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New York’s literacy crisis: Letters to the Editor — Aug. 15, 2026

NY Post readers discuss majority of third- to fifth-grade students in New York public schools failing their ELA test.

Washington put animals over people — and made affordable housing an endangered species

The ever-expanding list of species that America considers endangered helped drive the bedeviling problem...

Is the US already in World War IV — and losing?

What if our enemies bypass weapons and tactics imagined for World War III, and instead just hit us the crippling cyberattacks of World War IV?

Transgender drugs, surgery went too far: Leave the kids alone

Californians can all agree on the need to treat other people with respect. If...

Heroic lifeguard points way to crucial change in California

California doesn't recognize lifeguards as first responders. But last month's heroic rescue by 16-year-old...

After Trump’s DOGE action, 300 million people’s Social Security data is at risk, whistleblower says

More than 300 million Americans' Social Security data was put at risk after Department of Government Efficiency officials uploaded sensitive information to a cloud account not subject to oversight, according to a whistleblower disclosure submitted to the special counsel's office Tuesday.

Trump saying 600,000 Chinese students could come to the U.S. draws MAGA backlash

President Donald Trump seemingly caught his loyal conservative base off guard and sparked backlash by saying he would allow 600,000 Chinese students into American universities.

Virginia’s high school abortion scandal sends tremors through governor’s race

Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears is borrowing a page from Gov. Glenn Youngkin's campaign playbook by leaning into parental rights to take some of the wind out of Democrat Rep. Abigail Spanberger's sails in the Virginia governor's race.

Judge tells Cuomo to stop using taxpayer money to ‘resurrect his public image’ in legal case

Former New York governor Andrew Cuomo lost a court bid to continue a lawsuit after a $450,000 settlement with an aide who accused him of sexual harassment.

‘Thrilled to be here’: Army Secretary says Guard troops eager for DC crime fight

National Guard troops from seven states deployed to Washington D.C. to combat violent crime as critics warn of militarized policing slippery slope concerns.

Trump claims ‘we’re against crime. Democrats like crime’

President Trump says crime will be major 2026 election focus while touting the success of his 12-day federalization push in Washington, D.C. with the National Guard.

The Inherent Strangeness of Trump’s Executive Order on Flag-Burning

Typically, presidents who push the constitutional envelope like to insist that they are doing no such thing. Here, that instinct has been reversed.

The Myth That Democrats ‘Go High’ Is in Desperate Need of Busting

Nate Silver seems somehow unfamiliar with the decade of remorseless political warfare waged by Democrats. Here’s a refresher.

The Senate Must Preserve Fed Independence

Whether Lisa Cook stays or goes, the Senate must confirm only Fed governors who are independent of partisan politics and of the president.

Wisconsin judge accused of helping man evade ICE arrest loses a bid to drop charges

A Wisconsin judge accused of helping a man evade arrest by U.S. immigration agents lost an attempt Tuesday to throw out the Trump administration's case against her.

Judge rejects Cuomo’s attempt to make texts in harassment lawsuit public as he runs for NYC mayor

A judge rejected former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's attempt to prolong a taxpayer-funded court battle with a woman who accused him of sexual assault, saying it wasn't in the public's interest to keep litigating for the purpose of repairing the Democrat's reputation as he runs for mayor.

Justice Alito releases financial disclosure report

Supreme Court Justice Samual A. Alito Jr.'s financial disclosure was released Tuesday, roughly three months after his colleagues did -- and it revealed lackluster findings.

Steve Witkoff lobbies for Trump to get the Nobel Peace Prize

Special envoy Steve Witkoff declared Monday that President Trump is the finest candidate to ever be considered for the Nobel Peace Prize, prompting a round of applause from Cabinet officials.

Study links Biden migrants to New York crime surge

The illegal immigrants who streamed into New York City over the past four years led to an increase in crime near the hotels where they were housed, according to a new academic study that lends some credence to President Trump's claims of a Biden migrant crime surge.

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