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Is a Foreign Adversary Flying Drones over New Jersey?
A congressman says it’s Iran. Former officials believe it’s Chinese drones. The Free Press investigates the mysterious sightings.
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Madeleine Kearns
281
Why Does Pete Hegseth Keep Talking About ‘Warfighters’?
As a Fox host, Hegseth successfully urged Trump to pardon several soldiers convicted of war crimes. Is that who he’ll support as defense secretary?
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Elliot Ackerman
197
Marc Andreessen on AI, Tech, Censorship, and Dining with Trump
The billionaire on the left’s war on Silicon Valley, why AI censorship is “a million times more dangerous” than social media censorship, and why he’s…
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Bari Weiss
239
Assad’s Fall Has Humiliated Washington
Syrians are free from Assad in spite of the Biden administration, not because of it.
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Eli Lake
317
Preemptive Pardons Are a Terrible Idea
No president has ever issued preemptive pardons to an entire class of people. If Biden does it, it will mark a further degradation of American politics.
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Eli Lake
165
H.R. McMaster: My Travels with Trump
‘I wished more Americans could understand the good, as well as the bad and the ugly, of the Trump presidency.’ The former U.S. National Security Adviser…
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H.R. McMaster
435
How Young Canadians Lost Faith in Justin Trudeau
Voters under 30 were once the progressive prime minister’s base. Now, they’re turning conservative as they struggle to make ends meet.
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Rupa Subramanya
137
Will Kash Patel Fix the FBI—or Break It?
With his pick for FBI director, Donald Trump has found someone who despises the deep state as much as he does.
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Eli Lake
138
There’s Nothing More Corrupting Than Flying Private
Want to understand the motives of our mercenary elite? Take a trip on a private plane, writes Tina Brown.
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Tina Brown
125
It’s Time for the Government to Abolish ‘Race’
Since 1977, the federal government has sorted Americans into bogus racial categories. Why?
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Michael Lind
610
The Real Hunter Biden Scandal
The pardon is the least of it. The government weaponized the justice system to go after Donald Trump, but looked the other way at Hunter’s influence…
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Eli Lake
521
Poetic Justice for Jay Bhattacharya
During the pandemic, the NIH director called for a ‘takedown’ of the Stanford scientist’s ideas. Now he’s poised to run the NIH himself.
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The Editors
312
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