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July 12, 2023

College Racism By John Stossel

The Left is angry because the Supreme Court ruled race-based affirmative action unconstitutional. President Joe Biden says he "strongly disagrees."

July 11, 2023

Biden Declares War on Profits By Stephen Moore

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre recently reiterated a point the Biden White House has been making for the past year: that inflation remains high not because of the Biden $6 trillion spending spree but because "high profit margins" captured during the COVID-19 pandemic drive up consumer prices.

July 11, 2023

Britain's Bad Example for American Conservatives By Daniel McCarthy

Republicans can only imagine what it would feel like to win four national elections in a row -- wielding executive and legislative power for more than a dozen years.

July 7, 2023

Supreme Court Rejects Liberal Arguments Based on Lies By Michael Barone

   "This is not a normal court." So said President Joe Biden last week as the Supreme Court was handing down its rulings in big cases decided since its current term began last October.

July 6, 2023

One Man Versus China By John Stossel

This week, while we celebrate the work of America's founders, I honor a living freedom fighter: billionaire businessman Jimmy Lai.

July 4, 2023

Could We Still Win a Revolutionary War? By Daniel McCarthy

  The Independence Day season is a time to ask a hard question.

July 4, 2023

Bidenomics Is a Big Bust By Stephen Moore

Word out of the White House is that President Joe Biden wants to tout his economic successes.

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June 30, 2023

The Arc of the Moral Universe Just Wobbles Around By Michael Barone

No one knows whether last weekend's Wagner Group uprising means the end of President Vladimir Putin's control of Russia, just as no one knew before the last few weeks of 1999 that Putin would replace Boris Yeltsin and become Russia's leader for the next quarter-century.

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June 29, 2023

Electoral College Ratings: Expect Another Highly Competitive Election By Kyle Kondik

Small edge to Democrats but neither side over 270 to start.

KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE

— Our initial 2024 Electoral College ratings start with just four Toss-up states.

— Democrats start with a small advantage, although both sides begin south of what they need to win.

— We consider a rematch of the 2020 election — Joe Biden versus Donald Trump — as the likeliest matchup, but not one that is set in stone.

June 28, 2023

Best Things First By John Stossel

For my new video, I asked people on the street, "If you could spend $30 billion trying to solve the world's problems, how would you spend it?"

June 27, 2023

Election 2024 – Can We Trust it? By Brian Joondeph

In less than a year and a half America “elects” a new President, along with a third of the Senate and the entire House. At this point the leading contenders for the White House are Donald Trump and Joe Biden.

June 27, 2023

Civilizations Clash -- in Ukraine and at Home By Daniel McCarthy

Samuel Huntington got Ukraine wrong.

June 23, 2023

A Tale of Two Indictments: Politics in a Doom Loop By Michael Barone

Are America's 45th and 46th presidents politically invulnerable? That's a conclusion you might come to from the response to the indictment of Donald Trump on June 8 and the guilty plea by Joe Biden's son Hunter announced on June 20.

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June 22, 2023

The 2023 and 2024 Attorney General and Secretary of State Races By Louis Jacobson

Amidst several safe-state races with key primaries, competitive contests in North Carolina and Pennsylvania loom.

KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE

— The once low-profile contests for attorney general and secretary of state have become increasingly important for driving policy outcomes in the states, particularly in setting the rules for how elections are run.

— The current campaign cycle doesn’t promise quite as much drama as there was in 2022, when several key presidential battleground states played host to tight contests between Republicans aligned with former President Donald Trump and more mainstream Democrats.

— For the current 2023-2024 cycle, we are starting our handicapping by assigning 18 of the 23 races to either the Safe Republican or the Safe Democratic category. Still, a number of these states will undergo wide-open primaries with different ideological flavors of candidates. And in the general election, we see three races as highly competitive: the attorney general and secretary of state races in North Carolina and the AG race in Pennsylvania.

June 21, 2023

Less Freedom By John Stossel

Politicians claim their bills bring us good things. Free health care! Child care! A cellphone for all!

June 20, 2023

Republicans Must Be the Party of Small Business By Stephen Moore

A recent Wall Street Journal lead story reported that "Republicans and big business broke up.

June 20, 2023

China Comes for the Caribbean By Daniel McCarthy

When Americans think about conflict with China, Taiwan comes to mind first.

June 16, 2023

The Trump Indictment: Irresponsibility Squared By Michael Barone

Some observations on special counsel Jack Smith's indictment of former President Donald Trump:

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June 15, 2023

Pumping the Brakes Post-Milligan By Kyle Kondik

Surveying the redistricting picture after the Supreme Court’s unexpected decision.

KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE

— The Supreme Court’s Allen v. Milligan decision should give Democrats at least a little help in their quest to re-take the House majority, but much remains uncertain.

— As of now, the Democrats’ best bets to add a seat in 2024 are in Alabama, the subject of the ruling, and Louisiana.

— It also adds to the list of potential mid-decade redistricting changes, which have happened with regularity over the past half-century.

— The closely-contested nature of the House raises the stakes of each state’s map, and redistricting changes do not necessarily have to be prompted by courts.

June 14, 2023

Fighting Woke By John Stossel

 People hate Chris Rufo.