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An information hub for conservatives, republicans, libertarians, and liberty-loving Americans.en-usWed, 24 Jun 2026 08:25:09 -0400If Citizens Lose Faith in Elections, Accountability Dies<![CDATA[Democracy depends on a simple bargain: citizens elect leaders, leaders make decisions, and voters can remove them when those decisions fail.]]>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Joe Abraham]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/joe-abraham/2026/06/24/if-citizens-lose-faith-in-elections-accountability-dies-n2678166Minimum Wage Fail<![CDATA[Not long ago, new kinds of jobs appeared: app-based gig work.]]>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[John Stossel]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/johnstossel/2026/06/24/minimum-wage-fail-n2678180The Vanishing Conservative Supreme Court<![CDATA[The Supreme Court is 6-3 Republican-appointed, including three justices picked by President Trump. Yet as we reach the annual end of the Supreme Court Term, which customarily wraps up before July, there are remarkably few conservative decisions to halt the advance of the liberal agenda.]]>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[John and Andy Schlafly]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/johnandandyschlafly/2026/06/24/the-vanishing-conservative-supreme-court-n2678186One Small Step for School Choice<![CDATA[When the One Big Beautiful Bill Act came up for a vote on the Senate floor on July 1 of last year, 50 senators voted for it, and 50 senators voted against it. Vice President JD Vance had to cast the tie-breaking vote in that chamber -- so the bill could go back to the House for a final vote.]]>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Terry Jeffrey]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/terryjeffrey/2026/06/24/one-small-step-for-school-choice-n2678189A Green Card Isn't a Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card<![CDATA[The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Tuesday that border officers can place a lawful permanent resident on immigration parole - effectively suspending their entry - based on a reasonable suspicion of criminal conduct, without first proving the crime by clear and convincing evidence. The case is Lau v. Garland, and it is a straightforward win for executive authority over immigration. It is also a ruling that the political left is treating as a constitutional emergency. It isn't.]]>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Jay Rogers]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/jay-rogers/2026/06/24/a-green-card-isnt-a-get-out-of-jail-free-card-n2678190When Did Citizenship Become Optional at the Ballot Box?<![CDATA[Editor's Note: This column was co-authored by Selene Rodriguez.]]>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Josh Findlay]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/josh-findlay/2026/06/24/when-did-citizenship-become-optional-at-the-ballot-box-n2678192Paris Betrays Its Own Ideals<![CDATA[For generations, Paris has stood as a symbol of liberty. The French Revolution inspired oppressed peoples across the world. The words Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité became a beacon for those struggling against tyranny and injustice. That proud legacy suffered a grievous blow this weekend when French authorities blocked a peaceful gathering of more than 100,000 Iranians who had traveled from across Europe to raise their voices against one of the world's most brutal dictatorships. What occurred in Paris was a stain upon the reputation of France and a shocking assault on democratic freedoms.]]>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Struan Stevenson]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/struanstevenson/2026/06/24/paris-betrays-its-own-ideals-n2678193RFK Is the Furthest Thing From 'Checked Out’<![CDATA[Recent reporting from POLITICO and The New York Times would have you believe that Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is derelict at his job, but the overwhelming evidence proves otherwise.]]>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Martha Boneta Fain]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/marthaboneta/2026/06/24/rfk-is-the-furthest-thing-from-checked-out-n2678194El-Sayed’s Plan to Raise Prescription Drug Prices<![CDATA[Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed wants to make prescription drugs more expensive.]]>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Sam Raus]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/sam-raus/2026/06/24/el-sayeds-plan-to-raise-prescription-drug-prices-n2678202World Cracking Down on Immigration Abuse, a Decade After 'Fact-Checks' Called Trump Claim FalseWed, 24 Jun 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[The Lion]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/the-lion/2026/06/24/world-cracking-down-on-immigration-abuse-a-decade-after-fact-checks-called-trump-claim-false-n2678178Republicans Hang On<![CDATA[By a number of conventional measures, the Republican Party should be headed for a huge loss in this November's House midterm elections. But some experts think the results will be much closer than originally thought. The problem for Republicans is those experts still think the GOP will lose, just not in an old-fashioned blowout.]]>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 18:00:26 -0400<![CDATA[Byron York]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/byronyork/2026/06/23/columnistsbyronyork20260623republicans-hang-on-n2678184Democrats Declare War on School Choice<![CDATA[Why are Democrats and their teachers’ union masters trying to shoot down parental choice in education even when we now have so many examples of these programs working?&nbsp;]]>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 01:20:00 -0400<![CDATA[Stephen Moore]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/stephenmoore/2026/06/23/democrats-declare-war-on-school-choice-n2678129The Humble Patent<![CDATA[Patents are the grease of American business greatness.]]>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Alan Joseph Bauer]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/alanjosephbauer/2026/06/23/the-humble-patent-n2678095Who's to Blame for the Inner-City Mess?<![CDATA[America is simply unable to have a decent, calm, intelligent, rational discussion about race.&nbsp;It almost immediately descends into emotional rancor, and emotions do not think; they only react and harden.&nbsp;And while this situation exists, racial problems in America will persist, and a huge segment of the country’s population will remain in a sad and unnecessary condition.]]>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Mark Lewis]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/marklewis/2026/06/23/whos-to-blame-for-the-inner-city-mess-n2678102The Left's Worst Political Miscalculation<![CDATA[I recently joined my dear friend AJ Rice on his new show, "Dangerous Laughter." It’s a cutting-edge example of new media that AJ describes as “political satire with a spine.” Somewhere between the laughs, the history lessons, and AJ's trademark ability to connect today's headlines to events most people slept through in high school, we landed on a topic that continues to haunt the American Left.]]>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Chris Salcedo]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/chrissalcedo/2026/06/23/the-lefts-worst-political-miscalculation-n2678106Americans Should Welcome Legitimate Investigations Into Alleged Voter Registration Fraud<![CDATA[Confidence in our elections is not a Republican issue or a Democratic issue. It is an American issue.]]>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Scott Walter]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/scottwalter/2026/06/23/americans-should-welcome-legitimate-investigations-into-alleged-voter-registration-fraud-n2678108A Letter Home From Woke Summer Camp<![CDATA[Dear Mom and Dad,]]>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Tom Purcell]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/tompurcell/2026/06/23/a-letter-home-from-woke-summer-camp-n2678117Ghost of Alexis de Tocqueville Returns — What America Can Learn From Him<![CDATA[LUZERNE COUNTY, Pennsylvania -- Over the Flag Day weekend in Pennsylvania, crowds gathered, and communities were formed in the most unlikely of places, under viaducts, along gravel-filled tracks and at the base of some impressive Appalachian mountains, all just to watch as Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014 rolled through northeastern Pennsylvania.]]>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Salena Zito]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/salenazito/2026/06/23/ghost-of-alexis-de-tocqueville-returns-what-america-can-learn-from-him-n2678118The Big Apple Is Ripe for Rotten Democratic Socialism<![CDATA[A few days ago, the godfather of American democratic socialism, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), held a rally with New York City’s democratic socialist mayor, Zohran Mamdani, supporting three democratic socialists running for the U.S. House of Representatives in New York City districts.]]>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Chris Talgo]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/christalgo/2026/06/23/the-big-apple-is-ripe-for-rotten-democratic-socialism-n2678119How Democrats Sell Themselves to the Public<![CDATA[I find who you have sex with to be the least interesting thing about anyone. After a few drinks, I’ll engage in all the “guy talk” anyone can handle, but not if you aren’t a friend because if you’re just some random person who you have sex with (or how you have it) is boring. If that defines you as a person, I feel sorry for you. Same goes for your religion or any other irrelevant characteristic about you – if you can be captured as a person by something that is the equivalent of the type or style of shoes you wear, you’re not worth knowing.&nbsp;]]>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Derek Hunter]]>https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2026/06/23/how-democrats-sell-themselves-to-the-public-n2678122