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July 16, 2026Decade-Plus Winning Streaks Could be at Risk in the 2026 Midterms By Louis Jacobson
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE— The 2026 election might spell the end of a number of long-running partisan winning streaks in races for senator and governor.
— Given what is likely to be a blue midterm environment, more longstanding Republican winning streaks are at risk this year, though a few Democratic ones could be as well.
— We look at competitive or potentially competitive races this year where a winning streak has lasted at least a decade. Each of the ones we explore began before the arrival of Donald Trump as a presidential candidate.

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                            July 15, 2026Nuclear Power By John Stossel
        A few years ago, nuclear power looked doomed.

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                            July 14, 2026Move Over, Wall Street -- Here Come the Texas Longhorns By Stephen Moore
   The New York Stock Exchange opened its doors over 230 years ago. It has been one of the iconic symbols of America's economic might for more than two centuries.

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                            July 14, 2026Prescription for a Socialist Workforce By Daniel McCarthy
   America has a socialism problem, and it's bigger than most citizens realize.

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                            July 10, 2026Dropping Candidates Is Getting to Be a Habit -- and It's Not a Sign of Strength By Michael Barone
   It's beginning to be a habit. It, in this case, is the messy business of center-left political jettisoning one leader suddenly deemed unelectable and, without resort to the usual rules or democratic procedure, designating a replacement. It's the process that came fairly close to giving Americans President Kamala Harris in 2024.

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                            July 8, 2026Spoiled Socialists By John Stossel
        More young people vote for socialists. 

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                            July 7, 2026JD Vance Takes on Milton Friedman By Stephen Moore
        JD Vance has served admirably as Donald Trump's vice president and has been a true asset to the administration. Right now, he's favored to be the next Republican nominee for president when 2028 rolls around. But there are many other viable contenders.

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                            July 7, 2026The Smithsonian's Patriotism Problem By Daniel McCarthy
   "Warning: The exhibits in this museum were prepared by people who don't want you to love your country."

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                            July 3, 2026America's Multicultural Miracle By Michael Barone
   The welcoming reception that so many European soccer fans have received as they have crossed the nation in pursuit of World Cup games has struck many as a happy surprise of the summer of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
July 2, 2026Presidential Approval on the Path to the Midterm: The Pattern is That There is No Pattern By Kyle Kondik
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE— One wouldn’t expect the president to get much of an approval boost from the nation’s 250th anniversary, particularly as he handles it in a highly partisan way.
— The president’s approval numbers, much like gas prices, are a little better lately, but still worse than they were before the attack on Iran.
— There is not a consistent pattern for postwar presidential approval from July 1 to the midterm, and in recent years a president’s approval hasn’t changed much over the last four months of the campaign.

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                            July 1, 2026Some Laws Kill By John Stossel
        Car accidents kill 100 Americans every day.

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                            July 1, 2026The Greatest Casualty of COVID Was Trust By Brian C. Joondeph, M.D.
During the Watergate hearings, Senator Howard Baker asked the question that came to define a generation: “What did the President know, and when did he know it?”

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                            June 30, 2026Bill Maher, Liberalism's Apostate By Daniel McCarthy
   Bill Maher is the perfect liberal, at least on paper -- yet despite his talk shows being nominated for Emmy awards more than 40 times, it's only in Donald Trump's Washington that Maher finally gets the recognition he craves.

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                            June 30, 2026What England Can Teach Us About 'Democratic Socialism' By Stephen Moore
        If you want to see modern-day socialism in action, look no further than to the other side of the pond at not-so-jolly old England. The story of Britain's decline is a warning signal to those here in the States who are thrilled by the warm embrace of socialism.

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                            June 26, 2026The Background That Made the Revolution Possible By Michael Barone
        As we inch toward the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, let me share a couple of reflections on the background of how this extraordinary, unprecedented and daring event succeeded.

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                            June 24, 2026Minimum Wage Fail  By John Stossel
        Not long ago, new kinds of jobs appeared: app-based gig work.

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                            June 23, 2026Democrats Declare War on School Choice By Stephen Moore
   Why are Democrats and their teachers union masters trying to shoot down parental choice in education even when we now have so many examples of these programs working?

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                            June 23, 2026Can Anyone Govern Britain -- or America? By Daniel McCarthy
As Britain gets ready for its seventh prime minister in just 10 years, it's time to ask whether the parliamentary system itself is broken.

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                            June 19, 2026Not Following the Example of President James K. Polk By Michael Barone
        A president orders the onset of hostilities -- war -- without authorization of Congress and without much in the way of making a case with the public. His troops win important victories and decapitate large parts of the government of the enemy. But in the enemy capital, no one surrenders or will even negotiate seriously.

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                            June 19, 2026America’s 250th Birthday and the Crisis of American Confidence By Brian C. Joondeph, M.D.
As America prepares to celebrate its 250th birthday next month, a surprising number of Americans are looking elsewhere. A new Elon University poll found that while most Americans would still choose the United States over any other country, a majority of Democrats say they would rather live somewhere else.