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The sleazy patronage machine is alive and well in NYC courts

The sleazy patronage machine is alive and well in NYC courts

A Brooklyn judge handing out cushy positions to connected lawyers proves that corruption is still alive and well in the city court system, despite reforms put in place in the early aughts.

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Miranda Devine: Biden’s autopen presidency inked a legacy of failure and coverups

Miranda Devine: Biden’s autopen presidency inked a legacy of failure and coverups

Welcome to Australia's 'slow-bleed' recession: Dark truth of how the economy is in serious trouble - and we can all feel it: PETER VAN ONSELEN

Welcome to Australia's 'slow-bleed' recession: Dark truth of how the economy is in serious trouble - and we can all feel it: PETER VAN ONSELEN

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How much longer will the safety of the British people be endangered by a system that lets violent criminals walk into the UK? RICHARD LITTLEJOHN

How much longer will the safety of the British people be endangered by a system that lets violent criminals walk into the UK? RICHARD LITTLEJOHN

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Little-known new rule that means PM can be ousted NOW by his own MPs - and guess who'd replace him... DOMINIC LAWSON

Little-known new rule that means PM can be ousted NOW by his own MPs - and guess who'd replace him... DOMINIC LAWSON

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Bodega trade group joins cynics backing Zohran just because they think he’ll win

Bodega trade group joins cynics backing Zohran just because they think he’ll win

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Faced with criticism, Mamdani pretends he’s really the victim

Faced with criticism, Mamdani pretends he’s really the victim

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Voting for Zohran Mamdani would be wrong for New York City

Voting for Zohran Mamdani would be wrong for New York City

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The sleazy patronage machine is alive and well in NYC courts

The sleazy patronage machine is alive and well in NYC courts

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Gavin Newsom is part of a disgusting new trend: Privileged people inventing ‘poorigin’ stories

Gavin Newsom is part of a disgusting new trend: Privileged people inventing ‘poorigin’ stories

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Time to take on Obamacare, Dems’ cruel food-stamp game and other commentary

Time to take on Obamacare, Dems’ cruel food-stamp game and other commentary

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Trump rallies the allies to break China’s dangerous mineral, rare earths monopoly

Trump rallies the allies to break China’s dangerous mineral, rare earths monopoly

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Why Bill Gates turned on the alarmists, and decided climate change isn’t the apocalypse

Why Bill Gates turned on the alarmists, and decided climate change isn’t the apocalypse

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Dems’ vile redistricting power play pretends NY’s top DEMOCRATS are racist

Dems’ vile redistricting power play pretends NY’s top DEMOCRATS are racist

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Fed rate cut is too little, too late — time to show glum Jerome Powell the door

Fed rate cut is too little, too late — time to show glum Jerome Powell the door

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California’s ‘Kiddie Stroll’ is state-sponsored slavery, selling children for sex

California’s ‘Kiddie Stroll’ is state-sponsored slavery, selling children for sex

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Sorry AOC, but voters agree: Majority think Dems have gone crazy

Sorry AOC, but voters agree: Majority think Dems have gone crazy

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How could Keir Starmer get away with lying about China when Boris Johnson was hauled over the coals for a piece of cake? DAN HODGES

How could Keir Starmer get away with lying about China when Boris Johnson was hauled over the coals for a piece of cake? DAN HODGES

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Job fears speed rate cuts: Bank can give business and consumers a much-needed boost, says ALEX BRUMMER

Job fears speed rate cuts: Bank can give business and consumers a much-needed boost, says ALEX BRUMMER

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Mamdani’s make-believe campaign: Letters to the Editor — Oct. 30, 2025

Mamdani’s make-believe campaign: Letters to the Editor — Oct. 30, 2025

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As their PM was cheered, his Grudge Sisters sat in stony silence: QUENTIN LETTS

As their PM was cheered, his Grudge Sisters sat in stony silence: QUENTIN LETTS

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Criticism of Arsenal's style and set-pieces is utterly absurd - they aren't dour, they are a beautifully balanced team that is the class of the league, writes OLIVER HOLT

Criticism of Arsenal's style and set-pieces is utterly absurd - they aren't dour, they are a beautifully balanced team that is the class of the league, writes OLIVER HOLT

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Gerrymandering won’t work — it may tweak Congress but 2030 census dooms blue states’ sway

Gerrymandering won’t work — it may tweak Congress but 2030 census dooms blue states’ sway

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Letters to the Editor: Want students to get more out of homework? Have them help design it

Letters to the Editor: Want students to get more out of homework? Have them help design it

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Best of the Babylon Bee: GOP donates $50 million to Kamala Harris’ 2028 campaign

Best of the Babylon Bee: GOP donates $50 million to Kamala Harris’ 2028 campaign

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Michael Goodwin: Andrew Cuomo has my vote for NYC mayor – the Big Apple cannot afford a Mamdani mistake

Michael Goodwin: Andrew Cuomo has my vote for NYC mayor – the Big Apple cannot afford a Mamdani mistake

Australia is now paying the price for Jim Chalmers' big mistake: The double disaster that could cause a recession

Australia is now paying the price for Jim Chalmers' big mistake: The double disaster that could cause a recession

Remembering the many visits with Thailand’s Queen Mother Sirikit

Remembering the many visits with Thailand’s Queen Mother Sirikit

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Mary At 90: A Lifetime Of Cooking: The horror! Mary's 1970s barbecue was a drain cover on breeze blocks

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Mary At 90: A Lifetime Of Cooking: The horror! Mary's 1970s barbecue was a drain cover on breeze blocks

I found my boyfriend's filthy texts to another woman: Hold up, says DEAR JANE, he's not to blame - YOUR behavior is the problem

I found my boyfriend's filthy texts to another woman: Hold up, says DEAR JANE, he's not to blame - YOUR behavior is the problem

EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Ozempic is changing the menu for TV chef Antony Worrall Thompson

EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Ozempic is changing the menu for TV chef Antony Worrall Thompson

Gifted & Talented programs are what true progress is all about

Gifted & Talented programs are what true progress is all about

American adventure for Barclays: It is good to see a British bank on Wall Street, says ALEX BRUMMER

American adventure for Barclays: It is good to see a British bank on Wall Street, says ALEX BRUMMER

Leftist madness infected my Connecticut town council — now I’m at risk

Leftist madness infected my Connecticut town council — now I’m at risk

A Mayor Mamdani would OBVIOUSLY be far worse than Bill de Blasio

A Mayor Mamdani would OBVIOUSLY be far worse than Bill de Blasio

Bill Gates sees the light on global warming — but will lefty climate warriors follow suit?

Bill Gates sees the light on global warming — but will lefty climate warriors follow suit?

A Mamdani win will be a victory for NYC’s victimhood culture — and the Gen-Z faux working class

A Mamdani win will be a victory for NYC’s victimhood culture — and the Gen-Z faux working class

William is now King! It's an extraordinary power grab that will leave Harry and Meghan quaking... but Diana predicted it all along: MAUREEN CALLAHAN

William is now King! It's an extraordinary power grab that will leave Harry and Meghan quaking... but Diana predicted it all along: MAUREEN CALLAHAN

NYC mayoral election looms: Letters to the Editor — Oct. 29, 2025

NYC mayoral election looms: Letters to the Editor — Oct. 29, 2025

Rachel Reeves is ignoring all the experts and pressing ahead with her insane wages plan. This is why it's going to trigger a jobs bloodbath: ALEX BRUMMER

Rachel Reeves is ignoring all the experts and pressing ahead with her insane wages plan. This is why it's going to trigger a jobs bloodbath: ALEX BRUMMER

QUENTIN LETTS: As one peer took a post-nosebag snooze, I wondered why do clever people join the Lords?

QUENTIN LETTS: As one peer took a post-nosebag snooze, I wondered why do clever people join the Lords?

Letters to the Editor: Santa Monica homeless project is 'a tragedy waiting to happen'

Letters to the Editor: Santa Monica homeless project is 'a tragedy waiting to happen'

Ukraine can beat the Russian bully in the end by fighting clever

Ukraine can beat the Russian bully in the end by fighting clever

Boxing Day obliteration is the latest example of the Premier League, Sky and TNT Sports axis of greed that destroys everything good about English football. I don't buy their pitiful excuses - and here's the huge cost about to hit them hard

Boxing Day obliteration is the latest example of the Premier League, Sky and TNT Sports axis of greed that destroys everything good about English football. I don't buy their pitiful excuses - and here's the huge cost about to hit them hard

Letters to the Editor: What would truly save MacArthur Park? Readers have differing thoughts

Letters to the Editor: What would truly save MacArthur Park? Readers have differing thoughts

Is Britain a high-tax country?

Is Britain a high-tax country?

Contributor: Social media sexualized children's dance. We need a return to form

Contributor: Social media sexualized children's dance. We need a return to form

The truth about Barnaby Joyce's very public walk-out and how he has used the EXACT same strategy to get ahead his entire career: PETER VAN ONSELEN

The truth about Barnaby Joyce's very public walk-out and how he has used the EXACT same strategy to get ahead his entire career: PETER VAN ONSELEN

The tiny Melbourne pizza shop named in world's BEST - and superstar chef Josh Niland spills his 'death row' meal: THE DETOUR

The tiny Melbourne pizza shop named in world's BEST - and superstar chef Josh Niland spills his 'death row' meal: THE DETOUR

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Once Upon A Time In Space: Sexism, drugs, tragedy... a gripping look at astronauts and their families

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Once Upon A Time In Space: Sexism, drugs, tragedy... a gripping look at astronauts and their families

Kathy Hochul’s pander to Zohran Mamdani and his socialists is beyond pathetic

Kathy Hochul’s pander to Zohran Mamdani and his socialists is beyond pathetic

Mamdani’s main victims, trans demands warp reality and other commentary

Mamdani’s main victims, trans demands warp reality and other commentary

EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Nobody likes a successful woman, says Shirley Ballas

EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Nobody likes a successful woman, says Shirley Ballas

NADINE DORRIES: What really happened off-screen after my TV clash with Mariella Frostrup

NADINE DORRIES: What really happened off-screen after my TV clash with Mariella Frostrup

QUENTIN LETTS: Deputy PM David Lammy laughed theatrically but he was seething, his voice now near castrato

QUENTIN LETTS: Deputy PM David Lammy laughed theatrically but he was seething, his voice now near castrato

Trump inspires a new wave of nationalism — from Japan to Argentina

Trump inspires a new wave of nationalism — from Japan to Argentina

President Trump’s extravagant ballroom: Letters to the Editor — Oct. 28, 2025

President Trump’s extravagant ballroom: Letters to the Editor — Oct. 28, 2025

US aid to Israel more than pays for itself — don’t buy the lefties’ lies

US aid to Israel more than pays for itself — don’t buy the lefties’ lies

Curtis Sliwa is all talk — he can’t be the next mayor of New York

Curtis Sliwa is all talk — he can’t be the next mayor of New York

Shutdown puzzle: When will Democrats get back in touch with reality?

Shutdown puzzle: When will Democrats get back in touch with reality?

Trump-haters’ White House ballroom tantrums get even more ridiculous

Trump-haters’ White House ballroom tantrums get even more ridiculous