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Mar. 14, 2025

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*   [Teslas Aren’t Fascist](/2025/03/teslas-arent-fascist-vehicles/?utm_source=recirc-desktop&utm_medium=homepage&utm_campaign=header&utm_content=popular&utm_term=first)

*   [Trump's Trade War Escalates](/2025/03/the-week-trumps-trade-war-escalates/?utm_source=recirc-desktop&utm_medium=homepage&utm_campaign=header&utm_content=popular&utm_term=second)

*   [Columbia Expulsions](/news/columbia-expels-suspends-anti-israel-students-who-occupied-hamilton-hall-last-spring/?utm_source=recirc-desktop&utm_medium=homepage&utm_campaign=header&utm_content=popular&utm_term=third)

*   [Equalizing Medicare Costs](/2025/03/equalizing-medicare-payments-will-the-trump-administration-push-through/?utm_source=recirc-desktop&utm_medium=homepage&utm_campaign=header&utm_content=popular&utm_term=fourth)

*   [Senate Dem Misery](/the-morning-jolt/the-misery-of-senate-democrats/?utm_source=recirc-desktop&utm_medium=homepage&utm_campaign=header&utm_content=popular&utm_term=fifth)

*   [Dumont's ‘The Empire‘](/2025/03/bruno-dumont-strikes-back-against-star-wars/?utm_source=recirc-desktop&utm_medium=homepage&utm_campaign=header&utm_content=popular&utm_term=sixth)

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[Film & TV](/film-tv/)

#### [Bruno Dumont Strikes Back Against _Star Wars_](/2025/03/bruno-dumont-strikes-back-against-star-wars/)

[Armond White](https://www.nationalreview.com/author/armond-white/ "Posts by Armond White")

_The Empire_ is a manifesto opposing the most corrupt, childish film genre.

[](/2025/03/censorship-of-censorship-why-are-search-engines-hiding-zuckerbergs-comments-to-joe-rogan/)

[World](/world/)

#### [Censorship of Censorship: Why Are Search Engines Hiding Zuckerberg’s Comments to Joe Rogan?](/2025/03/censorship-of-censorship-why-are-search-engines-hiding-zuckerbergs-comments-to-joe-rogan/)

[Abigail Anthony](https://www.nationalreview.com/author/abigail-anthony/ "Posts by Abigail Anthony")

My needlessly difficult attempt, while in Europe, to verify a Zuckerberg quote about Biden-era pressure.

[](/corner/the-tables-turn-on-michael-mann/)

[Law & the Courts](/law-the-courts/)

#### [The Tables Turn on Michael Mann](/corner/the-tables-turn-on-michael-mann/)

[Shannen W. Coffin](https://www.nationalreview.com/author/shannen-w-coffin/ "Posts by Shannen W. Coffin")

The events of the case since the trial have turned Mann’s ‘victory’ into a hollow one indeed.

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#### [Hamas Agrees to Release American Hostage, Bodies of Four Murdered Captives](/news/hamas-agrees-to-release-american-hostage-bodies-of-four-murdered-captives/)

17h

#### [Schumer Now Says He Will Vote for GOP Spending Bill, Chilling Shutdown Threat](/news/schumer-now-says-he-will-vote-for-gop-spending-bill-chilling-shutdown-threat/)

18h

#### [Columbia Expels, Suspends Anti-Israel Students Who Occupied Hamilton Hall Last Spring](/news/columbia-expels-suspends-anti-israel-students-who-occupied-hamilton-hall-last-spring/)

[](/the-morning-jolt/putin-flips-trumps-cease-fire-the-bird/)

[World](/world/)

#### [Putin Flips Trump’s Cease-Fire the Bird](/the-morning-jolt/putin-flips-trumps-cease-fire-the-bird/)

[Jim Geraghty](https://www.nationalreview.com/author/jim-geraghty/ "Posts by Jim Geraghty")

After weeks of the Trump administration pressuring Ukraine to sign on to a cease-fire deal, Russia’s Vladimir Putin has responded with a raspberry.

#### [Rothman: Is Trump’s Patience with Russia Bottomless?](/corner/is-trumps-patience-with-russia-bottomless/?utm_source=recirc-desktop&utm_medium=homepage&utm_campaign=hero&utm_content=related&utm_term=first)

[Noah Rothman](https://www.nationalreview.com/author/noah-rothman/ "Posts by Noah Rothman")

#### [McLaughlin: Ukraine Never Turned Down a Survivable Deal](/2025/03/ukraine-never-turned-down-a-survivable-deal/?utm_source=recirc-desktop&utm_medium=homepage&utm_campaign=hero&utm_content=related&utm_term=second)

[Dan McLaughlin](https://www.nationalreview.com/author/dan-mclaughlin/ "Posts by Dan McLaughlin")

[](/corner/second-democratic-congressman-dies-in-two-weeks/)

[Politics & Policy](/politics-policy/)

#### [Second Democratic Congressman Dies in Two Weeks](/corner/second-democratic-congressman-dies-in-two-weeks/)

[Jim Geraghty](https://www.nationalreview.com/author/jim-geraghty/ "Posts by Jim Geraghty")

With RaĂșl Grijalva’s death, the U.S. House of Representatives now has 218 Republicans, 213 Democrats, and four vacancies.

[](/news/hamas-agrees-to-release-american-hostage-bodies-of-four-murdered-captives/)

[World](/world/)

#### [Hamas Agrees to Release American Hostage, Bodies of Four Murdered Captives](/news/hamas-agrees-to-release-american-hostage-bodies-of-four-murdered-captives/)

[James Lynch](https://www.nationalreview.com/author/james-lynch/ "Posts by James Lynch")

Israel has not yet agreed to Hamas’s offer, which would likely come with additional conditions.

[](/2025/03/teslas-arent-fascist-vehicles/)

[Politics & Policy](/politics-policy/)

#### [Teslas Aren’t Fascist Vehicles](/2025/03/teslas-arent-fascist-vehicles/)

[Rich Lowry](https://www.nationalreview.com/author/rich-lowry/ "Posts by Rich Lowry")

It is darkly amusing to see people who view electric cars as vital to the planet’s future attack the most successful electric brand in the country.

[](/corner/pete-buttigieg-decides-to-spend-more-time-with-his-family/)

[Politics & Policy](/politics-policy/)

#### [Pete Buttigieg Decides to Spend More Time with His Family](/corner/pete-buttigieg-decides-to-spend-more-time-with-his-family/)

[Jeffrey Blehar](https://www.nationalreview.com/author/jeffrey-blehar/ "Posts by Jeffrey Blehar")

The unstated reason Buttigieg is declining a chance at the Michigan seat is he is a politician from Indiana.

### [The Corner](/corner)

#### [ESG: Proxy Fight](/corner/esg-proxy-fight/?utm_source=recirc-desktop&utm_medium=homepage&utm_campaign=right-rail&utm_content=corner&utm_term=first)

By [Andrew Stuttaford](/author/andrew-stuttaford/ "Posts by Andrew Stuttaford") 10:40 AM

#### [A Flawed Argument Against Standardized Testing](/corner/a-flawed-argument-against-standardized-testing/?utm_source=recirc-desktop&utm_medium=homepage&utm_campaign=right-rail&utm_content=corner&utm_term=second)

By [George Leef](/author/george-leef/ "Posts by George Leef") 10:23 AM

#### [American ‘Lifelines,’ Threatened](/corner/american-lifelines-threatened/?utm_source=recirc-desktop&utm_medium=homepage&utm_campaign=right-rail&utm_content=corner&utm_term=third)

By [Jay Nordlinger](/author/jay-nordlinger/ "Posts by Jay Nordlinger") 9:46 AM

#### [Second Democratic Congressman Dies in Two Weeks](/corner/second-democratic-congressman-dies-in-two-weeks/?utm_source=recirc-desktop&utm_medium=homepage&utm_campaign=right-rail&utm_content=corner&utm_term=fourth)

By [Jim Geraghty](/author/jim-geraghty/ "Posts by Jim Geraghty") 9:34 AM

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### [There’s No Place in the GOP for Andrew Tate](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIac7q8l1AQ)

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### [Joy Reid’s Worst Moments on Air](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKhVxd03dMs)

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[Capital Record](/podcasts/capital-record/)

### [Be Good Bankers](/podcasts/capital-record/be-good-bankers/)

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[Radio Free California](/podcasts/national-reviews-radio-free-california-podcast/)

### [Gavin Newsom’s Trans Transition](/podcasts/national-reviews-radio-free-california-podcast/gavin-newsoms-trans-transition/)

[](/news/trump-threatens-200-percent-retaliatory-tariff-on-european-alcohol/)

[Politics & Policy](/politics-policy/)

#### [Trump Threatens 200 Percent Retaliatory Tariff on European Alcohol](/news/trump-threatens-200-percent-retaliatory-tariff-on-european-alcohol/)

[James Lynch](https://www.nationalreview.com/author/james-lynch/ "Posts by James Lynch")

The threat comes in response to the EU’s 50 percent tariff on American whiskey.

[](/corner/lee-zeldins-epa-rights-an-environmental-wrong/)

#### [Lee Zeldin’s EPA Rights an Environmental Wrong](/corner/lee-zeldins-epa-rights-an-environmental-wrong/)

[Noah Rothman](https://www.nationalreview.com/author/noah-rothman/ "Posts by Noah Rothman")

Climate activists are fit to be tied.

#### [Trump’s Reckless War on Canada](/2025/03/trumps-reckless-war-on-canada/)

[The Editors](https://www.nationalreview.com/author/the-editors/ "Posts by The Editors")

None of this is good for U.S. business.

[](/news/judge-reverses-trump-administrations-termination-of-probationary-employees/)

[Law & the Courts](/law-the-courts/)

#### [Judge Reverses Trump Administration’s Termination of Probationary Employees](/news/judge-reverses-trump-administrations-termination-of-probationary-employees/)

[David Zimmermann](https://www.nationalreview.com/author/david-zimmermann/ "Posts by David Zimmermann")

The Departments of Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, Defense, Energy, Interior, and Treasury were ordered to immediately rehire thousands.

[](/corner/conservatives-should-want-no-part-of-canadian-statehood/)

[World](/world/)

#### [Conservatives Should Want No Part of Canadian Statehood](/corner/conservatives-should-want-no-part-of-canadian-statehood/)

[Philip Klein](https://www.nationalreview.com/author/philip-klein/ "Posts by Philip Klein")

If Canada were incorporated into the U.S., it would make America poorer, weaker, and less free — and Trump’s own voters would be the hardest hit.

[](/2025/03/appeals-court-ends-the-gamesmanship-of-ousted-head-of-special-counsel-office/)

[Law & the Courts](/law-the-courts/)

#### [Appeals Court Ends the Gamesmanship of Ousted Head of Special Counsel Office](/2025/03/appeals-court-ends-the-gamesmanship-of-ousted-head-of-special-counsel-office/)

[Andrew C. McCarthy](https://www.nationalreview.com/author/andrew-c-mccarthy/ "Posts by Andrew C. McCarthy")

Yes, President Trump can fire, and has fired, Hampton Dellinger.

[](/news/russia-says-its-ready-to-discuss-peace-negotiations-with-u-s-immediately/)

[World](/world/)

#### [Putin Dismisses U.S. Cease-Fire Deal with Ukraine, Demands More Concessions](/news/russia-says-its-ready-to-discuss-peace-negotiations-with-u-s-immediately/)

[James Lynch](https://www.nationalreview.com/author/james-lynch/ "Posts by James Lynch")

Ukraine agreed to a 30-day cease-fire proposal from the U.S. during talks in Saudi Arabia earlier this week.

[](/corner/is-trumps-patience-with-russia-bottomless/)

#### [Is Trump’s Patience with Russia Bottomless?](/corner/is-trumps-patience-with-russia-bottomless/)

[Noah Rothman](https://www.nationalreview.com/author/noah-rothman/ "Posts by Noah Rothman")

So far, all the carrots in the world have failed to persuade Putin to give up his designs on Ukraine and the U.S.-led geopolitical order beyond its borders.

#### [Ukraine Never Turned Down a Survivable Deal](/2025/03/ukraine-never-turned-down-a-survivable-deal/)

[Dan McLaughlin](https://www.nationalreview.com/author/dan-mclaughlin/ "Posts by Dan McLaughlin")

There was never a deal on the table that would have left Ukraine secure from Russian conquest.

[](/corner/pete-buttigieg-wont-run-for-senate-but-hes-not-done-with-us-yet/)

[Elections](/elections/)

#### [Pete Buttigieg Won’t Run for Senate, but He’s Not Done with Us Yet](/corner/pete-buttigieg-wont-run-for-senate-but-hes-not-done-with-us-yet/)

[Jack Butler](https://www.nationalreview.com/author/jack-butler/ "Posts by Jack Butler")

Buttigieg won’t run for an open Senate seat in Michigan, a state he just moved to. But he promises to spend ‘more time’ articulating his political vision.

[](/corner/josh-shapiro-wants-you-to-know-hes-groovy-and-cool/)

#### [Josh Shapiro Wants You to Know He’s Groovy and Cool](/corner/josh-shapiro-wants-you-to-know-hes-groovy-and-cool/)

[Jack Fowler](https://www.nationalreview.com/author/jack-fowler/ "Posts by Jack Fowler")

The supposedly sober Pennsylvania chief executive believes elections are won and issues advanced by big-name celebrity payouts and waged through social media.

#### [Bad Gambles](/corner/bad-gambles/)

[Dan McLaughlin](https://www.nationalreview.com/author/dan-mclaughlin/ "Posts by Dan McLaughlin")

It was always a bad bet for Senate Democrats to try to shut down the government.

### [The Latest](/latest/)

[](/2025/03/censorship-of-censorship-why-are-search-engines-hiding-zuckerbergs-comments-to-joe-rogan/)

[World](/world/)

#### [Censorship of Censorship: Why Are Search Engines Hiding Zuckerberg’s Comments to Joe Rogan?](/2025/03/censorship-of-censorship-why-are-search-engines-hiding-zuckerbergs-comments-to-joe-rogan/)

[Abigail Anthony](https://www.nationalreview.com/author/abigail-anthony/ "Posts by Abigail Anthony")

about 1 hour ago

My needlessly difficult attempt, while in Europe, to verify a Zuckerberg quote about Biden-era pressure.

[](/corner/esg-proxy-fight/)

[Business](/business/)

#### [ESG: Proxy Fight](/corner/esg-proxy-fight/)

[Andrew Stuttaford](https://www.nationalreview.com/author/andrew-stuttaford/ "Posts by Andrew Stuttaford")

about 2 hours ago

Though they are on the retreat, ESG, stakeholder capitalism, and DEI have insinuated themselves into so many institutions, including proxy advisory firms.

[](/news/hamas-agrees-to-release-american-hostage-bodies-of-four-murdered-captives/)

[World](/world/)

#### [Hamas Agrees to Release American Hostage, Bodies of Four Murdered Captives](/news/hamas-agrees-to-release-american-hostage-bodies-of-four-murdered-captives/)

[James Lynch](https://www.nationalreview.com/author/james-lynch/ "Posts by James Lynch")

about 3 hours ago

Israel has not yet agreed to Hamas’s offer, which would likely come with additional conditions.

[](/corner/american-lifelines-threatened/)

[World](/world/)

#### [American ‘Lifelines,’ Threatened](/corner/american-lifelines-threatened/)

[Jay Nordlinger](https://www.nationalreview.com/author/jay-nordlinger/ "Posts by Jay Nordlinger")

about 3 hours ago

On Radio Free Asia, Tibetans, Uyghurs, etc.

[](/corner/second-democratic-congressman-dies-in-two-weeks/)

[Politics & Policy](/politics-policy/)

#### [Second Democratic Congressman Dies in Two Weeks](/corner/second-democratic-congressman-dies-in-two-weeks/)

[Jim Geraghty](https://www.nationalreview.com/author/jim-geraghty/ "Posts by Jim Geraghty")

about 3 hours ago

With RaĂșl Grijalva’s death, the U.S. House of Representatives now has 218 Republicans, 213 Democrats, and four vacancies.

[](/2025/03/what-a-leader-can-do-c/)

[Impromptus](/impromptus/)

#### [What a leader can do, &c.](/2025/03/what-a-leader-can-do-c/)

[Jay Nordlinger](https://www.nationalreview.com/author/jay-nordlinger/ "Posts by Jay Nordlinger")

about 6 hours ago

On the U.S.–Canada turmoil, stock-market politics, a scandal in Norway, ballerinas and food, W. B. Yeats, and more.

[](/2025/03/weve-won-a-major-victory-in-the-battle-against-debanking/)

[Banking & Finance](/banking-finance/)

#### [We’ve Won a Major Victory in the Battle Against ‘De-Banking’](/2025/03/weve-won-a-major-victory-in-the-battle-against-debanking/)

[Lathan Watts](https://www.nationalreview.com/author/lathan-watts/ "Posts by Lathan Watts")

about 6 hours ago

Chase’s decision to drop discrimination based on politics and religion is good for business.

[](/2025/03/equalizing-medicare-payments-will-the-trump-administration-push-through/)

[Health Care](/health-care/)

#### [Equalizing Medicare Payments: Will the Trump Administration Push Through?](/2025/03/equalizing-medicare-payments-will-the-trump-administration-push-through/)

[Ali Melad](https://www.nationalreview.com/author/ali-melad/ "Posts by Ali Melad")

about 6 hours ago

Building on its previous efforts, the current Trump administration has the opportunity to implement a policy that balances cost savings with care.

[](/2025/03/bruno-dumont-strikes-back-against-star-wars/)

[Film & TV](/film-tv/)

#### [Bruno Dumont Strikes Back Against _Star Wars_](/2025/03/bruno-dumont-strikes-back-against-star-wars/)

[Armond White](https://www.nationalreview.com/author/armond-white/ "Posts by Armond White")

about 6 hours ago

_The Empire_ is a manifesto opposing the most corrupt, childish film genre.

[](/2025/03/teslas-arent-fascist-vehicles/)

[Politics & Policy](/politics-policy/)

#### [Teslas Aren’t Fascist Vehicles](/2025/03/teslas-arent-fascist-vehicles/)

[Rich Lowry](https://www.nationalreview.com/author/rich-lowry/ "Posts by Rich Lowry")

about 6 hours ago

It is darkly amusing to see people who view electric cars as vital to the planet’s future attack the most successful electric brand in the country.

[](/news/schumer-now-says-he-will-vote-for-gop-spending-bill-chilling-shutdown-threat/)

[Politics & Policy](/politics-policy/)

#### [Schumer Now Says He Will Vote for GOP Spending Bill, Chilling Shutdown Threat](/news/schumer-now-says-he-will-vote-for-gop-spending-bill-chilling-shutdown-threat/)

[David Zimmermann](https://www.nationalreview.com/author/david-zimmermann/ "Posts by David Zimmermann")

about 17 hours ago

So far, the Senate minority leader is the second Democratic ‘yes’ vote behind Fetterman.

[](/corner/pete-buttigieg-decides-to-spend-more-time-with-his-family/)

[Politics & Policy](/politics-policy/)

#### [Pete Buttigieg Decides to Spend More Time with His Family](/corner/pete-buttigieg-decides-to-spend-more-time-with-his-family/)

[Jeffrey Blehar](https://www.nationalreview.com/author/jeffrey-blehar/ "Posts by Jeffrey Blehar")

about 17 hours ago

No one in Michigan politics would be remotely fooled (or amused) by a carpetbagging careerist most associated in the minds of voters with Notre Dame University.

[](/corner/dont-forget-the-democrats-government-shutdown-catastrophism/)

[Politics & Policy](/politics-policy/)

#### [Don’t Forget the Democrats’ Government Shutdown Catastrophism](/corner/dont-forget-the-democrats-government-shutdown-catastrophism/)

[Noah Rothman](https://www.nationalreview.com/author/noah-rothman/ "Posts by Noah Rothman")

about 18 hours ago

Past Democratic expressions of anguish deserve to be top of mind as the party talks itself into the notion that shutting down the government might be good.

[](/news/columbia-expels-suspends-anti-israel-students-who-occupied-hamilton-hall-last-spring/)

[Education](/education/)

#### [Columbia Expels, Suspends Anti-Israel Students Who Occupied Hamilton Hall Last Spring](/news/columbia-expels-suspends-anti-israel-students-who-occupied-hamilton-hall-last-spring/)

[David Zimmermann](https://www.nationalreview.com/author/david-zimmermann/ "Posts by David Zimmermann")

about 18 hours ago

Thursday’s punishments arrived almost eleven months after the incident.

[](/corner/the-tables-turn-on-michael-mann/)

[Law & the Courts](/law-the-courts/)

#### [The Tables Turn on Michael Mann](/corner/the-tables-turn-on-michael-mann/)

[Shannen W. Coffin](https://www.nationalreview.com/author/shannen-w-coffin/ "Posts by Shannen W. Coffin")

about 19 hours ago

The events of the case since the trial have turned Mann’s ‘victory’ into a hollow one indeed.

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[The Long View](/magazine/category/the-long-view)

#### [_All About Elon_: Excerpt](/magazine/2025/04/all-about-elon-excerpt/?utm_source=recirc-desktop&utm_medium=homepage&utm_campaign=river&utm_content=featured-content-trending&utm_term=first)

[Rob Long](https://www.nationalreview.com/author/rob-long/ "Posts by Rob Long")

‘You see, Susie? It’s all going to be fine. I’ll just fill in for a bit. It’s not like people are going to prefer me to President Trump! That would be absurd!’

[](/magazine/2025/04/latin-america-a-brisk-political-tour/?utm_source=recirc-desktop&utm_medium=homepage&utm_campaign=river&utm_content=featured-content-trending&utm_term=second)

#### [Latin America: A Brisk Political Tour](/magazine/2025/04/latin-america-a-brisk-political-tour/?utm_source=recirc-desktop&utm_medium=homepage&utm_campaign=river&utm_content=featured-content-trending&utm_term=second)

[Jay Nordlinger](https://www.nationalreview.com/author/jay-nordlinger/ "Posts by Jay Nordlinger")

On democrats, dictators, and others.

#### [Outdoor Café After Work](/magazine/2025/04/outdoor-cafe-after-work/?utm_source=recirc-desktop&utm_medium=homepage&utm_campaign=river&utm_content=featured-content-trending&utm_term=third)

[P. David Hornik](https://www.nationalreview.com/author/p-david-hornik/ "Posts by P. David Hornik")

Allness washed over me . . .

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[Health Care](/health-care/)

[Equalizing Medicare Payments: Will the Trump Administration Push Through?](/2025/03/equalizing-medicare-payments-will-the-trump-administration-push-through/?utm_source=recirc-desktop&utm_medium=homepage&utm_campaign=right-rail&utm_content=capital-matters&utm_term=second)

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