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Trump campaign insider reveals strategy behind midterm blitz that White House hopes pays off big

Donald Trump's 32-state rally tour through deep red states has a hidden strategy that pundits are missing, says a veteran campaign strategist.

DOJ moves to boot federal judges from immigration cases over NYT interview

The Justice Department filed a judicial misconduct complaint against seven Minnesota federal judges over a New York Times immigration interview.

Tennessee Can Make Plans, but Struggles in the Execution

If you’ve ever wondered why our executioners apply an alcohol swab to prevent infection right before a lethal injection, this is the newsletter for...

Showdown Over Climate Lawfare to Start New Term

Disillusioned by their inability to persuade Congress to impose a forced energy transition on the nation, activists have turned to the state courts instead.

The Fifth Circuit

Usually the smart play actually is the smart play, and the smart play for the Fifth Circuit is Todd Butler.

Border travel safety bill honors fallen veteran

Rep. Eli Crane is pushing a bill aimed at informing travelers of dangerous areas or routes along the U.S.-Mexico border -- a legislative measure aimed at honoring one veteran's life after he was gunned down at an unauthorized cartel-controlled highway checkpoint in Mexico.

U.S. adds only 29,000 jobs in lackluster September report

The U.S. added only 29,000 jobs in September, the government said in its final employment report before the midterm elections.

It could have been Israel’s 9/11. The media called it a ‘midair altercation’

A FlyDubai flight headed toward Tel Aviv, Israel, nearly crashed on Wednesday after its Omani co-pilot allegedly stabbed the captain while shouting “Allahu achbar” and took control of the plane carrying roughly 180 passengers, largely Israeli. If not for the heroism of those on board, an untold number of lives could have been lost in […]

You’re paying the interest on Trump’s $166 billion tariff refund

Every controller knows the sentence that ends careers: “We booked that as revenue.” For a year, Washington booked tariff collections as revenue. Then the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in Learning Resources v. Trump that the emergency law behind tariffs never authorized them. Now the money is going back out the door. The scale is hard […]

Think abortion is banned in your state? Medical groups just built the legal workaround

In the years following the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision, the landscape of American reproductive healthcare has undergone a profound structural shift. For policymakers and advocates who spent decades working toward state-level restrictions, the implementation of total or near-total bans in 13 states represents a monumental statutory milestone. However, achieving a legislative victory […]

For decades, labor unions had a free pass to spew racial slurs. It just ended

At long last, America’s job creators can fully protect their workers from racist, sexist, and other harassing verbal attacks. It’s a shock that that sentence has to be written in the year 2026. The Civil Rights Act, which was supposed to end harassing language in the workplace, has been the law of the land since […]

Tennessee executed Christa Pike by the book. She survived

Tennessee attempted to carry out the death sentence imposed on Christa Pike on Wednesday. The state administered its prescribed lethal-injection procedure. Pike survived. Instead of leaving the execution chamber deceased, she was transported to a medical facility. The Tennessee Department of Correction subsequently maintained that every step of its authorized protocol had been followed and […]

Flydubai didn’t suffer a random act of terrorism. It scheduled one

I have spent the last several nights thinking about Flydubai Flight 1073, and there is a question I cannot shake. I think we should all be asking it: How did this flight ever leave Dubai with this crew? The extraordinary story of what happened in the air has understandably dominated the headlines. A captain was […]

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