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Just nine days before the pandemic-era measure that allowed the government to more easily deport illegal migrants expires, Joe Biden is sending troops to the U.S. border. No, the detachment of soldiers is not going there to help, to the extent this is permitted by law, solve the crisis at the border. The administration insists that there is no crisis at the border, after all. Read More.

Former White House Chief Medical Adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci and teachers union boss Randi Weingarten are furiously trying to rewrite history on their role in promoting the disastrous school lockdowns that paralyzed the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic and left a generation of children behind. Read More.

On May 2, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul held a press conference, gleefully celebrating signing into law two abortion bills. One increases the ease of getting chemical abortions in New York for residents and out-of-state visitors, and the other ensures every student in a state-run university will be able to easily obtain chemical abortions on campus. Read More.

A continued breach of the U.S. debt ceiling could result in “significant disruptions” to financial markets and “severe damage” to the economy, including more than 8 million job losses, the White House has warned. Read More.

A former Democrat in North Carolina who switched parties and gave Republicans a super-majority in the state’s legislature is already making waves. State Rep. Tricia Cotham was widely derided by the left as a shameless turncoat back in April after she left her long-time political home. Read More.

Former President Donald Trump says it was "very disrespectful" for President Biden to reject the U.K.'s invitation to attend Charles III's coronation this week. Read More.

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) said in Israel on Sunday that if President Joe Biden continues to isolate Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the U.S. House would invite him to Washington, regardless. Read More.

Former President Donald Trump announced his plan to reform higher education and save students from “the radical left” and “Marxist maniacs” in a new campaign video released on Tuesday. Read More.

Former Republican Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan revealed Tuesday that he’s not interested in running for Senate in 2024, despite being viewed by many as a leading contender for the seat being vacated by Democratic Sen. Ben Cardin. Read More.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Monday said Russia must pull out of Ukraine, blistering Russia's “killing of the children” and distancing himself from some in his Republican party who oppose additional major U.S. aid to Ukraine to stave off the Russian invasion. Read More.

President Joe Biden’s formal announcement that he seeks re-election has led to a boom in pieces on what role Vice President Harris will play, and an explosion of conservative commentary that 2024 is just as much a referendum on her as it is about the candidate at the top of the ticket. Read More.

Today’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the Supreme Court’s ethics is officially underway and will definitely prove to be a valuable use of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s time and not a complete sham. Read More.

Most conservatives were shocked and surprised when Fox News took the Tucker Carlson program off the air last week. It was watched by 3.2 million mostly affluent viewers each night. It was the seventh most popular program on cable TV. It attracted nearly twice as many viewers as MSNBC and CNN combined. MSNBC had an audience of roughly 1.14 million viewers. CNN only had roughly 473,000. Read More.

President Joe Biden was given a press conference "cheat sheet", which gave him advance warning of a journalist’s question before she asked it. The 80-year-old Democrat leader was photographed during a press conference alongside Yoon Suk Yeol, the South Korean president, holding a sheet of paper with the name and photograph of journalist Courtney Subramanian of the Los Angeles Times, along with her question typed out. Read More.

Last Thursday, recording our podcast, Rich and I delved deep into former president Donald Trump’s civil trial on E. Jean Carroll’s allegations of rape (the tort of battery in the civil context) and defamation. The same day, we also published my lengthy column, laying out Carroll’s story, relating some interesting twists and turns about the case, and noting the fire Trump is playing with by poking Judge Lewis A. Kaplan, who is presiding in Manhattan federal court. The trial, before a jury of six men and three women (you don’t need twelve in a civil case) was in recess on Friday. Read More.