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DeepSeek Turns the Cold War Hot
Chris Caldwell on the end of affirmative action. Bari meets the MAHA mafia. Why the Academy loves films we hate. And more.
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Martin Gurri: Make America Debate Again. Plus. . .
The showdown with Colombia. A battle over Trump’s foreign policy. Sarah Palin on Mount ‘McKinley.’ Shopping in Moscow. And much more.
Madeleine Kearns
The End of DEI? Plus. . .
Coleman Hughes on Trump’s color-blind agenda. Plus: Is the president’s meme coin a scam? Kat Rosenfield on ‘Severance.’ Ben Kawaller on San Francisco’s…
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Can Trump Transform America with a Stroke of His Sharpie?
The case against freeing a dark web drug lord—and the violent January 6 rioters. How much can the president change by executive order? Why the deep…
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Trump’s Back. What Now?
Pardons, parties, the Panama Canal—and much, much more from Inauguration Day.
Oliver Wiseman
Donald Trump 2.0
Martin Gurri on Trump’s mandate to lead. Ritchie Torres on how the Dems lost minority voters. Is The Donald a demagogue? And more.
Madeleine Kearns
The Evolution of Marco Rubio. Plus...
Biden’s broadband boondoggle. Eric Adams gets his brows done. Inside the Rose Bowl’s firefighter village. A conversation with a ‘climate realist.’ Eli…
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Pete Hegseth Fights Back. Plus...
Porn is inevitable. Should Angelenos be saved from price gouging? ‘TikTok refugees’ flock to another Chinese app. And much more.
Madeleine Kearns
Who Will Buy TikTok From China? Plus. . .
Biden’s transgender prison policy goes to court. Is Taylor Swift a threat to free speech? And much more.
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Joe Biden Was Never a Moderate. Plus. . .
Darkness falls on Venezuela. Los Angeles burns. Nicole Kidman's 'Babygirl.' And much more.
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Escape from Los Angeles. Plus. . .
The Indians locked out of the American Dream. A defense of Jerry Springer. The women who spoke out about Britain’s grooming gangs before Elon Musk. And…
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Mark Zuckerberg’s Vibe Shift. Plus. . .
Nicotine: a conservative vice in vogue. Too little, too late for the Facebook fact-checkers. Why Canadians are to blame for Trudeau. California…
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