A Pipeline Company Seized Their Land and Left Them With a $383,000 Bill. What Will the Supreme Court Say?
Leonard Hoffmann and his neighbors in North Dakota went to court to fight for fair market value—as the Constitution promises—after WBI Energy Transmission said it would take their land at a discount.
Trump Makes Stolen-Election Claims in Primetime Address to the Nation
Plus: measuring decline, tariffing Brazil, and more...
Video Shows Fort Worth Cop Ticketing a Preacher for 'Offensive' Speech at Pride Event
“The First Amendment does not allow government officials to shut down speech simply on account of it being ‘offensive,’” says a legal expert at FIRE.
Vance Exposing Epstein's Intelligence Links on Rogan? Not Quite.
Robby Soave and Christian Britschgi discuss Donald Trumps' nothing-burger primetime address.
CORRUPTION
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Trump Threatens To Revoke ABC and NBC Licenses for Not Broadcasting His Election Speech
As someone should have explained to him by now, that's not how it works.
Are the Epstein Files a Moral Panic?
Journalist Michael Tracey and professor Marcella Szablewicz debate the Epstein scandal and the public reaction to the files.
Review: Thomas Jefferson's Monticello Is Celebrating America's Semiquincentennial
The Declaration author's historic home is hosting a "1776: Road to the Declaration" exhibition.
Illinois Will Finally Stop Stripping People of Their Home Equity—3 Years After the Supreme Court Outlawed It
Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a bill that promises property owners will receive the surplus proceeds when the government seizes their home to satisfy a tax debt.
Podcast
Vance Exposing Epstein's Intelligence Links on Rogan? Not Quite.
Robby Soave and Christian Britschgi discuss Donald Trumps' nothing-burger primetime address.
Congress Wants To Keep Funding a Pentagon That Won't Account for Its Spending
The only federal agency that has never passed an audit could soon get another $60 billion, even as it buries reports on the spiraling costs of its programs.
Todd Blanche Describes the Huge, Unprecedented Favors Granted by Trump's IRS 'Settlement' as 'Typical'
During his confirmation hearing, the attorney general nominee repeatedly misrepresented the nature and scope of the sweeping immunity deal he approved.
America Has a Huge Trade Surplus With Brazil. Trump Just Put 25% Tariffs on Brazilian Goods Anyway.
It's almost like there is no real underlying principle guiding the Trump administration's tariff policies.
Drugs Keep Winning in the Global War on Drugs
The United Nations’ latest World Drug Report makes that very clear.
A 22% Social Security Cut Is Coming. Will the Senate Act?
Once the trust fund is empty, Social Security can pay out only what it collects. Yet few candidates are talking about this in any serious way.
As the Strategic Petroleum Reserve Hits a 40-Year Low, It's Time To Scrap It
Presidents have repeatedly used the SPR to manipulate markets and shield consumers from the consequences of bad policies.
The U.K. Wants a Social Media Curfew for 16- and 17-Year-Olds
Tech companies may soon have to comply with yet another U.K. regulation.
Thomas Massie Sparks a Democratic Civil War Over Israel
His amendment to cut all military aid to Israel split the Democratic Party almost evenly.
Iran Used Ad Tracking To Hunt American Soldiers: Report
The U.S. government has used private ad data to get around the Fourth Amendment. Now foreign enemies are turning it into a weapon.
Existential War
Plus: fixing Rikers Island, the Democrats' Maine scramble, India's affirmative action, and more...
Baseball Is Being Watched More Than Ever. But Fewer People Are Falling in Love With It.
Is baseball’s new audience more interested in prop bets or pennant races?
No, Congress Can't Just Overrule the Supreme Court on Birthright Citizenship
Plus: An unconstitutional war is back on.
Why Foreign Tourism to the U.S. Is Declining Under Trump
A combination of travel restrictions and anti-American sentiment has led to a decrease in international tourism during Trump's second term.
A Texas Immigrant Detention Center Is a 'Human Rights Disaster,' Civil Rights Groups Say in Report
Camp East Montana is the largest immigration detention center in the nation. It's also plagued by brutality and neglect, according to a string of internal and external investigations.
ICE Keeps Shooting People. Here's a Way Congress Can Rein It In.
Giving people a pathway to sue federal immigration officials for violating constitutional rights is one way Congress can help hold the rogue agency accountable.
During His Confirmation Hearing, Todd Blanche Defends Trump's Blatantly Corrupt IRS 'Settlement'
Contradicting a federal judge, the acting attorney general, who blessed that cozy arrangement, insists it was not a product of collusion or self-dealing.
August/September 2026
Magazine
9/11 and the Surveillance Ratchet
The U.S. government responded in ways that are so integrated into daily life that we no longer recognize them.
