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Network of Enlightened Women 2026 Essay Contest college winner

Dameiya McMillian · April 27, 2026 6:00 am

Network of Enlightened Women 2026 Essay Contest high school winner

Jared Kushner, left, and Steve Witkoff, Special Envoy for Peace Missions listen as Vice President JD Vance speaks during a news conference after meeting with representatives from Pakistan and Iran, Sunday, April 12, 2026, in Islamabad, Pakistan. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)

What happens the day after tomorrow in Iran?

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum.

Why the CIA deaths are a problem for Mexico

An Iranian Shahed exploding drone launched by Russia flies through the sky

Why Russia is bombing Ukraine in daylight

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks at a press conference in Kyiv.

Let Ukraine throw Tomahawks at Russia

Ani Chkhikvadze October 2, 2025 6:00 am

FILE - A canning jar filled with money sits on a shelf in East Derry, N.H., June 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Protecting families means ending shutdowns

Pedro Rodriguez October 1, 2025 4:13 pm

Demonstrators advocating for transgender rights and healthcare stand outside of the Ohio Statehouse on Jan. 24, 2024, in Columbus, Ohio. The rights of LGBTQ+ students will be protected by federal law and victims of campus sexual assault will gain new safeguards under rules finalized Friday, April19, 2024, by the Biden administration. Notably absent from Biden’s policy, however, is any mention of transgender athletes. (AP Photo/Patrick Orsagos, File)

Parental rights group files civil rights complaint against Albuquerque schools

Pedro Rodriguez October 1, 2025 1:55 pm

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger.

Virginia Democrats are protecting a transgender sex offender

Zachary Faria October 1, 2025 1:49 pm

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY).

Democrats willfully ignore the political fundamentals of the shutdown

Peter Laffin October 1, 2025 12:55 pm

Obamacare is a massive failure, the GOP shouldn’t bail it out

David Harsanyi October 1, 2025 11:23 am

President Donald Trump, center, looks to Saudi's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, right, shake hands with Syria's interim President Ahmad al Sharaa.

Trump delivers unprecedented peace and stability

Pedro Rodriguez October 1, 2025 11:08 am

The Liberian-flagged bulk carrier Eternity C is seen as it sinks in the Red Sea.

Want to defeat the Houthis? Here’s how to do it

Michael Rubin October 1, 2025 6:00 am

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) speak to members of the media.

The Democrats shutdown theater won’t get them anything

Hugh Hewitt October 1, 2025 5:00 am

Crowds raise their hands during an anti fascist demonstration to mark the twelfth anniversary of the death of anti fascist activist Clement Meric in Paris France on June 8, 2025. (Photo by Bastien Ohier / Hans Lucas via AFP) (Photo by BASTIEN OHIER/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images)

Foreign communists are funding and training violent leftist radicals in US

Mike Gonzalez October 1, 2025 5:00 am

Law enforcement officers grab a demonstrator.

Portland has refused to enforce the law for five years

Zachary Faria September 30, 2025 3:12 pm

Leonardo DiCaprio in "One Battle After Another."

Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another is a love letter to radicals

Harry Khachatrian September 30, 2025 12:09 pm