By: Becket Adams – nationalreview.com – April 13, 2025 Blaming ‘herd mentality’ elides the true culprit. If you’re waiting for an apology from the press for its effort to conceal Joe Biden’s decrepitude from the public, don’t hold your breath. You’ll likely never get one. Axios co-founder Mike Allen last week blamed “groupthink” and “herd mentality” for the industry-wide campaign to downplay...

Several years ago, Donald Trump created a minor controversy when he called the media “the enemy of the people.”

A book-length collection of 81 op-eds written over a period of seven years by a single author should not be readable. And in most writers’ hands it wouldn’t be. While Peggy Noonan’s latest book, A Certain Idea of America, fits that description, it is instead a compelling read that brings moral clarity to a tumultuous period of American public life.

A 2018 Axios poll found that 61% of Democrats consider Republicans “racist/bigoted/sexist” versus 31% of Republicans who feel likewise about Democrats. One wonders whether “only” 61% of Democrats still think this way about Republicans.

Sen. Joni Ernst has a ten-year record of identifying waste, fraud, and abuse in government projects and came into office with the tagline “Make ’Em Squeal.” With a record like this, it was no surprise that she was tapped to lead the Senate Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Caucus.

A showdown between the White House and courts over “impoundment” will determine the fate of the republic.

It turns out the lab that was experimenting with the viruses unsafely may be the more likely culprit instead of bats

Recently, California Gov. Gavin Newsom had conservative activist Charlie Kirk on his podcast. During that interview, Newsom asked Kirk for advice. If Gavin Newsom had asked the same question of me, my response would have been “stop digging.”

A snippy article in The New York Times this past weekend — sorry, an unusually snippy article in The New York Times this past weekend — suggested that Trump is using his pardon power to reward those loyal to him and undo what he sees as politically motivated prosecutions. If true, this would make Trump only the 47th president to...

Newly released figures showed ICE arrest rates tripled during Trump’s first 50 days in office.