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FILE - The William McKinley Monument is silhouetted in front of the west side of the Ohio Statehouse, April 15, 2024, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Why turn Red Ohio Minnesota Blue when it comes to online college education?

It's a head-scratching moment: Ohio legislators are preparing to interfere with academic freedom and the freedom of contract at public and private colleges across the state. Such intervention would make conservative Ohio look a lot more like progressive Minnesota.

FILE - In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese honor guard raise the Chinese flag during the commissioning ceremony of China's conventionally powered Shandong aircraft carrier at a naval port in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, on Dec. 17, 2019. (Li Gang/Xinhua via AP, File)

What Washington won't admit about nuclear dominance

Once, the United States was an uncontested superpower capable of fielding a military more powerful and more advanced than any other. No longer. Instead, a rival has emerged that poses a serious and credible threat to America and its allies.

A riot policeman stands outside the Permanent Electoral Authority building in Bucharest, Romania, Friday, March 14, 2025, the place where candidates register their bids to participate in the country's presidential election rerun in May. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

WATCH: Is democracy dead in Romania?

You may recall that after Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election, there was an investigation, lasting nearly two years and costing more than $30 million, into claims of Russian collusion with Mr. Trump during the election.

Army combat helmets assigned to Soldiers participating in the 2009 U.S. Army Reserve Best Warrior Competition sit at the ready during the Urban Warfighting Orientation Course phase of the competition. U.S. Army photo.

If war came, how quickly could we mobilize our reserves?

Much has been made - rightly - of the weaknesses in the U.S. defense industrial base and the need to address those shortcomings. But the U.S. also faces a similar problem which is just as significant: the inability to mobilize its reserve forces en masse.

This Nov. 14, 2017 photo shows Jaìme Ceja operating a forklift while loading boxes of Red Delicious apples on to a trailer during his shift in an orchard in Tieton, Wash. According to studies in recent years, a reverse flow immigration and an improving economy in Mexico is creating more competition for foreign-born labor in the U.S. (Shawn Gust/Yakima Herald-Republic/via AP)/Yakima Herald-Republic via AP)

Cracking down on illegal immigration would raise wages for lower-income Americans

President Trump signed so many executive orders on his first two days in office that many Americans were naturally left wondering how his policy changes would affect their everyday lives. One such question looms particularly large: If we deport illegal aliens, who will take their place in working low-skilled jobs?

Mark Zuckerberg talks about the Orion AR glasses during the Meta Connect conference Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024, in Menlo Park, Calif. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

Did Trump just save free speech?

President-elect Donald Trump has obliterated the progressive megaplex. From the news media to Silicon Valley -- and even comedy -- Mr. Trump's re-ascension is igniting a new era of free speech and freedom that just months ago seemed incomprehensible.

A rally by U.S. Steel employees is held outside the United Steel Tower in downtown Pittsburgh to display their support for the transaction with Nippon Steel, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Pennsylvania workers harmed by Nippon Steel rejection

President Biden's decision to block Nippon Steel's acquisition of U.S. Steel on national security grounds will have disastrous consequences for some Pennsylvania steelworkers, who will lose their jobs and won't be able to pay their mortgage or rent or support their families.