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                            March 4, 2026California's Inferno of Regulations By John Stossel
        Last year, California wildfires destroyed 13,000 homes.

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                            March 3, 2026Don't Let Congress Ruin College Sports By Stephen Moore
   Should the revenues made by big-time college athletics be "shared" by all the schools? Do we want "revenue-sharing" socialism to come to college football and basketball? Many in Congress are answering yes to that question.

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                            March 3, 2026Immigration Enforcement Saves Lives By Daniel McCarthy
   When a 41-year-old mother is murdered at a bus stop, who bothers to protest?
March 3, 2026It Wouldn’t Take Much for 2026 to be a Big Year for House Incumbent Primary Defeats By Kyle Kondik
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE— The primary season begins Tuesday night, and several sitting House members are facing credible primary opposition.
— Typically, only a handful of House incumbents lose renomination in a given year.
— In the postwar era, only about an average of 6.5 incumbents have lost renomination each cycle, and the renomination rate for House incumbents who seek another term is greater than 98%.
— However, that also means that it would not take many incumbent losses for 2026 to rank as a big year, historically, for incumbent primary defeats.

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                            February 27, 2026Supreme Court Throws Out Trump Tariffs and Upholds Constitution By Michael Barone
        So much for the notion that the Supreme Court, with its 6-3 majority of justices appointed by Republican presidents, was going to be a rubber stamp for Donald Trump. That is a frequently voiced charge by partisan Democrats, and a fear of many ambivalent voters who find many of Trump's policies agreeable but worry about his overreach on policy and personnel.
February 26, 2026One-Party Dominance in the States: Only a Few Have Party Diversity Among Their Statewide Officeholders By Louis Jacobson
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE— In 41 of the 50 states, every statewide executive office is held by the same party—a striking indicator of the scope of political polarization today. In another six states, one side has a clear edge.
— This leaves only three states that have a relatively balanced mix of Republican and Democratic statewide officeholders: Arizona, Nevada, and North Carolina.
— Overall, the stronger party’s dominance has grown in recent years. In March 2020, the last time we conducted this analysis, 16 states had at least some degree of bipartisanship in their ranks of statewide executive offices, which is almost twice today’s level.

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                            February 25, 2026Trump Report Card By John Stossel
        During his State of the Union, President Donald Trump declared himself wonderful.   

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                            February 24, 2026How a Party Offends Its Voters By Daniel McCarthy
        Gavin Newsom won't be the Democrats' 2028 presidential nominee unless he wins a significant share of the African American vote.

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                            February 24, 2026Government Subsidies Killed the EV Industry By Stephen Moore
        Here's a depressing but all too predictable headline from The Wall Street Journal last week: "Detroit's EV Pullback Is Costing $50 Billion."

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                            February 20, 2026Marco Rubio: More Than Just the Good Cop By Michael Barone
        My first reaction to Secretary of State Marco Rubio's speech, delivered on Valentine's Day, at the Munich Security Conference, was, "Last year, President Donald Trump sent the bad cop, Vice President JD Vance. This year, he sent the good cop, Rubio. Progress." In February 2025, the audience at Munich took Vance's comments as insults. In February 2026, the audience, as evidenced by its standing ovation, took Rubio's as compliments.
February 19, 2026A Flood of Open House Seats—But Not Competitive Open Seats By Kyle Kondik
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE— More than 50 members of the U.S. House of Representatives are not seeking another term in the House this year.
— The number of incumbents running again is going to be one of the lowest totals in any House election cycle since World War II.
— However, the vast majority of these retirements don’t mean anything for the November election because they are coming in safe seats.
— The open seats, collectively, feature a smaller share of truly competitive seats than the House as a whole does.

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                            February 18, 2026Waiting for Accountability: Why Kash Patel’s Numbers May Be Slipping By Brian C. Joondeph, M.D.
A recent Rasmussen Reports survey indicates that FBI Director Kash Patel’s popularity is declining. Only 40% of likely U.S. voters view Patel favorably. Even more revealing, just 32% believe he is performing better than most previous FBI directors, while 37% think he is doing worse.

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                            February 18, 2026Western Ideas Work By John Stossel
        Trigger warning:

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                            February 18, 2026Was Climate Change the Greatest Financial Scandal in History? By Stephen Moore
        Environmental scholar Bjorn Lomborg recently calculated that across the globe, governments have spent at least $16 trillion feeding the climate change industrial complex.

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                            February 17, 2026Why Are Anti-ICE Activists Building Borders? By Daniel McCarthy
        Anti-ICE activists in Minneapolis are setting up blockades.

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                            February 13, 2026Immigration Is Shaking Up Political Parties in Britain, Europe and the US By Michael Barone
        As British Prime Minister Keir Starmer faces calls to resign for his appointment of Epstein-tied Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the United States, one is struck by the sudden instability of British governments. In the 28 years between 1979 and 2007, Britain had only three prime ministers, while in the 19 years since 2007, it has had seven, and may soon have eight. Only one of those, David Cameron, carried his party to a reelection victory, and he resigned a year after being beaten in the Brexit referendum.
February 12, 2026It Don’t Mean a Thing if it Ain’t Got That Swing: The Outlook for Electoral Accountability in 2026 By Alan I. Abramowitz
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE— Midterm elections often act as a brake on presidential power, but extreme partisan polarization calls into question whether the 2026 midterm will serve its usual role.
— However, despite growing partisan polarization, large partisan swings in the House and Senate still appear to be possible.
— This is truer of the House than the Senate, though, as nationalization has helped Republicans realize an advantage on the overall Senate map.
— States with Senate seats up for election in 2026, in aggregate, vote several points to the right of the nation, so even a substantial Democratic lead in generic ballot polling would not necessarily translate to a Democratic Senate majority, even though it very likely would in the House.

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                            February 11, 2026Fraud Nation By John Stossel
   Americans want to help people in need, but when government does that, about 500 billion taxpayer dollars get stolen.

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                            February 11, 2026Dow 50,000: A Supply-Side Miracle By Stephen Moore
   When I first arrived in Washington in 1982, the Dow Jones hit a low of 800. You may not believe that, so feel free to look it up.

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                            February 10, 2026A Japanese Lesson for Troubled Britain By Daniel McCarthy
        The contrast between America's great island allies on opposite ends of the world couldn't be more drastic.