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MI health director traveled out of state despite local guidance, spike in COVID cases

Officer who shot Daunte Wright to be charged with second-degree manslaughter

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Beyond Georgia, Democrats eye voting reforms in several states

A conversation with Stephen Soukup: Author, The Dictatorship of Woke Capital

J&J vaccine pause extended as CDC committee adjourns without decision

Dr. Amanda Cohn suggested the committee would meet again to discuss the issue in a week to 10 days.

David Hogberg

| April 14, 2021 05:40 PM

Keeping safe: Policing under review

Intelligence community actively investigating Wuhan lab as possible COVID-19 origin

Jerry Dunleavy

| April 14, 2021 04:50 PM

Ex-MLB player agrees with Favre that 'woke left' hurts sports

Michael Lee

| April 14, 2021 03:56 PM

New gun control bill heads to CO gov's desk

Michael Lee

| April 14, 2021 04:37 PM

Letlow swearing-in leaves House Dems with thin majority

Emily Brooks

| April 14, 2021 05:11 PM

Beyond Georgia, Democrats eye voting reform bills in several states

House Oversight Committee votes to advance DC statehood bill

On a 25-19 party-line vote, Democrats on the House Oversight Committee advanced the Washington, D.C. Admission Act.

Jeremy Beaman

| April 14, 2021 06:18 PM

Atlanta to vote on relocation of long-standing Confederate statue

Mica Soellner

| April 14, 2021 05:57 PM

MS gov declares Confederate Heritage Month and Confederate Memorial Day

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves signed a proclamation declaring April as Confederate Heritage Month.

Michael Lee

| April 14, 2021 04:57 PM

Policing examined: Protests erupt across the United States

Liz Cheney says she would not support Trump as GOP 2024 nominee

Jake Dima

| April 14, 2021 06:10 PM

Opinion

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Vaccine passports? We'll pass

Biden won't fix the vaccine crisis by partying with Jennifer Lopez, but he might by firing Fauci

New York Times singles out CEOs who didn’t sign anti-voting laws statement published in the New York Times

Biden is the power-hungry president he warned about

Senate Democrats play hide the ball with new hate crime bill

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Obama vet confirmed to lead Biden effort to cut emissions

The Senate confirmed Brenda Mallory to lead the White House Council on Environmental Quality in a bipartisan 53-45 vote.

Abby Smith

| April 14, 2021 04:28 PM

US intelligence chiefs: 'We don't know' Putin's reason for military buildup on Ukrainian border

Joel Gehrke

| April 14, 2021 05:07 PM

Ireland to investigate Facebook following massive data leak

April 14, 2021 05:39 PM

Officer fired for trying to stop colleague's chokehold wins pension lawsuit

April 14, 2021 05:42 PM

NH governor: Mask mandate will be lifted 'wicked soon'

April 14, 2021 06:21 PM

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MLB canceled the home opener between the Washington Nationals and the New York Mets on April 1 because of "COVID-19 issues."

Jay Caruso

| April 01, 2021 11:00 PM
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Who shot Detlev Rohwedder?

A Perfect Crime fits seamlessly into a long history of left-wing mythology about West Germany’s decades of terror.

Anthony Paletta

| April 01, 2021 11:00 PM
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War goes woke

The military is forgetting its purpose.

Mackubin Owens

| April 01, 2021 11:00 PM

Business

Moderna working to combine flu and coronavirus vaccines

Carly Roman

Wednesday April 14, 2021

Moderna said it's working on combining the flu vaccine with its COVID-19 vaccine.
Former MLB player agrees with Brett Favre that 'woke left' is hurting sports

Michael Lee

Wednesday April 14, 2021

Former MLB pitcher Micah Owings voiced his agreement with NFL legend Brett Favre, who expressed his disdain for the trend of politics in sports earlier this week.
Bernie Madoff, 82, dies in federal prison

Mike Brest

Wednesday April 14, 2021

Bernie Madoff, the disgraced and imprisoned Ponzi schemer, died in prison.

Policy Defense & National Security

Biden announces plans to end Afghanistan conflict as GOP warns of al Qaeda threat

By Abraham Mahshie

President Joe Biden gave a somber farewell to America’s longest conflict Wednesday, but members of Congress charge he failed to clarify how the lives of more than 2,000 American soldiers killed in Afghanistan could be justified if the Taliban remain aligned with al Qaeda.

April 14, 2021 03:49 PM
Intel chief: China to put space station in orbit during Biden presidency

April 14, 2021 01:56 PM
White House gambles on Taliban keeping promise to prevent al Qaeda's return to Afghanistan

April 14, 2021 01:54 PM
Border Patrol nabs three MS-13 gang members in separate incidents across Texas and California

April 14, 2021 12:55 PM
China conducts live-fire military drills as Biden friends arrive in Taiwan

Policy Healthcare

Biden administration proposes reversal of Trump abortion funding restrictions

By Cassidy Morrison

The Department of Health and Humans Services has begun the process of undoing a Trump administration policy that prohibited some federal funding for abortion providers, a move that would reinstate funding to more than 1,000 women’s health clinics.

April 13, 2021 06:22 PM
Johnson & Johnson vaccine pause poses risks of its own

April 13, 2021 04:29 PM
FDA lifts restrictions on mailing abortion pills during pandemic

April 13, 2021 02:41 PM
Fauci’s mistake on masks was driven by bad economics, not uncertain science

April 13, 2021 11:47 AM
Trump blasts federal regulators for urging pause in use of Johnson and Johnson vaccines

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Daily on Energy: Kerry struggling to lock down commitments from China and India

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Oil companies lobby for carbon tax

Josh Siegel

Wednesday April 14, 2021

Oil company leaders and other business executives are meeting virtually this week with more than a dozen Democratic and Republican senators to advocate for a carbon tax. The companies are aiming to shift the debate as Congress considers President Joe Biden's infrastructure proposal, which excludes a carbon tax.

House Republican leadership details three-day climate event to counter Biden's Earth Day summit

Josh Siegel

Tuesday April 13, 2021

House Republicans plan to hold a three-day forum next week to present their ideas on addressing climate change and counter a climate summit event President Joe Biden is hosting on Earth Day with top greenhouse gas-emitting countries.

Policy Finance

Romney and Sinema working on bipartisan minimum wage hike

By Carly Roman

Sens. Mitt Romney and Kyrsten Sinema are drafting bipartisan legislation to increase the minimum wage.

Senators introduce bipartisan bill to increase internet access in rural areas

Nihal Krishan

Wednesday April 14, 2021

Senators from both parties introduced legislation on Wednesday to make it easier for broadband companies to install broadband along existing infrastructure, such as federal highways, to help increase internet access in rural America.

Is tax competition really so bad?

Jason Taylor

Wednesday April 14, 2021

Forget something as simple as a tax hike. There’s a growing movement not only to raise but also to fix tax rates on a global scale.

Multimedia Room

Videos

Policing examined: Protests erupt across the US

Keeping safe: Breaking down Maryland’s new police reform laws

Caring for the children: Migrant crisis at the southern border

The future of media: Moving beyond bias and partisanship

Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth II, dies at 99

A conversation with Marc Morano: Author of Green Fraud: Why the Green New Deal Is Even Worse than You Think

172,000 tried to cross border illegally in March, the most in 15 years

EXCLUSIVE: Georgia's Raffensperger says provision stripping him of power is 'retribution' for election fallout

Podcasts

The Case of El Chapo

Karl Rove and the future of the Republican Party

The Future of Conservatism

Alyssa Farah discusses January 6th, and the future of the GOP: Mag Men podcast

The Truth Behind the UFO Documents

The GameStop Short Squeeze

The QAnon Conspiracy

Biden Begins

"I think he was probably recording at 9 or 10 in the morning, so obviously, he had too much wine that day already."

from Cruz on Boehner's 'go f--- yourself' comment: 'Obviously he had too much wine'

Byron York

Byron York's Daily Memo: Why Harris doesn't go to the border

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Salena Zito

Where all bicycles go to heaven

Salena Zito's archive
Paul Bedard

Murders surge as police are defunded, up 64% in Minneapolis

Paul Bedard's archive
Michael Barone

Workers don't share Democrats' nostalgia for unions

Michael Barone's archive
Timothy P. Carney

Unaffiliated

Timothy P. Carney's archive