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What we've featured on the front page — analysis, opinion, and Alexander's columns — day by day.

ICE

Stop the Bleeding!

In the wake of the ICE shooting in Minneapolis, perhaps it's time to face the reality that political violence is not just a talking point.

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The Deep Disgrace of Jack Smith

Even the Trump-deranged enemies of our 47th president now realize that the special prosecutor's case against him was utterly without merit.

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The Credentialed and the Clueless

Research shows intelligence makes it easier to defend false beliefs, not correct them.

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History Is Repeating

Left-wing Democrat governors and mayors are once again defying federal law, the Supreme Court, and our constitutional order.

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Protesters Protest for Higher Protesting Wage

"Protesting is hard. You have to make clever signs and chant and stuff."

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Reader Comments

"Gov. Tim Walz has his fortune and is protecting it by bowing out of the picture. Gov. Jay Inslee of Washington did the same thing."

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Minneapolis Misinformation and Gaslighting

Video evidence indicates a justifiable shooting of a radical left-wing activist, despite Democrats' attempts to cast her as an innocent bystander.

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Powell Gets a Probing

Unelected and unaccountable Fed Chairman Jerome Powell is being investigated for colossal cost overruns to the Fed headquarters' renovation, but he ought to be probed for monetary malpractice.

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Deaths by Fentanyl Are in Decline

This deadly drug has become harder to find, and there are multiple explanations for this welcome development.

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Somali Fraud Exposes Fallacy of Multiculturalism

Rampant welfare fraud by Somalis in Minnesota and Maine exposes that culture matters when determining American immigration policies.

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ICE Did Not Write the Law — It Was Attacked for Enforcing It

If Americans want immigration laws changed, Congress is the appropriate forum. Targeting the agents charged with enforcing existing law is indefensible.

grassroots

Bitterness Will Kill You

Holding on to bitterness and hatred is like drinking poison and hoping the other person dies. Forgiveness frees you from that poison.

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economy

More Jobs, Higher Wages, Lower Unemployment

New jobs report is the latest good economic news as the Trump economy continues to be hot.

defense

Yes, We Need a $1.5 Trillion Defense Budget

Trump's taste for gilding everything can be over the top. It'd be a national service, though, if he manages to make the U.S. defense budget golden.

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Good News: MAHA Fixes Dietary Guidelines

The food pyramid has been flipped on its head, emphasizing whole foods and limiting processed foods while enraging leftists on social media.

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Constitutional Hypocrisy

Leftists who are ranting about the constitutionality of the Venezuelan operation need to grasp the hypocrisy of which they speak.

Minneapolis

Minnesota Democrats Are Testing How Woke Is Too Woke

Wokeness damaged Kamala Harris in 2024, but Democrats can't seem to curb their pandering to illegal immigrants and Somali fraudsters.

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The Moral Blackmailing of the American People

The ginned-up martyrdom complex that leads some to take matters into their own hands is a recipe for personal and national ruination.

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Temporary ObamaCare Subsidies Forever

Good news — at least the House-passed legislation extending enhanced subsidies through 2028 isn't yet the law of the land.