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In 2019, I read an article about Larry Summers and Harvard that changed the way I look at the world. Read More

Traditionally, the young are not interested in politics. Though the media constantly encourages the youth to participate in politics, .... Read More

Welcoming graffiti into its defining spiritual site, the Church of England takes another aggressive step in its own demise. Read More

A rational political party interested in self-preservation would ditch the post-2008 obsession with identity politics in favor of economic... Read More

Trump and his allies faced kangaroo courts, kangaroo juries and a kangaroo media. All are Democrat specialties. Read More

The Supreme Court may hollow out Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act by letting states defend racial bias in maps as partisan politics. Read More

The Supreme Court has a golden opportunity in Louisiana v. Callais to end racial gerrymanders. Read More

"Is the English language too difficult for you?” said a Homeland Security official to TIME when asked its use of the word "remigrate". Read More

Border Patrol agents on the East Side of Chicago faced an angry mob this week after executing a “precision immobilization... Read More

Democratic governors are creating coalitions to institute vaccine guidance as public health experts lose faith in the CDC. But what can they... Read More

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is under constant siege. The political establishment that has long... Read More

From Zohran Mamdani’s Fox News debut to AOC and Bernie Sanders’ CNN town hall, the limelight is finally on the left. Read More

Conservatives won't come on The View because they're afraid, or so Joy Behar says. Here's the real reason why the show is so darn liberal. Read More

With weeks to go, Gov. Gavin Newsom's redistricting measure has drawn almost unprecedented spending. Read More

A Maryland grand jury handed up an 18-count indictment against former Trump national security adviser John Bolton yesterday. The indictment... Read More

Nearly 60 years ago, Time magazine, then an important publication, posed a discomfiting question on its cover: “Is God... Read More

Join the conversation with Jerry Rogers as he discusses the peace between Gaza and Israel. Jerry also debunks several mainstream media... Read More

Andrew Walworth, Carl Cannon, and Tom Bevan previewed tonight's New York mayoral debate and commented on frontrunner Zohran Mamdani's debut... Read More

What does it mean for American media when someone like Bari Weiss is tapped to lead one of the country’s legacy news outlets? Rafael... Read More

Plus: the truth about 7 October and the stain of anti-Semitism in Britain. 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

How will history record this moment? Read More

By linking "Antifa" to foreign drug cartels, U.S. officials are building the case for a domestic war on terror. Read More

If Vance avoids a spectacular implosion, if he doesn’t fall out with Trump, it’s hard to see anybody successfully challenging him... Read More

"I don't think people realize just how significant this is." Read More

Do they have one? Read More

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape. Read More

JD Vance responds to GOP officials' texts, emphasizing political violence's severity. Read More

The messages, obtained by POLITICO, show that Young Republican leaders praised Hitler and joked about slavery and rape. Read More

Of all the matters that are urgent to the average person right now, “Young Republicans” making racist jokes in private must rank... Read More

The fertile Middle Belt region in north-central Nigeria became a killing field in June, when more than 200 Christian men, women, and children... Read More

Democrats prefer a “democracy” because it is an easier path to power for them. Read More

I went behind enemy lines with “Behind Enemy Lines.” Read More

The short answer to why both the Biden and Obama administrations failed to achieve peace in the Middle East is that they took actions... Read More

“We can guarantee you get a vote by a date certain,” Senate Republican leader John Thune said. Read More

Officially, inflation is 2.9 percent. Does anyone actually believe that figure? Health care insurance premiums, rent, food, vehicle... Read More

In the Supreme Court’s recent 6–3 ruling upholding Tennessee’s law prohibiting minors from accessing medical interventions for the... Read More

Remember when Vice President Kamala Harris was the Biden administration’s border czar, but then the role became politically... Read More

When Bill Pulte took the reins at the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), critics didn’t expect him to shake up the conversation... Read More

America’s electrical grid is in dire need of attention.  Energy demand is surging.  America needs more baseload power... Read More

The assassination of Charlie Kirk represents an incalculable loss to his young family, to the conservative movement, and therefore to the... Read More

The Charlie Kirk assassination shows why political assassination is penalized differently than typical murders. Read More

My friend, conservative leader Charlie Kirk passed away at Utah Valley University on Tuesday, leaving behind a legacy through Turning Point... Read More

The right-wing influencer did not deserve to die, and we shouldn’t forget the many despicable things he said and did. Read More

Representative Andrew Clyde and others think a statue to Kirk should be erected in the Capitol Building. Read More

The gloating, gleeful response to the murder of the conservative activist has been shameful. Read More

The millions of students he molded may well conclude that only the Right can be trusted to wield political power for the common good. Read More

The gun used in Kirk’s murder was the one that activists always insist they wish to leave be. Read More

Violence has long been woven into the fabric of the American left, and until we honestly reckon with that, a bleak political future awaits. Read More

Will the political class keep beating war drums? Or will they step back from the brink and stop escalating the conflict? Read More

"We are asking for the public's help identifying..." Read More

Yesterday, the United States entered a new and chilling stage of what I have called the “age of rage.” After two attempted assassinations... Read More

The shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk threatens to bring the already hostile relationship between Democrats and... Read More

As many Jewish leaders faltered in Israel’s darkest hours, one Christian activist spoke with the moral clarity and courage they abandoned. Read More