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Lettuce explain: Cyclospora outbreaks test Trump administration messaging

The Trump administration is facing a key messaging test as it tries to stop potentially multiple outbreaks of cyclosporiasis, a parasitic illness.  Two months in and thousands of cases later, the outbreak has become a communications nightmare. Experts say confusing messages and a lack of central leadership have left the public in the dark about...

Trump’s SAVE America Act stalls as McConnell’s absence complicates Senate path

Sen. Mitch McConnell's extended Senate absence complicates the SAVE America Act's path through budget reconciliation as Republicans scramble for votes.

EXCLUSIVE: Legal group tells NYPD cops they can contact ICE directly despite blue city’s sanctuary rules

America First Legal's guide tells NYPD officers they can contact ICE directly despite New York City sanctuary city policies under Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

100 day sprint to the midterms kicks off as Republicans and Democrats clash for control across the country

Democrats need just six House seats to reclaim the gavel as Fox News polling shows them hitting their highest generic ballot number since 1996.

Thomas Jefferson saw through Iran’s playbook 240 years ago

In 1815, with Commodore Stephen Decatur’s guns trained on his harbor, the Dey of Algiers signed a treaty with the United States, then told the Americans what he thought of it: My power has been wrested from my hands. Draw the treaty at your pleasure, and I will sign it. But beware the moment I […]

Will the US and Canada be friends again?

There was a time not too long ago when the relationship between Canada and the United States was positive and nearly impenetrable. Our two countries have been close friends, allies, and trade partners for many years. Canadian and American leaders have obviously had moments of disagreement related to trade, tariffs, border security, declarations of war, […]

A fresh look at Malcolm Muggeridge’s ‘Jesus, the Man Who Lives’

If Jesus Christ did not rise from the dead, 2,000 years of Christian preaching would be in vain — and the world as we know it would look completely different. That is the central theme of Malcolm Muggeridge’s Jesus, the Man Who Lives, and it’s his strongest position in a book that contains many inconsistent […]

Novelist Sigrid Nunez’s finely crafted, beautifully written short stories

A woman looks back on how her younger self enjoyed the highs and endured the lows of first love. Her high school sweetheart was Ace, who was two years older than her and drove a Chevy convertible. Their English teacher, Mrs. Mint, flirted with him in class and often repeated that he resembled James Dean. […]

Commonsense Endangered Species Act reform

The Endangered Species Act of 1973 is one of the most powerful environmental laws ever enacted. It can halt construction, restrict farming and ranching, block energy projects, and place vast areas of private land under federal control. Yet, after more than half a century and billions of dollars in spending, 97% of the species listed […]

‘The Louisiana Purchase’ details the forefront of a mighty empire

In this semiquincentennial year, 1776 is on many Americans’ minds. But in The Louisiana Purchase: The Grand Bargain and the Making of America, Louisiana State University Shreveport professor Alexander Mikaberidze turns our attention to another epochal year in the early republic: 1803. He gives a thorough and engaging account of the fateful transaction that doubled […]

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