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A horrific, random act of violence on a Charlotte commuter train – the murder of a 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee named Iryna Zarutska – has sent shockwaves through North Carolina and ignited a furious legislative response. Lawmakers in the state have now passed “Iryna’s Law,” a sweeping...

On the world’s biggest diplomatic stage, the President of the United States was momentarily foiled by a stopped escalator and a broken teleprompter. He immediately seized upon the mishaps to portray the United Nations as a symbol of global dysfunction. But the strange and revealing truth behind...

In a stadium filled with tens of thousands of mourners on Sunday, the President of the United States stepped to the podium to eulogize his fallen friend and ally, Charlie Kirk . But what followed was not a traditional eulogy. It was a complex and jarring speech that blended profound grief with...

After a week of intense speculation and a fierce national debate, a late-night television host is returning to the air. The suspension of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” following his controversial remarks about the assassination of Charlie Kirk was a media firestorm. “We hit some new lows over the...

In the somber quiet of a memorial service, two of the most powerful and volatile men in the world shook hands. The gesture between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk was, on its surface, a moment of personal reconciliation in the face of shared grief. But to view it as merely that is to miss its...

In the wake of tragedy, the call for security is a powerful and understandable impulse. But a new initiative launched today in Florida, created in the name of preventing violence, raises a chilling question for every citizen: What is the cost of that security, and is it the very constitutional...

With a brief, temporary order, the Supreme Court today allowed President Trump to fire a commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission. This single personnel decision, however, is merely the opening shot in what is poised to become one of the most significant constitutional battles in modern...

In the span of just 24 hours late last year, one of the world’s most powerful billionaires went from vowing to “go to war” to defend a key immigration program to calling that same program “broken.” This sharp pivot from Elon Musk on the H-1B visa has come roaring back into the spotlight...

A new law signed in California, born from the white-hot political conflict over immigration, has set the nation’s most populous state on a direct and unavoidable collision course with the federal government. The immediate issue is whether federal immigration officers can wear masks during...

In the digital age, a national tragedy is inevitably followed by a second, virtual event: a tidal wave of online speculation, rumor, and conspiracy theories. The assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk has been no exception. In the week since his murder, a grieving and outraged public...

A routine court filing ahead of a sentencing hearing has revealed a startling personal development. The man who pleaded guilty to attempting to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in 2022 now identifies as a woman and has asked to be referred to as Sophie Roske. This personal...

What does it mean to be an American warrior? A new and explosive report suggests that the Pentagon is considering a radical new answer to that question – a military recruitment campaign built around the legacy of the recently assassinated conservative activist, Charlie Kirk. While the Pentagon...

How a Bribery Investigation into a Top Trump Aide Was Killed

In the world of public corruption investigations, an undercover recording of a cash exchange is the kind of evidence that builds careers and ends them. It is the beginning of a story that almost always concludes in a courtroom. But in the case of Tom Homan, the President’s current border czar,...

Trump’s Public Goading of His Own Attorney General Tests a Core Constitutional Norm

In a pair of remarkable social media posts over the weekend, the President of the United States publicly aired his frustration with his own Attorney General, demanding she move faster to prosecute his political enemies. This public pressure campaign, targeting specific individuals by name, is more...

This is a lesson in civic virtue. Before a crowd of tens of thousands in a vast stadium, a grieving widow stepped to a podium to eulogize her assassinated husband. In a nation raw with political division and primed for a call to vengeance, she offered something far more radical, and far more...

The United States Congress has many complex duties, but its most fundamental, most essential responsibility is to fund the government it creates. This is the bedrock of its power. Today, in a remarkable display of political brinkmanship, the Senate has formally chosen to fail at that task,...

In the vast machinery of the federal government, there are countless committees staffed by ordinary citizens who volunteer their time to improve its function. These panels are the essence of civic duty, operating far from the glare of partisan politics. But a new directive from the Trump...

The Trump administration has dramatically escalated its pressure campaign against Harvard University , opening a new and powerful front in its ongoing war with the nation’s oldest university – federal student aid . In a one-two punch on Friday, the Department of Education announced it is...

As a nation prepares to mourn the assassination of one political leader, its security apparatus is in a frantic, high-stakes race to protect the President from becoming the next victim. President Trump is scheduled to speak at a massive stadium memorial for Charlie Kirk, and federal law enforcement...

In the rigidly defined battle lines of Washington, clarity is a given. Republicans stand on one side, Democrats on the other. Yet, as a government shutdown barrels toward reality, a lone Democratic senator has shattered that partisan alignment, making a constitutional argument against his own...