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No, the President Has Not Defied a Supreme Court Ruling
The exaggerations on both sides are spectacular. The truth? There’s less to the case than meets the eye, writes Jed Rubenfeld.
Jed Rubenfeld
Were the Menendez Murders Justified?
Increasingly, judges are giving lighter sentences to criminals who suffered abuse during childhood. That could be good news for the ‘monster’ brothers.
Esther Haynes
Fight Club: Execute Luigi Mangione?
Charles Fain Lehman says Mangione’s alleged crime is the very reason the death penalty exists. Nick Gillespie says the government has no business taking…
Charles Fain Lehman  and Nick Gillespie
EXCLUSIVE: DHS Cuts Harvard Grants, Threatens Student Visas
Following the administration’s decision to freeze $2.2 billion in contracts, Homeland Security takes its own steps to punish America’s best-known…
Frannie Block
Joe Biden Made More Than 600 Grants to Stop ‘Disinformation.’ Donald Trump Now Has a Plan for Them.
Top federal officials are ‘just getting started’ on a cancelling spree, write Gabe Kaminsky and Madeleine Rowley for The Free Press.
Gabe Kaminsky and Madeleine Rowley
The Trump White House and the New Opium Wars
The unraveling of U.S.–China economic ties echoes a darker chapter of history, when a trade dispute between the East and the West escalated into the…
Eli Lake
Trump vs. Harvard. Plus. . .
Charles Lane and Chris Rufo weigh in on the showdown. Plus: The state of the race in the 51st state. Steve Witkoff reverses course. And much more.
Oliver Wiseman
Harvard Had It Coming. That Doesn’t Mean Trump Is Right.
The school is taking a stand for academic freedom, writes Charles Lane. How long will it last?
Charles Lane
Welcome to This Week in Canada, from The Free Press
How did Pierre Poilievre lose a 20-point lead? Trucker organizers face 10 years in prison. Antisemitism at McGill University. And much more from the…
Rupa Subramanya
Christopher Rufo: The Right Is Winning the Battle over Higher Education
Civil-rights laws have always been a weapon—it’s just that conservatives have finally decided to wield them.
Christopher F. Rufo
How Covid Lies Destroyed Kids’ Lives
We were told school closures were based on evidence—and were for our own good. Five years later, millions of children are still paying the price.
David Zweig
Dr. Mark Hyman: How to Live Your Healthiest Life
The physician talks about weight loss, chronic illness, sleep, stress management, MAHA, and so much more.
Bari Weiss
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Will New York Elect a Champagne Socialist? Plus. . .
A cosmic bachelorette party. Is Trump repeating Obama’s mistake on Iran? Why no one can predict the president’s next move. And much more.
River Page
Trump’s Iran Nuclear Deal Looks a Lot Like Obama’s
Washington has leverage over Tehran. Why won’t the administration press the advantage?
Eli Lake
Lauren Sánchez’s Cosmic Bachelorette Party
The plan for America’s first all-female spaceflight was to look good, have a great time, and do a lot of screaming. And honestly? Mission accomplished.
Suzy Weiss
Think You Can Guess Trump’s Next Move? Think Again.
Guessing the president’s next move is an exercise in intellectual humility, writes Matthew Continetti.
Matthew Continetti
A Young Socialist Wants to Run NYC. Could He Win?
Zohran Mamdani vows to spend billions subsidizing buses, housing, and grocery stores. He says he’ll arrest the Israeli PM if he ever steps foot in NYC…
Olivia Reingold
Sen. Dave McCormick: The Attack on Gov. Shapiro Was an Assault on Democracy
Shapiro is a Democrat. I’m a Republican who supports President Donald Trump. No side has a monopoly on the political violence rising in our country…
Sen. Dave McCormick
Is Apple Too Big to Fail? Who Is Winning the AI Race? Plus. . .
An arsonist targets Governor Josh Shapiro’s home on Passover. Tyler Cowen bucks conventional wisdom on China. A litmus test for Oakland progressives…
River Page
China and America Agree: Apple Is Too Big to Fail
The problem with building iPhones in America isn’t that they’d be priced at $3,500 each. It’s that they wouldn’t be built at all.
Patrick McGee
The Conventional Wisdom Is That China Is Beating Us. Nonsense.
One of the biggest soft power victories in all of world history occurred over the last few years. Hardly anyone has noticed.
Tyler Cowen
Things Worth Remembering: The Haunting Truth of Dostoyevsky’s Demons
Every movement that burns hot enough will attract opportunists, zealots, and destroyers. Even the most righteous cause can be hollowed out from within.
Benjamin Carlson
Will Oakland Finally Reject Progressive Politics?
A special mayoral race in this troubled city is a litmus test for the Democratic Party’s future. ‘Carjackings, home invasions. . . I’ve lost my…
Leighton Woodhouse
Kill Tony, the White Lotus Gift Shop, and Gen Z Surveillance
Tony Hinchcliffe’s new show doesn’t work—here’s why. Also: HBO’s merch play, a new photography exhibit, and how come Gen Z chooses to be watched all the…
Suzy Weiss
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