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Trump Gets an ‘F’ for Libya
Getting grumpy over the administration’s Libya policy is a just cause. There is no nostalgia for President Barack Obama’s “lead from behind” policy that left the country in ruins, an American compound in flames, and a U.S. ambassador and other brave Americans dead. But let’s be honest, President Donald Trump hasn’t done much better at… -
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‘It’s Just the Weather’: Meteorologist Fact-Checks Ocasio-Cortez on Climate Change
Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez suggested the tornado warning that hit the D.C. area Thursday was part of the “climate crisis” she has previously said humanity only has 12 years left to solve. “The climate crisis is real y’all,” Ocasio-Cortez said on Instagram Thursday, “guess we’re at casual tornadoes in growing regions of the… -
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Prime Minister Theresa May to Resign
Prime Minister Theresa May of the United Kingdom on Friday announced her intention to resign. May will quit as head of the governing Conservative Party on June 7, so she will still be in office when President Donald Trump pays a state visit June 3-5. When she steps down, that will trigger the process of… -
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Does the Constitution Mandate Universal Birthright Citizenship? Here’s the Answer
Who is a United States citizen by birth? This question has increasingly received national attention, in large part because of President Donald Trump’s promise to “end birthright citizenship.” As I explain, however, in my recent Heritage Foundation legal memo titled “The Citizenship Clause’s Original Meaning and What It Means Today,” Congress definitively settled that question… -
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Podcast: Former White House Insider Discusses Draining the Swamp, Next 18 Months
Rick Dearborn had a front-row seat to President Donald Trump’s first year in the White House. He led the White House transition team and then served as deputy chief of staff before joining The Heritage Foundation. Dearborn shares his most memorable moments in the White House and his perspective on how Trump can succeed moving… -
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I’m a Millennial. And No, My Generation Doesn’t Have It Worse Than Others.
Have American millennials only known hardship? That seems to be the takeaway from a recent Wall Street Journal article. The report highlighted how millennials, some of whom are now reaching middle age, lag far behind previous generations in terms of financial security. “American millennials are approaching middle age in worse financial shape than every living… -
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A Memorial Day Reminder From Iraq
ERBIL, Iraq—A quick story about the meaning of Memorial Day from the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan. On my way to dinner, I hailed one of the city’s ubiquitous beige taxis and hopped in the front seat. Having been in Kurdistan before, I’ve learned to sit in the front seat. The taxi drivers act a little… -
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Senate Republicans Renew Earmark Ban and Make It Permanent
The Senate Republican Conference adopted an amendment Thursday, pushed by Sen. Ben Sasse, to retain the Senate’s ban on spending earmarks. “The last thing taxpayers need is for the same politicians who racked up a $22 trillion national debt to go on an earmark binge,” the Nebraska Republican said in a statement. Congress enacted a… -
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Ralph Northam: Proof That Liberals Excuse Racism If You’re One of Them
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam came under a firestorm of scrutiny last February when a photograph surfaced from his college yearbook page depicting two men dressed in racist costumes. One man wore a KKK robe, the other man wore blackface. Northam immediately apologized, saying, “I am deeply sorry for the decision I made to appear as… -
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Electoral College Opponents Attempt to Have It Both Ways
Electoral College foes have been trying to get their way in Nevada for a decade. Have they finally succeeded? Nevada’s state Senate approved National Popular Vote legislation on Tuesday. The measure is now awaiting approval from Gov. Steve Sisolak, a Democrat. The governor’s signature will add Nevada to a growing movement to ditch the Electoral… -
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The Leaky Vessel of Trump-Russia Collusion Is Sinking
The entire Trump-Russia collusion narrative was always implausible. One, the Washington swamp of fixers such as Paul Manafort and John and Tony Podesta was mostly bipartisan and predated Trump. Two, the Trump administration’s Russia policies were far tougher on Vladimir Putin than were those of Barack Obama. Trump confronted Russia in Syria, upped defense spending,… -
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California Democrat Proposes Tax Incentives for Hollywood Productions That Leave Pro-Life States
Turns out, California does believe in tax breaks—as long as they punish pro-lifers. One Democrat is so desperate to stop this new wave of abortion bans that she’s trying to offer incentives to any studios willing to move their productions out of places like Georgia and Alabama. Under her bill, California would sweeten the pot… -
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‘We’re the Ones Yelling Stop’: How These Conservatives Are Fighting Corporations’ Liberal Tilt
By supporting a nonprofit that favors rationing health care, biotech giant Johnson & Johnson appears to violate its founding principles, a conservative shareholder activist says. The activist brought this contradiction to the attention of the corporation’s CEO at a shareholder meeting last month, in what he hopes will become a model practice for other conservatives…. -
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Congress, It’s Time for a Serious Discussion of the Proposed Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository
For years, Congress has been sharply divided over a nuclear waste repository proposed for Yucca Mountain in Nevada. However, an appropriations amendment offered by Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho—considered by the House Appropriations Committee and narrowly rejected Tuesday—is a reasonable, unobjectionable compromise that the Senate should take up in ongoing budget decisions. The Simpson amendment neither… -
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Lindh Shows How West Is Winning War on Terror
John Walker Lindh, the former “American Taliban,” is almost back on the streets. Captured on the battlefield in Afghanistan in 2002, he was convicted of providing material support to terrorism and has been in prison ever since. Now he is set to be released on Thursday, even though he has never denounced the Islamist cause. This has led… -
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Heritage’s ‘Blueprint for Balance’ Has Real Fixes for Our Spending Crisis
Among the many things that frustrate Americans about Washington, D.C., is the unwillingness—not inability, but unwillingness—to solve problems. One of many examples is the U.S. national debt, now more than $22 trillion and counting. As Heritage Foundation President Kay Coles James has written, “The federal budget is at the core of our political system. Everything… -
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Actress Emma Watson Is Mistaken: G-7 Is No Magic Wand for Making Gender Inequality Disappear
Emma Watson is leading the charge to have the Group of Seven leading industrial nations fund controversial feminist groups in the developing world and institute far-reaching gender-equality legislation. The actress of “Harry Potter” fame seems to think that with a wave of a giant, transnational magic wand, she can make gender inequality vanish. An activist… -
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Problematic Women: Celebrating 100 Years of Women’s Suffrage
In a special episode of “Problematic Women,” Heritage Foundation President Kay Coles James joins us to talk about the Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commission. President Donald Trump appointed James to the bipartisan commission formed to celebrate the passage of the 19th Amendment, which secured women’s right to vote. In this week’s podcast, we discuss the history… -
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The Surrogacy Risks the Media Won’t Cover
Surrogacy is touted by some celebrities, including Kim Kardashian West and Kanye West, who have had two children via surrogates. But is it as safe as the media coverage suggests? Jennifer Lahl of the Center for Bioethics and Culture breaks down the medical risks the procedure has, as well as some of the legal and… -
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The SAT’s New ‘Adversity Score’ Isn’t Just Unfair. It’s Self-Destructive.
We all thought those online quizzes that give you a score based on “how privileged you are” were funny. Except now, the score is real—and it will affect your life dramatically if you’re an anxious high schooler applying to college. A new report by The Wall Street Journal describes the efforts of The College Board,…