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Tuesday
Can the MAGA coalition survive a recession?
Trump was never going to be able to satisfy everyone. A recession would put that into focus
Monday
Columbia exemplifies the failure of universities
Ideological zealotry and rampant antisemitism are allowed to flourish
Ignore the ‘oligarchy,’ Trump has mastered his coalition
MAGA’s new adherents have little leverage over the President
Mark Carney is Canada’s new prime minister
The former central banker has benefited from Donald Trump’s foreign policy
Friday
Freedom of speech in the UK is very, very under threat
My experience serves as counterevidence to Keir Starmer’s claims
On the ground at the Sesame Street public media protest
Counter-media groups began interacting with the speakers, attendees and even the Muppets, leading to heated exchanges
Thursday
China’s response to Trump’s tariffs marks a dramatic escalation
The new cold war is heating up
Trump staffers are ‘mid-tier’ and ‘abject,’ says Michael Wolff
‘They are willing to be loyal and abject in a way that someone with other opportunities would not necessarily be’
Wednesday
The Democrats’ Trump Derangement Syndrome comes home to roost
The party needs a reality check
Tuesday
Trump bulldozes through joint address to Congress
The president provided a detailed inventory of his initiatives
With Love, Meghan is a nightmare ending to a fairytale
Let’s not let Megs delude herself that her throwing an apron on and frying chicken for her husband is helping anyone
Canada can do more to address the fentanyl crisis
It is shameful for the Liberal Party to toy with the country’s security, health and economy
Will Trump’s pause of Ukrainian military aid force Zelensky to the negotiating table?
POTUS will have to do the same with Russia
Monday
Melania Trump takes on revenge porn and deepfakes
It’s the first initiative FLOTUS has backed in the second term
Sunday
The harm that DEI has done to public safety cannot be overstated
Pam Bondi announced the DoJ will no longer force fire and police departments to hire underqualified candidates into their ranks
Friday
No peace at Trump-Zelensky talk
Plus: Trump talks taking over DC
Zelensky goes to town
He behaved like a spoiled child, talking over Trump and Vance
All along Trump’s aim has been to dispose of Zelensky
The truth is that the president choreographed his break-up with Ukraine quite well
Zelensky’s White House visit goes off the rails
Trump accused the Ukrainian leader of ‘gambling with World War Three’
Trump on Mexican cartels: ‘You know what the only solution is’
‘I’d rather not tell you that…’
Spectator exclusive: Don’t ban the tush-push, says Trump
‘What I would ban is this horrible kickoff rule’
The Spectator’s interview with President Trump: full transcript
The president spoke with Ben Domenech at the White House on Thursday afternoon
Thursday
Trump’s $5 million immigration ‘Gold Cards’ could split his party
‘We shouldn’t sell citizenship to the highest bidder,’ says one critic
Wednesday
Trump holds first Cabinet meeting
Plus: Mike Johnson pulls rabbit out of hat…again
Monica Lewinsky discusses ‘power imbalances’… on Call Her Daddy
‘We now have language, we now have nomenclature for these kinds of things that allow for more nuanced conversations’
Release the Epstein Files — all of them
Only the guilty are protected by the withholding of evidence, Alan Dershowitz argues
Tuesday
What’s behind the vicious attacks on Elon Musk?
He’s doing big things, but he’s also a way to attack a popular president
Casey DeSantis is clearly running for Florida governor
For Byron Donalds, there are problems lurking at the side of his path
Sean Hannity declares ‘legacy media is dead’
And it may have been Trump who killed it
Monday
DoGE’s Office Space efforts delayed by some
Plus: Monsieur Macron goes to Washington
Europe learns the facts of MAGA life
Trump promotes American ends with bungled means
Sunday
Against Canada’s anti-Americanism
For Canadians, the prospect of joining the United States is a good one, though they don’t seem to see it that way
Saturday
Trump plays the hits at CPAC keynote
‘We are going to forge a new and lasting political majority that will drive American politics for generations to come’
