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The official DHS statistics, which had not been previously reported, provide the most detailed look yet into who ICE has arrested during the... Read More

Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin argued approximately 70% of illegal aliens arrested have pending... Read More

The latest "scoop" shows that the President's deportation agenda is targeting exactly who voters want targeted—much to the elite media's... Read More

Democratic leaders say a proposal from the White House is “incomplete and insufficient” as they are demanding new restrictions on... Read More

Governor Wes Moore says he is "excited." Practically giddy. Excited to sign legislation that makes it harder—no, illegal—for... Read More

Trump not only traffics in racist rhetoric, but also racist policies, and we should not shy away from pointing out the harms. Read More

Cultural institutions shape what feels normal, respectable, and beyond debate—often without ever saying a word. Read More

Rinse, repeat. Read More

When stars get political, viewers change the channel. So why are Legacy Media outlets begging them to lecture us again and again in Trump 2.0? Read More

President Trump’s opponents, most of whom have never seen a local problem they didn’t think a national effort could solve, .... Read More

At the end of last year, we wrote about how the 2026 midterm environment was shaping up to be a good one for the Democratic Party. Read More

Making higher education less expensive includes expanding alternatives to it. Read More

Hundreds of billions have been wasted chasing the “zero emission” phantom. Read More

An excerpt from the event at Harvard Business School. Read More

The Democratic Party's full embrace of socialism, such as in New York City, finally rips the mask off, giving voters a clear contrast. Read More

Robert George praises rational discourse, and demonstrates how it's done. Read More

Join the conversation with Jerry Rogers as he discusses Wes Moore's newest policy update on public safety. Jerry also speaks with Julienne... Read More

Friday on the RealClearPolitics podcast, Andrew Walworth, Carl Cannon, and Tom Bevan discuss TrumpRx, the new government website... Read More

John O. McGinnis joins Brian Anderson to discuss his forthcoming book, Why Democracy Needs the Rich: The Hidden Benefits of Wealth in a Free... Read More

Marie Kawthar Daouda on how obsessing over race entraps and divides us. Read More

Energy affordability has become a top concern for  .... Read More

Voting by the non-citizen mayor of Coldwater, Kan., highlights a problem created by Congress. Read More

The Department of Energy’s (DOE) appliance efficiency standards program has been in place for decades, subjecting nearly every major... Read More

Download I am Brian Blase, founder and president of Paragon Health Institute. From 2017 through 2019, I served as a Special Assistant to the... Read More

Introduction In August, AHIP, the trade association for health insurance companies representing the industry’s top players, announced... 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

"The NFL having a Super Bowl Halftime Show where their performer sings ENTIRELY in Spanish & waves other nation's flags..." Read More

Bad Bunny's performance, an exuberant ode to Puerto Rico and unity, cut deeper than its appearance. Read More

If you take a close look at some of the major news stories that have captured our collective attention over the last few weeks, you may... Read More

Idly browsing social media is not a total waste of time. Now and then, some post that offers no particular insight by itself will set your... Read More

How ideology replaced reasoning and turned education into a pattern-recognition exercise. Read More

American education has been hijacked by radical, anti-American organizations, and the results are going to keep getting worse. Read More

The Freedom Road Socialist Organization and allies have played a key role in opposing immigration enforcement. Read More

This essay will appear in the upcoming March 2026 issue of First Things. It’s tempting, given the pace of our news ­cycle these days, to... Read More

They just never cared. Read More

So stop asking. Read More

In hinting at “nationalizing” elections, Trump suggests a world in which minorities would have more difficulty voting than any time since... Read More

Time is running out to pass the SAVE Act and the GOP Senate majority can’t decide how to vote on a an 80-20 issue. Read More

The nightmare scenario for American democracy is no longer unthinkable. Read More

Texas Democrat Gene Wu sparks controversy with remarks about racial divisions and majority power in America. Read More

Ezra Klein's Abundance movement is getting some backup: A new political group is urging Democrats to embrace "pro-growth," deregulatory... Read More

The party needs numerous upsets in "Trump Country" to rebuild their coalition ahead of 2028. Read More

The White House and Senate Democrats reached a deal Thursday to separate the fight over ICE funding from the threat of a broader... Read More

The deeper significance of California's billionaire tax is in how it redefines what it means to own property in the United States. Read More

For many decades now a federal policy called the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) has raised gas prices and transferred billions of dollars from... Read More

Conservatives have long stood for a simple but powerful idea: prosperity is achieved through freedom, competition, and growth. That principle... Read More

We like the Trump Accounts because they are designed to create a nation of owners and it democratize stock ownership allowing today’s... Read More

Family farmers are among the great guardians of the sovereignty of the United States. By putting American grown and... Read More

Only in America, with the army of lawyers looking for opportunities to make money, could an industry crop up to promote litigation. There is... Read More

Changes in supply and demand—plus the toll of a million deaths—have disrupted the fentanyl market, writes Sally Satel about the dramatic... Read More

What’s the best thing to do if you’re in a life-threatening emergency? Read More

On the contrary, notwithstanding various ongoing problems in the real economy, the US is a gathering economic success story. Read More

All of Thomas Sowell’s “considerable learning” is front and center in his 2007 book A Conflict of Visions: Ideological... Read More