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Why Is the Trump Administration Wiring Venezuelan Oil Revenue to Qatar?
1+ hour, 45+ min ago (434+ words) We are running the oil in Venezuela," President Trump said on January 23." Much has been made of the arrangement the Trump administration's moves to rehabilitate Venezuela's oil industry, including the decision last week to begin rolling back sanctions. Acting Venezuelan…...
How the GOP’s Redistricting Effort Could Backfire
6+ hour, 45+ min ago (426+ words) President Donald Trump's unorthodox redistricting gambit, instigating red states to redraw congressional maps ahead of this year's midterm elections to bolster the Republican Party's thin majority in the House of Representatives, risks going spectacularly bust." Meanwhile, it's not like Democrats…...
God and Man (and Academic Freedom) at Yale
6+ hour, 47+ min ago (280+ words) This young Yale graduate was, of course, William F. Buckley Jr. His first book, God and Man at Yale: The Superstitions of "Academic Freedom," first published in 1951, launched his career. Just four years later, Buckley would found National Review, for a…...
What Comes After ‘Nationalizing’ Elections?
10+ hour, 41+ min ago (1054+ words) You're reading Boiling Frogs, Nick Catoggio's daily newsletter on politics. To unlock the full version,become a Dispatch member today. The surest sign that the GOP's midterm prospects are collapsing is that evidence of it has punctured the right-wing information…...
Trump Pushes Gun-Rights Advocates Into a Quagmire
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (318+ words) I don't like that he had a gun. I don't like that he had two fully loaded magazines. That's a lot of bad stuff." That's President Donald Trump's latest message about the killing of concealed-carry permit holder Alex Pretti by…...
Trump's Immigration Backlash
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (722+ words) You're reading The Morning Dispatch, our flagship daily newsletter explaining all the news you need to know today in fewer than 15 minutes. To unlock the full version, become a Dispatch member today. Happy Tuesday! A man in Milton, Massachusetts, set…...
Are Vaccines Still In?
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (93+ words) Are Vaccines Still In?The Dispatch Are Vaccines Still In? Steve Hayes is joined by Emily Oster to discuss the latest federal vaccine and dietary guidelines before welcoming Kevin Williamson and Michael Warren to discuss the Epstein files, Don Lemon's…...
Blaming the Judiciary
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (117+ words) Fact-based reporting and analysis on politics, policy, and culture'informed by conservative principles. Sarah Isgur and David French are hosted by the Rockefeller Center for Public Policy and Social Sciences at Dartmouth to discuss the United States at 250 and where the…...
Cold War Statecraft for Artificial Intelligence
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (1706+ words) Cold War Statecraft for Artificial Intelligence'The Dispatch Cold War Statecraft for Artificial Intelligence Turn any article into a podcast. Upgrade now to start listening. Editor's Note: The United States and China are firmly locked in a cold war struggle whose…...
Two Cheers for a Semi-Normal Appropriations Process
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (1068+ words) Two Cheers for a Semi-Normal Appropriations Process'The Dispatch Two Cheers for a Semi-Normal Appropriations Process Turn any article into a podcast. Upgrade now to start listening. Is it too kind to give any cheers at all to Congress" appropriators during…...