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April 10, 2025The House: Democrats Favored on What Starts as a Small Battlefield By Kyle Kondik
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE— History suggested Democrats would be favored to flip the House in 2026 as soon as Donald Trump clinched the presidency in 2024.
— Little that’s happened over the last several months calls into question that initial, gut-level assessment. Democrats should flip the House next year, and we favor them to do so. Republicans do have a couple of factors working in their favor, though, that could help them as they seek to defy history.
— Our initial House ratings reflect a small House map, with Democrats narrowly ahead 209-207 in the seats that at least lean to one party or the other, with 19 Toss-ups.

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                            April 9, 2025Political Money-Grab By John Stossel
   Did you bet on March Madness?

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                            April 9, 2025Big, Beautiful Tax Cuts Should Offset Any Tariff Increases By Stephen Moore
   President Donald Trump has predicted that his tariffs could raise as much as $6 trillion over the next decade in federal tax collections. These include up to 104% tariffs on China, plus the combination of reciprocal tariffs -- we charge them whatever they charge us. Also, don't forget the protectionist tariffs on steel, aluminum, autos, lumber, etc.

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                            April 8, 2025Tariffs Are a Reason to Cut Taxes and Red Tape By Daniel McCarthy
   If there's one thing supporters and opponents of President Donald Trump's tariffs should agree on, it's the need to unchain prosperity at home while international trade is in flux.

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                            April 4, 2025Trump Seems Bent on Political Self-Harm By Michael Barone
        Is President Donald Trump bent on political self-harm? It often seems that way. His overall job approval rating still hovers within a point or two of the 50% popular vote he received last November. But he is losing support on the economy and inflation, the No. 1 issue last year, while his overwhelming success in reducing illegal immigration has reduced the salience of what was the No. 2 issue.

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                            April 3, 2025Time for Trump’s 3-Month Job Review By Brian C. Joondeph
President Donald Trump is 75 days into his second term, not yet three months. Many companies place new hires on probationary status for their first three months, during which a review is conducted to ensure that both the employee and employer are satisfied and ready to continue their working relationship.

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                            April 2, 2025Lawn Gone Liberty: The Update By John Stossel
It's finally spring.

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                            April 2, 2025Why Democrats Hate DOGE and Love Waste By Stephen Moore
If you haven't watched the Bret Baier interviews on Fox News with Elon Musk and the other executives who have given their time and expertise to exposing the rampant fraud and inefficiency of our federal government, I urge you to do so.

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                            April 1, 2025Lawfare Isn't Beaten -- In France or America By Daniel McCarthy
Elections are supposed to be decided at the ballot box, not in the courtroom -- unless you're French, or, in this country, a liberal.

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                            March 28, 2025Abundance Versus 'Everything Bagel' Liberalism By Michael Barone
   "Imagine boarding a train in the center of a city," former President Barack Obama rhapsodized in April 2009. "No racing to an airport and across a terminal, no delays, no sitting on the tarmac, no lost luggage, no taking off your shoes. Imagine whisking through towns at speeds over 100 miles an hour, walking only a few steps to public transportation, and ending up just blocks from your destination."
March 27, 2025Ten Findings from the Newly-Released JFK Assassination Records By UVA Center for Politics
Ten Highlights from the JFK Files

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                            March 26, 2025DEI Is Dying By John Stossel
President Donald Trump ended federal DEI programs.

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                            March 26, 2025Trump Should End the Biden-Era War on Small Business Partnerships By Stephen Moore
   President Donald Trump has promised to create millions of new high-paying jobs. One easy first step to doing that is to repeal Biden regulations on America's 4 million business partnerships (sometimes known as S corporations) that are prolific job creators. The latest estimates find 10 million Americans employed by these business partnerships, with $800 billion paid in worker salaries and benefits.

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                            March 25, 2025Will Trump Turn Nationalism Against America? By Daniel McCarthy
President Donald Trump is nothing if not strong-willed, and he's the leader of the mightiest nation on Earth -- but there's one power even Trump can't afford to discount.

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                            March 21, 2025Experts Have Only Themselves to Blame for the Distrust of Institutions By Michael Barone
Now they tell us.
March 20, 2025Notes on the State of Politics: New Hampshire Senate and Change in Virginia By J. Miles Coleman
Notes on the State of Politics: New Hampshire Senate and Change in Virginia

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                            March 19, 2025The Good, the Bad, the Undocumented By John Stossel
President Donald Trump is deporting immigrants -- 11,000 last month.

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                            March 18, 2025The FDA Can Save Lives by Keeping Copycat Drugs Off the Market By Stephen Moore
For decades, the United States has led the world in pharmaceutical innovation -- developing drugs that combat cancer, heart disease, AIDS, diabetes and other killer diseases. One recent study found that "in health-sciences output in the Nature Index, the United States' Share is almost 8,500, higher than the next 10 leading countries combined."

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                            March 18, 2025The Democrats' Civil War By Daniel McCarthy
Chuck Schumer is running scared from his own party.

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                            March 18, 2025What if President Autopen’s Signatures were Written in Disappearing Ink? By Brian C. Joondeph
An autopen, as described by Wikipedia, is a device designed to automatically reproduce signatures. It is commonly used by celebrities to sign numerous autographs. Presidents have utilized autopens since the era of Harry Truman, with Gerald Ford being the first to openly acknowledge their use.