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Morning Report — Can Biden straddle border battle?

President Biden's restrictive new order on asylum-seekers, combined with tougher immigration enforcement by Mexico, appears to be constraining crossings at the southern border, Reuters reports. Migrant apprehensions fell just below 2,500 on Sunday, the lowest daily figure since

dramatic monologue as Johanna Magdalena Beyer

this is some hard music to listen to. my dutch clogged name. what you’ve heard about me is whom I’ve predated. some of it hostile and probably not well-informed. some of it mediated. as a port’s port, I have my baby like a mushroom, pinning away for my own logged arrhythmic

Why this week's heat wave could be next summer's normal

The extreme heat slamming the eastern U.S. this week may be a sign of things to come as monthly temperature records continue to give way. A broad swath of the Midwest and eastern U.S. are currently under a heat dome, caused by a high-pressure system in the Earth’s upper

Trump's endorsement puts Larry Hogan in a political bind

Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) is having to navigate tricky political terrain after Donald Trump endorsed him in the state’s Senate race — arguably a liability for a Republican in the deep-blue state. Trump told Fox News last week that he would like to see Hogan win,

Save Journalism, Elect Trump

Dear Donald Trump: Please win the 2024 election. A dying journalism business that flourished, briefly, while you last laid waste to the government awaits your rescue. That is not my better self speaking. I fully understand that Trump’s re-election would disgrace our nation,

Russia-North Korea partnership sends warning to West

Russia and North Korea strengthened an alliance this week, in a blow to the U.S., with the leaders of both countries vowing to increase trade and defend each other in the event of an attack. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s treaty with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during

For True Freedom, We Need Power-Sharing Liberalism

Liberalism is Dead! Long live Liberalism! The foundations of liberalism are quaking once again, but liberalism’s future is also here, in its newest form: power-sharing liberalism. An insistent desire for freedom fires the human spirit. It has always done so, and it will until

Can Liberalism Stop Being So Darn ... Liberal?

Leftist critics of liberalism tend to take one of two positions: Either liberalism is a necessary but insufficient condition for achieving justice and fairness, or else liberalism is an active impediment to these aims, an “ideology,” in Marx’s sense, whose chimerical

Fox News poll finds Biden ahead of Trump by two points

President Biden leads former President Trump by two points in a national poll of the presidential election published by Fox News on Wednesday, taking a lead for the first time since last October. A bare majority, 50 percent, of respondents said they would vote for Biden in

RFK Jr.’s campaign raises $2.6 million in May

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s independent presidential campaign raised $2.6 million in May, according to federal filings, a figure far behind both major party candidates and one that shows its reliance on big money donors. May was the campaign’s weakest month this year, according to

Harris to attack Trump on Dobbs anniversary

Presented by Guardant Health — Plus: Fauci shares what worries him {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Harris to go after Trump on Dobbs anniversary Vice President Harris is set mark the second anniversary of the Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade

Ocasio-Cortez, Frost mock Times Square ad against her

Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) teamed up Wednesday to make fun of a new ad campaign against the New York City progressive, as Ocasio-Cortez faces a Democratic primary challenge. The conservative Job Creators Network activist group backed

Boeing crash families seek retribution

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Boeing crash victims’ families seek ‘aggressive criminal prosecution’ Families who lost loved ones during two fatal Boeing crashes in 2018 and 2019 are pushing

Russia, North Korea deepen ties

Presented by Sikorsky, A Lockheed Martin Company — The Russia-North Korea treaty will lead to increased trade and a mutual pact to defend each other in the event of an attack. {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Russia signs military

Senate sends nuclear power package to Biden’s desk

Welcome to The Hill's Energy & Environment newsletter {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Senate sends nuclear power package to Biden’s desk The Senate on Tuesday passed a package aimed at bolstering the nation’s nuclear power sector, sending it