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OP-ED: Charlie Kirk Challenged Young Minds and Paid With His Life
Charlie Kirk has been called many things, including an influencer, especially of young people. A better label might be “converter.” The power to speak truth in a way that changes a political mindset is better than being an influencer. Mr. Kirk possessed that powe...
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U.S. Says a Deal Has Been Reached on TikTok
The Trump administration and China have reached an agreement to keep the popular social video platform TikTok running in the U.S., administration officials announced Monday. This deal marks the end of a yearlong endeavor to switch the platform to ownership in the U.S. Treasu...
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OP-ED: Democrats Demand More Gun Control
In the 1936 movie “Libeled Lady,” Spencer Tracy plays a hard-boiled newspaper editor working on a generic story. His assistant asks, “What’ll we use as a headline?” Tracy growls: “I don’t care. Anything. ‘War threatens Europe!&...
Sep 15, 2025

Eric Trump: Charlie Kirk's Death Has 'Awoken a Sleeping Giant'
Eric Trump says the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk has awoken a “sleeping giant” that spans generations and could prove to be the “greatest mistake” ever made by the “intolerant left.” Mr. Trump, a son of President Tru...
Sep 15, 2025

Utah Governor Says Shooting Suspect's Boyfriend 'Transitioning From Male to Female'
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said Sunday that Charlie Kirk’s alleged killer comes from a conservative family but held different political views and lived with a boyfriend who is transitioning from male to female. Mr. Cox, a Republican, said the suspect, Tyler Robinson, 22, is...
Sep 14, 2025

Trump Praises Kash Patel for Capture of Kirk Shooter
President Trump applauded FBI Director Kash Patel for catching the shooter who killed conservative activist Charlie Kirk. “I am very proud of the FBI,” Mr. Trump told Fox News Digital. “Kash—and everyone else—they have done a great job.” U...
Sep 13, 2025

OP-ED: Iryna Zarutska Fled Ukraine Only to Be Murdered in the U.S.
She fled Ukraine for fear she might be killed in the war with Russia and came to America, where she thought she might be safe. She was wrong. Iryna Zarutska, 23, was sitting alone on a train in Charlotte, North Carolina, when a man got up from his seat behind her and stabbed...
Sep 13, 2025

Trump Warns America's Enemies on 9/11 Anniversary
President Trump marked the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks by issuing a stern warning to America’s enemies that any future attack would be met with uncompromising severity. “If you attack the United States of America, we will hunt you down. We w...
Sep 12, 2025

OP-ED: A Generational Talent Who Will Fuel Generations to Come
It was 2018, and I was at the White House at the time. We knew, as conservatives, we had a youth problem. For far too long, we had leaned on the baby-boomer generation to win elections — they were reliable, leaned Republican, and, quite frankly, dominated other generat...
Sep 11, 2025

Presidential Address: 'Dark Moment for America'
President Trump said he was “filled with grief and anger” and vowed to crack down on political violence after conservative icon Charlie Kirk was shot and killed Wednesday. “I am filled with grief and anger at the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk on a c...
Sep 11, 2025

Legitimacy of Biden's Autopen Pardons Questioned by Vance
Vice President J.D. Vance on Thursday questioned the validity of pardons allegedly signed with an autopen during the Biden administration. "I think that there's something weird about this autopen, which is that you have a guy who even some of his own staff members said ...
Aug 29, 2025

High School Abortion Scandal Sends Tremors Through Virginia Governor's Race
Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears is borrowing a page from Gov. Glenn Youngkin's campaign playbook by leaning into parental rights to take some of the wind out of Democrat Rep. Abigail Spanberger's sails in the Virginia governor's race. The strategy helped energize the...
Aug 29, 2025

Trump Wants GOP Convention Before Midterms
President Trump says he will suggest that Republicans hold a national convention just before next year's midterm elections. In a Truth Social post, Mr. Trump lauded the GOP as "doing really well" and "Millions of people have joined us in our quest to MAKE AMER...
Aug 28, 2025

D.C. Mayor Notes Drops in Violent Crime Amid Federal Crackdown
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Wednesday praised the sharp reductions in violent crime brought on by President Trump's surge of federal law enforcement authorities throughout the District. Ms. Bowser, a Democrat who has been critical of the president's reasoning for federalizin...
Aug 28, 2025

OP-ED: Why Are Chinese Nationals Getting U.S. Visa Waivers?
Reports of Chinese nationals admitted to the U.S. on visas and then spying or stealing sensitive information for China are all too common. But perhaps more shocking is the fact that some Chinese nationals are able to enter U.S. territory without any visas at all. How? The an...
Aug 27, 2025