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EPA Needs to Finalize Rule Rejecting Past Regulatory Abuses
When the Environmental Protection Agency issues a regulation, the rule should do more good than harm. That hasn’t always been obvious to the EPA, and to some, it still isn’t obvious. In 2012, the Obama administration finalized the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (the “MATS” rule), allegedly to reduce emissions of mercury and other… -
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What Young Americans Don’t Know About Socialism
Pundits have argued that younger voters, especially those under 30, are less inclined to be bothered when they hear the word “socialism,” since they have no firsthand memory of the Cold War. To some extent, this must be true. Those who weren’t alive during socialism’s cruelest catastrophes—or even its many banal failures—will be less put… -
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Unserious Objections to Bolstering Free Speech on Campus
Wisconsin lawmakers are taking the issue of free speech on campus seriously again—and, inexplicably, that has some people upset. Legislators recently advanced a proposal based on the commonsense idea that anyone “lawfully present on campus may protest or demonstrate,” as long as they do not interfere with someone else’s ability to do the same. The… -
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Illegal Alien Released in Chicago Charged With Sexually Abusing 3-Year-Old
An illegal alien accused of sexually abusing a 3-year-old child would have been in federal custody had the Chicago Police Department honored an immigration detainer on him last year and not released him back into the community. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, lodged an immigration detainer with Chicago police for Christopher Puente, 34,… -
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Appeals Court Rules Against House Democrats in Fight for Don McGahn’s Testimony
A federal appeals court dealt House Democrats a heavy blow on Friday, ruling in favor of President Donald Trump in his efforts to prevent former White House counsel Don McGahn from complying with a congressional subpoena for his testimony. In a 2-1 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia overturned a lower… -
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Ken Cuccinelli Appointed Unlawfully to Top Immigration Post, Judge Rules
A federal judge ruled that Ken Cuccinelli was illegally appointed to a top U.S. immigration post last year and invalidated some of his directives. Cuccinelli was appointed unlawfully by the Trump administration to head U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, according to a 55-page ruling issued Sunday by Judge Randolph Moss of the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C.,… -
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Coronavirus Update: 6 US Deaths, Over 3,000 Deaths Worldwide
The coronavirus has claimed the lives of over 3,000 persons worldwide, including two Americans, as of Monday morning. [Washington state officials announced four more deaths there later in the day.] Despite government-issued travel warnings and restrictions, the coronavirus continues to spread throughout the world. Two people in Washington died from the virus, according to the Washington State Department… -
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Fact Check: Did Trump Call Coronavirus a ‘Hoax’?
Politico published an article reporting that President Donald Trump called the novel coronavirus a “hoax” in a speech Friday in South Carolina. “Trump rallies his base to treat coronavirus as a ‘hoax,'” reads the headline. Verdict: False Trump referred to “politicizing” of the coronavirus by Democrats as “their new hoax.” He did not refer to… -
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Ensuring Civics Education for the Next Generation
The value of civics education in middle and high school cannot be overstated, advocates say. The Founding Fathers knew that if America did not hold fast to the principles they had set forth in our founding documents, the great American experiment surely would fail. David Bobb, president of the Bill of Rights Institute, joins The… -
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A Misguided Approach to Nuclear Power in ‘Energy Innovation’ Bill
Being “well intentioned” isn’t the same as doing well. Look no further than the recently introduced American Energy Innovation Act. The bill proposes an extensive federally funded and directed research, development, and demonstration program for advanced nuclear technologies through the Department of Energy. It’s Act 2 of the Nuclear Energy Leadership Act, the first half… -
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Cabinet Secretaries Cite Better Health Care for Veterans, Elderly
Trump administration officials touted improved health care services for the elderly and military veterans Saturday during a conference of conservative activists near Washington. Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie focused on health care changes implemented by the Department of Veterans Affairs last summer as part of the MISSION Act, which President Donald Trump signed into law…. -
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Mark Levin Aims Sharp Words at the American Left
Radio and TV host Mark Levin had typically strong words Saturday for the American left and its embrace of socialism during his segment at the Conservative Political Action Conference near Washington. The popular conservative author and commentator took the CPAC stage hours before President Donald Trump’s scheduled remarks for an informal conversation with his wife,… -
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Conservatives Cheer as Trump Celebrates Achievements Under Fire
Speaking before a celebratory crowd of conservative activists Saturday, President Donald Trump gave thanks to God for being able to accomplish so much in three years despite incoming fire from the left. Trump referred to both the lengthy Russia investigation and House Democrats’ hasty impeachment move during remarks at the Conservative Political Action Conference just… -
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Fighting Coronavirus Means ‘Keeping Sick People Out,’ Homeland Security Chief Says
The Trump administration is facing the coronavirus by preparing for the worst and aggressively pushing forward to tackle the disease, including “keeping sick people out of this country,” acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf said Saturday. “At the Department of Homeland Security, our main mission when we talk about the coronavirus is to make sure… -
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How the Left Seeks to Undermine America’s Elections
America’s free and fair elections are under threat at the local and state level and in the movement to switch to a national popular vote to pick presidents, speakers said Saturday at an annual gathering of conservative activists near Washington. Two panelists during a session at the Conservative Political Action Conference, known as CPAC, explained… -
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Budget Chief Prescribes Less Government Spending as Key to Draining Swamp
Fiscal responsibility is key to draining the swamp, the White House budget chief said Saturday in remarks to an annual gathering of conservative activists outside Washington. “We cannot permanently drain the swamp if we don’t reduce spending in agencies that are regulating the American people, that are filling the offices across the country, the accounts,… -
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US, Taliban Sign Peace Deal for Afghanistan
A U.S. special envoy and a senior Taliban representative signed an agreement Saturday in Doha, Qatar, that aims to be the first step to bring peace to Afghanistan and allow U.S. troops to come home. In the seven days leading up to the signing ceremony, violence by all sides in Afghanistan had dropped. While there… -
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Senate’s ‘Energy Innovation’ Bill Wasteful, Redundant
When you think of the word “innovation,” what comes to mind? Maybe it’s something new and inventive—or something cutting edge, original, and creative. Or, if you’re in Washington, “innovation” is trotting out the same, stale approaches to policy that have done less to empower innovators and families and more to empower special interests. The latest… -
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Border Security Key to Curbing Coronavirus, Cuccinelli Says
Defending the southern border is a key part of protecting the United States from the coronavirus, a top U.S. immigration official said Friday. A border crisis could exacerbate a pandemic, said Ken Cuccinelli, acting deputy secretary of homeland security and a member of President Donald Trump’s coronavirus task force. But the disease doesn’t currently pose… -
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Trump a Pragmatist and Washington Had to ‘Adapt,’ Kushner Says
President Donald Trump has “grown and grown” in popularity over the course of three years in office because he has taken on Washington, son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner told conservative activists Friday. “He didn’t adapt to Washington. Washington adapted to him,” Kushner told the annual Conservative Political Action Conference just outside Washington, prompting a huge…