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Coleman Hughes: The Case for Progressive Patriotism
There’s a reason the groups most valued by progressives—people of color, the poor, residents of the ‘global South’—want to migrate to America.
Coleman Hughes
How Vermont Became Ground Zero for the Anti-Israel Movement
Some of America’s most progressive towns are declaring Israel an apartheid regime. Many Jewish Vermonters say the campaign has made their neighbors turn…
Olivia Reingold
Vance Tries to Have It Both Ways on the Iran Deal
The vice president is trying hard to sell an Iran deal that hawks claim is weak while offering an olive branch to noninterventionists who opposed going…
Eli Lake
Could a Libertarian Tip the Texas Senate Race?
Ted Brown claimed 2.4 percent of the vote in his last Senate run. That could be enough to spoil a tight race.
River Page
America’s Birthday Isn’t About Trump
Trump and his critics are making the president the focus of the country’s 250th anniversary. But Americans have so much more to celebrate.
The Editors
America Can’t Build for War Anymore
Wars in Ukraine and Iran have exposed a dangerous reality: Decades of bureaucratic paralysis have left America unable to replenish its arsenal quickly…
Arthur Herman
EXCLUSIVE: Will the U.S. Deport Trita Parsi?
He is one of Washington’s most quoted opponents of the Iran War. The administration is weighing whether to revoke his green card, with some officials…
Jay Solomon
Graham Platner’s Ex-Girlfriend Wants to Set the Record Straight
Lyndsey Fifield told ‘The New York Times’ Graham Platner emotionally abused her and became physical multiple times. So why is she under attack?
Frannie Block and Audrey Fahlberg
Caitlin Flanagan: It’s Not Jill Biden’s Fault
The former First Lady’s new memoir is being criticized by journalists, ex-aides, and Democratic operatives—the same people who pretended her husband was…
Caitlin Flanagan
Senator Josh Hawley: AI Will Control Us If We Do Not Control It
Behind every fight on jobs, data centers, or safety lies a more basic question of who gets to set the rules. And we know the answer favored by Big Tech.
Josh Hawley
EXCLUSIVE: Justice Department Closes In on Illegal Alien for Smuggling Unaccompanied Minors
Trump officials claim that relaxed screening rules left unaccompanied children in traffickers’ hands. Now one alleged schemer may face charges.
Audrey Fahlberg
He Defended a Terrorist. Will Democrats Embrace Him?
Adam Hamawy is cruising toward a House seat, even though he once testified on behalf of the mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
Audrey Fahlberg
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