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Why Trump Isn’t Attacking Nikki Haley’s Top Supporter in Congress

Why Trump Isn’t Attacking Nikki Haley’s Top Supporter in CongressFew Republican politicians who have bucked Donald Trump have lived to tell the tale. Candidates who have expressed mere skepticism of the former president have faced fierce primary challenges. Of the 10 Republicans who voted to impeach Trump in 2021, eight did not return to Congress in 2023. Perhaps nowhere have these harsh reprisals been clearer than in South Carolina,where former Republican Gov. Mark Sanford lost a House bid in 2018 after criticizing Trump and where Trump-backed challenger Russell Fry unseated Republican Rep. Tom Rice after Rice voted to impeach the former president for the Jan. 6 attacks on the Capitol. But there is one man who, seemingly, has managed to defy these new laws of political gravity: South Carolina Rep. Ralph Norman, the lone member of Congress to endorse Nikki Haley. So far, in advance of the Feb. 24 South…


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Ukraine Can’t Win, and Three Other Myths About Its War Against Russia

Ukraine Can’t Win, and Three Other Myths About Its War Against RussiaTwo years ago, Vladimir Putin launched his unprovoked, premeditated, full-scale invasion of Ukraine based on several myths, including that Ukraine was not a “real” country and was militarily weak, and that the West was in disarray and would do little to stop him. Ukrainians quickly destroyed some of these myths, along with much of Russia’s invading forces. Ukrainians preserved their capital, their leadership and regained much of the territory seized by Russian forces in the early days of 2022, albeit at terrible cost. And the West responded by imposing serious (if insufficient) economic sanctions on Russia and providing significant (if somewhat delayed) military assistance to Ukraine. Other myths, however, linger to this day and new ones have popped up more recently, particularly in the debate in Congress over whether to continue U.S. aid to Ukraine. As Republicans who served…


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Opinion | I’m a Republican Strategist. Biden’s Age Won’t Doom Him.

Opinion | I’m a Republican Strategist. Biden’s Age Won’t Doom Him.Many Republicans seem to think zeroing in on President Joe Biden’s age is the easy path to victory in November. House GOP lawmakers quickly announced a hearing with Special Counsel Robert Hur, where they are sure to highlight his report characterizing the president as an “elderly man with a poor memory.” But Republicans are making a big mistake if they think voters will not reelect a geriatric politician. As a Republican strategist who has bluntly tried to make the case for generational change against an opposing presidential candidate, I can tell you it doesn’t really work. Democrats are concerned about fallout from the Hur report, but as I learned the hard way, there is very little evidence that voters actually care about political leaders’ ages. The record is clear, albeit depressing: One is hard pressed to identify a single president,…


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US national debt tracker for March 18, 2024: See what American taxpayers (you) owe in real time

US national debt tracker for March 18, 2024: See what American taxpayers (you) owe in real timeThe U.S. national debt is climbing at an astronomical pace and has shown no signs of slowing down despite the heightened scrutiny on government spending.The national debt — which measures what the U.S. owes its creditors — increased to $34,542,838,497,262.94 as of Friday afternoon, according to the latest numbers published by the Treasury Department. That is up about $56.6 billion from the $34,486,220,026,285.95 figure reported the previous day.By comparison, just four decades ago, the national debt hovered around $907 billion.The outlook for the federal debt level is bleak, with economists increasingly sounding the alarm over the torrid pace of spending by Congress and the White House. SOARING DEFICITS TO PUSH PUBLICLY HELD DEBT TO RECORD LEVEL IN 4 YEARSThe latest findings from the Congressional Budget Office indicate that the national debt will grow to an…


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The Terrible Costs of a Phone-Based Childhood

The Terrible Costs of a Phone-Based ChildhoodPhotographs by Maggie ShannonSomething went suddenly and horribly wrong for adolescents in the early 2010s. By now you’ve likely seen the statistics: Rates of depression and anxiety in the United States—fairly stable in the 2000s—rose by more than 50 percent in many studies from 2010 to 2019. The suicide rate rose 48 percent for adolescents ages 10 to 19. For girls ages 10 to 14, it rose 131 percent.The problem was not limited to the U.S.: Similar patterns emerged around the same time in Canada, the U.K., Australia, New Zealand, the Nordic countries, and beyond. By a variety of measures and in a variety of countries, the members of Generation Z (born in and after 1996) are suffering from anxiety, depression, self-harm, and related disorders at levels higher than any other generation for which we have data.The decline in mental health is just one…


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‘She’s Being Used’: Laken Riley’s Father Angered By Her Name Being Exploited By Politicians ...

‘She’s Being Used’: Laken Riley’s Father Angered By Her Name Being Exploited By Politicians …Laken Riley’s grieving father broke his silence on NBC’s The Today Show Monday about how he believes his daughter’s death is being “used” by politicians in the border fight. Laken was a 22-year old nursing student out jogging on the University of Georgia campus last month when she was killed. An undocumented migrant from Venezuela, whom authorities said entered the country illegally in 2022, was arrested and charged with her murder. NBC reporter Priscilla Thompson introduced her interview with Jason Riley by saying, “Laken Riley’s name has become a battlecry in the partisan fight over border politics.” Thompson asked him, “Do you think a difference in immigration policy would have made a difference for Laken?” “We have no idea if that would’ve changed anything,” said the soft-spoken father. “But, he’s here illegally — that he might…


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