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Delia Ramirez Wants to Lead the New Resistance
The Chicago congresswoman says the Democratic Party’s failure isn’t that it went too far left. It’s that it didn’t go far enough.
Peter Savodnik
Are the Venezuelan Deportations Unconstitutional?
The administration deported hundreds of people under the Alien Enemies Act. A judge stayed the order. That’s not a crisis. It’s how our system works.
Jed Rubenfeld
Fight Club: Should Mahmoud Khalil Be Deported?
Hussein Aboubakr Mansour says the Columbia student’s deportation is just and necessary. Eli Lake believes it sets a dangerous precedent for free speech.
Eli Lake and Hussein Aboubakr Mansour
Inside the Cult of Luigi Mangione
A Columbia grad, a cashier from Utah, and a Lockheed Martin engineer have one thing in common: They believe the alleged killer is a progressive American…
Olivia Reingold
What the JFK Files Reveal
The people don’t want the truth.
Peter Savodnik
These Canadians Are Ready to Go to War with America
‘Many of us would rather have our eyes spooned out, be thrown in acid, have our heart pulled out of our mouth than have anything to do with the United…
Rupa Subramanya
WATCH: They Fled Iran Fearing Death. Then the U.S. Deported Them to Panama.
A group of Iranian Christian converts thought they had made it safely to the U.S. before they were shackled, loaded onto a military plane, and sent…
Tanya Lukyanova
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This Is a Republican Moment. Can Trump Seize It?
Republicans outnumber Democrats by the biggest margin in 30 years. It’s an opportunity for Trump to recast the political landscape.
Matthew Continetti
The Illegal Immigrants Who Love Trump
They’re living the American dream in West Texas. And they don’t think the president will want to deport them, when he hears how much they pay in taxes.
Carrie McKean
Why MAGA Is Furious with Amy Coney Barrett
The fight over the justice is really a fight for the future of legal conservatism.
Jed Rubenfeld
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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What Happened to Silicon Valley’s Most Infamous Thought Criminal?
James Damore, the author of the ‘misogynist’ Google memo, was banished from the tech world and became a digital hermit. Now, his ideas have been…
Johanna Berkman
Christopher Caldwell: Trump Has a Point on Trade. But He Is Losing the Argument.
There’s a legitimate case for tariffs. But the president needs to explain it to the public—in a way that makes great TV.
Christopher Caldwell
WATCH: ‘I’ve Lost 23 Relatives. We All Might Be Killed.’
An exclusive Free Press report on the massacre in Syria.
Tanya Lukyanova
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JB Pritzker Wants to Lead the Trump Resistance. But Is He Turning His Back on DEI?
Mentions of diversity and equity have vanished from the Pritzker Family Foundation’s website amid Trump’s attack on DEI.
Gabe Kaminsky
Niall Ferguson: A User’s Guide to Wrecking the Global Financial System
Ordinary Americans elected Trump because they expected him to make things better. Did they realize they were getting a reactionary economic project?
Niall Ferguson
Right Young Things: A Night Out with the MAGA Kids
I went to the Trump Tower party for young, single conservatives. Here’s what I overheard.
Maya Sulkin
The Whistleblower Meta Is Trying to Silence
An arbitrator has barred Sarah Wynn-Williams from promoting her explosive new book. We got one of the only interviews.
Bari Weiss
EXCLUSIVE: Trump Administration Tells Columbia How to Get Its $400M Back
Ivy League college told to ban masks, expel or suspend students who promote Jew-hate, and put a department under ‘academic receivership’ for five years.
Frannie Block and Maya Sulkin
Peter Beinart, Pundit (Declined)
What makes the author’s campaign of self-promotion conspicuous—week after week, year after year—is his utter lack of inhibition.
Andrew Ferguson
WATCH: Andrew Schulz Has Advice for Dems, Jews, and Comics
Each one of us has a different conception story.
Bari Weiss
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How Tesla Became the New MAGA Hat
On Tuesday, President Trump turned the White House lawn into a Tesla showroom. Will his base buy the cars to ‘own the libs’?
Ethan Dodd
Can MAHA Beat the Junk Food Lobby?
Obesity is rampant, but the government subsidizes soda and candy for the poor. Now there’s finally a chance to change that.
Charles Lane
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