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Kristi Noem's departure from Homeland Security wasn't a surprise to anyone paying attention. The question is what it says about how administrations build their teams.
An Estée Lauder executive dead at 39 in her own home. The tragedy is real. So are the questions it should be prompting about how we treat high-achieving people's health.
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U.S. Customs is in court explaining how it plans to refund tariffs a federal judge says were illegally collected. The real question is whether courts can rein in executive trade power at all.
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Sixty-five years of communist misery on an island 90 miles from Florida, and Washington spent most of that time looking the other way. Trump isn't looking away.
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The U.S.-Israeli pressure campaign against Iran is drawing in regional actors and alarming foreign policy moderates. The moderates are wrong about why.
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A top Democrat can't explain why Obama bombing Libya without congressional approval was fine, but Trump striking Iran is a constitutional crisis. The silence says everything.
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House Democrats are scrambling to pass a war powers resolution on Iran. The politics are obvious, the constitutional argument is selective, and the strategy is pure theater.
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Kristi Noem's departure from Homeland Security wasn't a surprise to anyone paying attention. The question is what it says about how administrations build their teams.
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A Democratic Senate candidate pledging to secure the border held a campaign event at a store selling 'Abolish ICE' merchandise. The contradiction isn't subtle.
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Twice a year, the federal government forcibly adjusts when you wake up, eat, and sleep. And half the country still thinks this is normal.
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Americans are wary of another Middle East military commitment. That wariness is legitimate. It's also insufficient as a basis for grand strategy.
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After years of curricula designed to make students ashamed of their country, some schools are actually planning celebrations for America's 250th birthday. Hold on to that feeling.
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U.S. Customs is in court explaining how it plans to refund tariffs a federal judge says were illegally collected. The real question is whether courts can rein in executive trade power at all.
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The FDA's ham-fisted push on hormone therapy has created shortages for women who depend on estrogen patches. This is bureaucracy as healthcare policy, and it's failing real patients.
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When Smoothie King trends nationally, it's not a health craze. It's a distress signal from an economy where workers can't afford to stop moving.
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The U.S.-Israeli pressure campaign against Iran is drawing in regional actors and alarming foreign policy moderates. The moderates are wrong about why.
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A top Democrat can't explain why Obama bombing Libya without congressional approval was fine, but Trump striking Iran is a constitutional crisis. The silence says everything.
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A decorated Navy SEAL's name is trending. In an era of Pentagon social engineering, his story is a reminder of what military service actually looks like.
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Words matter in military affairs. The distinction between a targeted strike and a war isn't a talking point — it's the difference between strategy and chaos.
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