America, Emptying Out — On Purpose

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Something is happening in America that hasn’t happened since the 1930s. And almost nobody is talking about it the right way. The illegal immigrant population has dropped by roughly 2.3 million people since Donald Trump returned to office. Not “slowed.” Dropped. And the country’s overall population — the whole thing, all of us — is on track for a decline nobody currently walking the earth has ever seen in this country. Not since the Depression. Not since men wore hats to work and radios sat in the corner of the parlor. Steven Camarota, who runs the numbers for the Center

No Deal, No Delay: Charlie Kirk’s Killer Is Going to Trial.

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Charlie Kirk’s killer is going to trial. A Utah judge said so Tuesday: the evidence is there, the case moves forward, and Tyler Robinson could die for what he did. That’s the news. Here’s what matters. Judge Tony Graf didn’t hedge. He looked at what prosecutors laid out — the confession, the note left for a roommate, the rifle fired from a rooftop more than 400 feet from a stage where Charlie Kirk stood talking to a crowd of three thousand people — and he said: this goes to a jury. All seven counts. Aggravated murder chief among them. The

Roberts Dissents, But The Ballroom Wins For Now.

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The bulldozers can keep rolling. The Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for Donald Trump to keep building his $400 million White House ballroom, siding with the administration in a 5-4 ruling that let construction resume while the underlying legal fight grinds on. Chief Justice John Roberts wasn’t having it. He broke from his five fellow conservatives and joined the court’s three liberal justices in dissent, calling the project “likely unlawful” in a pointed six-page opinion. Congress, he wrote, holds “plenary constitutional authority” over federal property in Washington, and federal law bars new structures on government land in the

President Trump Bets Big on Venezuelan Crude.

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President Trump announced a deal Friday that hands the U.S. majority control over Venezuela’s oil — 65 billion barrels of proven reserves — and he’s promising it will bring gas prices down. The timing isn’t subtle. Gas is averaging $4.08 a gallon nationally, up from $3.20 a year ago, as the Iran war keeps squeezing global energy markets. Here’s the deal: a new private company will manage output from 17 Venezuelan oil fields, and the U.S. gets a 55% cut of whatever comes out of the ground. Washington also gets to buy Venezuelan crude at cost — a real advantage,

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