David Swerdlick
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U.S. Plans Compounds to House Palestinians in Israeli-Held Half of Gaza
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November 25, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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The Conservative Movement’s Intellectual Collapse
Trump is both a product and a cause of the decline in intellectual standards on the right.
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November 25, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Opinion | We’re Seeing What a No-Immigration Economy Looks Like
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November 23, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Opinion | Trump Is Down Again. His Way Back Up This Time Is Not So Clear.
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November 22, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Opinion | Trump Is Mired in a War of Attrition
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November 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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Manhattans in Brooklyn, and 25 Must-Try Cocktails in New York City
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November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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European leaders on Friday warned that the Ukrainian army should not be defanged and that they should be consulted on talks to end the war in Ukraine, as they scrambled to respond to a U.S.-Russian peace plan that has largely excluded them and Kyiv.
European Leaders Back Zelensky After U.S. Plan Leaves Them Out
The 28-point proposal would require Kyiv to surrender territory, reduce the size of its army and relinquish some weaponry, according to officials familiar with the proposal.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:30 PM
European leaders on Friday warned that the Ukrainian army should not be defanged and that they should be consulted on talks to end the war in Ukraine, as they scrambled to respond to a U.S.-Russian peace plan that has largely excluded them and Kyiv.
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Opinion | Does Trump Know the Price of Milk?
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November 21, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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Opinion | ‘The System Is Meant to Break You’: What ICE Is Doing to People Here Legally
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November 21, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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Opinion | No, Mr. President, We Cannot ‘Leave It at That’
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November 20, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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Opinion | A.I. Is a Bubble. Maybe That’s OK.
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November 20, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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November 19, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Donald Trump has now officially passed Obama's eight-year total of rounds of golf — in less than five years. I've added a chart to my tracker of Trump's golf/property visits to show just how far past Obama he's getting.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Donald Trump has now officially passed Obama's eight-year total of rounds of golf — in less than five years. I've added a chart to my tracker of Trump's golf/property visits to show just how far past Obama he's getting.
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Opinion | Who’s Afraid of Tucker Carlson? I Can Think of Two People.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Breaking News: President Trump’s sweeping tariffs sent trade plummeting in August, with imports dropping 5.1%, new data shows.
Trump’s Tariffs Sent Trade Plummeting in August
The steep tariffs President Trump issued in August led to a significant contraction in imports and the trade deficit, newly released data shows.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Breaking News: President Trump’s sweeping tariffs sent trade plummeting in August, with imports dropping 5.1%, new data shows.
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Russia launched a barrage of missile and drone strikes on western Ukraine on Wednesday. At least 10 people were killed when a Russian missile hit a residential building in the Ukrainian city of Ternopil, a Ukrainian official said.
Russia Strikes Ukraine as Zelensky Aims to Revive Peace Talks
At least 10 people were killed in the western Ukrainian city of Ternopil when a Russian missile hit a residential building, a Ukrainian official said.
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November 19, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Russia launched a barrage of missile and drone strikes on western Ukraine on Wednesday. At least 10 people were killed when a Russian missile hit a residential building in the Ukrainian city of Ternopil, a Ukrainian official said.
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Opinion | The White House Gold Rush Is On
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November 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Federal Border Patrol agents are expected to expand their operations in North Carolina on Tuesday to include Raleigh, the state capital, local officials said. It's the latest escalation of President Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration, which has targeted Democratic-run cities.
Border Patrol Expands North Carolina Operations to More Liberal Cities
Agents are expected to be active in the Raleigh area on Tuesday, though the scope of the immigration crackdown in the state’s Research Triangle region was not immediately clear.
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November 18, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Federal Border Patrol agents are expected to expand their operations in North Carolina on Tuesday to include Raleigh, the state capital, local officials said. It's the latest escalation of President Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration, which has targeted Democratic-run cities.
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Opinion | Trump Made the Citizenship Test Harder. What if Every American Had to Take It?
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November 18, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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MacKenzie Scott gave 15 donations to historically Black colleges and universities this year, adding up to more than $700 million, according to a list compiled by Marybeth Gasman, a professor at Rutgers and the executive director of the Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions.
MacKenzie Scott Gives $700 Million to Historically Black Colleges
The donations to over a dozen schools come as the Trump administration is directing more funds to the historically Black institutions, too.
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November 18, 2025 at 1:30 AM
MacKenzie Scott gave 15 donations to historically Black colleges and universities this year, adding up to more than $700 million, according to a list compiled by Marybeth Gasman, a professor at Rutgers and the executive director of the Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions.
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Opinion | We Came Here Legally. ICE Locked Us Up Anyway.
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November 17, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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The American penny died on Wednesday in Philadelphia. It was 232. The cause was irrelevance and expensiveness, the Treasury Department said. Nothing could be bought any more with a penny, as the cost to mint the penny had risen to more than 3 cents. nyti.ms/48bFd5K
November 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
The American penny died on Wednesday in Philadelphia. It was 232. The cause was irrelevance and expensiveness, the Treasury Department said. Nothing could be bought any more with a penny, as the cost to mint the penny had risen to more than 3 cents. nyti.ms/48bFd5K
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Opinion | Abortion Has Remained Mostly Accessible. That May Soon Change.
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November 12, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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Opinion | Tim Kaine: Why I Voted to End the Shutdown
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November 12, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Opinion | Chuck Schumer Is a Convenient Punching Bag. There Was No Happy Outcome for the Shutdown.
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November 11, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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