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Thank God, no, we aren't going bust as a nation, despite our gargantuan $40 trillion national debt.

The rapid pileup of debt under Republicans and Democrats alike is certainly a disgrace and worrisome. When I came to Washington in the mid-1980s, our debt hit $1 trillion for the first time. It seemed like a tidal wave of red ink. Forty years ...Read more

It's hard to believe that Kim Jong Un is really this charming.

President Trump touted his fond relationship with the North Korean dictator in a Truth Social post calling for scaling back a long-running annual military exercise with the South Koreans.

"Based on my very good relationship with Kim Jong Un," Trump wrote, "I am not happy with the...Read more

Most higher education institutions don't adhere to the theory of evolution. Sure, they say they believe in it, but look at their actions.

In recent weeks, the career of former Cambridge University professor Jason Arday unraveled. He wasn't a household name, but he was an academic superstar with a fairy-tale origin story. He claimed his autism...Read more

It's hard to believe that Kim Jong Un is really this charming.

President Trump touted his fond relationship with the North Korean dictator in a Truth Social post calling for scaling back a long-running annual military exercise with the South Koreans.

"Based on my very good relationship with Kim Jong Un," Trump wrote, "I am not happy with the...Read more

The United States of America may be the greatest place for functionally illiterate people to live in all of human history.

An eye-popping column in the Financial Times the other day noted how people in the U.S. with very low literacy make about as much per hour as the average worker in the U.K.

Is this the result of brilliant public policy, ...Read more

The United States of America may be the greatest place for functionally illiterate people to live in all of human history.

An eye-popping column in the Financial Times the other day noted how people in the U.S. with very low literacy make about as much per hour as the average worker in the U.K.

Is this the result of brilliant public policy, ...Read more

Florida, you might have heard, is no longer a swing state. Since Ron DeSantis became governor, Republicans have gained nearly 2 million registered voters on Democrats in the Sunshine State. It is an astonishing change in partisanship for the state that famously decided the 2000 presidential election by 537 votes.

The outcome of the statewide ...Read more

Two things can be true at once. Foreign entities have seeded the opposition to data center growth in the United States. China, in particular, through its control of TikTok and other influence outlets, has relentlessly worked to stop the American AI advantage against China. Also, at this point, much of the opposition is organic, bipartisan and ...Read more

On Aug. 10, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey signed a bill allowing abortion at any point in pregnancy. Abortion advocates call it "closing the gaps" in "abortion rights protections." Abortion foes call it "abortion until birth," making it legal to dismember fully formed babies, limb from limb.

The "mainstream" media called it nothing. You ...Read more

The most surprising result in the batch of primaries held this week over the vast stretch of America from Florida through Wyoming to Alaska was the defeat of famed anti-Trump whistleblower Alexander Vindman by state Rep. Angie Nixon in the contest for the Democratic nomination against appointed Republican U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody in Florida.

Of...Read more

The United States of America may be the greatest place for functionally illiterate people to live in all of human history.

An eye-popping column in the Financial Times the other day noted how people in the U.S. with very low literacy make about as much per hour as the average worker in the U.K.

Is this the result of brilliant public policy, ...Read more

When a government agency comes to an internet service provider demanding information about Americans because of what they have said on social media, the provider should discard the demand, close the door or hang up the phone.

The government is not entitled to rummage through the political opinions, associations, criticisms and angry rhetoric ...Read more

Every generation searches for answers. Young people have always challenged the status quo, questioned authority and sought a better future than the one they inherited. That impulse is not only understandable, it is often essential to a healthy democracy. It is how societies reform, innovate and correct injustice.

Yet one question has ...Read more

There's an old saying: Those who can, do; those who can't, teach. A similar idea underscores the debate over wealth taxes in California and elsewhere: Those who can, build companies. Those who can't, devise ways for the government to take shares in what others have built.

This new version might sound unfair until you listen to Rep. Ro Khanna'...Read more

The United States of America may be the greatest place for functionally illiterate people to live in all of human history.

An eye-popping column in the Financial Times the other day noted how people in the U.S. with very low literacy make about as much per hour as the average worker in the U.K.

Is this the result of brilliant public policy, ...Read more

The end of August 2026 marks the fifth anniversary of this century's biggest American foreign policy disaster: The Biden Afghanistan Bugout of 2021.

Via satellite video, a global audience watched in real time the unfolding catastrophe at Kabul's Karzai International Airport.

What should have been an orderly withdrawal conducted by the U.S. ...Read more

S.E. Cupp will file tomorrow, Aug. 20.

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A contentious primary in Florida's 20th congressional district has shined a spotlight on the massive split in today's Democratic Party and has put Black voters there in a dilemma. After Florida recently changed its congressional maps, long-time Democratic operative Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz decided to run for reelection in newly drawn ...Read more