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Missile defenses defeat ‘the science’ and ‘the experts’

If someone says “Trust the science!” these days, it’s usually an effort to short-circuit debate over weighty policy issues. “Trust the science” has been deployed in the past five years to prevent debate over COVID school closures and mask mandates, over electric-car subsidies, and over sex changes for boys and girls. For my entire time […]

House GOP considers backup FISA plan to sunset spy tool after stunning floor defeat

House Republicans are regrouping and considering a two-year sunset on a key surveillance law as a way to move forward on reauthorizing security measures after a group of hard-line Republicans effectively killed a procedural rule in a blow to House leaders ahead of next week’s deadline. The “no” votes of 19 hard-line House Republicans and […]

Hungary’s political challenger says his ‘vision’ can defeat Orbán | Hungary

The political newcomer, who has become a headache for the Hungarian government, says his experience as a regime insider will help him succeed where other rebels have failed, adding “Vision” as a sign of the possibility of “rise and change.” Fourteen years after Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban returned to power and led the country […]

Nets use furious late rally to defeat NBA-worst Pistons

The Nets may have had a disappointing season, but that doesn’t mean they can’t show some pride until the end. Finally, they showed some of it at the end of the year and in a 113-103 come-from-behind victory over the Pistons late Saturday. Trailing by 15 points with just over seven minutes left in the […]

Yankees suffer first loss of season in defeat to Diamondbacks

PHOENIX — A common refrain from starting pitchers during the first turn of the Yankees’ rotation was that they knew they needed to keep games close to give the offense a chance to win. Nestor Cortés saved himself from going completely off the rails again after another eventful first round. This time, however, the Yankees’ […]

Recep Tayyip Erdogan Suffers Worst Defeat in Two Decades in Turkey’s Local Elections

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP) suffered their worst defeat in local elections in more than 20 years, losing both Istanbul and Ankara’s mayoral races to opposition candidates. Opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) narrowly won Istanbul’s mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, has emerged as Erdoğan’s main rival for national influence, receiving […]

Tories on Pace for Worst Election Defeat in Party History Under Sunak

The Conservatives are on pace for their worst election result ever as a seat-by-seat poll reveals Rishi Sunak’s neo-liberal party could win by fewer than 100 seats in the next general election. It’s progressing. The poll of 15,000 people was commissioned by the globalist think tank Best for Britain and conducted by Survation. published in […]