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We must stop suicidal empathy from destroying the US

There is such a thing as too much empathy. In his new book, Dr. Gad Saad writes just how dangerous that can be to our institutions and culture.

This Mother’s Day, don’t forget about the supermoms: grandmas

The central role of grandmothers in societies ancient and modern, particularly as teachers who...

Imagine If It Were Trump

If you’re struggling to understand why the Democrats are behaving badly, imagine it’s not...

The Latest Lethal U.S. Caribbean Strikes Fit a Troubling Pattern

Drug trafficking is not an act of war, and the administration has not proved...

Anthropic dispute proves sovereign AI is next economic battleground

A Pentagon dispute with one of the United States’s leading AI companies, Anthropic, should not have been allowed to happen. Not because the fight was avoidable. Because the terms that caused it should have been settled before the first contract was signed. They weren’t. That is a failure of policy, not just procurement. The dispute […]

Rubio blasts China over ‘unjust and tragic’ 20-year sentence for Hong Kong democracy activist Jimmy Lai

Secretary of State Marco Rubio calls Jimmy Lai's 20-year sentence "unjust" as Hong Kong convicts the 78-year-old democracy activist under national security law.

Bipartisan Senate bill targets money laundering linked to drug trafficking, terrorism

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Sen. Amy Klobuchar introduced a bipartisan measure to crack down on money laundering by increasing penalties and ensuring laws apply to systems used by drug traffickers and terrorists.

Noam Chomsky’s Lame Excuses for His Years of Friendship with Jeffrey Epstein

For what it’s worth, some big former fans of Chomsky are disgusted.

A Reasonable Climate Change Overview, Courtesy of Reason

The world is warming, but it’s not an emergency, and we’re getting better at producing more with less energy.

Alex Pretti Was More Than Just an Observer

What I got wrong — and right — in the aftermath of the Alex Pretti shooting.

Ghislaine Maxwell Pleads the Fifth, Refusing to Answer Questions in House Epstein Investigation

Maxwell previously demanded full-scale immunity in exchange for her testimony, a request Comer rejected as the two sides negotiated her appearance.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says processed American diet is a bigger crisis than tobacco

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Monday the nation needs to wean its youth of processed food or else "we're going to lose our country."

Epstein girlfriend Maxwell invokes Fifth Amendment in House deposition about sex trafficking

Ghislaine Maxwell, the girlfriend who helped Jeffrey Epstein operate a global sex trafficking operation, invoked the Fifth Amendment and refused to answer questions from House lawmakers in a deposition on Monday.

American women’s snowboarding team defends Hess after Trump criticism

Team USA's women's halfpipe snowboarding team defended skier Hunter Hess on Monday, a day after President Trump criticized the athlete for saying he didn't want to "represent everything that's going on in the U.S."

Trump’s immigration crackdown is straining federal courts. Judges are raising the alarm

Federal judges around the country are scrambling to address a deluge of lawsuits from immigrants locked up under the Trump administration's mass deportation campaign.

U.S. snowboard star Chloe Kim calls for unity after Trump bashes teammate over immigrant crackdown

Chloe Kim and Eileen Gu, two Olympic standouts who have faced their share of hate over the years, each weighed in Monday on Donald Trump's bashing of their friend, American freeskier Hunter Hess, for having said he didn't back the U.S. president's heightened crackdown on immigrants.

On Capitol Hill, Treasury Secretary Bessent’s testimony descends into insults and shouting matches

A hearing about oversight of the U.S. financial system devolved into insults several times Wednesday as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent clashed with Democratic lawmakers over fiscal policy, the business dealings of the Trump family and other issues.

Ghislaine Maxwell declines to answer questions from a House committee, cites 5th Amendment rights

Lawmakers tried Monday to interview Ghislaine Maxwell, but the former girlfriend and confidante of Jeffrey Epstein invoked her 5th Amendment rights to avoid answering questions that would be incriminating.

Vice President J.D. Vance looks to seal peace deal, transit corridor in historic visit to Armenia

Vice President J.D. Vance landed Monday in Armenia, making him the first sitting president or vice president to visit the landlocked country in the Caucasus region of western Asia.

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