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James Pethokoukis

A wake-up call for Democrats?

The dissappointing GDP report shows the perils of big spending without big productivity gains

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Joel Mathis

Trump's infrastructure deal

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Bonnie Kristian

The origins of a false COVID meme

How an ER doctor's cautionary tweet becomes an "active psyop"

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Damon Linker

What the latest church scandal teaches about the Catholic right

Speed Reads

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Former Michigan Sen. Carl Levin dies at 87

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Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee arrested at voter rights protest

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Watch Lady Gaga and Adam Driver in splashy 1st trailer for House of Gucci

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Disney issues scathing response to Scarlett Johansson's Black Widow lawsuit

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Biden unveils new vaccination rules for federal workers

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House Republicans escalate mask revolt by walking to Senate

Politics

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David Faris

The GOP's 2022 candidate problem

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Damon Linker

The Democrats' Kamala Harris problem

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W. James Antle III

The persistent temptation of anti-Trump outrage

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Michael Arceneaux

Biden's betrayal of Black voters

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Damon Linker

Contemplating an 'American Caesar'

Jan. 6 was a badly planned rehearsal for the real deal

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Ryan Cooper

The people against the putsch

How Democrats should prepare for the next insurrection

Controlling Delta

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W. James Antle III

COVID's difficult debates

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Joel Mathis

In support of the CDC's new mask guidance

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Bonnie Kristian

Careful with the CDC's vaccine data

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Briefing

Delta vs. the vaccines

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Briefing

Jeopardy's high-stakes hunt for a new host

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Damon Linker

The culture war comes for Simone Biles

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Jesse Hassenger

Matt Damon's American masculinity

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Daily gossip

The daily gossip: July 29, 2021

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Business & Tech

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Ryan Cooper

Is China going to fry the global climate?

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scorched earth approach

Disney issues scathing response to Scarlett Johansson's Black Widow lawsuit

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to the moon?

1 'unusual feature' of Robinhood's IPO

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recalls

McCormick recalls several seasonings over possible salmonella contamination

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Damon Linker

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Opinion

Trump's path back to the presidency

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Opinion

The war Donald Rumsfeld won

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Opinion

The politics of loneliness

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The civil war of 2024?

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CNN airs threatening voicemail D.C. officer received during Jan. 6 testimony

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2.Quotables

Tom Brady's 'gentle' roast of Trump at Biden's White House: 'Deeply vicious'?

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Olympian Dominique Moceanu: Simone Biles demonstrating agency I lacked

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rest in peace

Former Michigan Sen. Carl Levin dies at 87

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Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee is arrested on Thursday at a voter rights protest.

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good trouble

Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee arrested at voter rights protest

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Watch Lady Gaga and Adam Driver in splashy 1st trailer for House of Gucci

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scorched earth approach

Disney issues scathing response to Scarlett Johansson's Black Widow lawsuit

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