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Netflix’s splashy take on Lord of the Flies has renewed interest in the tale, which follows a group of British boys descending …

The FBI has launched a criminal investigation into leaks to an award-winning Atlantic journalist who wrote an explosive story last month on …

Farmer Alfalfa heads to town with an old truck full of corn. The truck is on the verge of collapse. But after …

The Department of Justice charged the SPLC with fraud Tuesday. Trump called it “one of the greatest political scams in American History” …

Former Sen. Ben Sasse (R–Neb.), who previously served as president of the University of Florida, revealed in late December that he had …

The outlet ran a story titled “Former Capitol Police officer a forensic match for Jan. 6 pipe bomber, sources say,” falsely claiming …

When the Declaration of Independence Was News, by Emily Sneff, Oxford University Press, 272 pages, $29.99 The men who drafted the Declaration …

FBI Director Kash Patel has threatened to sue the Atlantic over a recent story detailing alleged concerns in the bureau over his …

Noted forensic psychologist Dr. Helen Smith’s newest book, His Side: Men Speak Out on Dating, Marriage and Life in America, is …

Last week, former Rep. Eric Swalwell (D–Calif.) was a high-profile member of Congress (the sort of anti-Trump #Resistance figure who appeared regularly …

A federal judge tossed President Trump’s defamation suit against The Wall Street Journal on Monday over a story it published detailing a letter Trump allegedly …

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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa can enforce a law that restricts teachers from talking about LGBTQ+ topics with students in kindergarten …

President Donald Trump said authorities are investigating a CNN report that cited Iran‘s claim of victory in its war with the United …

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There’s something unseemly going on with Kristi Noem’s husband—and it’s not the giant, fake balloon breasts. Bryon Noem, longtime spouse of former …

Vice President JD Vance’s upcoming book is set to detail his “personal journey” back to Catholicism, but the cover of his work …

A year ago today, President Donald Trump unveiled steep tariffs on imports from most countries. With these duties, he declared, “jobs and …

On June 5, 1981, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published a brief, clinical report in its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly …

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) called on Americans to “stand up” at his book tour stop Tuesday at …

NA My new book chapter, “The Right to Use Private Property” is now available on SSRN. It was recently published in Rethinking …

English journalists Dorian Lynskey and Ian Dunt have produced an engaging and sometimes laugh-out-loud funny journey from the earliest days of socialism …

If there is a poet laureate of the “you can just do things” crowd, it’s novelist Andy Weir. Weir broke into the …

A month ago, the police chief of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, held an extraordinary press conference where he accused federal immigration officers of …

An excerpt from Judge Andrew Carter’s opinion Friday in Shaykhoun v. Daily Mail (S.D.N.Y.): Sonya Shaykhoun (“Plaintiff”) is a licensed New York …

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) has spent years cultivating the image of a polished, camera-ready Democrat, equally comfortable with conservative critics as well …

The Department of Homeland Security doubled down Friday on its insistence that officers did nothing wrong in their handling of a disabled …

2026 will see a bumper crop of books about Justice Samuel Alito. Three are planned: Alito: The Justice Who Reshaped the Supreme Court …