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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
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
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
The Truth About Child Welfare in America
Gavin Peterson, 12, Jahmeik Modlin, 4, and Marcello Meadows, 10 months. They all died because government agencies are discouraged from helping kids…
Naomi Schaefer Riley
The Legal Trick Being Used to Trip Up Trump
Judges are issuing orders that block government policies from taking effect anywhere in the country. Jed Rubenfeld explains what to do about them.
Jed Rubenfeld
What Does the New Right Want?
You can’t understand policymaking without ideology. And you can’t understand the Trump White House without understanding this burgeoning movement.
Noah Smith
Is It Time to Privatize the USPS?
If there’s any part of the federal apparatus that could use a dose of radical disruption, it’s the postal service.
Charles Lane
How Easy Money Bred Bad Ideas
Wokeness was born in a time when money was free. Its demise began when interest rates went up.
Russ Greene
Can Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson Save the Left From Itself?
The Democrats desperately need a new vision. Two prominent liberal journalists are offering one.
Bari Weiss
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WATCH: Meet Sarah Wynn-Williams, Facebook’s Highest-Ranking Whistleblower
You may have never heard of Sarah Wynn-Williams, but that’s about to change.
Bari Weiss
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DOGE Cut Off Funds to NED. Now They’re Suing.
The National Endowment for Democracy says the executive branch has no authority to stop their funding.
Eli Lake
Adults with Disabilities Deserve to Work
For many people with intellectual disabilities, a subminimum-wage job offers pride, responsibility, and some extra cash. So why are activists fighting…
Jill Escher
America’s Air-Traffic Control System Is an International Disgrace
A cumbersome federal bureaucracy oversees the safety of our skies. Can it be reformed?
John Tierney
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