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Miranda Devine: The left’s ‘Dignity Index’ is a weak attempt to disarm Republicans – and disguise their own hate

The latest effort to neuter conservatives and force Republicans to surrender comes from a deceptively titled device called “The Dignity Index.”

Who would silence Israeli hostages — Hamas? No, UCLA student council

Who would oppose a former Israeli hostage speaking to college students about his experience?...

Pittsburgh is just built different

PITTSBURGH — Art Rooney II was standing on the pitch of the brand new U.S. Steel Community football field, located on the sprawling 178 acres where the men and women who lived in the slopes overlooking Hazelwood Works labored in the mill. It doesn’t seem that long ago when those massive steel structures were churning […]

Trump is right. The Virginia redistricting referendum was rigged

Can a ballot referendum implicitly tell you the “correct” way to vote? That’s precisely what happened this week when Virginians voted to strip congressional representation from nearly half the state in the name of “restoring fairness.” President Donald Trump reacted to the April 21 Virginia redistricting referendum on Wednesday, calling it “rigged.” He claimed there […]

Collins, Sullivan break with Senate GOP leaders on amendment to reverse SNAP cuts

Senate Republicans on Wednesday defeated an amendment sponsored by Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) to create a reserve fund to lower grocery costs and reverse an estimated $187 billion in cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program enacted by last year’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Two vulnerable Republican senators — Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine)...

Congress should use reconciliation to deliver more conservative wins

Senate Republicans are poised to adopt a budget resolution to unlock the use of the budget reconciliation process to end the Democrats' shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security with 51 Republican votes.

Nebraska agrees to end in-state college tuition for illegal immigrants

Nebraska reached a consent agreement with the Department of Justice this week to stop enforcing its law allowing illegal immigrants to receive in-state tuition at public colleges.

Beneath Trump’s ballroom legal case: A brief history of the White House bunker

Secrecy surrounding White House security makes details hard to come by, but President Donald Trump's court fight over his $400 million ballroom casts some light on an underground bunker at the site that has had a role in history.

Iranians have long sought work and relative stability in Turkey. The war could force some to return

Sadri Haghshenas spends her days selling borek - a layered, savory pastry - at a shop in Istanbul, but her mind is on her daughter in Tehran.

Trump media company replaces ex-congressman Nunes as CEO after stock plunge that wiped out billions

The Trump business behind Truth Social is replacing a former congressman and big supporter of the U.S. president as the leader of the social media platform after a stock collapse that wiped out billions in investor wealth.

Newsom turns Virginia redistricting victory into warning shot for Trump administration

Virginia's redistricting referendum could tilt House control toward Democrats ahead of 2026 midterms as Newsom declares victory and GOP fights back.

Soros-backed DA’s lax illegal immigration policies led to ‘preventable’ bus stop stabbing murder: complaint

Soros-backed prosecutor Steve Descano faces a federal complaint alleging his office's leniency toward a violent illegal immigrant led to a preventable killing.

Anthropic’s moral compass architect suggested AI overcorrection could address historical injustices

An Anthropic AI ethics researcher argued in a 2023 paper that intentional discrimination in AI models could be used to combat stigmas around race and gender topics.

Supreme Court liberals side with Clarence Thomas on Taliban suicide bomber lawsuit, 3 others dissent

In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed a lawsuit brought by a U.S. Army veteran injured in a Taliban suicide bombing to proceed, vacating a lower court ruling that had dismissed it. 

Winston Tyler Hencely, a former U.S. Army specialist, suffered a fractured skull and brain injuries when a Taliban operative working for a military contractor blew up a suicide vest at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan in 2016.

The majority opinion, written by Justice Clarence Thomas, rejected a broad "battlefield preemption" theory that would have blocked state-law claims tied to combat activities. Thomas — joined by Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Neil Gorsuch, Amy Coney Barrett and Ketanji Brown Jackson — wrote that military contractors are not automatically shielded from liability when their conduct was not authorized by the military — even in war zones.

"We vacate the judgment of the Fourth Circuit and remand the case for further proceedings consistent with this opinion," Wednesday's decision says.

"In 2016, a Taliban operative working for respondent Fluor Corporation, a military contractor, carried out a suicide-bomb attack at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan. After then-Army Specialist Winston T. Hencely confronted him, the bomber detonated his suicide vest," the opinion explains. "As a result of the injuries he received, Hencely is now permanently disabled."

 "In an effort to recover damages for his injuries, Hencely sued Fluor, bringing state-law tort claims for negligently retaining and supervising the attacker. According to Hencely and the United States military, Fluor’s conduct was not authorized by the military and even violated instructions the military had given it as a condition of operating on the base," the opinion notes.

Justice Samuel Alito, Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh dissented.

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

‘Illegals first’: Senate Republicans blast Schumer’s gambit to force vote on protecting Haitian migrants

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., seeks to extend Haitian migrants' Temporary Protected Status for three years, drawing sharp criticism from Senate Republicans.

WATCH: Sen Warren unloads on Trump’s Fed nominee Kevin Warsh in explosive hearing showdown

Sen. Elizabeth Warren calls Fed nominee Kevin Warsh a sock puppet for Trump during a heated Senate confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill this week.

This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—April 22

2019—A Third Circuit panel rules in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia that the city of Philadelphia lawfully refused to contract with a Catholic provider of foster-care services unless...

Virginia Votes Against Its Citizens While National Republicans Sleep

Virginia barely passed a partisan redistricting that will be hard to undo.

Schlossberg unveils plan to crack down on ‘new frontier’ of AI putting the ‘squeeze’ on consumers: ‘Harbinger’

Democratic House candidate Jack Schlossberg calls for an FTC investigation into reports that Hertz AI scans may be overcharging rental car consumers.

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