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Iran vs. Israel: Outline of a Different Future Is Visible

Both seem keen to limit hostilities, and key Arab states are ready to resist Tehran. But real change will require new Israeli leadership, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

Wednesday, Apr 24

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Chicago's Criminal Complex Denies Our Right to Safety

You want to know why violent crime is surging in the nation's urban centers? Look no further than the radical left's efforts to reform the criminal justice system by pretending that criminals are just a new class of victims whose violence…

Student Protesters Are Schooling Their Universities

What is a university for? At Columbia University and its affiliated women's college, Barnard, it is ostensibly to value critical thought, a broad mind, and a commitment to reason.

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Biden Turned Whitewater, WI, Into a Border Town

Although the Badger State is 2000 miles away from Mexico, the fallout of Biden's open border bleeds into the American heartland, literally so in many cases.

Trump Heavily Outspent in Swing States

Tuesday on the RealClearPolitics radio show (SiriusXM's POTUS Channel 124, M-F at 6:00 pm EDT) Andrew Walworth, Tom Bevan, and Carl Cannon discuss new data revealing how the Biden campaign is outspending Trump in critical swing states and…

How McConnell, Schumer Beat Conservatives on Ukraine

Mitch McConnell, Chuck Schumer and Joe Biden might have been in lockstep on aiding Ukraine, but some things the Senate minority leader had to shoulder alone.

Trump's Trial Is About Politics, Not Justice

Less than seven months from Election Day, Americans are continuing to lose trust in President Biden and the Democratic Party's ability to lead on issues that matter, such as border security, crime, and the economy.

Trump's Trial Painting a Damning Portrait of Him

The scheme at the heart of the charges against Donald Trump in New York is well-known: To keep allegations of an affair with the adult-film actress Stormy Daniels from becoming public, Trump is accused of agreeing to pay her $130,000,…

This Is No 1960's Love-in During Anti-Israel Rallies

Amid the disruptions at elite universities across the nation, it is tempting to compare the student protests over Gaza to uprisings during the Vietnam War.

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Biden Lawsuit Against Sheetz Gas Will Enrage PA Voters

The Biden EEOC is filing a federal lawsuit to stop Sheetz gasoline company, a Pennsylvania mainstay, from using criminal background checks. How weird.

Tuesday, Apr 23

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Leadership Lied, Said Border Funding Before Ukraine Aid

Florida Republican Rep. Byron Donalds told CNBC on Monday that the MAGA supporters who attempted to tie border security funding to military aid for Ukraine were lied to.

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Biden Should Step Aside, Only Kennedy Can Beat Trump

And because Kennedy is the only candidate who can beat Donald Trump

Groupthink Chorus Emerges at Trump Trial

Covering former President Donald Trump's trial on television is a difficult job.

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Biden's Energy Policies Fueling Trump Campaign in PA

A pause on new liquefied natural gas projects has angered the shale gas industry in a critical election swing state

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House Foreign Aid Bills Put a Target on Johnson's Back

After a vote in favor of sending $95 billion to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan passed, far right Republicans are threatening a motion to vacate the speaker of the house.

Trump Moves to the Middle on Abortion. Biden Should, Too

A pro-life movement that continues to embrace Donald Trump and ignore Joe Biden is a movement without a future in the U.S.

Red Flags on Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Children

While the Cass Review found that children deserve better care related to their gender dysphoria, the report cautions against use of puberty blockers.

Trump's Trial Is Enough To Win the Election for Biden

Of course, a criminal trial does not help Trump. And anyone who tries to sell you otherwise should have their head examined. It is simply an absurd and asinine argument.

Monday, Apr 22

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Pennsylvania Will Be Rubber Match of 2024 Election

RCP Washington bureau chief Carl Cannon and senior elections analyst Sean Trende discuss President Biden's effort to win Pennsylvania for a second time with Andrew Walworth on Friday's edition of the RealClearPolitics radio show (SiriusXM…

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Criminal Trial Could Be Cure for 'Trump Amnesia'

Before Donald Trump's hush-money trial in New York got underway, pundits predicted that the proceedings could be a media bonanza for the former president. During this year's Republican primaries, they noted, Trump's popularity rose every…

The House Ukraine Package Is a Defeat for Populists

With a price tag of almost $100 billion, a package of military aid to Ukraine, Israel, and other American allies has just passed the United States House of Representatives. The triumph of this bill exemplifies how a politics of burn-it-all…

Abandon the Fantasy That We Can 'Make Russia Normal'

During an event this week at the Foreign Policy Association, Yale history professor and author of "On Tyranny" Timothy Snyder discussed what a "defeated Russia" would look like after the war in Ukraine. You can watch the full lecture below…

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Why Is Trump Barred From Discussing Cohen & Daniels?

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Russia Is 'Kidnapping' Ukrainian Kids

The official number of children confirmed kidnapped from Ukraine by Vladimir Putin's regime is 20,000, but Moscow has bragged that their forces have trafficked over 700,000 Ukrainian children.

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Yale, Don't Suppress Freedom of Expression

Over the course of the year, University policies served as excuses for passivity. The message was clear: Yale University must protect freedom of speech above all else. But in this past week, we saw how the University wholly, hypocritically…

Five Ways Dems Are Trying To Turn America Into Venezuela

Here are five ways the American left's current rhetoric & policies are eerily reminiscent of Venezuela's collapse into communist oppression.

Trump's Trial Challenge: Being Stripped of Control

NEW YORK - Sir, can you please have a seat. Donald Trump had stood up to leave the Manhattan criminal courtroom as Justice Juan M. Merchan was wrapping up a scheduling discussion Tuesday. But the judge had not yet adjourned the court or…

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The Cornel West Paradox: How Woke Is Too Woke?

Melina Abdullah first came across my radar in the spring of 2016, as Donald Trump closed in on the Republican nomination for president. Back then, Abdullah was a garden-variety faculty-lounge radical who spent too much time on Facebook.…

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Low Interest in the Election a Vulnerability for Trump

NBC's election analyst Steve Kornacki looks at good news for President Biden in their most recent poll on "Meet The Press."

Why 2024 Is a Lose-Lose Election

Presidential elections can be put into three categories: stay the course, turn the page and transformation. In 2004, President George W. Bush was prosecuting the War on Terror and Americans choose to stay the course. In 2008, voters wanted…