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"54-40 or Fight" was the slogan of supporters James K. Polk in the 1844 presidential campaign, referring to their desire to take a substantial slice of what would eventually become Canadian territory.

For his part, Donald Trump isn't bothering to set out any latitude lines when he discusses his ambitions on Canada -- he wants the whole thing,...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Why did President-elect Donald Trump pick then Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., to be the next attorney general back in November?

Gaetz is no legal heavyweight. He's never run an organization with thousands of workers, like the Department of Justice. And he's not exactly big on respecting the law.

Nonetheless, Trump went with Gaetz ...Read more

GUADALAJARA, Mexico -- I try not to criticize my country, or my countrymen, while standing on foreign soil. But I'll make an exception.

A lot of Americans have an annoying habit of feeling really passionate about subjects they don't really understand. What we lack in knowledge and wisdom, we make up for in ego and self-confidence.

In that ...Read more

The year 2024 will be remembered for three marvels: Donald Trump, Donald Trump and Donald Trump. He is Time Magazine's Person of the Year. Even Harry Houdini would be jealous.

The facts speak for themselves. President-elect Trump outfoxed and steamrolled four felony prosecutions in New York, Georgia, Washington, D.C., and Florida. The New ...Read more

You can say what you want about Elon Musk, but he is able to pinpoint in a single tweet some of the most dysfunctional aspects of our federal government. For instance, he recently noted that "Simplifying the tax code will increase productivity, instead of incentivizing bizarre tax-avoidance behavior."

He's correct. If President-elect Donald ...Read more

1. On Jan. 1, 2026, Joe Biden will be

a. A criminal defendant in a case brought by the Trump DoJ.

b. Generally regarded as smarter than he appears to be today.

c. Gone from this vale of tears.

d. In hospice.

2. On Jan. 1, 2026, Donald Trump will still be

a. Blaming JD Vance for something.

b. Appealing the civil judgments against him.

c. ...Read more

Following defeat in the presidential election, Democratic Party leadership is doing much needed soul searching.

Those not in denial know there is something wrong.

Per Gallup, in the 10 months in 2024 prior to the election, January to October, the Democrat partisan advantage -- the percentage identifying as Democrat or lean Democrat minus the...Read more

In January 2022, I wrote my first formal annual Strategic Challenges column -- a quick assessment of what I called "strategic challenges to the post-World War II international order." That column listed four Strategic Challenges (big problems). 2023's essay listed five. 2024's added a sixth.

About a month after I wrote the 2022 column, I ...Read more

Media scream, "Too many people have guns!" Second Amendment activist Maj Toure says more people should carry guns. "Everybody should be walking around," he says, "like, 'Oh man, I left my gun in the house. Let me go back and get it.' It should be as normal as a cellphone." Activists and some politicians want gun control. Toure says, "All ...Read more

Many millions of Americans will be united over the next three weeks while engaging in a profoundly American experience: watching the college football playoffs.

Yet an even more profoundly American experience is not watching football -- but playing it.

This fall, the National Federation of State High School Associations released the results ...Read more

He held an important position -- U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia -- but Matthew Graves has been nearly invisible in the national media over the last four years as a Biden appointee. They didn't seriously cover what he's done, and what he's failed to do.

What he's done is hyperactively prosecute Jan. 6 protesters -- whether violent or...Read more

Many Democrats want to rip off Lady Justice's blindfold. Just look at events in New York City this past month.

In December, an NYC jury found Daniel Penny "not guilty" in the death of Jordan Neely. In May 2023, Neely was in a subway car, threatening passengers. He even screamed, "Someone is going to die today." Penny heroically placed himself...Read more

It is just after 9 p.m. on election night in an oversized suite on the 24th floor of downtown Pittsburgh's Fairmont Hotel. All the couches and cushioned chairs have been placed along the wall and replaced by around a half dozen campaign staffers working at desks, or makeshift desks, watching data start to pour in from across Pennsylvania. In ...Read more

The media have been playing up the "civil war" inside the GOP between what Politico calls the "MAGA Republicans and Big Tech." The restrictionists in the party want fewer visas, and the pro-growth wing wants more.

This past weekend, President-elect Donald Trump announced his support for expanding immigrant worker visas. He told the New York ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- "Decency. Decency. Decency," President Joe Biden responded when a reporter asked him about late President Jimmy Carter's legacy Sunday hours after the former president passed away.

It was a self-serving summation on Biden's part, as the barely-there chief executive seized the moment to trash President-elect Donald Trump.

"Can ...Read more

S.E. Cupp is not filing this week. We have subbed Cal Thomas, for release on Tuesday, 12/31.

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