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Tennessee lawmaker calls on House GOP to ‘lock the door’ and work through weekend to elect speaker

Tennessee GOP Rep. Andy Ogles is sending around a dear colleague letter to his fellow House GOP lawmakers calling for the conference to continue meeting until a speaker is chosen.

2024 showdown: DeSantis, Haley battle for second place behind Trump

Nikki Haley is on the rise in the latest GOP presidential nomination polls, battling Ron DeSantis for second place behind commanding front-runner Donald Trump

Liberals reap consequences of their homeless policies

Liberal cities and states need a major course corrections toward involuntary commitment, discouraging drug use, and understanding that housing costs are not the reasons for homeless encampments.

Rising bond yields a blinking red light about the need to curb federal spending

Interest payments are taking up an increasing share of government outlays.

Israel’s war of atonement, 50 years on

The Yom Kippur War may belong to another era, but it helped forge our own.

Philadelphia’s Columbus statue caused less harm than city’s mayor and district attorney

Oct. 12 is the “real” Columbus Day, the actual date explorer Christopher Columbus landed in the New World in San Salvador (now part of the Bahamas) in 1492. In 2020, a statue of Christopher Columbus in Philadelphia was condemned and restricted by the city’s mayor, Jim Kenney, who succumbed to pressure from radical left-wing agitators. Kenney claimed the statue was inappropriate for the 21st century and a threat to “public safety.” As a result, Kenney ordered a plywood box built around it so the public did not see it.

Dining room confidential: Why New York restaurants get away with being so precious

Eating out in New York can be a luxurious treat, a window into another culture. It can also be annoying as hell.

US navigates choppy waters in freeing American hostages caught in Hamas attack

The Biden administration this week found itself navigating yet another complex effort to free Americans abroad — this time as the result of a surprise and unprecedented attack by Hamas against Israel over the weekend in which more than two dozen U.S. citizens were also killed. President Biden and his top deputies have made clear...

GM concession bolsters EV proponents amid auto strike

GM's recent concession to the United Auto Workers (UAW) union on electric vehicles (EVs) marks a victory for renewable energy proponents, countering the idea that the EV transition inherently conflicts with labor interests. The automaker's agreement last week to place EV battery plants under its master agreement with the UAW represents a major step toward...

Why most women still take their husband’s last name

Story at a glance Even as marriage changes in the United States, most brides are holding to the custom of taking their groom's last name and dropping their own. Almost 80 percent of women married to men have followed this tradition, according to a recently released Pew Research Center survey. The share of women opting to change their name has...

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