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Indiana Senate President Pro Tempore Rodric Bray speaks in the Senate chamber at the Statehouse

Midwest nasty: ‘Hoosier nice’ gets swamped in Trump White House’s redistricting revenge tour against Indiana Republicans

Tom LoBianco · April 10, 2026 6:31 am

Republican politician Mark Sanford speaks at OZY Fest in Central Park on Saturday, July 21, 2018, in New York.

Sanford bets he can withstand likely Trump campaign jabs

David Mark · April 10, 2026 6:29 am

A United States Postal Service (USPS) worker outside a USPS distribution center in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021. FedEx, UPS, Amazon.com and the U.S. Postal Service are busy hiring temporary and part-time workers ahead of the peak season, which will start to ramp up in November. Competition will be fierce for labor in and out of the parcel industry. Photographer: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Congress seeks solution for averting USPS fiscal collapse

Kevin R. Kosar · April 10, 2026 6:28 am

Supporters gather at a “Billionaire Tax Now” rally in Los Angeles, Feb. 18. (Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Progressives in Washington, California, and Hawaii want to squeeze the wealthy

Jeremy Lott · April 10, 2026 6:25 am

A Ukrainian soldier from the “Taifun” unmanned aerial vehicle unit holds a new model Marsianin attack drone on April 7 in Kharkiv region, Ukraine. (Nikoletta Stoyanova/Getty Images)

The other war: Volodymyr Zelensky navigates a future without US support

Jamie McIntyre · April 10, 2026 6:23 am

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters during a news conference in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House.

Trump haters clutch at their pearls

Hugo Gurdon · April 10, 2026 6:21 am

President Donald Trump mimics firing a gun during a news conference in the White House briefing room.

Trump budget proposal shows he understands freedom isn’t free

Tiana Lowe Doescher · April 10, 2026 6:12 am

Virginia Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger attends a dedication and unveiling of a statue of civil rights activist Barbara Rose Johns of Virginia, in Emancipation Hall on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, December 16, 2025. In 1951, a 16-year-old Johns, led a walkout at her segregated high school, and now her statue replaces one of confederal General Robert E. Lee, which was removed from the Capitol in 2020. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)

Magazine - Your Land

Spanberger tosses affordability out the window along with her popularity

Zachary Faria · April 10, 2026 6:08 am

Members of the Iranian security forces stand guard under a large portrait of Iran's new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, during a memorial to mark the 40th day since his father, Ali Ayatollah Khamenei, was killed in US-Israeli joint strikes, on April 9, 2026 in Tehran, Iran. On April 8 President Donald Trump announced a two-week ceasefire between the US and Iran, conditional on shipping being allowed to resume through the Strait of Hormuz. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)

Iran and the modern way of war

Dominic Green · April 10, 2026 6:06 am

ALBANY, TEXAS - MARCH 23: Stephen Acquario, executive director, New York State Association of Counties, left, joins Gov. Kathy Hochul or a roundtable discussion with local government leaders on housing development on Monday, March 23, 2026, at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. (Will Waldron/Albany Times Union via Getty Images)

Democrats seek to punish voters fleeing their failed policies

Guy Benson · April 10, 2026 6:01 am

Social Security money 2.

Second round of April Social Security payments goes out in five days

Asher Notheis · April 10, 2026 6:00 am

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a joint news conference with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026.

Courage, Strength, and Optimism

Peace and investment in Ukraine are strategic assets for the US

Ihor Terekhov · April 10, 2026 6:00 am