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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.

Sotomayor Slaughters Hamilton

Her argument about Hamilton has, if not a fatal flaw, at least a highly debilitating one: Hamilton changed his mind.

The DSA vs. the Senate

The Democratic Socialists of America have taken the official position that the Senate should be abolished. This is impossible under the Constitution.

Graham Platner officially withdraws from Maine Senate race with a parting expletive

Graham Platner officially withdrew from the U.S. Senate race in Maine, ending a tumultuous campaign capped by a former girlfriend's rape allegation against him that shattered the left-wing coalition that powered his run.

Kelley Paul: America’s Founders were the ‘first civil rights heroes’

Kelley Paul's new book, "Good Night, Young American" takes children on a fantastic journey through early and colonial American history.

Michigan Senate hopeful calls AIPAC donations ‘legalized bribery,’ remains silent on other donations

Abdul El-Sayed calls AIPAC spending against his Michigan Senate campaign "legalized bribery," raising questions about foreign influence in U.S. elections.

Why the Olympics won’t have a Balogate

President Donald Trump’s call to FIFA President Gianni Infantino urging him to review U.S. striker Folarin Balogun’s red card has thrust the politics of...

How Maine’s Democratic meltdown could shape the Senate midterms

Collapse of Democrats' Maine Senate campaign highlights divisions within the party.

ICE arrests illegal immigrants convicted of attempted murder, rape and child sex crimes in targeted crackdown

Illegal immigrants convicted of attempted murder and child sex crimes were among those captured in ICE operations across multiple states Thursday.

Anti-discrimination reports sent to FIFA over Mexico games

The head of FIFA’s anti-discrimination partner — which has dispatched human monitors to every World Cup match so far — said Thursday that the...

DHS was granted $20M for body cameras. ICE agents in fatal Houston shooting had none

In the days after two American citizens were shot and killed in Minneapolis earlier this year, former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the department would "rapidly acquire and deploy" body cameras to its officers around the country.

Joe Rogan warns Trump’s war on Iran may hand Democrats the White House in 2028

JOE ROGAN on Iran: "This war is not something anybody that's conservative wanted."

Trump rolls back protections for habitats of endangered species

The Trump administration recast how threatened species should be considered in environmental actions by removing regulatory language to protect wildlife habitats.

Teamsters veer between GOP and Democrats in Ohio’s big races

Ohio Teamsters split the ticket with their endorsements in the state's two major races, keeping the truckers' union in the middle of the road between America's warring political parties.

Detainees tell their lawyer an ICE officer shot a Houston driver through a passenger window

Three men inside a van who witnessed the fatal shooting of the driver by an immigration officer in Houston said the Mexican man was shot through a passenger window and that the officer was never threatened, a lawyer who has spoken with them said Friday.

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