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Senate Republicans Tell Supreme Court Not to Be Swayed by Democrats’ Court-Packing Threats
Senate Republicans urged the Supreme Court not to be intimidated after Democratic lawmakers warned that its decision in a pending Second Amendment case could inflame the liberal push to restructure the court. Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island filed an amicus (or “friend of the court”) brief on Aug. 12 in a challenge to New York… -
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Why Bolton’s Trip to Belarus Matters
White House national security adviser John Bolton traveled Thursday to Belarus to meet with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. That’s significant, because no senior U.S. official had visited Belarus in more than 18 years. During the meeting, Lukashenko said that he would like to open a “new chapter” in U.S.-Belarus relations, despite what Bolton called “significant… -
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Trump Administration Eases Methane Rules on Oil Industry
The Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday that it will undo some of the Obama administration’s regulations on methane, which it said could save oil and natural gas producers up to $123 million through 2025. In 2016, the Obama administration imposed limits on methane emissions from oil and gas production after determining that methane emissions were… -
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The Justice Department’s IG Delivers a Scathing Rebuke of Ex-FBI Director Comey
The Justice Department’s Office of the Inspector General on Thursday released its long-awaited “Report of Investigation of Former Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey’s Disclosure of Sensitive Investigative Information and Handling of Certain Memoranda.” Between Jan. 6, 2017, and April 11 of that same year, then-FBI Director James Comey memorialized seven one-on-one conversations he… -
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‘The Bible Stays,’ Pence Tells American Legion of VA Hospital Suit
Veterans gave Vice President Mike Pence a standing ovation on Wednesday when he told them about the Trump administration’s reversing of the bans on religious symbols in veterans hospitals, declaring flatly, “The Bible stays.” Pence was discussing specifically a New Hampshire lawsuit when he addressed the 101st American Legion National Convention in Indianapolis in his… -
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DOJ Watchdog Says James Comey Violated FBI Policy in Handling Sensitive Memos
The Justice Department’s inspector general sharply criticized James Comey on Thursday, saying in a report that the former FBI director violated bureau policy in the handling of memos that he wrote after conversations with President Donald Trump. The report details how Comey handled seven memos he wrote between Jan. 6, 2017, and April 11, 2017, following interactions… -
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Biologically Male College Runner Switches to Women’s Team for Senior Year
A biologically male runner in the NCAA’s top division is competing in women’s cross country this fall. June Eastwood, who identifies as a transgender woman, will represent the University of Montana at a cross country meet Saturday. Eastwood competed on the men’s track and cross country teams through May 2018, the Bozeman Daily Chronicle reported. “I… -
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China’s Forced Sterilization of Uighur Women Is Cultural Genocide
Unknown pills and forced injections. Those are not fictional horrors from scary movies, but the reality many Uighurs in mass arbitrary internment are faced with today in China. In Xinjiang, human rights abuses against Uighur women and children abound. Uighurs, a predominantly Turkic-speaking ethnic minority in Xinjiang, are being seriously repressed by the Chinese government…. -
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Trump’s Fight Against Progressive Agenda at the G-7 Will Pay Off
President Donald Trump successfully navigated the minefields laid for him at last weekend’s G-7 summit in France. It wasn’t easy, but in the process he pushed back against the progressive agenda in ways that will benefit him politically. Progressive European Union bureaucrats use various techniques trying to keep the EU together and keep taxpayer money flowing to Brussels…. -
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Get Off the Sidelines: #StandWithICE in Sanctuary Cities
Dear fellow patriots: It’s time to stop making nice with those who are waging war on ICE. Are you sick of your neighborhoods being hijacked by law enforcement-bashing thugs who prioritize every last illegal immigrant over law-abiding families, workers, and employers? Are you sick of do-nothing politicians promising to take action while well-funded and well-organized… -
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Problematic Women: No, Taylor Swift, You Need to Calm Down
This week on “Problematic Women”, we sit down with one of America’s newest citizens, Heritage Foundation scholar Romina Boccia, to talk about going through the citizenship process and what becoming a U.S. citizen means to her. We also get her insight on a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News survey that shows a growing gulf of… -
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Vermont Hospital Violated Nurse’s Conscience Rights on Abortion, HHS Says
The University of Vermont Medical Center forced a nurse to participate in an abortion, despite her objections, in violation of federal law protecting conscience rights, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Wednesday. The hospital denied the allegation. HHS cited provisions of 42 U.S.C. 300a-7, known as the “Church amendments,” named for then-Sen…. -
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Is Turnabout Fair Play? Legacy Media Dish Out Scrutiny, but Can’t Take It.
It seems that working for The New York Times, perhaps the world’s most prominent and powerful media organization, entitles one to a cocoon of privilege, where criticism is equated with tyranny. The New York Times reported on Sunday that—shockingly—it is looked upon unfavorably by President Donald Trump and that the administration might be working with… -
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Our Changing Values Should Worry Us. But We Can Still Change Course.
The late historian and political philosopher Harry V. Jaffa noted the significance that the preamble to our Constitution concludes with the words “secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity.” This is how the drafters of our Constitution saw its purpose. Jaffa continues, saying, “a blessing is what is good in the eyes… -
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Alaska Moves to Comply With Supreme Court on Deducting Union Dues
Alaska’s labor policies need a “course correction” to ensure the First Amendment rights of public employees are protected under a recent Supreme Court ruling, the state’s attorney general has told Gov. Michael Dunleavy in a legal opinion. Because public sector employers no longer are permitted to deduct labor union dues or fees from an employee’s… -
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Good and Bad Ideas in the Senate’s Medicare Drug Bill
Responding to popular anxiety over prescription drug prices, the Senate Finance Committee last month approved a bill to restructure the Medicare prescription drug benefit. The bill is part of broader congressional and administration efforts to address rising health care costs, one in which lawmakers are laying aside partisan differences to seek constructive solutions. The committee… -
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Democratic States Sue to Block Trump From Indefinitely Holding Migrants
A coalition of about 20 Democrat-led states are suing the Trump administration over its plan to detain migrant families for the entire duration of their court proceedings. Twenty Democratic attorneys general filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California on Monday to stop the Department of Homeland Security from implementing a rule… -
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Washington Post Publishes, Retracts Attempt to Link Conservative Author to White Nationalism
The Washington Post on Tuesday retracted an op-ed writer’s distorted attempt to link conservative author J.D. Vance to white nationalism. Left-wing writer Marissa Brostoff penned an op-ed for the Post accusing the mainstream pro-life movement of aligning with white nationalists. Brostoff’s accusation depended on two examples: pariah Republican Iowa Rep. Steve King—whose comments on white nationalism were unanimously condemned by Republicans in… -
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Trump’s Latest Tariffs Are Putting the Economy on Edge
President Donald Trump announced last week he will add an additional 5% tariff on all Chinese products bought by Americans. This comes on top of an existing 25% tariff on $250 billion worth of products from China, and an additional tax on roughly $160 billion worth of goods is set to start Sept. 1. Given… -
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Recent Grad Details How Colleges Promote Hookup Culture
In the opening weeks of fall, a number of colleges now feature what they call “Sex Week,” a week in which risky and irresponsible sexual behaviors are encouraged and even facilitated. It’s a trend many parents will be stunned to learn about—to unpack the phenomenon, today we’ll hear from Kara Bell. Read the interview, posted…