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Trump was the choice of voters who had had enough of the Obama Democrats who were wrecking the country. Read More

Democrats have been branded "soft on crime" for 60 years. Will they ever learn to turn the tables? Read More

Democrats are tortured by what they should stand for now and heading into the 2028 elections. But a number of current trends suggest a... Read More

Gavin Newsom wants to be the new Donald Trump. No, California’s governor isn’t moving to the right or cracking down on illegal... Read More

A terrible story out of Florida, on the opposite side of the country from where California governor Gavin Newsom busily plies his trade as... Read More

The Democratic presidential frontrunner has turned the Golden State into an economic and social disaster. Read More

Perhaps one of the worst-kept secrets in politics is that Gavin Newsom wants to be president. Read More

Jimmy Kimmel needs free speech to keep his career afloat. So why hasn't he defended it until now? It all goes back to a certain you-know-who. Read More

In my book, “The Indispensable Right,” I write about the intolerance for viewpoint diversity in higher education and the atmosphere of... Read More

Having failed to learn the key lesson from last year’s defeat, party leaders are promoting moderate candidates to run against populist... Read More

That was the title of a Wall Street Journal editorial on Friday. The editors’ point is that, while the focus in recent days... Read More

The socialist’s base is composed of young, college-educated adults—not the poor. Read More

Leftists want to change the Constitution because they don’t think they can win if it’s obeyed — and winning is their highest political... Read More

Anything is possible in the coming days and weeks, but it’s difficult not to feel like we are veering toward escalating violence. Read More

The Kremlin’s response made clear that they are in no hurry to end the fighting through negotiations. Read More

His negotiations with North Korea and Russia should be judged by their results. But opposing those talks from the beginning is a pro-war... Read More

So-called human rights might involve desirable ends—but they cannot be allowed to claim the mantle of a natural right. Read More

The anti-Zionist mayoral candidate is getting advice from former President Barack Obama, while a growing number of party leaders are echoing... Read More

Megyn Kelly is joined by Glenn Greenwald, host of Rumble's "System Update," to discuss how the newly declassified Durham report appendix... Read More

Join the conversation as Jerry Rogers returns to WBAL after a three-week absence. Jerry is excited to talk about Johnny Olszewski's visit to... Read More

Friday on the RealClearPolitics radio show, Andrew Walworth, Tom Bevan, and Carl Cannon consider the latest jobs data from the Department of... Read More

Ian O’Doherty on the anti-asylum protests, anti-Semitism and how woke displaced the Catholic church. Read More

The One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) contains the most substantial conservative reforms to federal health care programs of any legislation in... Read More

This was quick work from the Trump administration. Read More

Polling reveals what politicians already knew: disclosing nonprofit donors is a recipe for chilling speech. Read More

Faith and religious practice are the foundational bedrock of culture upon which the morals, values, and principles of political governance of... Read More

Last summer, after George Floyd died under Derek Chauvin’s knee, protesters in Pensacola, Florida, held a week’s worth of rallies... Read More

In a statement issued last week, Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman once again called for an end to Governor Sisolak’s indefinite... Read More

While New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham ordered the closing of certain grocery stores over COVID-19 concerns, she spent $16,248 in... Read More

Officials from Petaluma, California have decided their city has enough places to fill up gas-powered cars. Last week, the local city council... Read More

When one side refuses to give up power, they don't think anyone else has a right to representation. Read More

Michael Wear, the president and CEO Center for Christianity and Public Life, served as director of faith outreach in the Obama White House. Read More

With American families contemplating back-to-school spending and winter holiday budgets, the worrisome economic news is eerily on script:... Read More

When the former president sees someone who’s a rising star — who deserves not just attention, but also nurturing — he’ll make a call. Read More

The mayoral candidate’s support comes from a young, mostly white, often childless, likely temporary population insulated from the... Read More

Elite academic thinkers have made sloppy arguments supporting gender ideology—and failed to engage with those who dissent. Read More

Right now, something in your home may be talking to your child about sex, self-harm, and suicide. That something isn’t a person—it’s an... Read More

President Donald Trump’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday didn’t yield the ceasefire deal Trump... Read More

Marco Rubio confronts Martha Raddatz about Trump's approach to Putin and the Ukraine War. Read More

In 2019, pickleball was half as popular as badminton. Last year, it was more popular than baseball. What does its rise tell us about fads,... Read More

We're about to find out. Read More

It’s that time of the year. Time to frighten everyone to death for every thunderstorm in the Atlantic basin for the next three months. Read More

The voters of California don’t support his gerrymandering scheme. Read More

Big donors have pulled back from giving to the party, and small donors are not growing enough to make up the gap. Read More

Last month the U.S. opened its first rare earth mine in 70 years, Ramaco’s Brook Mine in Wyoming, a move the Trump administration says... Read More

One of The New York Time’s marquee columnists has agreed — grudgingly, stubbornly, kicking and screaming — that President Donald Trump... Read More

A political movement rooted in ancient Jew-hatred is now a generational identity. Read More

The liberal media and others spin attempts to call out the Democratic mayoral nominee’s hatred for Israel as hatred for Muslims. Read More

Below is my column on Fox.com on the debate that Democratic New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is a socialist, a Democratic Socialist,... Read More

We hope our conservative friends in the House are paying attention. In addition to preventing a $4 trillion tax hike, both bills contain... Read More

As we prepare to note the 249th anniversary of our country, getting ready for the great celebration next year of America's 250th, Gallup... Read More

That’s what almost every news outlet is saying about the Senate tax plan. ABC News worries that the plan will “crush... Read More

As Americans prepare to celebrate the 249th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, we should also toast the 250th anniversary of a... Read More

If the well-examined life is worth living, then C.S. Lewis’s must have been extraordinarily worth living, because few lives have been quite... Read More

Andrea Widburg called it “the nastiest judge-on-judge smackdown I’ve ever seen.” She wasn’t wrong. Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s... Read More

America has suffered the consequences of false compassion for illegal immigrants for too long. Read More

Small business owners across America are telling similar stories. Caught in the crossfire of a global trade war, tariffs are crushing their... Read More

Buried in the 940-page “big, beautiful” budget blueprint is an unprecedented tax credit that, if approved, will be a long-sought... Read More

Blaming the president is a popular pastime these days, but one of America’s cultural leaders has come up with something really novel in the... Read More

Supreme Court makes it clear: ‘Federal courts do not exercise general oversight of the Executive Branch.’ Read More

The American eschatological impulse to war is to achieve a definite victorious outcome, even when the costly extra effort is not... Read More