SACRAMENTO — California has for years endured a housing crisis, as median statewide home prices top $825,000 and coastal metros see prices soar well above $1 million. The results are predictable. Large percentages of Californians struggle to get by. “California...
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Thu, 24 Apr 2025 02:13:40 +0000China is escalating its trade war with the United States to dangerous new heights: a ban on rare earth exports is putting global supply chains under extreme pressure. Is Beijing overestimating its economic resilience? The U.S. and China are locked...
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Thu, 24 Apr 2025 02:13:38 +0000The Trump administration made the right call in halting the Empire Wind offshore project off New York’s coast. For years, we’ve watched the renewable energy sector balloon into a subsidy-fueled juggernaut — touting “sustainability” while trampling the ecosystems it claims...
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Thu, 24 Apr 2025 02:05:21 +0000What would have happened had the North not waged war against the South over slavery? Many historians have pondered this question, but to Professor Qin Hui, a prominent Chinese economic historian, a likely outcome is that the South would have...
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Thu, 24 Apr 2025 02:05:18 +0000With his second term’s first quarter just closed, Trump’s ratings are holding remarkably firm. This comes despite his self-created headwinds and his opponents’ manufactured ones. Where Trump’s ratings will go is unclear, but his positioning against Democrats’ leftist elitism argues...
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Thu, 24 Apr 2025 02:05:16 +0000If you haven’t seen the delicious, burgeoning feud between the ancient James Carville and the infantile David Hogg, then boy, do I have a story for you. Over the last few days, this has turned into one of the most...
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Thu, 24 Apr 2025 02:05:13 +0000The Trump administration recently redesigned the COVID.gov website, exposing the origins of COVID and the government leaders behind the extensive cover-up. (READ MORE: Never Forget What They Did to Us Five Years Ago) J. Michael Waller, a senior analyst at the...
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Wed, 23 Apr 2025 20:01:57 +0000We columnists are the prostitutes of public debate. Yesterday we were experts on tariffs, the day before on geopolitics, and today on the Vatican curia, or even papal candidates. Now that Francis has returned to the Father’s House, the trend...
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Wed, 23 Apr 2025 19:56:56 +0000WASHINGTON — Salvadoran migrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia is the rope in the tug-of-war between the Trump administration and progressive Democrats who don’t really want to see Washington enforce federal immigration law. (RELATED: Five Quick Things: The Hill They’ve Died On)...
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Wed, 23 Apr 2025 14:18:28 +0000It’s been a busy few weeks for Bernie Sanders, traveling around America on his Fighting Oligarchy tour. The message is clear: billionaires are bad, the economy is rigged, and the people must be empowered. Crowds roar, fists raised in solidarity....
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