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What I Saw Outside Trump’s Arraignment at Manhattan Courthouse
NEW YORK—Hundreds of passionate supporters and opponents of Donald Trump turned out Tuesday for his scheduled arrest and arraignment at Manhattan Criminal Court, creating a carnival-like scene here. A Manhattan grand jury…
Voter ID Laws Boost Confidence, Cause No Downside to Voting, Data Finds
The Left continues to object to laws requiring voters to present identification, even as voters support such laws and states enact them. As explained in my book “The Myth of Voter Suppression,” states with voter ID laws…
Country Music Goes Drag: It Was Just a Matter of Time
Country music legend Randy Travis once covered an older number called “It’s Just a Matter of Time.” In his signature twang, Travis belts out a classic song of lament in which the singer is pining for a lost love — someone…
Could It Happen Here? It Is Happening Here
My field of study in graduate school was communism. As a fellow at the Russian Institute of Columbia’s School of International Affairs, I was, if I remember correctly, one of seven students in the entire university to major…
Finland’s Joining NATO Is ‘Embarrassment’ to Russia, National Security Expert Says
Finland is joining NATO, and Victoria Coates says Russia is less than pleased. Leaders in Moscow are “thoroughly outraged about this and claiming it causes some kind of intolerable threat to Russian security,” says Coates, a…
Fact-Checking 4 Biden Claims About Economy and Manufacturing
President Joe Biden touted what he considers his economic accomplishments Monday during a speech at a manufacturing plant in Fridley, Minnesota. Biden visited a power-generation facility operated by Cummins Inc., a company…
A Tale of 2 ‘Insurrections’
Democrats are just appalled that Republicans would dare call a “mostly peaceful” storming of a Capitol building an “insurrection.” Any comparison to what happened on Jan. 6, 2021, is just outrageous, they say. Following a…
‘You Don’t Deserve to Be President,’ Nikki Haley Tells Biden From Tour of Southern Border
Nikki Haley, former U.N. ambassador and South Carolina governor, visited the nation’s southern border Monday, becoming the first Republican presidential candidate in the 2024 race to do so. “What I’d say to President Biden…
20 Lawmakers Stood Up to the Washington Establishment. This is Their Story.
Rep. Kevin McCarthy was elected as speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives after a historic fifteen rounds of voting over four days in January. His journey to the gavel was not an easy one. Twenty lawmakers, including…
The First–and So Far Only–Presidential Campaign Run From Behind Bars
The prosecutor made the point that no one—not even a presidential candidate—is above the law. “No man, even though four times the candidate of his party for the highest office in the land, can violate the basic law of this…