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The lead Aug 18, 2026 63

Dem Cities Offer Interest-Free Loans to Comply with Islamic Sharia Law

A growing number of Democrat cities are offering interest-free loans to comply with Sharia law – just the latest example of how the radical religious and moral code of Islam is supplanting American law without any input from voters.

Shane Harris

Aug 17, 2026 14

Trump’s “America First” Agenda Brings Another Citizen Home

Robert Gilman, a Massachusetts teacher and former Marine held in Russia four years, came home with no prisoner swap — the 109th American freed during Trump's second term.

Alan Jamison

Aug 14, 2026 80

Abdul El-Sayed Is an American Tragedy

Michigan's Democratic Senate nominee grew up in a $120,000-income suburb, won a Rhodes Scholarship, and earned degrees from Michigan, Oxford, and Columbia before embracing Marxism.

David Harsanyi

Aug 11, 2026 6

Trump Moves to Stop China’s Robot Invasion

The Trump administration is taking action to stop the import of potentially dangerous new Chinese robots and robotic devices.

Ben Solis

Aug 7, 2026 59

Trump Signs Executive Orders Cracking Down on Birthright Citizenship

The June 30 ruling in Trump v. Barbara struck down his first order; the new pair targets birth tourism, including Chinese nationals who hire U.S. surrogates.

Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell

Jul 31, 2026 9

Zelensky Draws an Ace: Ukraine’s Attack Drones and the New Strategies Dominating Modern Warfare

Ukraine now builds hundreds of thousands of attack drones a month, cheaply and fast, and the Pentagon wants that know-how to fix its own cost overruns and delays.

Steven Richards

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