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• The President Who Would Be King
• Trump Should Scrap the 2023 National Defense Industrial Strategy
• In 1975 Supreme Court case, a newspaper photographer’s name and face were listed as ‘Active Shoplifters’
• Trump Replaces Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff
• The decline of Europe is tragic as some of the best aspects of our institutions and culture can be drawn back to the period of Europe’s rise, writes Connor O’Keeffe
• U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops sues over State Department cutting funding for refugee assistance
• House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries says Trump has broken his promise to lower the cost of living
• U.S. aircraft pilots patrolling the southern border have been repeatedly attacked with lasers
• FBI Director Kash Patel plans to relocate 1,500 FBI staff outside of Washington, D.C. in one of his first moves as head of the agency
• No going back: The left will fail in trying to reverse Trump’s DEI death sentence
• "Lying sack of s**t": White House slams author of Trump campaign book
• Mean JD Vance Makes Germans Cry
• General Milley Cover-Up - Judicial Watch
• "Strikes at the core of the First Amendment": AP sues Trump admin over Gulf of Mexico spat
• Judge Dale Ho just slammed NYC voters by extending the Eric Adams legal circus
• Make the DOGE cuts permanent, Europe needs an army and other commentary
• Trump’s ‘Garden of Heroes,’ including black Americans, won’t be in New York — thanks to the #Resistance
• How Trump can get himself out of his Ukrainian pickle — and end the war as promised
• Maine’s Department of Education and Maine Principals’ Association are standing by their transgender policies for schools
• Justice Department accuses judge Ana Reyes of 'hostile and egregious misconduct' in handling of trans-identifying troops case
• "I don't think he's important": Trump shares frank reason for Zelenskyy's absence from peace talks
• Hochul says she won’t remove Mayor Adams from office: Letters to the Editor — Feb. 22, 2025
• Daily Wire host Michael Knowles defends Trump's quote of Napoleon and his social media post that appeared to refer to himself as a king
• The sunny side of Donald Trump's power grabs
• New York Times reporter Peter Baker says Trump is 'rewriting the history of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine'
• Secretary of State Marco Rubio laid out a common-sense approach to U.S. foreign policy in an interview with former CBS reporter Catherine Herridge
• Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions
• I’ve Pinpointed the Psychological Phenomenon at Play in Every Elon Musk Move
• Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass fires fire chief Kristin Crowley after weeks of tension
• "That's Russia's fault, Mr. President": Fox News host pushes back on Trump's Ukraine betrayal
• This week, we take a look at the impact of Trump’s power in Washington
• "Not going to shoot from the hip": Federal judge refuses to drop NYC Mayor Adams' corruption case
• Insulting E-Mail to Ex-Lawyer Wasn't Unprotected True Threat or Fighting Words
• GOP activist who co-hosted podcast with white nationalist pushes third Trump term at CPAC
• Bridgeport Democrat Party Vice Chair Wanda Geter-Pataky turns herself in to Connecticut State Police on election-tampering charges
• Virginia school district insists it will not tell parents if a child begins identifying as a different gender
• Paul Clement appointed as amicus in U.S. v. Adams
• Trump will create 500,000 more illegal immigrants by undoing Haitians' protected status
• Elon Musk’s PAC is spending $1 million on a Wisconsin Supreme Court race with implications for abortion and election integrity
• Cal Thomas: No substitute for victory
• North Carolina Supreme Court ruling boosts Republican efforts to overturn November election loss
• Republicans aim to extend a $684 billion tax break that benefits many of them
• Meet the new FTC—same as the old FTC
• A former Purdue student has been stuck in limbo for nine years after being accused of sexual assault
• Cleveland Clinic Prioritizes Race, Gender Ideology Over Patients, Ad Campaign Says
• Why is CBeebies celebrating transvestite sex workers?
• “We are not in the business of giving out money, and honestly, I don’t know what $5,000 will do for you,” Rep. Crockett says
• Vance, Elon, and Bannon Showcase MAGA Agenda
• MAGA's not-so-secret weapon: "Major media are a key tool for Trump’s destruction of the government"
• Judge rejects effort by unions to block Trump’s layoffs of federal workers
• Marco Rubio says President Trump is 'very upset at President Zelensky in some cases, and rightfully so'
• DOGE’s Lawyer Once Warned That Ignoring Court Orders Would Destroy the Country
• Hegseth’s new Afghan probe risks dragging the Pentagon down a political rabbit hole
• Trump is the world’s greatest showman – and the weakest strongman it has ever seen | Jonathan Freedland
• Indiana AG Rokita sues to stop threats to his law license over pro-life legal efforts
• The progressive betrayal of trans Americans
• "He's not standing up": Protesters want Hakeem Jeffries to lead an aggressive opposition to Trump
• Chicago Public Schools' 'Black Student Success Plan' likely violates federal civil rights law, group says
• “Half my students were gone”: How Trump’s immigration agenda is disrupting education
• This is a pretty good start to Trump's "deregulatory warhead" executive order
• "Never meant to be ruled by a dictator or a king": The DOGE backlash hits Trump districts
• Neoliberalism is dead. So why haven’t Australia’s leaders got the message? | John Quiggin
• Another ceasefire is under threat from Trump – the precarious deal between Lebanon and Israel | Mohamad Bazzi
• A Christian church in California is hosting a Black History Month event open to only black congregants
• "Another barrier": GOP "voter fraud" proposal could make it harder for married women to vote
• Even Reform voters think the workers’ rights bill is good news. So why isn’t Labour shouting about it? | Polly Smythe
• Despite Election Defeat, Health Policy 'Experts' Still Push Marxism
• Has the imperial presidency arrived?
• Wyoming election integrity warriors have been busy this legislative session, filing dozens of bills aimed at securing the state’s elections
• Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Susan Crawford has a long list of big-money liberal donors and endorsers
• Georgia, Utah Republicans Advance Legislation To Leave ERIC
• The ‘Gulf of America’ feud is about something bigger: Trump wants to control the media | Margaret Sullivan
• Americans say government is corrupt and inefficient but are lukewarm about DOGE
• Republicans shouldn't be surprised Trump blames Ukraine — his sexual assault views predicted this
• Trump Won Big by Promising to “Save the Children.” But That Was Never the Real Goal.
• What’s so bad about Trump firing a bunch of people? Here’s what’s at stake
• Why Are Delaware Democrats Trying to Give Elon Musk $55 Billion?
• Two states propose bounty hunters to track down criminal illegal aliens
• The Trump Strategy for Ukraine
• Elon Musk is unelected and thus has no right to audit the IRS, says Paul Begala
• Former West Mercia Police Constable Mark Cranfield sentenced to eights months in jail
• How much should we mourn the end of 'self-serving brand activism'?
• Trump is making the separation of powers great again - Washington Examiner
• Out of Europe to Save Europe
• Two and a Half Cheers for Trump’s New Trade Approach
• ‘The Thought of American Greatness’
• Donald Trump, the quid-pro-quo president - Washington Examiner
• Maybe, given how fast-moving all this is, it’s worth trying to get online early? - Washington Examiner
• Daily Wire editor emeritus Ben Shapiro says Americans can make a difference in the direction of the country just by living a moral and meaningful life
• The Lies Are No Longer Uttered with Impunity: Vance’s Speech and Poland’s Crucial Election - The American Spectator | USA News and PoliticsThe American Spectator | USA News and Politics
• JD Vance Is the Bull. Niall Ferguson Got the Horns. - The American Spectator | USA News and PoliticsThe American Spectator | USA News and Politics
• Trump’s tough-on-immigration-crime rhetoric had a dramatic effect even before he took office
• Trump, Zelenskyy, and Ukraine: A Tale of Frustration - The American Spectator | USA News and PoliticsThe American Spectator | USA News and Politics
• The federal government writes almost $5 trillion worth of checks for individuals each year
• US ‘Democratic’ Allies Are Becoming Increasingly Authoritarian
• The Next Big Trial Lawyer Bankruptcy Shakedown
• Is Donald Trump a president in name only? Tyler O'Neil says
• The White House touts January’s 36% decline in illegal border apprehensions as the ‘Trump effect’
• How can we take the threats of authoritarian regimes seriously when allegedly ‘free’ countries are arresting people for posting memes?
• First case involving judicial interference in the president’s executive authority reaches Supreme Court