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RFK Jr. Is Right About ‘Gender-Affirming Care’

The HHS secretary, to say the least, isn’t always very careful about evidence, but, on this one, the most painstaking research is on his...

The Judicial Oath Versus the ‘Judgment of History’

Public Discourse has published an outstanding essay—“The Judicial Oath and the Judgment of History”— by Eleventh Circuit chief judge William H. Pryor Jr.

China’s Largest Live-Fire Naval Exercise Simulates a Blockade of Taiwan

The Chinese military unilaterally declared seven live-fire zones in the seas surrounding Taiwan, scheduled to remain in force until the evening.

How questions from the Washington press corps often spur Trump to take unexpected action

President Trump has ordered a slew of actions based solely on reporters' questions, creating an unusual contradiction in which the president fiercely criticizes the media but then also follows their prompts.

Trump keeps White House a work in progress

President Trump's razing of the East Wing to build a grand ballroom has raised eyebrows as an extreme transformation of the iconic White House contours, but other presidents have given the executive mansion makeovers big and small during two centuries.

The heart of Trump’s deportation push

THE HEART OF TRUMP’S DEPORTATION PUSH. You’ve probably heard commentators say that under President Donald Trump, Immigration and Customs Enforcement is arresting and deporting a huge number of illegal immigrants who have no criminal record. The first response to that is: if they crossed illegally into the United States, they have a criminal record. Plus, they’re […]

Nuclear waste is not an engineering problem. It’s a governance failure

As Japan takes the final steps toward restarting the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant, the world’s largest nuclear facility, familiar debates are resurfacing: reactor safety, seismic risk, and public trust. These problems certainly matter, especially in light of the Fukushima disaster in 2011, but they are no longer the primary constraint on nuclear energy’s future. Criticality is […]

Trump can deliver these pro-life wins in 2026

From the One Big Beautiful Bill Act provision to defund Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers for one year to the Food and Drug Administration leadership committing to a review of the abortion pill, 2025 marked the most decisive victories for life since the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Recent YouGov polling shows that fewer than 1 in […]

Dave Chappelle is no bold truth teller

Dave Chappelle is clearly a brilliant storyteller. The comedian can weave a narrative that holds your attention and drop a punch line at just the right moment. He claims to be an equal-opportunity offender. But it turns out he is afraid to offend the leftists who don’t stand up to antisemitism in Hollywood, on college […]

Failure to fund consumer watchdog will violate court order, judge rules

A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that the Trump administration must secure funding for a consumer watchdog agency or risk violating an existing court order barring its shuttering, rejecting a novel legal argument from the government. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled that the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) must continue to request...

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