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The irresistible lure of duty-free shopping

We already know this rule: You aren’t permitted to leave a museum without running into a gift shop. I also discovered late last week in Paris that you can’t walk out of the newly restored Notre-Dame cathedral without passing a large gift zone near the arrow that points to Sortie de secours. And you can’t […]

A neglected book makes the case for birds

At first glance, Blackie & Co.: Blackbirds in My Garden, by the English writer Hockley Clarke, is quite unsurprisingly a nice little book about blackbirds. Namely, two birds, father and son, whose relationship with Clarke began one bitter night in 1962. It was Europe’s coldest winter in 80 years, and, to give the bird a […]

A nuclear renaissance could be an important Trump legacy

The Army announced Wednesday that its Janus Program has selected five companies to build nuclear microreactors at five military installations, committing up to $2.2 billion to an effort that could eventually put more than 20 reactors across War Department facilities. It is the latest evidence that President Donald Trump’s revival of American nuclear power could […]

Iceland votes on resuming EU membership talks as Trump’s push for neighboring Greenland looms over debate

President Donald Trump's push to acquire Greenland added a new security dimension to Iceland's EU referendum, with 275,000 eligible voters weighing in.

Hospice fraud victimizes seniors, but Gavin Newsom’s no help

California hospice fraud is not just fleecing taxpayers.

Russia sanctions bill no longer deadlocked after Senate-White House agreement

A bill sanctioning Russia reached a critical agreement between the White House and a bipartisan coalition of senators, paving the way forward for its formal introduction, a bipartisan group of senators said Friday.

Four NYT journalists subpoenaed days after report questioned Air Force One security

The Trump administration has subpoenaed several New York Times journalists after their report on security concerns involving the new Air Force One, according to the paper.

WATCH: GOP senator warns ‘hammer-and-sickle’ politics will define Democrats’ 2028 primary

Sen. Eric Schmitt warns the progressive surge toppling Democratic incumbents in New York and Michigan will define the party's 2028 presidential primary.

Trump’s EPA chief pushes back on climate skeptics being labeled ‘science deniers’

Lee Zeldin argues climate projections for 2050 and 2100 represent a range of outcomes, not certainties, and warns against labeling skeptics as deniers.

This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—July 11

2025—In Perdomo v. Noem, federal district judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong (Central District of California) enjoins federal immigration officials from ever treating these four factors, alone or in combination, as sufficient to form...

Trump’s Mind-Boggling Dealmaking with Erdoğan

Unlike the gangs allegedly behind the ships targeted in the Caribbean, groups backed by Turkey’s leader engage in what federal law defines as terrorist...

Putin Has Lost the War in Ukraine

The only question is what the endgame will look like.

Sports Still Form Character. Politics Should Learn from Them

Athletics may be the closest thing we have to a blueprint for how to disagree well.

Inside the slapdash Platner vetting job that ignored warnings before bid blew up: source

A source says Dan Moraff and Morris Katz repeatedly ignored their vetting firm's warnings that the Maine Senate candidate needed deeper investigation.

WATCH: Early Graham Platner critic unloads on ‘unapologetic’ Senate candidate in scathing rebuke

Rep. Madeleine Dean said it was an easy call to never back Graham Platner, citing his Nazi-linked tattoo and abuse allegations before the rape claim emerged.

Former top cop warns of loophole exploited by illicit Chinese vape companies ‘targeting our youth’

Chinese organized crime groups are replacing nicotine with 6-methyl nicotine in flavored disposable vapes to evade FDA oversight, a former official says.

America’s cheapest city to grab a cheeseburger, fries and soda isn’t where you’d expect

DoorDash's so-called Cheeseburger Index reveals a burger, fries and soda costs $12.94 in Austin but $28.28 in Anchorage, exposing stark local gaps for the same meal.

Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool drained again as Trump administration resumes repairs

Crews began draining the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool Friday to clean up fireworks debris and repair damage the Trump administration blamed on vandals.

Trump warns US would ‘decimate and destroy’ Iran over assassination attempt

President Donald Trump declared on Truth Social that "1,000 missiles are locked and loaded" if Iran acts on assassination threats made against him.

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