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Science and Technology
Private lunar lander conducts experiments on the moon
“A private lunar lander carrying a drill, vacuum and other experiments for NASA touched down on the moon” this month,…
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Monarch butterflies rebound in Mexico
“The number of monarch butterflies wintering in the mountains west of Mexico City rebounded this year, doubling the area they…
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Science and Technology
Intelligence officials knew in early 2020 that Chinese lab leak caused COVID pandemic
“The American media is doing its best to ignore the biggest news this week,” notes Alex Berenson: The fact that…
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Law and Government
DOGE’s recommendations may increase rather than cut the federal budget deficit
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency claims its actions so far have saved taxpayers billions of dollars. But as Natasha…
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Foreign Affairs
Tariffs will make your car insurance costlier by increasing the cost of car parts
Tariffs will make auto insurance rates rise even faster by increasing the cost of car parts, “experts warn. Proposed tariffs…
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Foreign Affairs
Russia rejects ceasefire with Ukraine. UPDATE: Putin signals possible openness to ceasefire, if additional conditions are met.
[Update, 12:30 PM: Putin is now expressing possible openness to the idea of a ceasefire, if arms shipments to Ukraine…
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Foreign Affairs
Trump tariffs trigger retaliation from Europe, Canada
“The European Union and Canada announced retaliatory tariffs on Wednesday after the Trump administration’s metals duties went into effect, broadening…
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Politics
Political segregation is occurring, but not due to sorting or migration
The country is getting more geographically segregated along partisan lines, divided between heavily Republican areas and heavily Democratic areas. There…
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Science and Technology
English scientists develop new protection against superbugs
“Superbugs are one of the most serious dangers of our time,” notes The Doomslayer. But “currently, hospital labs can take as…
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Foreign Affairs
Alawite civilians massacred in Syria; Christians also being murdered
Syria’s new government is led by a man who “was once closely linked with both Al Qaeda and the Islamic…
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Foreign Affairs
Russian strikes on Ukraine kill 20 as America cuts intelligence sharing with Ukraine
“Russia launched heavy aerial attacks on Ukraine for a second night Saturday after the United States stopped sharing satellite images…
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Foreign Affairs
Support for Ukraine is in America’s economic interest, conservative think-tank says, yet Trump pauses aid to Ukraine
“Supporting Ukraine is in the direct economic interest of the United States,” says the conservative American Enterprise Institute. “The economic…
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Foreign Affairs
Trump again calls for U.S. control of Greenland
“President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the United States would take control of Greenland ‘one way or the other,’” reports…
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Economy
Trump imposes 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico, triggering retaliation against U.S. industries and lost jobs; Canada is NOT the source of America’s fentanyl.
The Trump administration just imposed 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico, triggering massive retaliation from those countries that will wipe…
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Foreign Affairs
Pledge obligates the U.S. to help Ukraine; Doing so is in America’s interest
“Thirty years ago, on 5 December 1994, at a ceremony in Budapest, Ukraine joined Belarus and Kazakhstan in giving up…
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Foreign Affairs
Vietnam will slash bureaucracy to boost economic growth
Vietnam is still officially ruled by a communist party, but half of its economy is privately-owned, and now it has…
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Law and Government
New Yorkers to pay $3 billion more per year under energy legislation signed by New York Governor
“If Gov. Kathy Hochul’s extremist climate agenda marches ahead as planned, New Yorkers are set to see massive price hikes…
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Law and Government
House votes to increase national debt by an additional $3 trillion over a decade
House Republicans have passed a resolution calling for $4.5 trillion in tax cuts over the next decade, but only $1.5…
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Unyielding
National Security Agency promoted bizarre sexual kinks and left-wing causes
“The ‘intelligence community’ is one of the most powerful parts of the American national security apparatus.” It is supposed “to…
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Law and Government
IRS to cut nearly 7,000 employees; Trump’s first IRS Commissioner criticizes layoffs
The IRS is cutting nearly 7,000 employees, which will reduce its ability to catch tax cheats and answer taxpayer questions.…
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Trump fires Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman who supported racial quotas
On Friday, President Trump fired Air Force Gen. CQ Brown Jr., the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In…
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Economy
Licensing boards are often rackets that drive up costs for consumers
Professor Alex Tabarrok reviews a fascinating and disturbing book about occupational licensing, The Licensing Racket by Rebecca Haw Allensworth, in…
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Foreign Affairs
Ukrainian President Zelensky has 57% approval rating
Most Ukrainians approve of their president. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has an approval rating of 57%, according to an opinion…
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Law and Government
Corruption plagues ‘violence interrupter’ program designed to substitute for police
Washington, D.C.’s “violence interrupter” grant program was a magnet for graft and corruption. A former “high-ranking D.C. official” has been…
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Unyielding
Civil-rights complaint filed against American Bar Association over race-based internships
The American Bar Association (ABA) is about to be sued over its usage of discriminatory selection criteria for various internships.…
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New York Times Pitchbot author attacks Greg Lukianoff of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
Doug J. Balloon, the author of the left-wing “New York Times Pitchbot,” once again attacked civil libertarian Greg Lukianoff: The…
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Law and Government
Courts order electric shock therapy for depressed people over their objections and despite serious side effects
A judge gave a hospital permission to give a man 30 rounds of electroconvulsive therapy over a six-month period, over…
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Sports and Culture
Marriage was much worse in centuries past
Before modern times, people “faced few possibilities when it came to marriage,” notes The Doomslayer: The number of potential partners…
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Education
Embry-Riddle bans discussions of how many genders there are, in outdoor areas
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott, Arizona, has banned “discussions about the number of genders” in outdoor spaces, reports The College…
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Foreign Affairs
Militia torches part of massive refugee camp, firing indiscriminately at refugees
“Fighters from Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have torched swathes of the country’s largest refugee camp, firing indiscriminately at…
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Law and Government
Violence interrupter threatens violence in Minneapolis
Some progressive cities have cut police funding to instead hire “violence interrupters”, people who often have criminal records yet are…
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Foreign Affairs
Monkey cuts off electricity to 22 million people
Sri Lanka struggled to restore its national power grid after a monkey triggered a blackout that disrupted the supply of…
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Law and Government
Despite record spending, Biden presided over declining infrastructure investment
The Biden administration signature infrastructure law was so badly designed that “real spending on infrastructure declined due to cost increases,”…
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Education
Democrats remove medical expert from university board for trying to learn about university’s medical school curriculum
If the governor appoints a medical expert to a university’s board, should he be blocked from learning about the university’s…
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Education
Court dismisses part of atheist group’s lawsuit seeking to restrict college students’ religious rights
A federal court recently dismissed part of a lawsuit brought by an atheist group. That lawsuit sought to strike down…
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