Trump Sought to Reverse Ban on Incandescent Light Bulbs—Here’s Why They’re Still Not in Stores

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Traditional incandescent light bulbs are sintered at a light bulb factory in Chongqing Municipality, China, on March 7, 2007. China Photos/Getty Images What began nearly 20 years ago as a technical set of federal efficiency standards on light bulbs has evolved into a broader fight over consumer choice and who decides what Americans can buy.

Letter to the Editor: Who’s Censoring Whom?

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Nicholas Clairmont’s review of Jacob Siegel’s The Information State: Politics in the Age of Total Control (“Tyranny Through Technology,” March 29, 2026) calls it “careful and specific” and “unimpeachably sourced.” I am one of the book’s caricatured villains and I want to address the sourcing and specificity directly. The heart of Siegel’s “mass censorship” narrative,

Duel of the Faiths: Judeo-Christians vs China’s Marxist-Leninists

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Billions of people around the world are celebrating two of the great advances in human freedom this weekend. Wednesday night marked the start of Passover, the Israelites’ divine rescue from slavery in Pharaoh’s Egypt. This Sunday, Christians will attend Easter services to commemorate Jesus’ resurrection and triumph over death after his execution by Roman soldiers.

Trump orders DHS to pay all employees despite shutdown

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President Trump on Friday ordered the Department of Homeland Security to find a way to pay “each and every employee” of the agency, which has faced an almost two-month-long shutdown due to a congressional impasse, leaving thousands without paychecks. The president’s memo directs DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin and Office of Management and Budget Director Russell

Senators Urge Trump to Ban Chinese Cars Ahead of Beijing Trip

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BYD electric cars and other car brands for export are stacked at the Taicang port in Suzhou, in eastern China’s Jiangsu Province, on April 7, 2025. AFP/Getty Images Three U.S. senators are asking President Donald Trump to prohibit Chinese automakers from opening plants in the United States, ahead of the president’s trip to Beijing for