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Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) gives a thumbs up while attending the Assembly's Organizational Session in Sacramento, California, Dec. 2, 2024.

Legal immigration is protecting blue-state electoral power

Ryan Girdusky · May 8, 2025 8:00 am

Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks after being sworn in by Vice President JD Vance in the Vice Presidential Ceremonial Office in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, in Washington.

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Marco Rubio’s road to MAGA

Ryan Girdusky · January 22, 2025 8:00 am

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Biden gets a pass on migrant COVID-19 crisis

Ryan Girdusky · August 13, 2021 10:00 am

The D.C. Public Charter School Board is encouraging new schools and schools applying to have their charters renewed to eliminate "zero tolerance" discipline policies. (Photo: Thinkstock)

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How I’m fighting for school boards

Ryan Girdusky · June 9, 2021 11:00 am

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson speaks during a media conference after a meeting of the EU3 and Iran at EEAS headquarters in Brussels on Thursday Jan. 11, 2018. European Union foreign ministers held talks with their Iranian counterpart in Brussels on Thursday amid doubts over the future of an international agreement curbing the Islamic Republic's nuclear ambitions.

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British Conservatives offer Republicans a populist recipe for success

Ryan Girdusky · May 13, 2021 9:48 am

Members in the audience hold up "Make America Great Again" hats at the conclusion of a speech by Vice President Mike Pence at the America First Policies, "Tax Cuts to Put America First" event Thursday, March 22, 2018, in Manchester, N.H.

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Anti-Asian violence can’t be blamed on Trump supporters

Ryan Girdusky · March 18, 2021 4:40 pm

FILE - This Aug. 1, 2013 file photo shows immigration reform supporters blocking a street on Capitol Hill in Washington. For many House conservatives, President Barack Obamaâs decision to delay a central provision of his health care law has emerged as a major stumbling block _ not to health coverage, but to an immigration bill. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

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Biden’s dangerous immigration dance

Ryan Girdusky · February 12, 2021 5:30 pm

Fall foliage covers the North Lawn of the White House, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019, in Washington, as a public impeachment hearing of President Donald Trump's efforts to tie U.S. aid for Ukraine to investigations of his political opponents begins.

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Biden’s officers launch partisan power grab

Ryan Girdusky · February 5, 2021 3:46 pm

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Joe Biden has a big problem with the youth vote

Ryan Girdusky · April 15, 2020 11:00 am

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Bad ideology, not bad leadership, caused our China problem

Ryan Girdusky · April 9, 2020 8:14 pm

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Lindsey Graham’s amnesty for illegal immigrants won’t win Trump the Latino vote

Ryan Girdusky · March 11, 2020 6:00 am

Governor-elect Ron DeSantis (R-FL, center) talks with President Donald Trump (right) during a meeting with newly elected governors in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018, in Washington

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Ron DeSantis’s E-Verify fight might make him Trump’s best successor

Ryan Girdusky · January 14, 2020 8:24 pm