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No one covers politics with the masterful elegance and lively wit of Roger L. Simon. The veteran screenwriter sees the drama in the big picture—another likely Trump-versus-Biden showdown. And as an award-winning novelist, he has a keen eye for the telling details that reveal the inner lives of the 2024 underdogs, like Vivek Ramaswamy and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. In...

The Greens are holding firm on their demands for renters as talks continue on the federal government’s proposed multibillion-dollar housing fund. Crunch time is approaching for the government’s $10 billion housing future fund legislation, which is due to hit the Senate during the upcoming sitting fortnight. The $10 billion would be invested to generate returns that will help subsidise 30,000...

Traffic along a major East Coast artery is likely to face months of delays after an elevated section of the I-95 highway in Pennsylvania collapsed on Sunday morning, state officials said. The approximately 70-foot-wide northbound portion of the I-95 in Philadelphia fell through after a tanker truck carrying flammable cargo caught fire on an exit ramp under an overpass, quickly...

Commentary I was reminded that Shangri-La is a fictional utopian paradise valley in Tibet as I read the remarks of the Chinese defence minister to the Singaporean security conference held in the hotel named after the mythical land. In his speech on “China’s New Security Initiative,” Li Shangfu emphasised “a new path to security featuring dialogue over confrontation, partnership over...

GRAPEVINE, Texas—A giant LGBT flag flew over the Gaylord Convention Center, where thousands of young women gathered for a Turning Point USA convention over the weekend in defense of faith and conservatism. The Young Women’s Leadership Summit held in the shadow of the rainbow flag was a reminder to attendees of how far radical left-wing ideologies have spread. Much of...

A housing project has put up 3D-printed homes for sale in the Austin region, which is said to be the first such project in the United States. The project, first announced by construction startup Icon last year, is being built at Wolf Ranch, a master planned community in the city of Georgetown, Texas, located 25 miles north of Austin. Icon has...

An attorney for former President Donald Trump said Sunday that she advises against a plea deal in the federal government’s classified document case. “I know, I would never advise that, especially when he’s not done anything wrong. You take a plea deal to make something go away,” Alina Habba told “Fox News Sunday.” “That’s an admission of guilt. He would never...

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas issued a lengthy, critical dissent in the high court’s ruling that struck down Alabama’s electoral map for congressional elections. In a 5–4 ruling (pdf) last week, the court found that a map drafted by state Republican lawmakers violated the provisions of the federal Voting Rights Act (VRA) that mandates that states not racially gerrymander districts. The...

This is an adapted excerpt from Kenny Xu’s new book “School of Woke: How Critical Race Theory Infiltrated American Schools and Why We Must Reclaim Them.” When she arrived, Hilda Maldonado’s top priority was to entrench bilingual learning into the county’s curriculum, a program she had spent most of her career advocating for as part of her woke agenda. On...

Hundreds of pro-Trump supporters drive from Miami to Palm Beach to show their loyalty to the former president, who faces 37 counts of federal charges for keeping classified documents after leaving office in 2021. He is due to appear in Miami federal court on Tuesday, following the unsealing of his indictment on Friday.

A friend of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas says a highly publicized media report that accused the justice of violating ethical norms contained “old news” and failed to disclose that Thomas was cleared of accusations of wrongdoing “more than a decade ago.” Left-wing criticism of Thomas and the Supreme Court as an institution has escalated since the unprecedented leak last...

Commentary Hongkongers face ever-increasing red lines on a daily basis: legislative and district councils purified, rallies cancelled, Geography exams to include the controversial nine-dash line to mark Chinese sovereignty in the South Sea, textbooks censored, and ‘sensitive’ books removed from library shelves. The latest one is that organ donors should not opt-out. The Hong Kong government disclosed that there were...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is shadowboxing while former President Donald Trump is going in for the knock-out punch even before the fight officially begins. The contrasting styles of the leading contenders in the 2024 Republican presidential primary race were evident in speeches on successive nights before the 2023 North Carolina Republican Convention. While DeSantis alluded to Trump without mentioning the...

Regional Queenslanders are set to feel the most pressure on their power bills as the highest power price increase of almost 30 percent was announced. The Queensland Competition Authority (QCA) released the final decision on regulated real electricity prices on June 9, with the price increase starting from July 1. The households in regional Queensland will see an average increase...

One culprit rarely mentioned, especially by governments, is the high rate of public spending Many Canadians are wondering why food prices are not dropping at the same rate as agricultural commodity prices. Last year, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine pushed prices to astronomical levels. One year later, the agricultural commodity landscape looks incredibly different. Prices for agricultural commodities have dropped significantly...

Following another interest rate hike and higher odds for more tightening, the residential property market’s recovery may be cut short. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) hiked by another 25 basis points on Tuesday, taking the cash rate to 4.1 percent, and kept its options wide open to keep going if deemed necessary. While interest rates have still been heading...

TULSA, Okla.—Republican governor and presidential candidate Ron DeSantis of Florida brought his campaign to Oklahoma this weekend where he picked up fellow Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt’s endorsement and told voters his plan to turn the country around. Stitt compared DeSantis’s administration to his own work in Oklahoma. He said both states resisted mask mandates, both are pro-life, and both oppose...

After repeated complaints of high schoolers causing trouble at San Clemente’s public beaches—with an attack on three off-duty marines by a group of teenagers over Memorial Day weekend making national headlines—city officials voted unanimously on June 6 to close the city’s beaches two hours earlier than the current midnight schedule. “I think this issue from a public safety point of...

New Mexico has settled with Walgreens for $500 million over the pharmacy’s role in giving highly addictive prescription opioid painkillers without due attention to prescriptions raising concerns for drug abuse and addiction. Opioids include legal painkillers such as OxyContin, and various forms of the drug fentanyl. Fentanyl, a highly addictive and potent synthetic opioid, was first approved by the Food...

Popular American restaurant chain Cracker Barrel Old Country Store is attracting criticism after promoting Pride Month—with some customers vowing to never eat at their stores again. Cracker Barrel recently made an Instagram post showing a rainbow-painted chair at one of its restaurants. “We are excited to celebrate Pride Month with our employees and guests. Everyone is always welcome at our...