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CNN data reporter Harry Enten discusses the results of new polls from AP-NORC and Quinnipiac on how the public is responding to the partial government shutdown. ” You might think, given that the Republicans are in charge of both the House and the Senate, that a government shutdown might actually hurt the Republican brand — but in fact, it hasn’t.”

Ohio City Rejects Live Nativity from Public Green During Holiday Farmers Market City officials stated no live nativity scenes are allowed on city property, although  other forms of expression are freely permitted. Pataskala, OH—First Liberty Institute and the […]

Explore the rise of the Democratic Socialist Party in NYC amid global political shifts.

How does a 33-year-old lifelong do-nothing — a person who has never held a real job, never suffered a true challenge, been handed everything on a silver platter — turn into a mayoral frontrunner in New York City? How does a self-described socialist who despises capitalism become the leading candidate for the mayoralty of the world’s financial capital? How does…

By: Michael Brendan Dougherty – nationalreview.com – October 29, 2025 The problems it solves are real but comparatively minor. The risks it creates are enormous. In some ways, I understand why there is some demand for a digital ID. In theory, a digital ID could offer individuals more privacy. Instead of handing your driver’s license over to a bouncer — who then learns…

By: The Editorial Board – wsj.com – October 29, 2025 Powell hints at no rate cut in December, but why cut this week? Yet inflation remains above the Fed’s official 2% target even excluding tariffs. When the Fed chief says inflation would be 2.3%-2.4% without tariffs rather than 2.8% (according to the Fed’s core personal-consumption-expenditure measure), Mr. Powell is admitting…

By: Brittany Bernstein – nationalreview.com – October 28, 2025 Gates is calling for a ‘strategic pivot’ toward focusing on disease and poverty and away from trying to stop rising temperatures. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates now says climate change “will not lead to humanity’s demise,” despite having spent years fearmongering over rising global temperatures. Gates authored a surprising blog post on…

A monthslong House investigation has concluded that President Biden “was losing command of himself” while in office and was not personally involved in many of the pardons, commutations and o…

The government shutdown gets uglier at the end of this week.

By: Walter Russell Mead – wsj.com – October 27, 2025 After meeting leaders in Japan and South Korea, the president has a summit with Xi. The steady buildup of Chinese military power in the South China Sea and around the Taiwan Strait allows Beijing to step up military pressure on American allies. Chinese cyberespionage and hacking capabilities allow it to…

In the late 1850s, “Bleeding Kansas” was the term used to describe the escalating cycle of violence, when surrogates for the Union and soon-to-be Confederacy fought each other over whether Kansas…