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1+ hour, 8+ min ago (605+ words) Nov 27, 2025 at 06:39 AM EST Nov 27, 2025 at 11:42 AM EST Senior US News Reporter The likelihood that Vice President JD Vance will become the Republican Party's nominee for the 2028 presidential election is declining, according to polls. According to polling by McLaughlin & Associates, Vance's net lead over President Donald Trump's son, Donald Trump Jr.in a hypothetical contest between them and other Republican figureshas decreased in recent months. Newsweek reached out to representatives for Vance and Trump Jr. by email to comment on this story outside of normal business hours. Because of the 22nd Amendment in the U.S. Constitution, which was added in 1951, presidents can only serve two terms in the White House. So, Trump will need to pass the baton to another GOP candidate in 2028. While neither Vance or other GOP figures have announced their candidacy for 2028's race, Vance, the current vice president,…...

1+ hour, 8+ min ago (818+ words) Fort Lewis College student Megan Elizabeth Hope Mollett addressed by police after an incident with an older gentlemen who was supporting Turning Point USA. (Credit: Steve Scheppelman) A Colorado college student was detained by a police officer earlier this month for striking an elderly man during a campus meeting about approving a Turning Point USA chapter. A Fort Lewis College campus police report details student Megan Elizabeth Hope Mollett being caught on camera and detained by a police officer after hitting local resident Dave Peters, who was celebrating the TPUSA chapter being approved on November 7. The incident occurred after'the Associated Students of Fort Lewis College (ASFLC) voted to approve the TPUSA chapter in an emergency meeting. Their decision came after they previously rejected senior Jonah Flynn's proposal to register the group, which had sparked controversy across campus. The police report…...

2+ hour, 44+ min ago (219+ words) Eugene Volokh | 11.27.2025 4:58 PM A nice piece, which I enjoyed and thought I'd pass along. As with all such things, it can't capture the whole picture, but it captures an important part of it, I think. You can see it on Persuasion, or (under a slightly different title) on Kasparov's Next Move; an excerpt: Democracy, freedom'politics, too. These are not ends in and of themselves. They are a vehicle for delivering human happiness and flourishing.Thatgoal is what we're fighting for. The notion of a free society is abstract. Thanksgiving celebrates abundance, and abundance is tangible. You can taste it. Smell it. Hear it. The turkey and mashed potatoes on your plate, the chatter with loved ones, whom you're free to visit'these are the fruits of a free society. Americans would do well to discard these self-destructive narratives. It may be…...

3+ hour, 31+ min ago (62+ words) Turn Off Your Haptics Something went profoundly wrong with the transition from analog to digital. Our moment-by-moment attention is being pillaged by a tiny machine that all of us carry with us at all times. Why This Fear of Deflation? Why No COVID Commission in the US? Fall in Love With Roast Again Is This the Greatest Song Ever Written?...

4+ hour, 23+ min ago (379+ words) Writes Bill Madden: Rising prices are the result of inflation which is caused by increasing the money supply in excess of the goods and services available in the marketplace." Surplus budgets cause the economy to contract while deficit budgets stimulate economic expansion." Since we are controlled by very wealthy families owning most of Corporate America's stock, we have enjoyed mostly deficit budgets since the end of WW II and, as a consequence, the wealthy families have enjoyed healthy quarterly profit distributions. When we have an economic contraction, many assets like homes, automobiles, etc. are lost to the lenders via bankruptcy " Continue reading " The post Inflation appeared first on LewRockwell. Rising prices are the result of inflation which is caused by increasing the money supply in excess of the goods and services available in the marketplace. Surplus budgets cause the economy…...

4+ hour, 49+ min ago (1142+ words) Former FBI special Agent Nicole Parker describes Afghan vetting during the withdrawal as a "free-for-all," saying U.S. screeners raised security concerns that were overridden " warnings she argues are now playing out in real time. The ambush shooting of two National Guard members near the White House is fueling fresh scrutiny of the vetting of Afghan evacuees, with former FBI special agent Nicole Parker telling Fox News Digital the screening process during the rushed 2021 withdrawal was essentially a "free-for-all." Tens of thousands of Afghans were evacuated to the U.S. in the wake of the withdrawal and subsequent Taliban takeover of the country. The chaotic nature of the operation raised concerns at the time from Republicans, and in official reports, that some evacuees were not properly vetted and could have catastrophic consequences. "They said it is a ticking time bomb waiting to explode because…...

5+ hour, 57+ min ago (309+ words) Stopping all immigration processing for Afghan migrants is unjust and undermines rather than furthers the goal of combatting terrorism. Ilya Somin | 11.27.2025 1:45 PM If Lakanwal's crime turns out to be a terrorist attack, it would be only the second attempted by one of the large number of Afghan migrants who entered since 2021, after the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban (the earlier case was this one). If, as nativists claim, the 2021 influx included large numbers of unvetted terrorists, we should be seeing a lot more incidents like these. In the case of the Afghans, deportation and exclusion may well actively undermine the struggle against terrorism, rather than further it. I explained why in an earlier post about Trump's efforts to deport Afghans who arrived since 2021: I'm old enough to remember a time when Republicans saw themselves as fighters against radical Islamism....

8+ hour, 17+ min ago (772+ words) By EILEEN RESLEN, US SENIOR SHOWBIZ EXCLUSIVES REPORTER Dolly Parton is on the mend and expected to recover in time for her rescheduled Las Vegas residency dates next fall, the Daily Mail has exclusively learned. The country icon, 79, sparked concern earlier this week when she once again had to miss a public event due to her ongoing health issues. Dressed in a sparkly blue dress and styled in full glam, Parton told her fans Monday why she would not attend the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) Hall of Fame ceremony." 'I sure wish I could be with you in person today, but you probably heard that I've been dealing with a few health challenges this fall and my doctors told me to take it easy for just a little while,' the 9 to 5 singer explained. The latest cancellation…...

9+ hour, 42+ min ago (81+ words) Arriving with strategies to redirect tense talk can help preserve peace and even mend relationships strained by opposing views. Experts Advise How to Avoid Political Sparring at Family Holiday Gatherings Grateful Bay of Pigs Survivor Still "Willing to Die for This Country" Arizona Investigates Milk Suppliers to Coca-Cola-owned Fairlife for Animal Cruelty Proposed Legislation Threatening to Rein in Horse Racing in Florida Fails to Cross the Finish Line Florida"s Proposed Gambling Bill Will Strangle Horse-Racing Industry: Insiders...

9+ hour, 42+ min ago (81+ words) Arriving with strategies to redirect tense talk can help preserve peace and even mend relationships strained by opposing views. Experts Advise How to Avoid Political Sparring at Family Holiday Gatherings Grateful Bay of Pigs Survivor Still "Willing to Die for This Country" Arizona Investigates Milk Suppliers to Coca-Cola-owned Fairlife for Animal Cruelty Proposed Legislation Threatening to Rein in Horse Racing in Florida Fails to Cross the Finish Line Florida"s Proposed Gambling Bill Will Strangle Horse-Racing Industry: Insiders...