Five cities want Trump’s new space academy. He should make them earn it
President Donald Trump wants America to establish something it has never had: a national academy dedicated to preparing…
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One in four dead football players had CTE. Why are we still flying blind?
A fall chill is in the air, football season is underway, and the Ice Bucket Challenge — a throwback to 2014 — is back…
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I’m in the cannabis business. Don’t believe the hemp lobby’s flip-flop on ‘gas station weed’
It’s not often in Washington, D.C. that a special interest group directly contradicts itself, but the Hemp Roundtable…
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Why federal addiction programs keep underperforming
America just put an extraordinary price tag on a form of addiction that does not come in a bottle, pill, or syringe.…
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Meta lost $16.7 billion. You just lost your digital privacy
It’s easy to feel a certain schadenfreude over news of Meta’s $16.7 billion settlement with almost every state attorney…
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US disputes Iran strike on Navy ship trying to enter Strait of Hormuz
Iran claimed its forces struck a U.S. Navy unmanned surface vessel trying to enter the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday as…
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October Social Security direct payment worth $994 goes out in 25 days
The October 2026 Supplemental Security Income payments, worth up to $994, will be sent to recipients in 25 days. SSI…
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How about a hard reset on America’s August primary madness?
Why are we still holding primary elections in August and September? It doesn’t make sense. It doesn’t make sense for…
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The SEC is silencing shareholders — and Wall Street will pay the price
For more than 80 years, shareholders of companies have had the right to put forth proposals or recommendations on a…
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A lesbian Goldman Sachs banker with an immigrant partner — and they call her Germany’s ‘neo-Nazi’ leader
In this country, many on the Left blithely toss off comparisons between President Donald Trump and Adolf Hitler. Their…
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‘Toxic masculinity’ was a mistake. Now Democrats are paying the price
Democrats are discovering something on the campaign trail that conservatives have been saying for years: Men want to…
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AI Hitler videos and ‘DOGE dividends’: How two Republicans became the ‘most influential losers’
Casey Putsch and James Fishback built national followings almost entirely online. Both lost their respective Republican…
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I stood outside an armored synagogue in Istanbul and realized why I’m a Zionist
Forty years ago, on Sept. 6, 1986, terrorists armed with machine guns and grenades stormed Neve Shalom Synagogue in…
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Trump’s big Supreme Court ‘win’ is a trap only Congress can fix
Monday’s Supreme Court order handed the Trump administration a win on mail-in voting. Don’t order the champagne yet.…
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Mark Zuckerberg killed the bill that could have saved my son. He should fight for children’s safety
I would love to think that Mark Zuckerberg saw the light. Meta, Zuckerberg’s massive tech company that owns Facebook…
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Oman played both sides — until it didn’t. How a secret shipping deal ignited the Strait of Hormuz
Oman’s strategy of calculated neutrality has run out of road. Long celebrated as a quiet diplomatic bridge between…
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Midterm Countdown: Republicans find their boogeymen
This story is part of a series of monthly snapshots from the Washington Examiner, titled Midterm Countdown, gauging the…
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First round of September Social Security payments goes out in three days
The first round of September Social Security payments for retirees, now capped at $5,181, will be issued in three days.…
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Activist group accelerates poll-watching training ahead of midterm elections
EXCLUSIVE — The nation’s largest Tea Party group, Tea Party Patriots Action, is emerging as a leader in training…
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Colleges caused their own demographic nightmare
American colleges and universities are panicking, for good reason. Enrollment across all of academia has been dropping…
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The US-Saudi nuclear deal needs improvement
The United States and Saudi Arabia are in the final stages of a landmark nuclear arrangement. But a pact between…
Read at source →Independent voters increasingly identify as Democrats: Poll
The percentage of independent voters who “lean more toward the Democratic Party” has ticked upwards ahead of November’s…
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RNC reveals full keynote speaker list for midterm elections convention
The Republican National Committee announced on Saturday the full list of keynote speakers who will stump for Republican…
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Troy Jackson fires back at Susan Collins over relationship comment
Maine Democratic Senate candidate Troy Jackson fired back at Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) on Saturday after she mentioned…
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Democrats condemn anti-Israel journalist who called Hakeem Jeffries ‘AIPAC monkey’
The Congressional Black Caucus and other Democratic lawmakers condemned anti-Israel journalist Rula Jebreal on Friday…
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MAGA Inc. sends $10 million to back Paxton in Texas after repeated GOP pleas
MAGA Inc., the political action group aligned with President Donald Trump, is spending $10 million on television and…
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Two guards accused of battery against inmate in ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
Two guards at Florida’s controversial immigration detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz” are accused of…
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What’s open on Labor Day? Most retailers. Closed? Government, banks, and the stock market
WASHINGTON (AP) — The origins of Labor Day date back to the late 19th century, when activists first sought to establish…
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Mike Huckabee again condemns violent Israeli settlers as ‘terrorists’ in West Bank visit
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee again denounced violent Israeli settlers in the West Bank, describing their…
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The 10 Senate seats most likely to flip in 2026
This is part of a recurring Washington Examiner series ranking the Senate seats most likely to flip in the 2026 midterm…
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Staggering debt is common among global economic powers: Why Washington’s $40 trillion debt is different
The United States’s national debt surpassed $40 trillion last month, marking a grim milestone for the richest country…
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Pentagon issues polygraph tests in hunt for leakers of munition shortages: Report
The Pentagon has reportedly subjected some high-ranking military officials and civilian employees to polygraph tests as…
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UK government condemns masked anti-immigrant protesters who blocked Dover port
LONDON (AP) — Dozens of masked anti-immigration protesters blocked roads leading to Britain’s busiest ferry port on…
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LIV Golf is dead: How it saved the sport from hypocrisy, boredom, and the PGA
LIV Golf is collapsing in a sea of red ink, lawsuits, and unpaid bills. No one’s mourning its passing — certainly not…
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Access to justice drives American innovation
The right to sue is only valuable if you can afford to exercise it. For much of American history, lawmakers, courts,…
Read at source →US destroys three Iranian tankers after failed Iranian attack on naval ships
The United States struck three Iranian crude oil tankers on Saturday after Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps…
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