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Houses of Worship Deserve Protection from Disruption

At a time when religious values are under attack, it is more important than...

PBS’s ‘Marble Hall Murders’ features lovely locales, artful acting, and transfixing twists

The new PBS Masterpiece series Marble Hall Murders is a sumptuously filmed “cozy” with an unthreatening structural complexity. The Viking Cruises crowd will eat it up with a Christofle spoon.  Like its predecessors, Magpie Murders (2022) and Moonflower Murders (2024), the new show is based on a book by Anthony Horowitz, who returns here as […]

Have voters lost their self-respect?

Dogs bark, ducks quack, and populists offer free stuff. Enrique Pena Nieto dispensed around 10 million TV sets to low-income Mexican households. Hugo Chavez gave Venezuelans steeply discounted refrigerators, air conditioning units, and, again, TV sets. In Argentina, Evita Peron would personally hand out children’s toys, sewing machines, clothes, and kitchenware. None of these (for once […]

Meanwhile, Mexico: Tensions still simmer south of the border

During Donald Trump’s first run for the presidency, China, the economic behemoth that was gutting America’s manufacturing base and flexing its muscles in East Asia, was his favorite punching bag. Yet as Trump was seeking to reclaim the presidency after four years in the political wilderness, his new foreign target was much closer to home: […]

Trump insists Israel did not drag him into war with Iran

President Trump said Monday the outcome of his military operation against Iran will be "amazing" and pushed back against claims that Israel talked him into the war.

FTC orders pest-control company to cease employees’ noncompete agreements

The Federal Trade Commission has prohibited one of the largest pest-control companies in the U.S. from enforcing noncompete agreements, a move that the agency said is part of President Trump's pro-worker agenda.

U.S. Customs launches portal to process tariff refunds after Supreme Court ruling

The Trump administration on Monday launched an online portal where companies can submit claims for refunds of payments on tariffs nullified by the Supreme Court.

No law currently prevents Congress members from having dual citizenship

Act for America is pressuring Congress to pass legislation to ban people with foreign citizenship from serving in the House and Senate.

Eric Holder accuses GOP of ‘stealing seats’ while defending ‘fair’ Democratic redistricting push

Former AG Eric Holder defends Democrats' Virginia redistricting push, accusing GOP of stealing seats in Texas and Missouri ahead of Tuesday's vote.

Lawmakers demand answers as scientists tied to US secrets die or vanish

House Republicans press FBI, Department of Energy, NASA and Pentagon for answers after reports of vanished individuals linked to sensitive nuclear and aerospace programs.

Supreme Court to hear Catholic parish’s challenge after Colorado barred schools from universal pre-K program

The Supreme Court agreed to hear a Catholic parish's case after Colorado barred its school from a state program funding families' preschool choices.

Canada’s prime minister refers to US economic ties as a weakness

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada's "strengths" from its tight relationship with the United States have become "weaknesses."

Drones and the Economics of Warfare

The current shifts in military technology and the ease of access to its products will have to mean a fresh technological revolution in this...

This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—April 20

1971—In what politics professor Shep Melnick calls “one of the most confused and internally contradictory opinions ever issued by the Supreme Court,” Chief Justice Warren Burger’s...

Emerging Threats Require Proactive American Innovation

Instead of reacting to challenges as they arise, the U.S. ought to detect and deter them before they appear.

US military announces another deadly strike against ‘narco-terrorists’

The United States struck a vessel that was participating in "narco-trafficking operations," killing three men in the attack, according to SOUTHCOM.

DOJ demands 865K Detroit ballots, threatening possible legal action

Michigan and the Trump DOJ clash over a demand for 865,000 ballots from Wayne County, with state officials calling the request baseless and political.

Lutheran minister and House candidate under fire after recounting her part in satanist couple’s wedding

Democratic candidate Sarah Trone Garriott faced criticism after a resurfaced video showed her recounting a role in a satanist couple's church wedding.

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