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Uzbekistan can’t win the World Cup. But it’s already won Washington’s attention.

Uzbekistan’s team will head home after its final group-stage match today, against the Democratic Republic of Congo. But the country has worked to use its début World Cup performance...

Why England’s national story runs through soccer

Soccer is so much more than just a sport — especially in the U.K....

Trump-backed Letlow faces Fleming in Louisiana GOP Senate runoff

President Donald Trump's preferred candidate for U.S. Senate in Louisiana is looking to clinch the GOP nomination Saturday and deliver another win for the president, who has sought to replace Republicans who cross him with hand-picked loyalists.

Vanilla Ice defends Freedom 250 gig after weather wipes out National Mall show

VANILLA ICE defends the Freedom 250 concert: "It's called the United States, and this event is made to be united, to unite us. It's really about an entertainer coming to entertain all the people of America for the birthday of America."

Maher tells Vance that Democrats dodge his show, Republicans ‘take their beating like a man’

Comedian Bill Maher and Vice President J.D. Vance disagree on a host of issues, but the liberal talk-show host gave the Republican props for appearing on his show and dinged key Democrats for ducking him.

Amazon’s $1.8 trillion bet on America didn’t happen by accident

In 1994, Amazon sold books out of a garage in Bellevue, Washington. Three decades later, we support 2 million American jobs, operate in all 50 states, and have invested $1.8 trillion in the U.S. economy since 2010. These numbers didn’t happen by accident. They reflect a deliberate choice to invest in American workers, American communities, […]

Psychotherapist reveals why therapy might be doing you more harm than good

"Therapy has never been more ubiquitous, yet we're anxious, fragile, lost, and more divided than ever," Jonathan Alpert writes.

Democrats must own up to this failure to win back America’s parents

Former Obama education secretary Arne Duncan warned this month that Democrats are “adrift” on schools and losing ground with voters. Don’t think Republicans haven’t...

VICP works. That’s why trial lawyers want to destroy it

When evaluating federal initiatives, words such as “efficient,” “self-sustaining,” and “transparent” rarely come to mind. Yet, the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program bucks that trend by establishing a system that both provides a streamlined pathway to justice for vaccine victims and regulatory certainty for manufacturers. Unfortunately, public officials such as Health and Human Services Secretary […]

Parents want honest labeling for media content

When I shop for groceries, I look at the ingredients list on food packaging. There are certain additives I try to avoid, such as sucralose or high-fructose corn syrup. If I see those ingredients listed, it goes back on the shelf, and I know to look for an alternative. It is a highly individual decision, […]

Trump should exact a heavy price for saving Castro’s Cuba

Residents in Havana, Cuba, who had been sitting in darkness for the better part of a day, poured into the streets on Wednesday night. They blocked roads with burning rubbish, erected barricades, and shouted at the government to turn the lights back on. By Thursday, the blackouts had encompassed the island in the latest round […]

Only 250 years old, America has done more for human freedom than any power in history

Like the Romans, Mongols, and so many great powers in history, modern European nations used their military power to establish global empires predicated on trade, extracted wealth, and political influence. But these empires always viewed their foreign “subjects” as just that, subject servants to the central power in London, Amsterdam, Paris, and Madrid. Not so […]

Thomas Massie’s useless tenure in Congress is coming to an end

In Focus delivers deeper coverage of the political, cultural, and ideological issues shaping America. Published daily by senior writers and experts, these in-depth pieces go beyond the headlines to give readers the full picture. You can find our full list of In Focus pieces here. An op-ed in the New York Times on Rep. Thomas […]

A sanctuary law that tied police hands

In El Cajon, California, just 25 miles from the Mexican border, a city councilman recently made a simple request. Federal agents had alerted local officials about more than 50 unaccompanied children who might be living in unsafe conditions alongside illegal immigrants. Could El Cajon’s local police conduct a wellness check? The answer, unbelievably, was no […]

Hochul-Mamdani pied-à-terre folly shows it never stops at ‘tax the rich’

Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a surtax on 13,000 uber-wealthy nonresident NYC owners of second homes worth $5 million or more.

The data center doomers must be defeated

Led by socialist Democrats and foreign billionaires, the anti-data center movement has gained significant momentum. A new Gallup poll has found that seven in every 10 Americans now oppose new data center construction near their homes. Conservative leaders must do better at pushing back against hysterical claims of activists and making the case for more energy, more […]

What Democrats should learn from Kamala Harris’ ‘Bad Ideas’

Even when the umps are unfair, the smart teams figure out how to improve enough to win anyway.

Flag of evil at NYU shows what the haters really think

Israel-haters are doing a fine job of eroding the supposedly bright line between “antizionism” and “antisemitism,” proving that there’s no difference between loathing Jews...

New York plans to tax away even more jobs and investments

Gov. Kathy Hochul pitched her proposed pied-a-terre tax as a silver bullet for New York City’s budget woes — but instead, it appears to...

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