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Common sense prevails in Sacramento wildfire deal

Gov. Newsom’s plan would have helped utility companies avoid having to pay large sums to wildfire victims.

Markey trounces Moulton in Massachusetts Senate primary poll 

Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) is handily leading Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) in a primary race for his seat in the upper chamber, according to a new poll. In the Emerson College Polling poll, 60.4 percent of respondents that are likely to vote in the  Democratic primary or have already voted said that they would back...

Freedom Fuel gas stations sold stolen fuel, lawsuit claims

Freedom Fuel gas stations, which the Trump administration promoted last month, sold fuel that its supplier never paid for, according to a lawsuit filed earlier this month. The suit, which attorneys for Mansfield Oil Company filed in U.S. District Court in Eastern Pennsylvania on Aug. 19, alleges that KRSM, a foreign corporation, obtained in excess...

This week on the Hill: House aims to pass measure to avert shutdown ahead of midterms 

The House is back in session this week after a monthlong August recess, with lawmakers aiming to avert a government shutdown before funding expires Sept. 30 amid the 2026 election season. The biggest item on the agenda will be a Senate-passed stopgap measure, also known as a continuing resolution (CR), that would keep the government...

Republicans ready for ‘very hasty’ ‘Trump-a-palooza’ convention in Texas

The Republican National Committee’s (RNC) first-of-its-kind midterm convention has been cloaked in mystery until a few weeks ago. Details are finally emerging about what’s expected to be a two-day pep rally to bolster hype and encourage Republicans to get out the vote in November amid President Trump’s shrinking approval rate. But some Republicans are quietly...

Trump is not starting a war with Iran. He is finishing one

President Donald Trump’s critics are having a field day. He promised peace, they insist, and now he has brought war. The indictment is delivered with particular relish by those who have long despised him, and it arrives accompanied by a full dossier of his own words. The New York Times’s Ezra Klein assembled the prosecution […]

Tim Walz’s defeatist disgrace

Let’s start by discussing Spain, which may seem like an odd choice, but bear with me. Spain’s socialist government has become a study in radicalism and spiraling decline. The left-wing prime minister’s wife has now been criminally charged in a ballooning corruption scandal that is engulfing the family. Unpopular with voters and losing his grip […]

Trial lawyers are taking $4,200 from your family every year

Nobody enjoys filing their taxes. But this year, something was different. The tax code had some major improvements worth paying attention to. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, also known as the Working Families Tax Cuts, prevented a historic tax hike on American families. It also made important reforms that will benefit businesses and workers across […]

How education’s decline is corroding a pillar of the left’s power

Universities and the public-school system are withering just when the Democratic Party needs them most.

Democrats declare war on rural Virginia

No matter who wins Virginia’s redistricting referendum today, the message Democrats are sending to rural Virginians will last for decades. By backing an amendment to the Virginia Constitution that effectively disenfranchises half the state, Democrats are telling voters outside Virginia’s most populous urban counties that instead of trying to win their support, they would rather […]

No more foreign foundations: the case for American cement

Throughout much of my career, I have warned that the United States cannot remain secure if it allows hostile or unreliable actors to control the systems and supply chains that fortify our nation. Cement may not command headlines like missiles or cyber-weapons, but it is no less fundamental to America’s ability to deter adversaries, withstand […]

Just how many Tehran allies are in LA and the US?

Why are Iranians with close ties to Iran's despotic regime living large in the United States –– and aiding Tehran from Los Angeles?

Karen Bass offers a status quo budget — with an ironic surprise

You might think that LA had no wildfires, no homeless problem, and no Olympic Games to stage, given how uninspiring Mayor Karen Bass’s 2026-27...

Paid big bucks for Padres? You might get Dodgers wins — or Mets losses

The Padres may be about to fetch a record $3.9 billion sale price after a vicious ownership feud, as The California Post reported.

Mamdani’s right on at least this one — Democrats lack a vision

Mamdani slammed his own Democratic Party for lacking vision, questioning “What are we for?”

How Dems keep sucking up taxpayer cash even as they squander what they take

While Democrats nationwide cheer socialist demands to raise taxes, they simultaneously demonstrate every day how incompetently they spend the money they already take from...

Republicans toy with migrant amnesty — and risk destroying their own party

Real immigration enforcement is the defining issue of the GOP in our time — so the mystery is why any Republican would boost a...

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