his suffering fellow citizens after Hurricane Helene.

23.12.2025 20

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The Health Care-Industrial Complex Is Lying About Obamacare Premiums Doubling — And They Know It

Many reporters have taken KFF’s claim that 'premium payments will double' to mean that total 'premiums will double,' but that's just not true.

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Michael Jordan’s 14-Month Brawl With NASCAR Shakes Up America’s Favorite Motorsport

The sport itself is changing for each of the three major racing leagues.

19.12.2025 20

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Medicare Prescription Drugs Could Cost $500 Billion More Than Expected Over The Next Decade

A blog post by Congressional Budget Office staff dropped a bombshell: Spending on Medicare prescription drug coverage has exploded.

10.12.2025 10

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How Trump’s Latest Drug Deal Could Save Lives In America And Britain

Because of Trump's influence, British patients will have better access to prescription drugs that will improve or even save their lives.

09.12.2025 30

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Report: Obamacare Exchange Kept 9 Out Of 10 Fake Enrollees On Subsidized Coverage

A new Government Accountability Office report provides yet more reasons for Congress not to extend the enhanced Obamacare subsidies that expire at the...

08.12.2025 10

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Formula One Title Fight Again Comes Down To Abu Dhabi

Sunday’s race marks not just the culmination of a compelling three-way title fight but the end of an era in Formula One broadcasting.

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