Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed reportedly told communist streamer Hasan Piker that his American-hating rhetoric is costing him critical votes. The insurgent leftist — who enlisted Piker’s help in defeating the party establishment over the summer — is now urging the streamer to dial back his inflammatory rhetoric and aggressive…
Salem Media Group's Erin Molan went deep beneath Gaza into a Hamas tunnel near the Israeli border, one the IDF only discovered eight months ago. Commanders' living quarters. Blast doors. Weapons storage. Tunnels running under the homes, schools, and hospitals of civilians above. The same network where hostages were held, some for more than a year. And IDF…
The leader of the hunger strike inside an ICE detention center in New Jersey was released from federal custody Tuesday night, despite his previous arrest for domestic assault. Gabriela Soto, the wife of Martin Soto, a Peruvian illegal immigrant, claimed her husband “was abducted” by ICE officers while out buying diapers in February. The sob ...
On September 28, the Grammy Award-winning Nashville Symphony announced it was suspending the rest of its 2026-27 season amid a financial crisis. Local residents and concert-goers quickly expressed grief over loss of the beloved orchestra. How could one of the most acclaimed symphonies in the country not survive in its very own “Music City”? Six ...
Three years after the attacks, Douglas Murray, Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib, Tony Blair, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Polina Fradkin, Avinatan Or, and others reflect on that day and its consequences.
For both progressives and conservatives, Lindsay Clancy has become as much a symbol as a person. The public meaning of the case is that women — especially women living traditional husband-and-children lives—are suffering and as such deserve the kind of sympathy that, in American culture today, translates directly into political power. For those…
James Talarico criticized Texas public schools for focusing too heavily on academics, arguing social-emotional learning matters more than the curriculum.
Sometimes a symbol becomes more than a symbol.A flag is a simple piece of fabric. But what it represents — a country, a people, a history — can inspire us deeply. And when that flag is planted by someone who has chosen to stand beside you in your darkest hour, it becomes something more: a message that you are not alone.A flag planted by someone who has…
Republican candidates in the most closely watched races this midterm election cycle are split over whether to appear with President Donald Trump on the campaign trail or risk offending the MAGA base by avoiding him altogether. Trump’s approval rating hit a record-low 32% this week, according to the latest Reuters/Ipsos poll. The GOP is also…
The first round of October Social Security payments for retirees, now capped at $5,181, will be issued in seven days. When will payments arrive? Retirees born on or before the 10th of a month will receive this payment on Wednesday, Oct. 14. The second round will go out on Oct. 21 to those born between…
Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez of Spain has called an early election for Nov. 29. He wants to boost his parliamentary support after the Spanish Parliament last week rejected his proposals to address a housing crisis that has drawn nationwide protests. The snap vote is a high-stakes wager for Sznchez, whose Socialist Party trails in nearly…
Abdul el Sayed’s Senate campaign in Michigan, unlike his primary campaign, incorporates a little-noticed, but crucial, messaging shift. He presents as a mainstream Democrat, a capitalist, and an FDR-style economic populist with an “America First-style” framing. His “Medicare for All” does not seek to tax billionaires. Instead, he proposes cutting $3.8…
Ken Griffin just made the largest single gift in the history of American higher education: $3 billion to Carnegie Mellon University, most of it to launch a new campus in Miami. If the school’s only problem were a shortage of cash, it would be on easy street now. It is not. Nearly a month after…
On the third anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attacks, attitudes toward Israel and Gaza have increasingly divided the Democratic Party and are likely to play an outsize role in the party’s 2028 presidential primary. Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who is weighing a 2028 presidential bid, said this week that America is ready…
