Are windmills -- also known as wind turbines -- killing all of the bald eagles in the United States, as President Donald Trump claimed in a Truth Social post? No, that's not true: Studies estimate the number of eagles killed by wind turbi
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The Dispatch→ Watching the American Right Rip Its Face Off | Interview: Chris Stirewalt
Is Kamala Harris the worst politician of the year?
The Dispatch→ What the Fall of the Whigs Can Teach Republicans—and Democrats
Understanding the historical parallels between Andrew Jackson and Donald Trump.
The Dispatch→ From Ally to Aggressor
What Trump’s designs on Greenland say about America’s changing role in the world.
The Dispatch→ Good Night, Janus
Two views of the New Year.
The Dispatch→ Ben Sasse and the Path Not Taken
What the former senator has given to our politics.
The Dispatch→ The King’s Court
Of course performers should boycott the Kennedy Center.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Sweet Angel Child Care Phone Number Does NOT Dial Minnesota Governor Walz’s Office
Does Sweet Angel Child Care's phone number dial directly to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz's office? No, that's not true: The child care center's phone number as listed on the state licensing website and several other online directories does not
The Dispatch→ The Best Books and Albums of 2025
The Dispatch team reflects on its favorite music and books of the year.
The Dispatch→ The Best of 2025 | Roundtable
Plus: The roundtable's New Years resolutions for 2026.
The Dispatch→ When AI Chatbots Become Accomplices
Concern is growing about would-be attackers turning to AI.
The Dispatch→ The Red Dream That Won’t Stay Buried
Lessons from the Khmer Rouge’s reign of terror.
The Dispatch→ The Worst of Both Worlds for Campus Free Speech
The biggest threat to speech used to come from within higher ed. Now it’s the government.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Archived Page Of A 1996 Melania Trump Profile On A Mail-Order Bride Website Is NOT Real — Copied From Another Woman’s Page
Is an archived page of a Melania Trump profile on "A Foreign Affair" mail-order bride website from 1996 real? No, that's not true: The purported page was never archived on the Wayback Machine servers, Internet Archive director Mark Graham
The Dispatch→ ‘Garfield’ Minus Garfield
Christian politics without Christ.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: A Full-Body Bronze Statue On Hollywood Walk Of Fame Was NOT Erected For Streisand, Cher, Dolly Nor Novak Djokovic — Spam From Vietnam
Were Novak Djokovic, Barbra Streisand, Cher, Dolly Parton and dozens of other celebrities each honored with a full-body bronze statue on the Hollywood Walk of Fame? No, that's not true: The exact same story, usually just altered by changi
The Dispatch→ Trump Finds a Low-Cost ‘Crusade’ in Nigeria
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The Dispatch→ Trump Finds a Low-Cost ‘Crusade’ in Nigeria
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PolitiFact→ It’s a wrap! Here are PolitiFact’s top 10 fact-checks of 2025
Here are PolitiFact’s top 10 fact-checks of 2025
The Dispatch→ The Best Films and TV Shows of 2025
A round-up of The Dispatch’s favorite pop culture this year.
The Dispatch→ Intellectuals of the New Right | Interview: Laura Field
Brookings delenda est (just kidding).
The Dispatch→ Intellectuals of the New Right | Interview: Laura Field
Brookings delenda est (just kidding).
The Dispatch→ The Dormant Border Crisis at the Sunniest City on Earth
For local leaders, memories of the migrant surge remain fresh.
The Dispatch→ The Dormant Border Crisis at the Sunniest City on Earth
For local leaders, memories of the migrant surge remain fresh.
The Dispatch→ In Defense of Loneliness
We can’t let the quality of our solitude deteriorate.
The Dispatch→ In Defense of Loneliness
We can’t let the quality of our solitude deteriorate.
The Dispatch→ Young MAGA Is Not Alright | Ruminant
It’s always interesting to watch people debase themselves.
The Dispatch→ Charting the Decline of ‘Star Wars’
How Disney fumbled a pop culture juggernaut.
The Dispatch→ A Tale of Two Sports
‘Marty Supreme’ tells the story of old and new table tennis.
The Dispatch→ Ghosts of Christmas
My mother passed away. But she is still teaching me, months after her death.
The Dispatch→ At Sixes and Sevens
The whole ‘six seven’ thing couldn’t just be for fun, could it?
The Dispatch→ The Original Sin of Broadcast Regulation
Spectrum licensing opened the door to a century’s worth of overt speech control.
The Dispatch→ Will Congressional Republicans Stay Compliant in 2026?
In the first 11 months of Trump’s second term, GOP lawmakers have rarely bucked the president’s moves.
The Dispatch→ Merry Christmas to the State Courts
Let’s talk originalism at a state level.
The Dispatch→ Many Sons to Glory
A star, and the opposite of a star.
FactCheck.org→ Makary, RFK Jr. Exaggerate Chronic Disease Benefits of Menopausal Hormone Therapy
Many doctors agree with the Food and Drug Administration’s recent decision to remove the black box warnings on at least some forms of hormone therapy used to treat the symptoms of menopause. But in making the announcement, health officials misleadin
The Dispatch→ ‘You Can’t Turn Jesus into a Nazi Mascot’ | Interview: Russell Moore
It’s all about the brand.
The Dispatch→ No, Fulton County Early 2020 Votes Aren’t Likely To Be Decertified
A recent state election board hearing spawned misinformed social media speculation.
The Dispatch→ Crackpottery and Fearmongering for a New Generation
There’s nothing new about what Candace Owens and Tucker Carlson are pushing.
The Dispatch→ Bari Weiss Can’t Win
No one can serve two masters.