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Is the Trump Administration Just a Reality TV Show?
Trump's Marijuana Order Pushes a Dangerous Lie
The liberal and libertarian effort to destigmatize, normalize, legalize and even promote the use of
The New Europeans, Trump-Style
Islamic State Is Back
A Year of U.S. Global Leadership and Peacemaking
Can the Dark Ages Return?
Recent Terrorist Attacks Prove Folly of Unchecked Migration
The Quiet President Who Started 2 Enduring Christmas Traditions
A Moment of Truth for Brussels and Kyiv
The Utah GOP Surrenders to Public Unions
Trump's Education Tax Credit Gambit
Trump's school choice tax credit is pitched as innovation, but it mainly diverts tax dollars to private schools with little accountability.
Conservatives We Lost in 2025: An Annual Remembrance
An annual remembrance of the departed conservatives, including Lee Edwards, Ed Feulner, Charlie Kirk, and others.
Chicago's Guaranteed Income Guarantees Less Opportunity
There have been more than 150 guaranteed income pilot programs implemented across the country, but only one has made its program permanent - Cook County, Illinois.
Why Californians Will Pay $340 More for Electricity
The state public utility commission is poised to approve a rate of return that critics say overcharges customers by $4.4 billion per year.
Pennsylvania's Uneasy Truce With Artificial Intelligence
Our latest RealClear Opinion Research poll of Pennsylvania comes with a vast array of data about public opinion in the Keystone State relating to artificial intelligence, data centers, and their relationship between technology and the environment. We explore the reasons for skepticism surrounding these emerging technologies as well as reasons for optimism.
Identity Politics Will Destroy This Country
Tucker Carlson spoke to the crowd at a Turning Point USA event last night in Phoenix, where he addressed his role in the ideological conflict gripping the conservative movement since the murder of Charlie Kirk.
We Have a Duty To Condemn Conspiracy Theorists
Ben Shapiro spoke at Turning Point USA's AmericaFest on Thursday and used much of his 20-minute address to sharply criticize conservative firebrands including Candace Owens and Tucker Carlson, calling them "frauds," "grifters," and "charlatans."
Mamdani Goes Behind the Scenes of Meeting With Trump
In an exclusive interview with The Nation, the mayor-elect goes behind the scenes of his meeting with the president and talks about some of his political heroes.
A Reckoning Over Biden's Weaponized Justice
New emails show the FBI was pressured by the Biden Justice Department.

