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The saying “If grief could be seen, the world would be covered in black” is often attributed to Francis Weller. For two years, Israel has been wrapped in black. Even when many hostages were freed, the shadow remained. It deepened whenever one of the hundreds of IDF soldiers killed in …

A few weeks ago, Israeli-Palestinian peace seemed impossible. On Monday, President Donald Trump was in the Middle East, putting the finishing touches on his Gaza peace plan. It happened so fast, he made it look easy. But achieving peace was neither fast nor easy. It’s the result of a careful, …

Millions of Americans turned out across the country last Saturday for the “No Kings” rallies, protesting, according to The New York Times, a president that the crowds view as “acting like a monarch.” The success of the protests, however, denies their case. A monarch would have attempted to disperse the …

In one 18-month period between 1971 and 1972, there were 2,500 domestic bombings on American soil – a stunning rate of nearly five per day. For many Americans, that fact is shocking. In today’s popular imagination, the politics of the 1960s and 1970s are remembered as a mostly harmless expression …

It has been a turbulent yet inspiring year for Koreans. A declaration of martial law last winter plunged the nation into uncertainty, but what followed was not chaos – it was the reaffirmation of a people’s unshakable faith in democracy. The “Revolution of Light,” culminating in the peaceful election of …

After six weeks of walking from New York City on my Walk Across America, I’ve arrived in Baltimore. This city is one of contrasts. On one side, you have the beautiful Inner Harbor with its shops and eateries; on the other, the rowhouses of Sandtown-Winchester and the public housing towers …

PROGRAMMING ALERT: Bret Baier’s Fox Nation series on the storied life of Teddy Roosevelt is now available to stream on Fox Nation and the Fox Nation app. Teddy Roosevelt looked into the American heart and declared it good. And America looked at Roosevelt and saw its greatness reflected back. To …

Starting next year, my constituent, Tammy of Woodhull, Illinois, will see her healthcare premiums rise by nearly $600 per month. Ingrid, of Springfield, is a disabled retiree currently battling cancer. She now faces a tough choice: pay $1,400 a month in premiums and copays and cut back on other essentials …

During the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of Americans packed up and moved — chasing sunshine, freedom and, let’s be honest, a lower tax bill. Fleeing from New York to Florida and California to Texas, one thing has become clear over the past five years. People decide where to live in part …

Power has always flowed from control of the world’s essential resources. Once it was steel, then oil, then data. Today, it is compute, and whoever controls it will shape the century ahead. Compute is fast becoming the foundation of global economic growth. In the United States, investment in AI infrastructure, …