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Behind-the-Scenes Aide Narrates Day One Executive Actions

Behind-the-Scenes Aide Narrates Day One Executive Actions

Back at the White House, on the evening of his second inauguration, President Trump did something on the first day that his predecessor never...

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Philip Wegmann

Putting an End to Trump Derangement Syndrome

Putting an End to Trump Derangement Syndrome

My name is Peder and I suffer from Trump Derangement Syndrome. My case is not full-blown – I don’t contend that the incoming president is a...

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J. Peder Zane

Second Era of Trump Begins

Second Era of Trump Begins

Under the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol, Donald Trump was again inaugurated, this time as the 47th president of the United States, capping a historic...

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Philip Wegmann

Battle Lines Drawn on Trump’s Border Crackdown

Battle Lines Drawn on Trump’s Border Crackdown

President Trump’s decision to launch his second term by declaring a national emergency at the U.S. border triggered an avalanche of opposition...

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Susan Crabtree

Rubio Outlines ‘Sweeping Change’ in Cable to U.S. Diplomats

Rubio Outlines ‘Sweeping Change’ in Cable to U.S. Diplomats

Shortly after taking the oath of office, Secretary of State Marco Rubio sent a cable to every U.S. diplomatic and consular post worldwide. The...

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Philip Wegmann

Correcting Progressive Errors About Why Trump Won

Correcting Progressive Errors About Why Trump Won

Tomorrow, in defiance of mighty odds, Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States, will take the oath of office to become the nation’s...

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Peter Berkowitz

Trump To Tap Sean Curran for Secret Service Director

Trump To Tap Sean Curran for Secret Service Director

President Trump plans to announce Secret Service agent Sean Curran, who heads his detail, to be the agency’s director, according to three sources...

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Susan Crabtree

Senate Dems Fail To Rattle Hegseth

Senate Dems Fail To Rattle Hegseth

A decade of live television sharpened Pete Hegseth so much so that even Senate Democrats acknowledged his ability to mobilize the talking point...

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Philip Wegmann

Bleak Goodbye: Biden Says Big Tech Oligarchs Threaten Democracy

Bleak Goodbye: Biden Says Big Tech Oligarchs Threaten Democracy

The interlude is over: President Joseph Biden, who defeated Donald Trump in 2020 but failed to prevent his return in 2024, delivered his farewell...

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Philip Wegmann

Eyes on the Prize: Samizdat

Eyes on the Prize: Samizdat

I often quip that I’m the last of the bison when it comes to American journalists—a description Ring Lardner applied to Gene Fowler in the 1930s....

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Carl M. Cannon

Crazy Like a Fox: Trump’s Greenland Pitch

Crazy Like a Fox: Trump’s Greenland Pitch

It was back in August 2019, just about the time Democrats were wasting everyone’s time with the first fake impeachment scandal, when Donald Trump...

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Frank Miele