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Jimmy Kimmel’s return to the nation’s airwaves is proof of just how unseriously left-wing violence is taken by the liberal media. Read More

The American Left has a long history of celebrating or excusing purveyors of mayhem. Read More

After the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the conservative movement has accelerated its war against trans people. And too many centrist... Read More

When accused Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson’s parents questioned him over why he murdered the conservative political activist,... Read More

Variety magazine acts like Jimmy Kimmel's unofficial PR team, but even by that standard the site's new article is flat-out embarrassing. Read More

Below is my column in the Hill on the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel and how long advocates of censorship and blacklisting are suddenly alarmed... Read More

The four years of the Biden presidency were a terrible low point for the protection of freedom of speech in the U.S. A web of government... Read More

Today, Alphabet and its subsidiary YouTube sent a letter to Jim Jordan, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, that appears to... Read More

In a world full of bad actors and rogue nations, Americans don’t seem too worked up about external threats. Read More

"You want to be nice. You want to be politically correct. And you're destroying your heritage." Read More

"I’ve been right about everything," Trump said in a speech to the United Nations General Assembly that mocked the U.N. itself. Read More

Federal immigration agents are turning to increasingly sick tactics to meet the Trump administration’s arrest quota. Read More

DHS refutes NBC's claims about ICE using a child as bait in a recent incident. Read More

Decades of consolidation have made large financial institutions the primary partners for small businesses. Two case studies show how this can... Read More

The relationship between Majority Leader John Thune and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, who have known each other for decades, has grown... Read More

As former senior members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, we sparred on many policy issues. But we agreed that First... Read More

The Importance of American Biotech to America’s National Security The direct and indirect economic contribution of the U.S.... Read More

Jerry Rogers interviews Tom Bevan, the co-founder and executive editor of Real Clear Politics, as they discuss the Charlie Kirk assassination. Read More

Andrew Walworth, Carl Cannon, and Tom Bevan discussed the future of free speech and cancel culture in the wake of the assassination of... Read More

Isabella Redjai, Kerry Soropoulos, Charles Fain Lehman, and Renu Mukherjee discuss the fatal stabbing of a Ukrainian refugee on public... Read More

How woke America failed Iryna Zarutska Read More

The One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) contains the most substantial conservative reforms to federal health care programs of any legislation in... Read More

This was quick work from the Trump administration. Read More

Polling reveals what politicians already knew: disclosing nonprofit donors is a recipe for chilling speech. Read More

Faith and religious practice are the foundational bedrock of culture upon which the morals, values, and principles of political governance of... Read More

Last summer, after George Floyd died under Derek Chauvin’s knee, protesters in Pensacola, Florida, held a week’s worth of rallies... Read More

In a statement issued last week, Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman once again called for an end to Governor Sisolak’s indefinite... Read More

While New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham ordered the closing of certain grocery stores over COVID-19 concerns, she spent $16,248 in... Read More

Officials from Petaluma, California have decided their city has enough places to fill up gas-powered cars. Last week, the local city council... Read More

Historically, the left thrived by crafting words and expressions that resonated with the public, inflamed passions, and engendered sympathy... Read More

Today on TAP: Will his brutal murder bring Americans together—or create justification for more vilification, vengeance, and violence? Read More

To honor their memories and serve their noble cause, we must do all in our power to keep America worthy of their sacrifices. Read More

The antidote to the toxicity of online discourse is to meet our fellow Americans face to face and listen. Read More

Colbert, Stewart and Meyers all celebrated their fellow late-night host ahead of the return of 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' on Tuesday night. Read More

Hollywood is fighting for free speech in the wake of Jimmy Kimmel's suspension. There's just one massive, hypocrital problem in play. Read More

In case anyone cared. Read More

As Bill Glahn has noted, Jimmy Kimmel will be back on the air tomorrow. So he didn’t even get a week off, and the dark night of... Read More

They don’t know what they are arguing for. Read More

Not since America's founding 250 years ago has a U.S. president expanded power — and punished critics — in more unprecedented... Read More

What the country's leaders—past and present—can teach us in this moment. Read More

The ADL has long padded its "right-wing extremism" by including incidents of nonideological criminality by those suspected of being white... Read More

The White House press secretary tied herself in a knot trying to defend the president’s attacks on the Department of Justice. Read More

Karoline Leavitt confronts liberal media over Trump and justice system accountability. Read More

America faces looming insolvency in Social Security and Medicare as Congress worsens the debt with broken budget politics. Read More

He’s posturing, trying to achieve a suitable temperature for a deal, and that’s his job, but House Speaker Mike Johnson’s weekend Fox... Read More

When President Donald Trump brought his trademark braggadocio to the United Nations’ rostrum in his first term, he was met with an... Read More

President Donald Trump will deliver a speech on Tuesday at the United Nations General Assembly as world leaders convene in New York for the... Read More

Adam Ellwanger is a professor of English at University of Houston-Downtown. Follow him at @1HereticalTruth on X. John J. Waters is a lawyer... Read More

A generation reared on Doctor Who, Harry Potter and Remainerism can't accept that the world has changed. Read More

As a recent high school graduate, I've seen firsthand how my peers use AI. But what happens when we can't think for ourselves? Read More

The assassination of Charlie Kirk represents an incalculable loss to his young family, to the conservative movement, and therefore to the... Read More

The Charlie Kirk assassination shows why political assassination is penalized differently than typical murders. Read More

My friend, conservative leader Charlie Kirk passed away at Utah Valley University on Tuesday, leaving behind a legacy through Turning Point... Read More

The right-wing influencer did not deserve to die, and we shouldn’t forget the many despicable things he said and did. Read More

Representative Andrew Clyde and others think a statue to Kirk should be erected in the Capitol Building. Read More

The gloating, gleeful response to the murder of the conservative activist has been shameful. Read More

The millions of students he molded may well conclude that only the Right can be trusted to wield political power for the common good. Read More

The gun used in Kirk’s murder was the one that activists always insist they wish to leave be. Read More

Violence has long been woven into the fabric of the American left, and until we honestly reckon with that, a bleak political future awaits. Read More

Will the political class keep beating war drums? Or will they step back from the brink and stop escalating the conflict? Read More

"We are asking for the public's help identifying..." Read More

Yesterday, the United States entered a new and chilling stage of what I have called the “age of rage.” After two attempted assassinations... Read More

The shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk threatens to bring the already hostile relationship between Democrats and... Read More

As many Jewish leaders faltered in Israel’s darkest hours, one Christian activist spoke with the moral clarity and courage they abandoned. Read More