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A magazine founded by the late William F. Buckley Jr.
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Caroline Downey: There’s just no substitute for reading National Review.
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NR Is My Debate Training | National Review
There’s just no substitute for reading National Review.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Caroline Downey: There’s just no substitute for reading National Review.
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While the party of Nancy Pelosi was bad, the party of Zohran Mamdani will likely be even worse.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/11/pelosi-was-bad-what-follows-could-be-worse/
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/11/pelosi-was-bad-what-follows-could-be-worse/
Pelosi Was Bad. What Follows Could Be Worse | National Review
The San Francisco progressive was the most effective Democratic legislator since LBJ.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:53 PM
While the party of Nancy Pelosi was bad, the party of Zohran Mamdani will likely be even worse.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/11/pelosi-was-bad-what-follows-could-be-worse/
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/11/pelosi-was-bad-what-follows-could-be-worse/
Trump’s deals to expand access to obesity drugs amount to a win-win-win. | Rich Lowry
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/11/yes-ozempic-for-all/
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Yes, Ozempic for All | National Review
Trump’s deals to expand access to obesity drugs amount to a win-win-win.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Trump’s deals to expand access to obesity drugs amount to a win-win-win. | Rich Lowry
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/11/yes-ozempic-for-all/
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/11/yes-ozempic-for-all/
The rational are concluding that public service just isn’t worth it.
The irrational will fill the gaps they leave when they disappear from the political scene. | Noah Rothman
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/scared-out-of-public-service/
The irrational will fill the gaps they leave when they disappear from the political scene. | Noah Rothman
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/scared-out-of-public-service/
Scared Out of Public Service | National Review
The rational are concluding that public service just isn’t worth it.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:51 PM
The rational are concluding that public service just isn’t worth it.
The irrational will fill the gaps they leave when they disappear from the political scene. | Noah Rothman
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/scared-out-of-public-service/
The irrational will fill the gaps they leave when they disappear from the political scene. | Noah Rothman
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/scared-out-of-public-service/
It's actually quite easy to shut these people down. | Charles C. W. Cooke
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/sydney-sweeney-highlights-the-wokesters-fatal-flaw/
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Sydney Sweeney Highlights the Wokesters’ Fatal Flaw | National Review
It’s actually quite easy to shut these people down.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
It's actually quite easy to shut these people down. | Charles C. W. Cooke
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/sydney-sweeney-highlights-the-wokesters-fatal-flaw/
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/sydney-sweeney-highlights-the-wokesters-fatal-flaw/
Democratic pundits lash out after eight senators back a GOP-led deal to end the record-breaking shutdown, exposing the left’s media echo chamber. | Brittany Bernstein's Forgotten Fact Checks https://ow.ly/kqmP50XpH7O
Left-Wing Media Outraged That Democrats Came to Their Senses on the Shutdown | National Review
Convinced Democrats were ‘winning’ the shutdown, progressive pundits are accusing party moderates of cowardice.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Democratic pundits lash out after eight senators back a GOP-led deal to end the record-breaking shutdown, exposing the left’s media echo chamber. | Brittany Bernstein's Forgotten Fact Checks https://ow.ly/kqmP50XpH7O
Ever since his decision to help Senate Republicans clear a filibuster on a government funding bill in March, Schumer has become persona non grata in many progressive circles. | Audrey Fahlberg
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/knives-out-for-chuck-schumer-again/
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Knives Out for Chuck Schumer — Again | National Review
A handful of Democrats buckled and signed onto a deal to reopen the government, enraging progressives.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Ever since his decision to help Senate Republicans clear a filibuster on a government funding bill in March, Schumer has become persona non grata in many progressive circles. | Audrey Fahlberg
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/knives-out-for-chuck-schumer-again/
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/knives-out-for-chuck-schumer-again/
Republicans are left with a few more months of Biden-era spending levels and another health-care debate they have no idea how to win. | Yuval Levin
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/the-shutdown-stumbles-toward-its-end/
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The Shutdown Stumbles Toward Its End | National Review
Republicans are left with a few more months of Biden-era spending levels and another health-care debate they have no idea how to win.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Republicans are left with a few more months of Biden-era spending levels and another health-care debate they have no idea how to win. | Yuval Levin
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/the-shutdown-stumbles-toward-its-end/
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/the-shutdown-stumbles-toward-its-end/
It was no surprise the Supreme Court turned away a petition that asked it to overturn its same-sex marriage decision.
Or at least, it was only a surprise if you were reading breathless coverage driven by progressive activists in the media. | Dan McLaughlin
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Or at least, it was only a surprise if you were reading breathless coverage driven by progressive activists in the media. | Dan McLaughlin
https://ow.ly/IzcC50XpH01
No Surprise that the Supreme Court Didn’t Take a Same-Sex Marriage-Related Case | National Review
Even if the Court was champing at the bit to revisit Obergefell, this was a terrible case in which to do so.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:29 PM
It was no surprise the Supreme Court turned away a petition that asked it to overturn its same-sex marriage decision.
Or at least, it was only a surprise if you were reading breathless coverage driven by progressive activists in the media. | Dan McLaughlin
https://ow.ly/IzcC50XpH01
Or at least, it was only a surprise if you were reading breathless coverage driven by progressive activists in the media. | Dan McLaughlin
https://ow.ly/IzcC50XpH01
The groypers haven’t definitively lost this epochal fight, but they are not winning it, either.
Perhaps the battle has only just begun, but it has been joined.
The stakes for the country could not be higher. | Noah Rothman
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/11/the-groypers-are-losing/
Perhaps the battle has only just begun, but it has been joined.
The stakes for the country could not be higher. | Noah Rothman
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/11/the-groypers-are-losing/
The Groypers Are Losing | National Review
It’s a heartening development that casts the Democrats’ spinelessness in confronting the antisemitism threat in stark relief.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:14 PM
The groypers haven’t definitively lost this epochal fight, but they are not winning it, either.
Perhaps the battle has only just begun, but it has been joined.
The stakes for the country could not be higher. | Noah Rothman
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/11/the-groypers-are-losing/
Perhaps the battle has only just begun, but it has been joined.
The stakes for the country could not be higher. | Noah Rothman
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/11/the-groypers-are-losing/
Calling Venezuela a threat to international peace and security isn’t chest-thumping; it’s clarity.
And clarity is where sound policy starts. | Rep. Michael Baumgartner https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/11/caracass-crime-hub/
And clarity is where sound policy starts. | Rep. Michael Baumgartner https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/11/caracass-crime-hub/
Caracas’s Crime Hub | National Review
Venezuela endangers the hemisphere and the homeland.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Calling Venezuela a threat to international peace and security isn’t chest-thumping; it’s clarity.
And clarity is where sound policy starts. | Rep. Michael Baumgartner https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/11/caracass-crime-hub/
And clarity is where sound policy starts. | Rep. Michael Baumgartner https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/11/caracass-crime-hub/
“Rembrandt’s Time” is the meatiest, most elegant, and most beautifully presented exhibition on view in many years.
It’s worth a plane ticket to Palm Beach to see it. | Brian T. Allen
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/11/rembrandt-rules-at-the-norton-museum-in-west-palm-beach/
It’s worth a plane ticket to Palm Beach to see it. | Brian T. Allen
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/11/rembrandt-rules-at-the-norton-museum-in-west-palm-beach/
Rembrandt Rules at the Norton Museum in West Palm Beach | National Review
Seventeen Rembrandts, masterpieces by his best students, and the Leiden Collection, a pioneer in philanthropy.
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November 10, 2025 at 8:59 PM
“Rembrandt’s Time” is the meatiest, most elegant, and most beautifully presented exhibition on view in many years.
It’s worth a plane ticket to Palm Beach to see it. | Brian T. Allen
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/11/rembrandt-rules-at-the-norton-museum-in-west-palm-beach/
It’s worth a plane ticket to Palm Beach to see it. | Brian T. Allen
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/11/rembrandt-rules-at-the-norton-museum-in-west-palm-beach/
Scott Wiener has compiled a record of utterly bonkers legislation, offering proof that his party cannot be trusted around children. | Will Swaim
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/11/the-pol-who-wants-to-replace-pelosi-makes-her-look-normal/
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/11/the-pol-who-wants-to-replace-pelosi-makes-her-look-normal/
The Pol Who Wants to Replace Pelosi Makes Her Look Normal | National Review
Scott Wiener has compiled a record of utterly bonkers legislation, offering proof that his party cannot be trusted around children.
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November 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Scott Wiener has compiled a record of utterly bonkers legislation, offering proof that his party cannot be trusted around children. | Will Swaim
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/11/the-pol-who-wants-to-replace-pelosi-makes-her-look-normal/
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/11/the-pol-who-wants-to-replace-pelosi-makes-her-look-normal/
No doubt, the president will be pleased by his DOJ's Comey in a high-profile submission to the court.
But what conclusion can the court be expected to draw? | Andrew McCarthy
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/11/the-trump-dojs-vindictive-reply-to-comeys-claim-of-vindictive-prosecution/
But what conclusion can the court be expected to draw? | Andrew McCarthy
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/11/the-trump-dojs-vindictive-reply-to-comeys-claim-of-vindictive-prosecution/
The Trump DOJ’s Vindictive Reply to Comey’s Claim of Vindictive Prosecution | National Review
This week produced one of the most bizarre submissions to a court that I’ve seen.
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November 10, 2025 at 8:50 PM
No doubt, the president will be pleased by his DOJ's Comey in a high-profile submission to the court.
But what conclusion can the court be expected to draw? | Andrew McCarthy
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/11/the-trump-dojs-vindictive-reply-to-comeys-claim-of-vindictive-prosecution/
But what conclusion can the court be expected to draw? | Andrew McCarthy
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/11/the-trump-dojs-vindictive-reply-to-comeys-claim-of-vindictive-prosecution/
Like no other authors of their day, C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien used their literary imagination to expose the roots of the totalitarian temptation.
Their stories need retelling in our age of rage. | Joseph Loconte
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/11/lessons-about-power-from-middle-earth/
Their stories need retelling in our age of rage. | Joseph Loconte
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/11/lessons-about-power-from-middle-earth/
Lessons About Power from Middle-earth | National Review
A story that needs retelling in our age of rage.
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November 10, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Like no other authors of their day, C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien used their literary imagination to expose the roots of the totalitarian temptation.
Their stories need retelling in our age of rage. | Joseph Loconte
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/11/lessons-about-power-from-middle-earth/
Their stories need retelling in our age of rage. | Joseph Loconte
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/11/lessons-about-power-from-middle-earth/
In standing up for Nigerian Christians, Trump is upholding religious freedom as a pillar of American foreign policy, despite criticism of the move filled with misconceptions and disinformation. | Nina Shea
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Trump Deserves Credit for Action on Nigeria’s Religious Persecution | National Review
He is upholding religious freedom as a pillar of American foreign policy, despite criticism of the move filled with misconceptions and disinformation.
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November 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM
In standing up for Nigerian Christians, Trump is upholding religious freedom as a pillar of American foreign policy, despite criticism of the move filled with misconceptions and disinformation. | Nina Shea
https://ow.ly/CJlc50XpFf3
https://ow.ly/CJlc50XpFf3
Representative Michael Baumgartner's welcome contribution to what should be congressional consideration of an AUMF. | Andrew McCarthy
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/dealing-with-the-venezuelan-regime-and-the-cartels-it-enables/
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/dealing-with-the-venezuelan-regime-and-the-cartels-it-enables/
Dealing with the Venezuelan Regime and the Cartels It Enables | National Review
Representative Michael Baumgartner’s welcome contribution to what should be congressional consideration of an AUMF.
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November 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Representative Michael Baumgartner's welcome contribution to what should be congressional consideration of an AUMF. | Andrew McCarthy
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/dealing-with-the-venezuelan-regime-and-the-cartels-it-enables/
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/dealing-with-the-venezuelan-regime-and-the-cartels-it-enables/
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson played a bad hand about as well as it could be played. | Andrew McCarthy
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/11/the-left-may-owe-justice-jackson-an-apology-on-snap-benefits/
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/11/the-left-may-owe-justice-jackson-an-apology-on-snap-benefits/
The Left May Owe Justice Jackson an Apology on SNAP Benefits | National Review
The justice played a bad hand about as well as it could be played.
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November 10, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson played a bad hand about as well as it could be played. | Andrew McCarthy
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/11/the-left-may-owe-justice-jackson-an-apology-on-snap-benefits/
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/11/the-left-may-owe-justice-jackson-an-apology-on-snap-benefits/
Penn alumni have filed class action lawsuits against the university over a data breach that exposed records, receipts, and personal data. | Abigail Anthony
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/upenn-alumni-sue-after-hackers-breach-woke-universitys-databases/
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/upenn-alumni-sue-after-hackers-breach-woke-universitys-databases/
UPenn Alumni Sue After Hackers Breach ‘Woke’ University’s Databases | National Review
The hackers released university records, bank transaction receipts, donor memos, and personally identifying information of students, alumni, and donors.
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November 10, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Penn alumni have filed class action lawsuits against the university over a data breach that exposed records, receipts, and personal data. | Abigail Anthony
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/upenn-alumni-sue-after-hackers-breach-woke-universitys-databases/
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/upenn-alumni-sue-after-hackers-breach-woke-universitys-databases/
What was the shutdown for?
Merely to allow Democrats to officially register their Full Party Objection to Everything Trump, as demanded by their base. | Jeffrey Blehar
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/what-did-we-learn-from-the-government-shutdown/
Merely to allow Democrats to officially register their Full Party Objection to Everything Trump, as demanded by their base. | Jeffrey Blehar
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/what-did-we-learn-from-the-government-shutdown/
What Did We Learn from the Government Shutdown? | National Review
Its purpose was to allow Democrats to officially register their Full Party Objection to Everything Trump, as demanded by their base.
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November 10, 2025 at 8:09 PM
What was the shutdown for?
Merely to allow Democrats to officially register their Full Party Objection to Everything Trump, as demanded by their base. | Jeffrey Blehar
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/what-did-we-learn-from-the-government-shutdown/
Merely to allow Democrats to officially register their Full Party Objection to Everything Trump, as demanded by their base. | Jeffrey Blehar
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/what-did-we-learn-from-the-government-shutdown/
You don’t act as if ending a shutdown is a cave, a defeat, and a disaster if you believed that the shutdown was causing terrible harm and you wanted it to end.
It was all a lie. | Dan McLaughlin
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It was all a lie. | Dan McLaughlin
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Now Can We Stop Pretending That It Was Republicans Who Shut Down the Government? | National Review
People who voted against reopening the government, denounced the vote, and vow to fight on, were never against the shutdown.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
You don’t act as if ending a shutdown is a cave, a defeat, and a disaster if you believed that the shutdown was causing terrible harm and you wanted it to end.
It was all a lie. | Dan McLaughlin
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It was all a lie. | Dan McLaughlin
https://ow.ly/uaF950XpCmf
The activist left believes that Democrats caved to the GOP on the shutdown just as Dems were on the verge of victory. That’s bunk.
Dem leaders just lied to their base. | Noah Rothman
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/11/how-government-shutdowns-contribute-to-political-radicalization/
Dem leaders just lied to their base. | Noah Rothman
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/11/how-government-shutdowns-contribute-to-political-radicalization/
How Government Shutdowns Contribute to Political Radicalization | National Review
These exercises are not just reckless and ineffectual on their own terms.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The activist left believes that Democrats caved to the GOP on the shutdown just as Dems were on the verge of victory. That’s bunk.
Dem leaders just lied to their base. | Noah Rothman
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/11/how-government-shutdowns-contribute-to-political-radicalization/
Dem leaders just lied to their base. | Noah Rothman
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/11/how-government-shutdowns-contribute-to-political-radicalization/
The political party that forges new weapons for itself to wield in the ongoing culture war will see those instruments turned against it soon enough. | Noah Rothman
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/biden-set-the-stage-for-todays-pardon-disgrace/
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/biden-set-the-stage-for-todays-pardon-disgrace/
Biden Set the Stage for Today’s Pardon Disgrace | National Review
The political party that forges new weapons for itself to wield in the ongoing culture war will see those instruments turned against it soon enough.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The political party that forges new weapons for itself to wield in the ongoing culture war will see those instruments turned against it soon enough. | Noah Rothman
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/biden-set-the-stage-for-todays-pardon-disgrace/
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/biden-set-the-stage-for-todays-pardon-disgrace/
As the shutdown nears its end, the Trump administration presses the Supreme Court to halt orders forcing November SNAP payments, citing USDA funding strains. | Andrew McCarthy
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Trump Admin Presses SNAP Appeal in Supreme Court, Even as Shutdown’s End Appears Imminent | National Review
The end of the shutdown is not yet a done deal, so the administration is pursuing its appeal of a lower court order to make November payments.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM
As the shutdown nears its end, the Trump administration presses the Supreme Court to halt orders forcing November SNAP payments, citing USDA funding strains. | Andrew McCarthy
https://ow.ly/wk7M50XpByJ
https://ow.ly/wk7M50XpByJ
The funding compromise is a win for Republicans who were eager to reopen the government with minimal policy concessions.
One can tell because progressives are downright apoplectic. | John R. Puri
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/republicans-came-out-ahead-on-shutdown-deal-policy/
One can tell because progressives are downright apoplectic. | John R. Puri
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/republicans-came-out-ahead-on-shutdown-deal-policy/
Republicans Came Out Ahead on Shutdown Deal Policy | National Review
The funding compromise is a win for Republicans. One can tell because progressives are downright apoplectic.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
The funding compromise is a win for Republicans who were eager to reopen the government with minimal policy concessions.
One can tell because progressives are downright apoplectic. | John R. Puri
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/republicans-came-out-ahead-on-shutdown-deal-policy/
One can tell because progressives are downright apoplectic. | John R. Puri
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/republicans-came-out-ahead-on-shutdown-deal-policy/