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FILE - This image made from a May 24, 2016 video by KWTV-KOTV, shows a funnel cloud moving across the field near Dodge City in Ford County, Kan. (KWTV-KOTV via AP, File)

Twisting the truth: Extreme weather and the climate narrative

As America braces for another storm season, only the media storms are more predictable than upcoming hurricanes and tornadoes. Even before the dust settles after natural disasters, headlines often warn that gusts of wind and funnel clouds are proof the Earth is boiling.

A stuffed Cookie Monster is seated in a control room at the Arizona PBS offices at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication in Phoenix, Friday, May 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Katie Oyan)

Taxpayers will no longer underwrite NPR's battle with the truth

"Can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street?" The show's theme song has been asking that for more than 50 years, and the fact that the answer will soon be "By turning to Netflix" significantly undercuts the left's doom-and-gloom campaign over President Trump's recent order to pull federal funding from PBS and NPR.

Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani gestures next to President Donald Trump at Al Udeid Air Base, Thursday, May 15, 2025, in Doha, Qatar. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

What we learned from President Trump's first official trip abroad

Official presidential travel is a weighty business. Unlike unofficial travel -- for events like Pope Francis's funeral -- official trips are planned months in advance and carefully choreographed to send certain messages and sound selected themes.

Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., speaks before Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio at Center Courts during a campaign rally, Oct. 29, 2024, in Saginaw, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

How Byron Donalds found Jesus in a Cracker Barrel parking lot

Rep. Byron Donalds, a Republican who is running for Florida governor, is among the politicians unafraid to align with Mr. Trump. A banner at the top of his 2026 gubernatorial campaign website boldly proclaims "Endorsed by Trump." But who is Mr. Donalds -- and what does he believe?

Chinese navy troops attending a joint naval drill with Iran and Russia stand on the deck of their warship in an official arrival ceremony at Shahid Beheshti port in Chabahar in the Gulf of Oman, Iran, Tuesday, March 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

U.S., Navy must do more to address China's growing maritime threat

Since the end of the Cold War, America has enjoyed an uncontested position at the top of the global hierarchy. However, the rise of China as a peer adversary backed by an unprecedented naval buildup is rapidly changing the post-Cold War correlation of power. And as America struggles with shipbuilding delays and an overstretched Navy, it risks being unprepared for the challenges ahead.