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10+ hour, 59+ min ago  (640+ words) This summer, the United States celebrates its 250th birthday. In 1776, few people believed this new version of self-government would last. After the Constitutional Convention, Benjamin Franklin was asked what kind of government the Founding Fathers had created. "A republic," he replied,…...

19+ hour, 4+ min ago  (511+ words) Last week, Republican senators grilled Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche about the $1. 8 billion "Anti-Weaponization Fund" created by President Donald Trump's settlement of his lawsuit against the IRS. About 45 senators attended the meeting, and "at least half of them were blasting…...

9+ hour, 2+ min ago  (630+ words) The draft Executive Order that Trump abruptly rejected last Thursday would have expanded federal power under the guise of pre-screening AI. Trump was right to cancel a blue-ribbon ceremony scheduled at the White House to sign this, which the heads…...

18+ hour ago  (358+ words) When political movements begin treating the President of the United States not as a constitutional office occupied by a political opponent, but as an existential enemy to be destroyed, the damage extends far beyond one administration or one election cycle....

7+ hour, 33+ min ago  (641+ words) MONONGAHELA, Pennsylvania -- Downballot primary results for seats in the Pennsylvania legislature and Congress had both parties heading into very different directions for November's midterm election cycle. The Democrats are marching far left, and Republicans are beating back challengers from their…...

8+ hour, 41+ min ago  (751+ words) Bonchie of Red State. com asked an interesting question on X: Has a single late-night comic told a single joke about Graham Platner? That question shouldn't have to be asked about the radical-left Democrat Senate nominee in Maine, the one who…...

9+ hour, 10+ min ago  (621+ words) If you lived in America in 1843 and wanted to communicate with someone in a distant state, you would have to send that person a written message delivered by land. But that year, as noted on the official website of the…...

6+ hour, 28+ min ago  (657+ words) Coincident with the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the American Declaration of Independence is the 250th anniversary of the publication of "The The Nations." The full title of Scotsman Adam Smith's book, published in 1776, is "An Inquiry into…...

8+ hour, 29+ min ago  (672+ words) Mark Cuban has a new rallying cry in his campaign to fix American healthcare: "break up big medicine." He's hardly alone. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. , and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N. Y. , among others, are targeting vertically integrated healthcare giants as drivers…...

8+ hour, 45+ min ago  (1032+ words) Last week, in the East Room of the White House, Kevin Warsh took the oath of office and became the 11th chairman of the Federal Reserve in the modern era. It was the first time a Fed chair had been sworn…...