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Five takeaways from the fiery DeSantis-Newsom debate on Fox

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) went head to head in a Fox News debate on Thursday as the governors — one a current presidential contender and the other seen as a future White House prospect — clashed over their records and policy. During the fiery 90-minute debate moderated by...

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A Few Fiscal Events We Should Worry about More

The bottom line is that the U.S. public-debt situation is likely more severe than the public discourse acknowledges.

Newsom vs. DeSantis

Newsom is a dangerous debater, precisely because he is more shameless and is willing to lie and mislead.

Gavin Newsom Is Not Ready for Prime Time

He lost the Fox News debate against DeSantis not only on the merits, but on his stage presence and charisma as well.

DeSantis, Newsom lob insults, talk some policy in faceoff between White House aspirants

In an alternate reality, the prime-time showdown between California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom and Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday could have been a preview of a 2024 general election debate.

China waging ‘cognitive warfare’ against the United States, Congress told

China is waging political warfare to subvert the United States and western nations through extensive propaganda and disinformation operations, a panel of experts told Congress on Thursday.

Marjorie Taylor Greene delays Mayorkas impeachment, says she’s been promised full action later

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Thursday sidelined her impeachment resolution against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, saying she has assurances from GOP leaders that the House will take up the matter through the normal process.

Federal judge blocks Montana’s first-in-the-nation ban on TikTok, says it’s unconstitutional

A federal judge ruled Thursday that Montana can't enforce a first-in-the-nation law banning the video sharing app TikTok in the state while a legal challenge to the law moves through the courts.

Ridley Scott’s Napoleon: Bad history, worse film

Defending his Napoleon from grumbles caused by early rumors of historical inaccuracy, director Ridley Scott snapped that “when I have issues with historians, I ask: ‘Excuse me, mate, were you there? No? Well, shut the f*** up then.’” Scott had a point, or so it seemed. This is the man who made a movie about a gladiator whose death in the arena restores the Roman Republic. And in the words of Aristotle, “σπουδαιότερον ποίησις ἱστορίας ἐστίν” — “it slapped” (loosely translated). Not only is it always right first and foremost to judge a work of art on its own terms, but also Scott in particular has earned the benefit of the doubt many times over. So I set out to watch Napoleon not to carp about whether he had really fired cannon at the Pyramids during his invasion of Egypt but to see if it was good.

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