Politics

Trump team slashes 500 jobs at Voice of America
The Trump administration slashed more than 500 jobs at the Voice of America, a potentially fatal blow to the government media outlet repeatedly gutted by funding cuts. Source...

Trump casts doubt on Putin-Zelenskyy sit-down
President Trump said his hoped-for meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy might not happen. Source link

Bondi fires DOJ employee for flipping off, cussing at National Guard troops
Attorney General Pam Bondi fired a Justice Department employee for "inappropriate conduct" toward National Guard troops who have been deployed to Washington as part of President Trump's crackdown on...

The joke's on Newsom: Court sides with Babylon Bee in striking down anti-deepfake law
A federal judge tossed a California law intended to prevent fake political ads from influencing elections, finding that the measure violated the First Amendment in response to a legal...

Trump taps federal agents to tackle local policing. That's not always helpful, critics say
It's a scene that has played out on the streets of Washington and Los Angeles since President Donald Trump declared a crime emergency in the nation's capital and ramped...

Macron says Putin 'played' Trump if no agreement for Zelenskyy meeting by Monday
French President Emmanuel Macron said that if there is no agreement for Russia-Ukraine peace talks by President Trump's self-imposed Sept. 1 deadline, then Russian President Vladimir Putin "played" the...

Political Gnosticism Is a Modern Sickness | National Review
The conspiratorial belief that massive hidden systems need to be exposed is gripping left and right. Source link

Hollywood’s School of Hard Knocks | National Review
Bruce Handy provides a flawed but fun survey of a social phenomenon that American pop culture essentially invented: ‘teenagerhood.’ Source link

The Risk in Trump’s Ukraine War Exertions | National Review
Are America’s interests truly being served in the president’s diplomatic push? Source link

Seeing France for the First Time | National Review
We never did encounter the legendary rudeness and scorn of Parisians, one of many pleasant surprises and unexpected insights. Source link