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Conservative media has a cult of personalities problem

Somewhere along the line, conservatism abandoned faith in good journalism and became a cult of personality — or personalities. We made celebrities out of people like Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens, whose thinking is often paranoid and whose work is sloppy. The result is the current implosion in conservative media, triggered by the reckless antisemitism […]

A welcome end to a pointless shutdown

Eight centrist Senate Democrats took the brave step of crossing their party’s rabid base to cut a deal with Senate Republicans and end the federal government shutdown Sunday night. If all goes smoothly, the House could vote on the new continuing resolution on Wednesday, and Washington could be open again by Thursday. This would be […]

House GOP Budget Chair Jodey Arrington says he won’t seek reelection

House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) announced Tuesday that he will not seek reelection in 2026, and will depart Congress after a decade. "I have a firm conviction, much like our founders did, that public service is a lifetime commitment, but public office is and should be a temporary stint in stewardship, not a...

How cutting the food safety net threatens the public safety net    

SNAP funding is about more than grocery budgets; it helps preserve our social fabric.

Trump: 50-year mortgage ‘not a big deal’

President Trump in an interview broadcast late Monday dismissed concerns from his base over his administration’s planned 50-year mortgage proposal. “It’s not even a big deal,” Trump told Fox News’s Laura Ingraham on "The Ingraham Angle." “I mean, you go from 40 to 50 years and what it means is you pay something less. From...

Live updates: Senate sends government shutdown deal to House; Trump to salute vets at Arlington

The Senate on Monday night voted to reopen the federal government, advancing the funding package to the House for consideration and opening a rift among Democrats as eight senators made a deal with Republicans. House lawmakers will make their way back to Washington after nearly two months out of session in time for a vote...

Utah judge rejects GOP-favored map, handing Dems another redistricting win

A Utah judge on Monday rejected a Republican-approved congressional map in favor of an alternative that will create a Democratic-leaning district in the Beehive State. Third District Judge Dianna Gibson wrote in her ruling that the map, which had a finalizing deadline on Monday, "does not comply with Utah law," The Salt Lake Tribune reported....

The VA’s disability evaluation is failing veterans

The 1945 “whole-person” formula used by the Department of Veterans Affairs presumes independence among various disabilities. But empirical data show that this assumption is faulty, and veterans suffer as a consequence. Veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder display markedly elevated risk of obstructive sleep apnea; studies estimate comorbidity around 50 percent. In younger veteran samples, roughly 69 percent...

Coming end of shutdown tees up health care test for Republicans 

The Movement is a weekly newsletter tracking the influence and debates steering politics on the right. Sign up here or in the box below. The coming weeks will put Republicans to the test on an issue with which the party, and the broader conservative movement, has long struggled: ObamaCare. Now that the government shutdown is nearing an...

50-year mortgages: What it could mean for homebuyers

Housing experts say a 50-year mortgage is unlikely to solve the affordability crisis.

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