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Government unions’ response to DOGE’s cost-cutting efforts underscores the need for reform.

The Trump administration is right to deny Penn funds for allowing men to participate in women’s sports.

Mayor Daniel Lurie has moved the city away from its disastrous “harm reduction” model.

Why domestic terrorism is a threat to the American way of life


A successful YIMBYism celebrates the profit motive rather than apologizing for it.

Trump’s reforms will support local control and accountability.

Sweden, the U.K., and Canada all experimented with providing opioids to addicts. The results were disastrous.

They will inflate the price of a classic cocktail.

Implementing such a program on the island would face political and logistical hurdles.

Here’s what Republicans should ask the NPR CEO when she testifies before Congress.

A new book argues that decades of dysfunctional systems and regulatory bottlenecks have paralyzed innovation.

The University of California system’s abandonment of a policy that it pioneered is a turning point in higher education.

The Trump administration should leverage its successful approach to the troubled Ivy League university to fight anti-Semitism and racialism elsewhere.

The former governor turned mayoral candidate has a chance to revive effective policies that he once helped formulate.

Mayor Mike Duggan has emphasized public safety, growth, and basic city services—not progressive politics.

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The Trump administration is right to deny Penn funds for allowing men to participate in women’s sports.

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