The opposition to data centers is what you might call a moral panic, except there is nothing moral about potentially sabotaging the U.S. in the AI race with China based on misunderstandings and lies. | Rich Lowry https://www.nationalreview.com/2026/05/data-centers-arent-the-enemy/

A new anti-communist film festival honoring The Lives of Others aims to expose the horrors of socialism and revive freedom-minded cinema. | John Fund https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/an-anti-communist-film-festival-william-f-buckley-would-heartily-embrace/

On The Editors, Rich, Charlie, Noah, and Jim discuss the latest news from the war in Iran, Ken Paxton’s defeat of John Cornyn in the Texas Senate primary, and the appeal of Spencer Pratt in Los Angeles. https://www.nationalreview.com/podcasts/the-editors/lone-star-status/

You might be asking, what could be worse than a Senate candidate with a Nazi tattoo? How about a House candidate who did some work for al-Qaeda? | Jim Geraghty https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/a-democratic-house-candidates-minor-long-ago-work-for-an-al-qaeda-front/

Maybe Democrats lost their brand as the party of America’s future because they’ve stopped debating about how that future will look. | Michael Brendan Dougherty https://www.nationalreview.com/2026/05/democrats-need-to-learn-how-to-fight-each-other/

Paxton's win, with Trump's support, in an intramural GOP contest tells us nothing about how the broad public views the war. | Andrew C. McCarthy https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/trump-on-paxton-and-the-iran-conflict/

Reading Around | Ramesh Ponnuru https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/reading-around-4/

Major outlets described Maureen Galindo as merely “accused” of antisemitism despite her own explicit public statements. | Judson Berger https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/when-not-to-hedge-on-antisemitism/

"Pressure" turns the D-Day invasion into a riveting drama about leadership, prudence, and the men who wagered civilization on a weather forecast. | Giancarlo Sopo https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/pressure-competent-men-get-their-due/

I don’t believe former FBI Director James Comey will ever be tried on the Trump Justice Department’s inane charges that he threatened to kill the president. | Andrew C. McCarthy https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/comey-trial-postponed-to-october/

The Boston Public Library scheduled 19 drag queen story hours across its branches throughout the month of June, most of which are designed for children ages 18 months to five years old, according to the library's website. | Kamden Mulder https://ow.ly/iChk50Z4snE

Some voters have successfully pushed back against the bossiness of the new urbanists, the green technocrats enthused by 15-minute cities, bike lanes, and the war against the automobile. Naturally, they are Poles. | Andrew Stuttaford https://ow.ly/hzPY50Z4qTc

The Supreme Court does not need altering — it has not done anything wrong. | Charles C. W. Cooke https://www.nationalreview.com/2026/05/reform-the-court-i-reject-the-premise-completely/

JD Vance will likely run for president in 2028, but there are good reasons why he should consider waiting. | Philip Klein https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/the-case-for-jd-vance-to-wait/

The blinding flaw in the proposed Iran accord is the notion that the prewar status quo can be restored. | Noah Rothman https://www.nationalreview.com/2026/05/the-new-iran-deal-would-be-a-disaster/

When students stop showing up, the education establishment treats it as a discipline problem. It may be closer to a performance review. | Marc Oestreich https://www.nationalreview.com/2026/05/the-empty-desks-are-telling-us-something/

This is the Church at her best in engaging culture: making Church teaching clear and guiding the faithful through the moment’s most confusing challenges. | Kathryn Jean Lopez https://ow.ly/6KYi50Z4lCh

Kathryn Jean Lopez: A Few Things About Magnifica Humanitas That Caught My Eye https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/a-few-things-about-magnifica-humanitas-that-caught-my-eye/

If AOC needs to be wrapped in bubble wrap to get through a national tour, she is not going to get through the challenges of a presidential campaign. | Jim Geraghty https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/the-coming-aoc-presidential-campaign/

Negotiations remain in flux, but we’re a long way from "Unconditional Surrender." https://www.nationalreview.com/2026/05/the-disappearing-reappearing-iran-deal/

Bioethicists want doctors to sedate patients who self-starve to death. That’s not palliative care — it’s assisted suicide. | Wesley J. Smith https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/bioethicists-terminally-sedate-people-committing-suicide-by-self-starvation/

The Asian security summit comes at a time when concerns about Iran and China loom large. | Rep. Michael Baumgartner https://www.nationalreview.com/2026/05/uncertainty-at-shangri-la-will-americas-indo-pacific-allies-hedge/

George Washington, the hero of the American Revolution, was portrayed as the villain of Independence Park in Philadelphia. The signs at the President's House Site are now heading to court. | Jeffrey H. Anderson https://www.nationalreview.com/2026/05/the-battle-for-independence-park/

Most election analysts I know will tell you that even if Paxton wins tonight, the Texas seat is still defendable — the uncharismatic James Talarico is going to be an extremely hard sale statewide for Democrats. But at what cost? | Jeff Blehar remains *BOX OFFICE POISON* https://ow.ly/Q1Lf50Z4geV

We now have evidence that Democratic candidates have learned that prioritizing abortion is a poor strategy. | Michael J. New https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/npr-reports-democratic-candidates-are-downplaying-abortion/

"Call Her Daddy" Host Announces Pregnancy After Glorifying Hookup Culture https://youtu.be/tQ4G1HybRwI

Are Cenk Uygur and Nick Fuentes Right that Jews Control the GOP Now? https://youtu.be/-t132yI1Q84

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Why Does Chelsea Handler Feel the Need to Apologize to Black People for Jokes? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUDTAcgQlrU

How Did These Luigi Mangione Fangirls Get NYC Press Passes? https://youtu.be/sNE4vANhps8

Why Do We Tolerate Violent "Teen Takeovers"? https://youtu.be/UNDdcwA49sI

A Warning from Washington: The US Must Lean on the Private Sector to Beat China in the AI Race | Guy Denton https://www.nationalreview.com/news/a-warning-from-washington-the-u-s-must-lean-on-the-private-sector-to-beat-china-in-the-ai-race/

Why Does Ayanna Soyini Pressley Think America Was Built on Exploited Black Labor? https://youtu.be/MUJA6Ptiy1w?si=pfAFx-7-z7uXkl2h

As the right-wing podcast set embraces antisemitic conspiracy theorizing, a group of leading conservatives is organizing to oppose those who would use their influence to drag the American right down the path of hatred. | Melissa Langsam Braunstein https://ow.ly/8hPL50Z3nVW

If foreign nationals abroad — like Francesca Albanese — can claim such immunity, much of the US sanctions architecture is suddenly vulnerable. | Mark Goldfeder https://www.nationalreview.com/2026/05/no-foreign-officials-do-not-get-first-amendment-immunity-from-u-s-sanctions/

DNC Chairman Ken Martin finally released a draft version of the report after taking flak for withholding the findings from the public. | Brittany Bernstein  https://www.nationalreview.com/news/harris-campaign-didnt-go-negative-enough-on-trump-dnc-autopsy-concludes/

Nothing in the Constitution prevents the execution of dumb guys who kill people. | Dan McLaughlin https://www.nationalreview.com/2026/05/the-supreme-courts-death-penalty-jurisprudence-is-still-a-cruel-and-unusual-joke/

The DNC's 2024 autopsy reads like a half-drafted thesis assembled at the last second for a book the Democratic Party never finished reading all the way to the end. | Jeff Blehar remains *BOX OFFICE POISON* https://ow.ly/tHxR50Z3nQS

Life is to be celebrated. The mistakes and challenges and hardships -- all of it -- they make it all the richer. The problem with giving up is that it doesn’t reverence the life we each have been given. | Kathryn Jean Lopez https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/the-deaths-never-stop/

Robberies, rapes, murders, and aggravated assaults have increased significantly in Virginia's Fairfax County, specifically since Fairfax Commonwealth Attorney Steve Descano took office six years ago. | Kamden Mulder https://ow.ly/O1xV50Z3nMq

What is it going to take to alarm Americans? How is it that we are so callous about life that we don’t seem to even want to know about it? | Kathryn Jean Lopez https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/abortion-pills-kill-do-we-care/

The misleadingly titled Railway Safety Act, which was introduced in 2023 and failed to garner enough Republican support to pass, is back from the dead. It shouldn't be. https://www.nationalreview.com/2026/05/dont-revive-the-railway-safety-act/

The DNC autopsy is a thoroughly unimpressive, unfinished document that says more about the low state of the current Democratic Party than any of its analysis does. | Rich Lowry https://www.nationalreview.com/2026/05/an-autopsy-as-malpractice/

How Spielberg, Byrne, Springsteen, and Obama worshippers bowed to woke media. | Armond White https://www.nationalreview.com/2026/05/cbs-and-its-colbert-apocalypse/

The End of the SEC Gag Rule | Dan McLaughlin https://www.nationalreview.com/2026/05/the-end-of-the-sec-gag-rule/

Why should everyone else get rich investing in America’s decline? Now, anyone can grab a stake in the post-American world — up to and including the president and his closest kin. | Noah Rothman https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/grab-your-financial-stake-in-americas-decline-while-you-can/

On The Editors, Rich, Phil, Noah, and Dan discuss Thomas Massie’s Kentucky loss, the DNC 2024 presidential race autopsy, and much more. https://www.nationalreview.com/podcasts/the-editors/massie-goes-down/

The motorsports world is now dominated by a shocking headline: Two-time NASCAR Cup champion Kyle Busch passed away at the age of 41. | Jennifer Tiedemann https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/kyle-busch-r-i-p/

Tulsi Gabbard is resigning Trump's DNI to support her husband, who was recently diagnosed with “an extremely rare form of bone cancer.” | Brittany Bernstein https://www.nationalreview.com/news/tulsi-gabbard-resigns-as-dni-due-to-husbands-cancer-diagnosis/

The Trump administration should put pressure on Havana and Managua to bolster religious freedom. | Connor Pfeiffer & Samuel Ben-Ur https://www.nationalreview.com/2026/05/religious-persecution-underpins-anti-american-regimes-in-cuba-and-nicaragua/