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South Korean K-pop stars BTS hit the right note of how to wield cultural power
When the South Korean boy band/K-pop sensation BTS takes the stage in Seoul this June, ending a four-year touring hiatus, it will mark more than just a comeback — it will validate one of the shrewdest soft-power decisions in recent memory. In 2022, at the absolute apex of their global…
Read More »JOHN YOO: Supreme Court showdown exposes shaky case against birthright citizenship
On Friday, the Supreme Court announced that it would hear challenges to President Donald Trump’s executive order to end birthright citizenship. The Fourteenth Amendment automatically makes all babies born on American territory citizens. Trump’s effort to overturn the traditional reading of the constitutional text and history should not succeed. Ratified…
Read More »Jim Caviezel starring in Bolsonaro biopic as son of jailed former president launches 2026 campaign
A biopic about Brazil’s jailed former president Jair Bolsonaro is in production, his son Carlos has confirmed. In a post shared on X after his brother, Flavio, entered the country’s 2026 presidential race, Carlos lavished praise on American actor Jim Caviezel, who stars as the ex-president in the film. ‘Jim…
Read More »Senate Republicans land on Obamacare fix, tee up dueling vote with Dems
Senate Republicans have finally landed on a plan to tackle expiring Obamacare subsidies to counter Senate Democrats, but both are likely to fail in a vote set for later this week. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., announced Tuesday that Republicans had coalesced around a proposal from Sens. Bill Cassidy,…
Read More »European talks reshape Ukraine’s peace plan as Zelenskyy refuses territorial concessions
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday that Kyiv is nearly ready to present a refined peace plan to the United States after days of talks with European partners, even as he maintains that Ukraine cannot give up any territory to Russia. Zelenskyy said he reviewed the results of negotiations held…
Read More »As GOP political power hangs in the balance, Wiles says Trump will ‘campaign like it’s 2024’ ahead of midterms
President Donald Trump will be deployed on the campaign trail next year ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles indicated during an appearance on ‘The Mom VIEW.’ Wiles said that ‘so many of those low-propensity voters are Trump voters,’ and that she had not…
Read More »China sharpens confrontation with Japan following reported radar run-in
Beijing escalated its war of words with Tokyo after Japan said Chinese fighter jets aimed a fire-control radar at Japanese F-15s flying near Okinawa, an action Tokyo called ‘dangerous’ and ‘extremely regrettable.’ Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his German counterpart Johann Wadephul in Beijing that ‘Japan is threatening China…
Read More »Mamdani will introduce British antisemitism, taxes to US: Former UK prime minister
Liz Truss, the former British prime minister who staked her brief tenure on tax cuts and deregulation, is warning Americans about New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s socialist agenda will mirror the high-tax, high-regulation model she fought in the U.K. ‘I’ve seen what’s happened with Mamdani being elected,’ former U.K.…
Read More »Bipartisan lawmakers unveil Obamacare extension as pressure grows on Johnson for play call
A bipartisan group of House lawmakers has introduced legislation aimed at keeping COVID-19 pandemic-era Obamacare subsidies alive for another two years. Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., and Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y., co-chairs of the Problem Solvers Caucus, have told reporters for weeks that they are working on such a measure as Capitol…
Read More »GOP senator pitches ‘Black Friday’ Obamacare fix that bridges Democrat, Republican demands
While Senate Republicans work to coalesce behind a fix to expiring Obamacare subsidies, one Republican has a plan that he says bridges Democrats’ desires and GOP demands. Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., detailed his plan, dubbed the Marshall Plan, in an interview with Fox News Digital that he pitched as a…
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