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The world, technology, and immigration have changed a lot since the 19th century, and the ultimate question is whether the Constitution can... Read More

Western civilization arose in the 8th century B.C. Greece. Some 1,500 city-states emerged from a murky, illiterate 400-year-old Dark Age.... Read More

A bad social media post is not a shot in the neck. Read More

Trump worked almost daily to keep himself the focus of attention in 2025. It was all by design. Read More

With characteristic delicacy and understatement, President Trump outlined the accomplishments of the first 11 months of 2025 Read More

Governance and immigration. Read More

San Francisco—like Democrats nationwide—face a choice: staid progressivism or the new radicals. Peter Savodnik reports on a primary and a... Read More

The “Trump 2028” slogan didn’t come out of nowhere. Read More

Trump discusses the possibility of a third term with constitutional lawyer Alan Dershowitz. Read More

Religious liberty owes much to Jefferson and Madison, but the "impregnable wall" doesn't do justice to the founders vision. Read More

A discussion in New York... Read More

Why rock bottom is coming and why that's a good thing. Read More

When it comes to daily life, states can – and should – experiment with different approaches to centering families’ needs in... Read More

"Global coal demand rose to an all-time high in 2025, up ..." Read More

Canada offers a lesson on how decades of importing unlimited cheap labor has inflamed the housing crisis. Read More

The $901 billion National Defense Authorization Act given final passage Wednesday by the Senate includes a strong prohibition on the... Read More

We get the world we praise and support. If you honor and reward a behavior, you get more of it. If you don’t support what you need... Read More

Join the conversation with Jerry Rogers, who discusses illegal immigration, and Pete Hegseth. Brian Darling joined the show for the Liberty... Read More

Victor Davis Hanson on the dangers of illegal immigrants on our nation’s highways and flooding our health care system. Read More

On this episode of The Time of Monsters: David Broder on centrist failures feeding extremist politics. Read More

Tom Bevan, Andrew Walworth, and Carl Cannon discussed the ideological tension between neocons and MAGA at this weekend's Reagan Defense... Read More

Immigration judges’ asylum grant rates have been plummeting since the height of Biden-era bedlam. In the year and a half from February... Read More

Brookings scholars Alikhani, Harris, and Patnaik break down the latest evidence on how Americans use AI, both personally and at work Read More

Economic advisor Stephen Moore's new report claims credit card interest rate caps would harm consumers and revive predatory lending practices. Read More

The safety net for low-income families aims to offer temporary and targeted assistance so that, among other things, work-capable individuals... 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

He wasn’t supposed to be this talented and he wasn’t supposed to be this nice. But he was. Read More

Trump is facing fierce blowback for lambasting Reiner over his political beliefs less than a day after he was found dead. Read More

All Trump had to do was say nothing about Rob Reiner, or else offer a statement of sympathy. Read More

Analyzing Democrats' desperation in linking Trump to Epstein's allegations and misinformation tactics. Read More

The law unfolds in phases, with tax, health care, and safety-net provisions taking effect over multiple years. Read More

There’s a particular sound a broken machine makes. The gears still turn, the belts still hum, but nothing useful comes out the other... Read More

Australia has long tolerated the proponents of such mayhem and silenced those who raise the alarm. Read More

It has become all too familiar to see a news story about another violent and tragic attack done by a person with a significant criminal... Read More

Evidence includes testimony from multiple MPD commanders who said they were pressured to rig crime stats "by any means necessary"... Read More

The Trump administration has changed the name on the official portrait of Joe Biden’s assistant health secretary from Rachel... Read More

Earlier this month, the National Education Association held an “Advancing LGBTQ+ Justice” event. Read More

Will a party that has struggled to find consensus on health care in the past be able to get anything done? Read More

Clever, rent-seeking attorneys are successfully misusing public nuisance laws to win big paydays from corporate victims. As usual, these... Read More

If the world’s future is powered by semiconductors and designed by advanced AI chips, then it will be printed on polysilicon; the... Read More

President Trump designated Venezuela a "foreign terrorist organization" Tuesday and formally ordered a blockade of all U.S.... Read More

When environmental policies were first enacted, they were often supported by staunch conservatives like Richard Nixon and then-governor... Read More

We get the world we praise and support. If you honor and reward a behavior, you get more of it. If you don’t support what you need... Read More

If you care about happiness, well-being, or growth, you should care about GDP. Read More

A HOTLINE reader recently sent us a classic oldie-but-goody economics lesson from economic scholar Mark Perry. Given all the chaos in... Read More

Even as many scholars and pundits deny the differences between the sexes and vastly expand the concept of gender, society is increasingly... Read More

On his first day in office in his second term, January 20, 2025, President Trump issued a collection of Executive Orders. One of those was... Read More

For fifteen years I’ve scalped tickets to pay the bills. But in January 2016 I almost managed a real career. Read More

Jasmine Crockett’s candidacy could all but end their chances of flipping a much-needed Senate seat next year. Read More

Or so says the Government of Australia .... Read More

During the ridiculous controversy over flags flying at the house of Justice Samuel Alito, the media and the left went into vapors over the... Read More

Like the classic Clint Eastwood western, the Trump Administration should have titled its National Security Strategy: “The Good, the Bad,... Read More

If you’re new around here, we have a little holiday tradition — we ask the writers, editors, and contributors at The Federalist... Read More