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Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill celebrates the Divine Liturgy for Christmas in the Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow on Jan. 6, 2022.

What it means for Russia’s fight in Ukraine to be a ‘holy war’

Emily Hester, Ivana Stradner · August 10, 2026 10:37 am

U.S. President Donald Trump, accompanied by CIA Director John Ratcliffe (C-L), Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (2nd-R) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine (R), speaks during a news conference in James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on April 06, 2026 in Washington, DC. President Trump spoke about the successful military mission to rescue a weapons systems officer whose F-15E Strike Eagle was shot down in Iran. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Trump’s frustration and Iran’s delaying tactics

Lead singer and guitarist Billy Corgan of American alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins performs at the 26th edition of the Vive Latino music festival in Mexico City, Sunday, March 15, 2026.

Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan just offered a great lesson in economics

Power transmission towers line a street in Redondo Beach, California.

Utility companies want to shift risks on struggling families

Network of Enlightened Women 2026 Essay Contest college winner

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, right, gestures as he arrives for a news conference at the COP30 U.N. Climate Summit, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, in Belem, Brazil. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Newsom pushes California climate colonialism in Brazil

Washington Examiner November 14, 2025 5:00 am

President Donald Trump takes a question from a reporter before signing executive orders in the Oval Office at the White House on September 19, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump signed two executive orders, establishing the "Trump Gold Card" and introducing a $100,000 fee for H-1B visas. The "Trump Gold Card" is a visa program that allows foreign nationals permanent residency and a pathway to U.S. citizenship for a $1 million investment in the United States. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Trump is right — our failed public school system means the US needs H-1B talent

Tiana Lowe Doescher November 14, 2025 4:58 am

Vice President JD Vance and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy walk to speak to reporters outside the White House on October 30, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Vance spoke following a roundtable discussion with members of the aviation industry and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on the impacts of the government shutdown. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Crunch time for Vance

Dominic Green November 14, 2025 4:55 am

Historian and author David McCullough at his home on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, in 2005. (Charles Ommanney/Getty Images)

David McCullough’s America is our America too

James Rosen November 14, 2025 4:50 am

Losing touch is hard to do

Rob Long November 14, 2025 4:48 am

James Garfield in 1880, the year he was elected president. (Glasshouse Vintage/Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Lightning in a Bottle: Review of Netflix’s ‘Death by Lightning’

Armin Rosen November 14, 2025 4:46 am

Margaret Qualley and Ethan Hawke in Blue Moon. (Sabrina Lantos/Sony Picture Classics)

A lotta Hart: Review of ‘Blue Moon’

Tim Rice November 14, 2025 4:42 am

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‘Idiot’ advice

Graham Hillard November 14, 2025 4:41 am

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The ground beneath our feet: Review of ‘The Land Trap’ by Mike Bird

Robert VerBruggen November 14, 2025 4:38 am

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An all too thrilling year: Review of ‘Cry Havoc’ by Jack Carr

Paul Davis November 14, 2025 4:35 am

A huge crowd watches the heavyweight title fight between Jack Dempsey and Georges Carpentier in 1921. (Library of Congress/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images)

Battle for boxing supremacy: Review of ‘Dempseye and Tunney in the Roaring Twenties’

Michael Taube November 14, 2025 4:33 am

Following the resignations of BBC Director General Tim Davie and CEO of news Deborah Turness and US President Donald Trump's threat of a lawsuit due to the editing of a BBC Panorama film about the US insurrection on the US Capitol, is an evening exterior of the BBC's Broadcasting House, on 10th November 2025, in London, England. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)

Trump vs. the BBC

Dan Hannan November 14, 2025 4:16 am