Government / Nate Jackson

Second Shameless Schumer Shutdown Nearing the End

Chuck Schumer’s burgers aren’t cooked all the way through, but he’s calling “dinner time” anyway after the DHS funding bill passed.

Headlines / The Editors

Friday Executive News Summary

Four-time deportee murders NYC veteran, Olympics bans men from women’s events, Gabbard says Ukraine tried to help Biden, and more.

Foreign Policy / Thomas Gallatin

How Goes It in Iran?

From a military perspective, the U.S. and Israel have seen tremendous success. From a geopolitical perspective, the situation remains unclear.

Energy / Emmy Griffin

The Democrats’ Manufactured Gas Crisis

While fuel prices are indeed rising, blue-state leaders are seizing on the opportunity to make the problem much worse.

Government / Brian Mark Weber

How Hidden Are the Homeless?

Some media depictions sound like they’re being read by a narrator on a nature show, hoping to spot an elusive animal.

Faith / Ron Helle

Desert Song

Scripture has abundant references to the need for spiritual refreshment. Call to God in your desert season and see if He doesn’t create in your life a “super bloom.”

Culture / Michael Barone

Where Is the Arc of Justice Headed?

My sense is that the arc of history moves around, and sometimes in a malign direction.

Culture / Erick Erickson

The Addled Brain

In a hyper-online age, people have lost the ability to discern what is true, too often relying on conspiratorial influencers on the internet.

Humor / The Babylon Bee

Iran Denies Negotiating With Trump as All Its Leaders Are Dead

“It is not possible for our leadership to negotiate any end to hostilities because we have no leadership.”

Quotes / The Editors

Friday Short Cuts

Notable quotables from Brandon Johnson, JB Pritzker, Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, Victor Davis Hanson, Sean Duffy, and more.

Top Videos

Leftists Were Dead Wrong About ICE Helping TSA

The Left was hoping — praying — that deploying ICE agents to our nation’s airports would be disastrous. The opposite is true.

Top 5 Dude Movies of All Time

What makes a movie a true dude movie? In this episode, Ron, Sterling, and Andrew break down the criteria.

Chicago Seized by Criminal Teenagers

And the mayor gets rocked by the backlash.

Who’s Funding the Far-Left?

DataRepublican just uncovered a $591 million network of far-left organizations secretly pushing Chinese Communist Party propaganda.

Why America Has Birthright Citizenship

Breaking down the 14th Amendment’s “Citizenship Clause,” including its history and how the Supreme Court might rule on an upcoming case.

What the U.S. Military Won’t Cut to Stay #1 in the World

Michael Cadenazzi is trying to make sure we can still build things we need to defend ourselves. Not someday, but right now.

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