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    Democratic Senators Are Getting Way Too Comfortable With Religious Tests
    This new year will quickly reveal to the American people whether some Democrats in Washington have resolved to abandon their overused—and unconstitutional—religious test for office. Two Democrats in the Senate, Sens. Mazie Hirono of Hawaii and Kamala Harris of California, recently objected to the nomination of Brian Buescher to a U.S. district court in Nebraska…
    Lathan Watts
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    Trump on Impeachment Talk: I ‘Had the Most Successful First 2 Years of Any President’
    President Donald Trump issued a rhetorical question on Twitter Friday morning addressing the calls for impeachment against him, which have been increasingly apparent as Democrats officially took over the House on Thursday. “How do you impeach a president who has won perhaps the greatest election of all time, done nothing wrong (no collusion with Russia,…
    Hanna Bogorowski
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    Re-Enactors Show How a Militia Ensured Washington’s Revolutionary Charge at Princeton
    PRINCETON, N.J.—Before Gen. George Washington entered the battlefield with reinforcements on the morning of Jan. 3, 1777, members of the Pennsylvania militia fired off two cannons to halt the advancing British troops. What Washington needed most 242 years ago was for the militia to delay the bayonet-wielding British soldiers operating under the command of Lt….
    Kevin Mooney
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    Senate Vote on War in Yemen Risks Undermining US and Yemeni Interests, While Boosting Iran’s
    The Senate voted twice on Thursday to challenge the Trump administration’s policies on Saudi Arabia and the Saudi-led war in Yemen. In a unanimous vote, the Senate held Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman responsible for the Oct. 2 killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. This statement went far beyond what the administration has been…
    James Phillips
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    Census: Wealthiest Counties All Surround Washington
    The five jurisdictions with the highest median income are all suburbs of the nation’s capital, according to numbers released by the United States Census Bureau Thursday. The rankings are a result of a five-year study called the 2013-2017 American Community Survey and measured over 40 features, including housing, demographics, as well as health insurance rates and education levels….
    Joe Simonson
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    3 Senate Democrats Sue to Stop Acting AG Whitaker From Serving
    Accusing President Donald Trump of taking “dictatorial” action and “evading accountability,” three Senate Democrats are asking a federal court to prevent his acting attorney general, Matthew Whitaker, from serving in that capacity. The three Democrats, who all serve on the Senate Judiciary Committee, filed a complaint in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia…
    Fred Lucas
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    Senate Democrats Cite Problems at HUD, but Block Trump’s Nominees for Key Posts
    Senate Democrats have stalled nominees to fill key posts in the Department of Housing and Urban Development, even while complaining about the agency’s performance. An NBC News report last week alleged that HUD’s staffing problems were the fault of President Donald Trump and HUD Secretary Ben Carson. HUD’s enforcement office is at its lowest level…
    Fred Lucas
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    Senate Move to Block Arms Sales to Bahrain Would Undermine US Interests
    The Senate is set to vote Thursday on a resolution of disapproval that would block the sale of what advocates describe as “offensive weapons” to Bahrain, an important U.S. ally that faces deadly threats from Iran. Advocates of the ban argue that this denial would somehow ease the humanitarian suffering in Yemen. In reality, it…
    James Phillips
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    Meet the 8 New Members of the Senate
    While Republicans lost control of the House of Representatives in Tuesday’s elections, the GOP likely strengthened its Senate majority by three seats, to gain a 54-seat majority. One race, in Mississippi, won’t be decided until Nov. 27, as incumbent Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith, appointed in April, is set to face Democrat Mike Espy in a runoff because…
    Tristan Justice | Troy Worden
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    Senate Election Results Give Republicans Opportunity to Confirm More Judges Faster
    The 2018 election results are encouraging, if for no other reason than that more progress can be made in filling judicial vacancies. First, a snapshot of where things stand right now. President Donald Trump has made almost 40 percent more nominations to life-tenured positions than the average for his five predecessors of both parties at…
    Thomas Jipping
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    Washington Voters OK Sweeping Gun Control Measure Raising Age for Some Purchases
    Washington voters approved a ballot initiative on Tuesday that will raise the age to purchase semi-automatic rifles from 18 to 21 and impose a 10-day waiting period to purchase the firearms. According to the Seattle Times, Ballot Initiative 1639, or I-1639, passed with just over 60 percent of the vote at the time of reporting. The…
    Chuck Ross
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    With Her Win, Marsha Blackburn Could Become ‘Most Conservative Woman in Senate’
    NASHVILLE, Tennessee—Lisa Williams, who cast her ballot Tuesday for Republican Marsha Blackburn in the suburb of Brentwood, said she voted to promote the 15-year House veteran to the Senate because of her character. “I voted for Marsha, I have met her, and I have watched her over the years. And she is as true to…
    Rachel del Guidice
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    Senate Democrats Should Remember Their Own Advice From 2016
    Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died unexpectedly in February 2016, and President Barack Obama nominated Judge Merrick Garland to that vacancy on March 16, 2016. The left had a single mantra for the Senate: Do your job. Specifically, they demanded that the confirmation process move forward, starting with a Judiciary Committee hearing. They have changed…
    Thomas Jipping
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    Capitol Police Arrest Democratic Staffer Suspected of Doxing GOP Senators
    U.S. Capitol Police have arrested a Democratic staffer suspected of posting the personal information of at least one U.S. senator to the internet. The home addresses and other personal information of three Republican senators, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Mike Lee and Orrin Hatch of Utah, were posted to Wikipedia on Sept. 27 by an…
    Andrew Kerr
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    Investigate the Senate Democrat Wrecking Machine
    How did we get here? The Kavanaugh Supreme Court nomination circus didn’t happen by accident. The emergence of incredible—and by “incredible,” I mean the literal Merriam-Webster definition of “too extraordinary and improbable to be believed”—accusers in the 11th hour was no mistake. It is my contention that this grand unearth-and-destroy spectacle was planned, coordinated, and…
    Michelle Malkin
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    Democratic Lawmakers in House, Senate Suggest Resurrecting Earmarks
    Democrats are floating the idea of reinstating budgetary earmarks as a way to build support for funding the government on time, but some of their Republican counterparts are skeptical. “I don’t know who’s going to be in the majority next year,” Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., vice chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, said on  C-SPAN’s…
    Rachel del Guidice
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    How George Washington Warned Us About Tribalism and Disunity
    Sept. 19 is the 222nd anniversary of the publication of President George Washington’s Farewell Address. Appearing in newspapers nationwide, it announced Washington’s intention to retire from public life after his second term. For most of American history, the Farewell Address was required reading in grade schools across the nation and was continually invoked in the…
    Richard Lim
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    Rally in Washington Will Urge Disillusioned Democrats, Leftists to ‘Walk Away’
    The founder of the movement that showcases stories of why people are walking away from leftist ideology and the Democratic Party is bringing a march and rally to Washington next month to send a message he hopes the mainstream media won’t be able to ignore. It’s a milestone for what he calls the #WalkAway Campaign….
    Rachel del Guidice
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    Trump to Shut Down Palestinian Liberation Organization’s Washington Office
    The Trump administration will order the Palestine Liberation Organization to shutter its Washington, D.C., office in a bid to increase pressure on Palestinian leadership amid stalled peace talks. “We have been notified by a U.S. official of their decision to close the Palestinian mission to the U.S.,” PLO Secretary-General Saeb Erekat said in a statement…
    Will Racke
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    School Discipline Policy Belongs at the Local Level, Not Washington
    Teacher unions and progressive special-interest groups cried foul earlier this year when the White House suggested that federal directives on school safety could be rescinded. But if a recent hearing held by the Federal Commission on School Safety is any indication, state and local policymakers don’t need Washington to micromanage student discipline policies. These state…
    Jonathan Butcher
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