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After Suleimani’s Death, Iran’s Theocracy Considers Its Options
After losing its top strategist, military commander, and arch-terrorist, Qassim Suleimani, the Iranian theocracy is weighing responses. One, Iran can quiet down and cease military provocations. After attacking tankers off its coast, destroying an oil refinery in Saudi Arabia, shooting down a U.S. drone, and being responsible for the killing and wounding of Americans in… -
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Rep. Ilhan Omar Casts Iranians, Iraqis as Victims of Trump
Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., berated President Donald Trump’s administration Thursday and cast the Iraqi people as victims on the House floor. Omar said the Trump administration asks Americans “to deny reality.” Her words came after Iran launched missiles at military bases housing U.S. troops in Iraq early Wednesday local time. “This administration says starving the Iranian… -
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Why Canadian-Style Health Care Would Not Cut Costs in America
One common claim by supporters of single-payer health care is that it would ultimately save money while providing universal health coverage for all. Having one centralized bureaucracy, they say, would eliminate complicated administrative inefficiencies that waste enormous sums of money each year. As reported by Time, researchers behind a new study believe that by adopting… -
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Trump’s Handling of Iran Deserves Praise
Is it possible President Donald Trump may have perfectly played the Iran conflict? He’s been criticized for different and various reasons by people on the left and on the right. There’s been a real concern that the president could get us into a war with Iran. It’s early but it seems like Trump has effectively… -
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145,000 Jobs Added in December, Unemployment at 3.5%
The U.S. economy added 145,000 jobs in December, while the unemployment rate remained at 3.5%, according to Department of Labor data released Friday. In December, 145,000 jobs were added, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics report—about 121,000 fewer jobs than were added in November. Decembers’ unemployment rate remained steady at 3.5%, matching September’s unemployment rate, the… -
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North Carolina Voter ID Ruling Puts Security of Democracy at Stake
It’s a cornerstone of our democracy: Government is to be of the people, by the people, and for the people, deriving its authority from the consent of the governed. These fundamental principles are at stake in North Carolina, due to a ruling from an activist federal judge on voter ID. It’s amazing that we’re still… -
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His Sister Was Sex-Trafficked for 6 Years. Here’s How He’s Devoted His Life to Fighting It.
Ilonka Deaton was trafficked into sex slavery at the age of 12. She suffered for six years before finally getting free. Now, her brother, Jaco Booyens, runs a film company that brings the darkness of sex trafficking into the light. He’s out with a film called “8 Days.” Read the lightly edited interview, posted below,… -
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House Democrats Approve War Powers Resolution Criticizing Trump’s Killing of Suleimani
The Democrat-controlled House approved a resolution late Thursday aimed at reining in President Donald Trump’s future actions on Iran and condemning him for not notifying Congress before last week’s drone strike that killed an Iranian terrorist leader who was one of the country’s most senior officials. The House adopted the resolution 224 to 194, with… -
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No, Sen. Mike Lee Isn’t Breaking With the President on Iran. But He Has a Point.
Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, is a serious constitutional scholar. He grew up around the law and has a profound respect for the Constitution, its structure and purpose, and in particular, the separation of powers. His father, Rex Lee, was the 37th solicitor general of the United States, from 1981 to 1985. So it is no surprise… -
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A Growing Challenge for America’s Somalia Policy
In the early hours of Jan. 5, the al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorist group al-Shabaab attacked a joint Kenyan-American military base in Manda Bay, Kenya, where several hundred American troops and military contractors live and work. The U.S. confirmed that three Americans—one serviceman and two contractors—were killed, several others injured, and some aircraft damaged. Al-Shabaab operates primarily in… -
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Media Lawyer Explains Why CNN Settlement in Libel Case Is a Big Deal
Will media outlets learn the right lessons after CNN settled in a lawsuit with Nick Sandmann, the MAGA-hat wearing teen who became the center of a widely botched, viral story? “No. They don’t learn.” That was the answer from Charles Glasser, a lawyer who teaches media ethics and law at New York University and the… -
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Trump Touts New Rule as Way to Improve Roads, Bridges Faster
President Donald Trump announced a new administration policy Thursday to boost the nation’s infrastructure without spending more tax dollars. The administration proposed a new rule under existing law to expedite environmental reviews, cutting the length of review by more than half of the average of five-to-seven years per project. The law, called the National Environmental… -
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Trump’s Iran Endgame Remains the Same
In his address to the nation Wednesday, President Donald Trump’s re-upped–clearly and in no uncertain terms–his commitment to challenging Iran’s continuing efforts to run amok in the Middle East. While Trump’s critics in the U.S. like to claim his policies are mercurial, inept and irresponsible, the Iranian regime no doubt knew exactly what he was… -
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What’s Next for the US and Iran
Will Iran strike again to take revenge for the death of Gen. Qassim Suleimani? What will Trump’s economic sanctions look like? And what about Iraq’s attitude to all this? Heritage Foundation foreign policy expert Luke Coffey has answers. Read the interview, posted below, or listen on the podcast: We also cover the following stories: Plane… -
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5 Top Iranian Officials You Should Know
Tensions between the United States and Iran seem to be deescalating again, but the countries clearly are still at loggerheads. Much media attention has been focused in recent days on President Donald Trump and his national security team, including Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Trump ordered the U.S. drone strike in… -
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MAGA Hat-Wearing Teen Just Got a Settlement From CNN. Media: Learn Your Lesson.
While the media often portray themselves as noble guardians of the truth who keep a close watch on those in power, the reality is quite the opposite: It is they who are in power and often swoop down to crush the powerless. This was the case in the frenzy surrounding Nick Sandmann, a teenage student… -
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This Legendary Civil Rights Advocate Is Taking on School Diversity Quotas
When a school system draws racial boundary lines and denies entry to qualified students on the basis of race, it doesn’t matter if it’s done in the name of segregation or so-called diversity—it is still wrong, according to one prominent civil rights advocate. Terrence Roberts, a member of the original “Little Rock Nine” who entered… -
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Planned Parenthood Sets New Record for Abortions in a Single Year
It’s been a turbulent last two years at Planned Parenthood, with a leadership shake-up involving the ouster of Dr. Leana Wen as president, and the installment of Alexis McGill Johnson as acting president. But that upheaval didn’t stop Planned Parenthood from having a banner year in providing abortion on demand, as its new report shows…. -
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Trump’s Timely Move Against Evil
The muted reaction of leading Democratic politicians to the elimination of Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani reinforces my sense of what divides our country and differentiates the two parties. One part of America still believes that there is good and evil, and one part doesn’t. The American left, whose political home is the Democratic Party,… -
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Trump’s Iran Policy Isn’t the Problem; Obama’s Was
President Donald Trump launched a global round of teeth gnashing when he ordered the killing of the greatest terrorist leader in the modern Middle East, Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani. Suleimani was unquestionably responsible for the deaths of hundreds of Americans in Iraq and thousands of others throughout the Middle East—mostly Muslim. His global terror…