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NR PLUS White House

Democrats Can’t Fix What’s Wrong with Joe Biden

By Charles C. W. Cooke

A Politico piece reflects the host of faulty presumptions guiding the president’s navigation of our two-party system.

NR PLUS Media

The Times Versus Itself on ‘Replacement’

By Kyle Smith

Never mind that the New York Times has embraced the theory — sometimes even using the same word — for years.

NR PLUS Capital Matters

Why More Americans Don’t Ride Public Transit

By Dominic Pino

Because it stinks.

4h

Pennsylvania GOP Senate Primary Race Too Close to Call

6h

Madison Cawthorn Loses North Carolina GOP House Primary Challenge after Scandal Pile-Up

7h

Trump-Backed Doug Mastriano Wins Pennsylvania GOP Primary for Governor

Elections

Madison Cawthorn Loses North Carolina GOP House Primary Challenge after Scandal Pile-Up

By Caroline Downey

Cawthorn lost to state senator Chuck Edwards after a series of scandals shook his budding political career.

McLaughlin: Madison Cawthorn’s Primary Challenger Is Everything Cawthorn Isn’t

By Dan McLaughlin

The Editors: Madison Cawthorn Doesn’t Belong in Congress

NR PLUS Capital Matters

The Great Bundling

By Dan McLaughlin

To find woke politics, look wherever there is a shortage of competition.

NR PLUS U.S.

Is Nationalism ‘Liberal’?

By Nate Hochman

Nationhood is the best antidote to the excesses of liberal modernity.

Elections

Pennsylvania GOP Senate Primary Race Too Close to Call

By Caroline Downey

Trump-endorsed celebrity surgeon Mehmet Oz currently has a razor-thin margin of less than a thousand votes over hedge-fund executive Dave McCormick.

NR PLUS Law & the Courts

FBI Agent Was ‘Troubled’ by Secrecy around Trump-Russia Collusion Evidence Provided by Sussmann

By Isaac Schorr

The agent said that the quality of the analysis made him question whether the source had a ‘mental disability.’

Politics & Policy

The Buffalo Blame Game

By Kevin D. Williamson

Events such as the one in Buffalo require a serious response, but there is nobody around to provide one, at least not in elected office.

Politics & Policy

The Buffalo Massacre

By The Editors

The atrocity in Buffalo raises serious issues that should not be politicized.

Politics & Policy

What They’re Not Telling You about the Buffalo Shooter

By Kyle Smith

The suspect’s manifesto, while certainly political, is ideologically all over the map.

Law & the Courts

Judge Jackson Won’t Say Dobbs Leak Is Wrong and Won’t Object to Protests at Her Soon-to-Be Colleagues’ Homes

By Andrew C. McCarthy

Her refusal to comment can be seen as tacit approval.

NR PLUS Politics & Policy

The End of Roe?

By Kathryn Jean Lopez

If so, the work continues.

NR PLUS Politics & Policy

The Dobbs Leak Has Backfired on Democrats

By Arjun Singh

Progressives have turned on their own side.

Russia-Ukraine Conflict

PHOTOS: Russia-Ukraine War

Latest images from the war-torn region.

World

Will Joe Biden Visit Ukraine?

By Arjun Singh

This revolving door of top leaders visiting Ukraine raises the impending question: When will Joe go?

World

Glimpses of Reality in Ukraine

By Jay Nordlinger

Russia’s assault on a people, cont.

The Latest

Elections

Pennsylvania GOP Senate Primary Race Too Close to Call

By Caroline Downey 12:48 AM

Trump-endorsed celebrity surgeon Mehmet Oz currently has a razor-thin margin of less than a thousand votes over hedge-fund executive Dave McCormick.

Elections

Madison Cawthorn Loses North Carolina GOP House Primary Challenge after Scandal Pile-Up

By Caroline Downey 10:40 PM

Cawthorn lost to state senator Chuck Edwards after a series of scandals shook his budding political career.

Elections

Trump-Backed Doug Mastriano Wins Pennsylvania GOP Primary for Governor

By Caroline Downey 10:25 PM

Mastriano defeated a crowded field of eight challengers, including second-place contender former U.S. Representative Lou Barletta.

Elections

John Fetterman Wins Pennsylvania Democratic Senate Primary after Suffering Stroke

By Caroline Downey 9:30 PM

Fetterman is currently projected to win by more than 30 percent over second-place finisher U.S. representative Conor Lamb.

Elections

Trump-Endorsed Ted Budd Wins North Carolina GOP Senate Primary

By Caroline Downey 8:45 PM

Budd’s victory advances the thesis that Trump’s backing remains valuable for dominating key Republican races.

Law & the Courts

Federal Injunction Issued against Forcing Christian Businesses to Insure Transgender Transitions

By Wesley J. Smith 7:51 PM

If the RFRA goes, so does religious freedom in the United States.

Politics & Policy

Princeton Preparing to Fire Tenured Professor for Opposing Far-Left Activists

By Kyle Smith 7:45 PM

Joshua Katz, one of the few academics who spoke out against the post–George Floyd mobs, has been targeted by Princeton president Christopher Eisgruber.

NR PLUS Law & the Courts

FBI Agent Was ‘Troubled’ by Secrecy around Trump-Russia Collusion Evidence Provided by Sussmann

By Isaac Schorr 6:29 PM

The agent said that the quality of the analysis made him question whether the source had a ‘mental disability.’

Politics & Policy

Elon Musk Says He Plans to Vote Republican in Next Election

By Brittany Bernstein 6:18 PM

Musk did not clarify whether he intended to vote Republican in the upcoming midterm elections, the 2024 presidential election, or both.

NR PLUS National Security & Defense

UFOs Return to Congress

By Jack Butler 6:13 PM

A congressional hearing today on what we’re now supposed to call ‘UAPs’ was welcome, but still raised more questions than answers.

Politics & Policy

Spinoza?

By Kevin D. Williamson 6:03 PM

Charlie Kirk’s latest enemy: 17th-century rationalist philosopher Spinoza.

Economy & Business

Disney Unveils New 2022 ‘Pride’ Clothing Line for LGBTQ Children

By Arjun Singh 5:46 PM

The new products include t-shirts, baby wear, bracelets, sweaters, socks, and girls’ backpacks in the rainbow colors of the ‘Pride’ flag.

NR PLUS Education

On Education, Democrats Are Losing Voter Support

By Frederick M. Hess

Republicans can seize the opportunity by focusing on three principles.

NR PLUS Education

Rescuing Socrates

By John J. Miller

Roosevelt Montás, defender of the Western canon.

NR PLUS Film & TV

The Multiverse’s Gateway to Despair

By Ross Douthat

A review of Everything Everywhere All at Once, starring Michelle Yeoh.

NEW PODCASTS

National Review’s Radio Free California Podcast

Episode 224: The RFC California Primary-Ballot Mallet

David and Will dive into the state’s June primary ballot with political insider Jon Fleischman.

The Editors

Episode 434: Tragedy in Buffalo

Rich, Charlie, Jim, and Michael discuss last weekend’s horrific mass shooting, and the Twitter war between Biden and Jeff Bezos.

The Great Books

Episode 228: The Inheritors by William Golding

John J. Miller is joined by Rebecca Wragg Sykes of the University of Liverpool to discuss William Golding’s The Inheritors.

Videos

Abbott, FDA Reach Deal to Reopen Shuttered Baby-Formula Plant

Biden Claims His Agenda Has ‘Helped Not Hurt’ Effort to Combat Surging Inflation

McConnell Repeats Pledge to Never End Filibuster for ‘Any’ Issue, Including Abortion

Biden Calls ‘MAGA Crowd’ the ‘Most Extreme Political Organization That’s Existed’

Abbott, FDA Reach Deal to Reopen Shuttered Baby-Formula Plant

Biden Claims His Agenda Has ‘Helped Not Hurt’ Effort to Combat Surging Inflation

McConnell Repeats Pledge to Never End Filibuster for ‘Any’ Issue, Including Abortion

Biden Calls ‘MAGA Crowd’ the ‘Most Extreme Political Organization That’s Existed’