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Abdul el Sayed and Hasan Piker.

I stared down the ‘Blind Sheikh’ for the FBI. What’s happening today is far more dangerous

Ken Strange · November 1, 2026 6:00 am

President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the Sioux Gateway Airport, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2026, in Sioux City, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

MAGA won the party. It just lost the math

An ice cream vendor peers from his food truck where horse-drawn carriages wait for passengers at the entrance to Central Park, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026, in New York.

Mamdani is … right? It’s time to retire New York’s horse-drawn carriage tradition

Turret barrels and control tower with radar on a US Navy military Iowa class battleship.

Get your STUFT together: Why the Pentagon needs a civilian fleet before missiles fly

Demonstrators rally in front of the Lincoln Memorial during a "No Kings" protest.

Obama had the Tea Party. Trump has ‘No Kings.’ You know how this story ends

‘Video Choice Act’ is a bad deal for everybody making, selling, watching TV content

Fred Campbell March 3, 2014 12:00 am

Gujarat state chief minister and opposition prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, who was denied a visa to enter the U.S. in 2005, sits during the 50th anniversary celebrations of the Bar Council of India in Gandhinagar, India, on Saturday. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

Stakes are high for U.S. in India’s next election

Sardul Singh Minhas March 2, 2014 5:00 am

Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel speaks to soldiers about the Army's future during a visit to Fort Eustis, Va., Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014. Hagel is proposing to shrink the Army to its smallest size in three-quarters of a century, hoping to reshape the military after more than a decade of war in Iraq and Afghanistan and roped in by fiscal constraints set by Congress. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, The' N. Pham)ÃÂ

Obama-Hagel defense budget is based on dangerous guesswork

Jed Babbin February 28, 2014 5:00 am

New drug shortages declined in 2012 for the first time in a number of years and 2013 data indicated a similar downward trend. (Photo: Thinkstock)

FDA’s plan to ease drug shortages needs work

Peter Pitts February 27, 2014 5:00 am

The Oscar for best tax break goes to "The Wolf of Wall Street." New York State's 30 percent, fully refundable tax credit, combined with the film's $100 million production budget, means New York State taxpayers may have paid up to $30 million for the honor of having Leonardo DiCaprio in their state. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Manhattan Moment: The Oscars, financed by your tax dollars

Jason Russell, Jared Meyer February 27, 2014 5:00 am

Vague threats and standards by the IRS do not comport with the right to "uninhibited, robust, and wide-open" public debate that the First Amendment guarantees. (Photo: Thinkstock)

IRS to politically engaged citizen groups: Shut up

Andrew Grossman February 26, 2014 5:00 am

An unidentified International Atomic Energy Agency inspector cuts the connections between the twin cascades for 20 percent uranium enrichment at the Natanz facility, some 200 miles south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Monday, Jan. 20, 2014. (AP Photo/IRNA, Kazem Ghane)

Nuclear talks won’t stop Iran’s progress toward a weapon

Rep. Doug Lamborn February 25, 2014 5:00 am

In November, the IRS announced that it would completely transform the 501(c)(4) classification used by groups organized for the purposes of "social welfare." (Thinkstock)

Don’t let the IRS silence critics of President Obama’s policies

Rep Tom Price February 23, 2014 5:00 am

Former National Security Agency systems analyst Edward Snowden speaks during a presentation ceremony for the Sam Adams Award in Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo)

If you want to protect your data, encrypt it

Jim Johnston February 22, 2014 5:00 am

Twenty-five states currently offer online public K-12 schools. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Online learning: An Olympic-style opportunity for all kids

Joy Pullmann February 21, 2014 5:00 am

The blight of bank bailouts

stephen-haber, charles-calomiris February 21, 2014 5:00 am

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Reform entitlements — or go bust

Charles Paul Blahous February 21, 2014 5:00 am