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President-elect Donald Trump understands, better than any recent American president, one simple rule when it comes to dealing with the world: Leverage matters and ought to be applied to those who oppose American interests. Trump believes, for example, that tariffs ought to be used to threaten those who would close their markets to American ...Read more

Coincident with Donald Trump's electoral victory, increasing numbers of America's corporations are backing off their DEI -- diversity, equity, inclusion -- programs.

Trump opposition to DEI is clear, and J.D. Vance's bold opposition to this agenda was one of the reasons for his selection as Trump's running mate.

As the Trump transition team ...Read more

As we gather this Thanksgiving, it's easy to take abundance for granted. Leftovers are practically guaranteed. It wasn't always this way. For most of history, there were no Thanksgiving feasts. Hunger, if not starvation, was the norm. Today, supermarkets are stocked with exotic foods from all over the world. Most of it is more affordable than ...Read more

When the first Congress met at Federal Hall in New York City in 1789, there were three days in September that saw a telling sequence of events.

On Thursday, Sept. 24, the House of Representatives finalized the language for what the states would later ratify as the First Amendment to the Constitution.

The first part of this amendment declared...Read more

ATTENTION! There Is Language In The Fourth Paragraph That Readers May Find Offensive. Thank You For Your Attention.

There's something about Donald Trump winning an election that drives journalists crazy. The National Press Club in the nation's capital is an epicenter of media arrogance, as anyone could see from its Nov. 21 "Fourth ...Read more

One thing Hollywood is very good at is scaring the bejesus out of Americans -- even when they're merely spreading false fears.

A famous movie in 1979 called "The China Syndrome" chronicled a nuclear power accident that could kill tens of thousands of Americans with radiation poisoning. The title came from a spooky fairy-tale scenario in which ...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- Since he entered politics, President-elect Donald Trump has been called lots of names. But there is one label that doesn't quite fit, and it never has. Looking at his Cabinet picks and his plans for a second term, you can't very well call him a Republican.

To compare his Cabinet selections to a clown show would be an insult to ...Read more

The people who drove America's institutions into the ground are upset that Donald Trump isn't leaving the "experts" in charge.

Following his convincing victory, Trump has swiftly announced his nominees for cabinet secretaries and other key roles. His selections include Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for Health and Human Services Secretary, Pete ...Read more

LEECHBURG, Pennsylvania -- Tom McIlwain is sitting just outside the double doors leading to the country store at Pounds Farm, shaking off the chill and warming up with a cup of hot coffee. The 91-year-old has just finished herding the last batch of live turkeys, gathering them onto a large trailer to go to the processing center for this year's...Read more

WASHINGTON -- "My Mom Voted for Trump. Can We Let It Go?" Read the headline for The New York Times' "The Ethicist" piece Friday.

The family dynamic no doubt is familiar to New York Times readers -- the writer's wife's family members are committed Trump haters, except his mother voted for Trump in 2016 and 2020.

The writer isn't sure if his ...Read more

We all know what President Donald Trump will do on Day 1 back in office (Jan. 20, 2025).

He will sign dozens of executive orders to make the border secure again.

In particular, he will reinstate Title 42 and "Remain in Mexico" to keep all future illegal invaders on the Mexico side of the border.

He will start the process of finishing the wall...Read more

WASHINGTON -- If you think of Joe Biden as a nice old man who was kicked to the curb, consider his administration's jaw-dropping efforts to sabotage Donald Trump.

The president-elect plans to actually enforce federal immigration law starting Jan. 20, when Trump takes the oath of office. As the New York Post reported Thursday, Team Biden "is ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Mike Waltz, Donald Trump's choice to serve as his national security adviser, is a brilliant pick. A decorated combat veteran who boasts that his wife served more combat tours than he did, Waltz is the first Green Beret to be elected to Congress.

Rep. Waltz, R-Fla., has worked in the Pentagon and at the White House, so he knows ...Read more

Barely a week after he was announced as President-elect Donald Trump's choice for U.S. attorney general, MAGA firebrand Matt Gaetz has withdrawn himself from contention for the post. Officially, Gaetz said on X (formerly Twitter) that his "confirmation was unfairly becoming a distraction to the critical work of the Trump/Vance Transition." ...Read more

"All the right people are angry."

This is what MAGA will tell you when you point out that President-elect Donald Trump's pick to run the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is an unhinged authoritarian crank.

If you point out that Kennedy is a chemtrail truther who believes the water supply is turning children gay, ...Read more

It is a truism that does not get talked about enough, but is innately part of being a conservative, or really a person of any ideological conviction -- worldview matters.

Those of us on the right have long understood this.

If, for example, a person is an atheist who believes there is no eternal judgment, Heaven or Hell, their convictions ...Read more

The 2024 election results certainly came as a surprise to the national media. They spent the last few weeks of the campaign wildly speculating about how Donald Trump wouldn't accept the results and it would be complete chaos. Instead, Trump won the popular vote, and they all had to follow their own norms and accept the results in an orderly ...Read more

While all eyes are on Mar-a-Lago and the goons Trump is nominating to besmirch high government offices, there is another potential threat looming to the rule of law, and it comes not from MAGAworld but from the sitting president. I'm referring to the possibility that President Joe Biden might pardon his son Hunter Biden.

Ana Navarro, a panelist...Read more