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                            April 8, 2026Show Me the Money -- The Trump Tax Cuts Benefit the Middle Class By Stephen Moore
        Democrats keep attacking President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025 as a tax cut for the rich. But the data show that the average family gained roughly $2,000 on their lower tax bill for this year. Every Democrat in Congress voted no, even as they complain of a "middle-class affordability crisis." Maybe that's because to rich and famous limousine liberal Democrats, $2,000 is peanuts. But not for the rest of us.

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                            April 8, 2026Tax the Rich? By John Stossel
        "Tax the rich!" shout progressives.

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                            April 7, 2026Virginia: A New Extreme in Gerrymandering By Daniel McCarthy
   This year's midterm elections aren't just about who wins in November; they're about who wins fights over gerrymandering taking place right now.

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                            April 3, 2026The Sudden Political Star of Trump II: Marco Rubio By Michael Barone
"White House deploys Marco Rubio to clarify messaging about Iran conflict." So reads the headline on the front page of the Washington Examiner's website in the early hours of April 1, the third month of U.S. military operations against Iran, which have been taking place since Feb. 28.

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                            April 2, 2026Iran: From Imminent Threat to ‘No Threat at All’ By Brian C. Joondeph, M.D.
First, it was an imminent threat. Now it’s no threat at all.

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                            April 1, 2026You Don't Own Me By John Stossel
        Politicians tax what we earn, regulate what we build and often decide what we can do with our bodies and our money.

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                            March 31, 2026Let's Kill Cancer By Stephen Moore
        There are few things in life more terrifying than a cancer diagnosis, as any victim of this horrible disease will tell you.

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                            March 31, 2026When Birthright Citizenship Goes Wrong By Daniel McCarthy
        Get ready for the next Roe v. Wade -- only this time the Supreme Court decision that threatens to split the country isn't about abortion; it's about "birthright citizenship."

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                            March 27, 2026Where Is the Arc of Justice Headed? By Michael Barone
        Former President Barack Obama liked to quote the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s line that "the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice." Of course, what was an expression of optimism for the moral reformer King was more in the nature of a victory spike of the football for a competitor in a zero-sum electoral contest like Obama.
March 26, 2026The House: 11 Rating Changes in Democratic-Held Seats; Non-Presidential Party Typically Doesn’t Lose Many of Their Own Seats in Midterms By Kyle Kondik
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE— Because the presidential party usually loses ground in the House in midterms, it is also the case that they typically flip only a handful of seats from the non-presidential party in such elections.
— Still, Republicans have a decent chance to flip a larger-than-average number of Democratic-held seats in 2026, mainly because of redistricting.
— Beyond seats affected by redistricting, though, history and other factors suggest Republicans will have a hard time significantly cutting into Democratic districts unaffected by redistricting.
— We are moving 11 ratings this week, all in current Democratic-held districts and all in favor of Democrats.
— Democrats remain favored to win the House majority this year, although today’s changes do not impact the overall House math much.

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                            March 25, 2026The Economists Who Got It Right By John Stossel
   Politicians say they can "make the economy work better."

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                            March 24, 2026Republicans Can Win on Health Care Affordability By Stephen Moore
        For most of the last 40 years, pollsters have asked voters: Which party do you trust more on health care? The answer has been pretty much the same over this whole period. Voters trust Democrats more, sometimes by a two-to-one margin.

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                            March 24, 2026ICE Saves Lives -- and Air Travel By Daniel McCarthy
        Democrats who want to defund Immigration and Customs Enforcement aren't getting away with the political hostage-taking they're using to do it.

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                            March 20, 2026Uncertainty Remains, After 20 Days of War With Iran By Michael Barone
        Four years and 25 days. Twenty days. There's a huge difference between those two numbers. The first number -- 1,486 days altogether -- is the length of time since Russian troops crossed the Ukraine border on Feb. 22, 2022, and headed for Kyiv. The second number -- just 20 days -- is the number of days since U.S. and Israeli forces on Feb. 28 began bombing strategic targets in Iran.
March 19, 2026Six Gubernatorial Rating Changes in Favor of Democrats, but Republicans May Still Come Out Ahead By Kyle Kondik and J. Miles Coleman
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE— We are making six gubernatorial race rating changes this week, all in favor of Democrats.
— The most notable ones come in Arizona, Georgia, and Ohio, while the others are blue state governorships in Minnesota, New York, and Rhode Island moving to Safe Democratic.
— Despite these changes, Republicans may still be better-positioned to maintain an overall advantage in governorships held, and thus defy the usual trend of gubernatorial losses for the president’s party in midterms.

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                            March 18, 2026Evil Meat By John Stossel
   Do you eat steak? You're killing the planet! So say climate activists.

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                            March 18, 2026Who's Afraid of a Trillionaire? By Stephen Moore
   Early this year, we learned that Elon Musk may become the first trillionaire in world history.

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                            March 17, 2026Why Are Senate Democrats Making Air Travel Worse? By Daniel McCarthy
   Next time your flight's delayed or canceled, or you're stuck in an endless TSA line, thank a congressional Democrat.

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                            March 13, 2026Political Parties on Perilous Ground By Michael Barone
   As Donald Trump's Republicans look askance as he launches what looks to some like another long-term war in the Middle East, and as the anti-Trump Democrats hold up Homeland Security funding in what looks to some like prioritizing illegal immigrants over U.S. citizens, one is tempted to ask, what's going on with America's political parties?
March 12, 2026Getting Deeper into Texas and North Carolina’s Primaries By J. Miles Coleman
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE— In Texas, Rep. Wesley Hunt’s (R, TX-38) presence in the GOP Senate primary likely hurt Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) on balance.
— However, Hunt’s performance was not distinctively strong anywhere in the state, as he even came in third place in the district he represents.
— Overall, Democrats outvoted Republicans in Texas by 3 points, making 2026 the first midterm cycle since 2002 where Democrats cast more ballots in Texas.
— In North Carolina, Democrats outvoted Republicans by an even larger 57%-43%, even as they have fallen behind both Unaffiliateds and Republicans in their share of the state’s overall voter registration.