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Statistics say that Americans are forgetting how to be neighborly. The recent actions of the people of...

America’s most powerful military assets have now convened in the Middle East, encircling Iran and preparing to...

When a conspicuous presidential project goes awry—in this case, federal immigration agents killing two protesters in Minnesota—someone...

Fans of the Melania Cinematic Universe may wonder what has happened to the protagonist of Melania (the...

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Updated at 8:25 p.m. on January 30, 2026 Reporters, lawmakers, and ordinary Americans are poring over a...

In 1988, shortly after the release of his film Beetlejuice, the director Tim Burton highlighted a cast...

Cue the bankers’ equivalent of white smoke: Donald Trump has finally named his pick to be the...

One year in, the Trump administration has amassed a startling record of hostility toward open public discourse—including...