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California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom is touting a 66% increase in per-student education spending since taking office, but state reading scores show that the massive cash infusion has done little to improve literacy, and in some cases,…

Hondo by Louis L’Amour. We’re fans of Louis L’Amour round these parts. Guy was prolific. Hondo is my favorite Western novel of his. The story had an unusual path: L’Amour first wrote a short story that became the 1953 John Wayne film (a…

We too, if we are faithful, will one day ascend to joys unspeakable and glories untold.…

In an effort to smear Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, The New York Times relied on input from a supposedly impartial authority on ethics in government. Supposedly.The article targeted Duffy’s recent Department of Transportation…

On Thursday, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani took to X to express his “outrage” over a swastika flag raised near Washington Square Park.He wrote on X:I am outraged that a swastika flag was raised overlooking Washington Square Park.…

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A British university student collapsed and died after police initially handcuffed him instead of the man accused of stabbing him, according to reports and court testimony.Finance student Henry Nowak, 18, was stabbed with an eight-inch…

Mail-order abortions will continue in the U.S. after the nationʼs Supreme Court restored telehealth access to the abortion drug mifepristone.…

Vice President JD Vance unveiled what could become the Trump administration’s midterm messaging on Thursday as he took shots at Maine Democrats and touted the wins of the White House Anti-Fraud Task Force.Speaking to an enthusiastic…

New York City operates the nation’s most expensive public schools, and they are empty.The city’s proposed Department of Education budget is $38 billion, an 8% increase from last year. At the same time, enrollment continues to decline.…

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Ohio says it is immediately implementing anti-fraud measures in the home health sector, days after claiming it already had such measures, and after a Daily Wire report showed how the administration of Gov. Mike DeWine actually turned off…

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Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp on Wednesday called a special session to redraw the state’s congressional and legislative districts before the 2028 elections.Kemp signed a proclamation convening the General Assembly on June 17 to…

Two South Florida-based police officers are suing for defamation following the release of Matt Damon and Ben Affleck’s action thriller “The Rip.”Miami-Dade area sergeants Jason Smith and Jonathan Santana filed a lawsuit against the…

Doing justice while making Catholic schools affordable…

Marco Rubio is stealing a look from Nicolás Maduro.Aboard Air Force One on his way to China with President Donald Trump, the secretary of state is rocking the Nike sweatsuit that was worn by Maduro after he U.S. forces arrested him and…

 Back in 2019, David Epstein joined me to talk about his book Range and why generalists often thrive in a specialized world. Now he’s back with a new book that explores a seemingly opposite idea: the power of constraints. In Inside the…

Pro-life advocates said they hope President Donald Trump replaces Marty Makary with someone who will further regulate the abortion pill mifepristone.…

Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) said the Supreme Court’s ruling curbing race-based redistricting has reshaped the midterm election landscape, urging Republicans to go on offense and challenge congressional maps in blue states as Democrats hope…