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Why the UK says Ukraine can now target Russia with British weapons

In a clear response to a Russian intelligence service arson attack on a London factory, the United Kingdom has said that Ukraine can use British weapons to strike targets inside Russia. This bears particular note in relation to the U.K.’s Storm Shadow cruise missile, a number of which Ukraine possesses. Ukraine has previously used these […]

The bond markets get ahead of themselves (again): Jobs report edition

Bond markets, which have spent the last half-year coming back down to reality as they face the fact that the Federal Reserve’s war on inflation is backsliding, jumped on the milquetoast jobs report released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday. Although the April jobs report was a mostly fine mixed bag — the unemployment […]

Florida is right to ban lab-grown meat

Florida banned lab-grown meat this week in a decision that was derided by many commentators as a silly encroachment on the free market, but the Sunshine State’s policy is actually protecting an industry that employs hundreds of thousands of people from destruction. While not yet a widely available commercial product, lab-grown meat, which is grown […]

The right sort of nostalgia makes democracy work better

BEDFORD, Pennsylvania — For a brief moment, it was as if stepping back in time when a series of 1920s Bentley Roadsters chugged up along the ridge of the winding Lincoln Highway in the mountains of Somerset County. Both the drivers and passengers were wearing goggles, their scarves billowing in the wind. The smiles on […]

Justice for the Pepper-Jackson Five

The five students who protested a boy competing in girls’ sports at a recent track and field competition should receive justice and be allowed to compete. Five students at Lincoln Middle School in Harrison County, West Virginia, refused to throw the shot put against a male student named “Becky” Pepper-Jackson during an April competition. Pepper-Jackson […]

Mark Hamill calls Biden ‘Joe-B-Wan Kenobi’ in White House press room appearance

Mark Hamill says the force is with President Biden — the actor made a surprise visit Friday to the White House briefing room and offered a "Star Wars"-inspired nickname for the commander in chief.  "How many of you had Mark Hamill will lead the press briefing on your bingo cards?" Hamill, sporting a pair of...

Biden awards Presidential Medal of Freedom to Pelosi, Gore, 17 others: Watch live

President Biden on Friday afternoon will present the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 people of diverse backgrounds, with actions and achievements spanning the better part of a century. Among those receiving this highest of civilian honors are two prominent figures from the Civil Rights movement: Clarence B. Jones, a lawyer and activist who co-wrote...

How a single rogue elector could flip the presidential election

The Electoral College is not the faceless “race to 270” that cable news portrays it to be.

Sunny Hostin: Tim Scott wouldn’t help Trump with Black viewers if picked as VP

“The View” co-host Sunny Hostin said Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) wouldn’t help former President Trump with gaining Black voters in the 2024 election if he ends up being picked as the vice presidential candidate. Scott, who endorsed Trump early this year, is one of the candidates the former president is considering to pick as his...

Inaccuracies found in Noem’s new memoir ahead of release

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s memoir has not been released, but inaccuracies in the text are already emerging. Noem’s spokesperson said “two small errors” have been brought to the Republican governor's attention. The book is titled “No Going Back: The Truth on What’s Wrong with Politics and How We Move America Forward." The Dakota Scout...

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