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Unanswered Questions in the Jussie Smollett Case
What a mess. So many questions, and so little transparency in this nutty, high-visibility case. For example, why did the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office drop the case against Jussie Smollett? Why did it agree to have the record sealed? Why didn’t it consult with the police who investigated the crimes before disposing of the… -
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Smollett, Northam Show Need for Honest Race Conversation, Not Mob Mentality
February was a good—albeit controversial—month for discussions about race in this country. Not only was it the traditional Black History Month, but two race-centric bombshells rocked the country within the same news cycle. First, newly elected Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam admitted that he was the blackface character featured in his medical school yearbook page. Not… -
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Amid Calls for New Special Counsel, Silence on Internal Probe of FBI, DOJ Abuses
After nearly two years, special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia report is finished. But one year after his assignment to probe possible related misdeeds by FBI and Justice Department officials, U.S. Attorney John Huber’s work remains a mystery. Huber, who oversees federal prosecutions in the District of Utah, is working collaboratively in the internal investigation with… -
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This Veteran, Who Supplied Water to Firefighters, Went to Prison for Digging Ponds
An elderly veteran who ran a business supplying water to fight forest fires was prosecuted by the federal government and sent to prison for digging ponds on his own property, one of his lawyers says. Joe Robertson, a Navy veteran from Montana, was 78 when he was convicted and sentenced to 18 months in federal… -
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Three Mile Island Nuclear Accident Wasn’t All It’s Cracked Up to Be
Early this morning 40 years ago, America experienced its first major accident at a nuclear power plant—Three Mile Island in central Pennsylvania. Many Americans by then had already seen Jane Fonda’s “The China Syndrome,” a nuclear disaster film that debuted three weeks earlier. Time magazine would memorialize the Three Mile Island disaster with a cover… -
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Trump Says FBI and Justice Department Will Review ‘Outrageous’ Jussie Smollett Case
President Donald Trump said the FBI and Department of Justice will review the “outrageous” Jussie Smollett case. “FBI & DOJ to review the outrageous Jussie Smollett case in Chicago,” Trump tweeted Thursday. “It is an embarrassment to our Nation!” FBI & DOJ to review the outrageous Jussie Smollett case in Chicago. It is an embarrassment… -
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The American Dream of ‘Johnny Walker,’ Chris Kyle’s Iraqi Interpreter
How did an Iraqi interpreter for the U.S. military get the code name Johnny Walker? Walker, who became a U.S. citizen last week, worked with legendary American sniper Chris Kyle and other U.S. special operations forces in Iraq beginning in 2003. The nickname sprang out of that experience. At first, Walker says in fairly good… -
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Republicans Call on House Intelligence Chair Schiff to Step Down
The nine Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee formally called for California Rep. Adam Schiff to step down as chairman of the panel Thursday, alleging the California Democrat “abused” his position by “knowingly spreading false information” regarding collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian government. “Your willingness to continue to promote a demonstrably false narrative… -
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This Case Could Finally Rein in Federal Agencies
Administrative agencies today issue regulations touching on nearly every aspect of Americans’ daily lives—from highways to health care, and often with limited supervision from the other branches of government. Congress has delegated more and more of its lawmaking authority to unaccountable administrative agencies, which in turn often are insulated from direct supervision by the president…. -
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Left’s Proposed Voting Changes Are About Power, Not Principles
Progressive candidates and new Democratic representatives have offered lots of radical new proposals lately about voting and voters. They include scrapping the 215-year-old Electoral College. Progressives also talk of extending the vote to 16- or 17-year-olds and ex-felons. They wish to further relax requirements for voter identification, same-day registration and voting, and illegal immigrants voting in… -
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The ‘Mismanagement’ in Venezuela Part of Its Socialist System
Venezuela is a disaster. Yet 20 years ago, it was the wealthiest country in Latin America. It still has the world’s biggest oil reserves. It should be a happy and prosperous nation. But then Venezuela went socialist. Democratic socialist to be exact. They voted for it. Hugo Chavez promised the poor “social and economic reforms.”… -
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Cartels Are ‘Abusing’ Asylum Laws, Causing a Human Trafficking ‘Crisis,’ Texas Lawmaker Says
A Texas lawmaker says the situation on the southern border is “a real crisis” because human traffickers are exploiting our asylum laws, which he says are “broken.” “We have a sophisticated enterprise where cartels are profiting by moving people across the border,” Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, said on the fourth installment of the House Freedom… -
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Young Republicans’ Support for LGBT Agenda Drops
For everyone who’s wondered whether the battle for the under-30 crowd is lost, here’s hope. In this post-Obergefell world, not every young person is signing up to march in their local pride parade. The first generation to come of age in a same-sex marriage society is finally feeling the effects. And soon, so may LGBT activists…. -
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4 Reasons Why Africa’s Experiments in Socialism Failed
While Americans weigh arguments made by those promoting programs such as “Medicare for All” and the Green New Deal, some experts look to Africa for examples of the fates of similar socialist policies. How such experiments failed Africa was the topic of a recent lecture at The Heritage Foundation titled “How Socialism Destroyed Africa.” George… -
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A Former Prosecutor Explains How Jussie Smollett Could Still Be Charged
Former prosecutor and Heritage Foundation legal expert Cully Stimson joins us to unpack what the police documents show about the Jussie Smollett case, analyze how the case was handled and the possible role a former Obama aide played, and share how there still might be one way to charge Smollett. Read the interview, posted below,… -
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Trump Administration Tightens Ban on Paying for Abortions in Foreign Nations
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has announced two key moves by the Trump administration that he said would “ensure that U.S. taxpayer dollars are not used to subsidize or promote abortions.” The United States spends about $9 billion a year on global health care programs, and President Donald Trump is determined that taxpayers’ dollars not… -
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At White House, New Venezuelan First Lady Tells of ‘Life and Death’ Fight to Oust Maduro Dictatorship
The wife of the interim president of Venezuela, visiting the White House on Wednesday, said her country is engaged in a life-and-death struggle against an embattled dictatorship. “We’re fighting for life and death, and we know that what will triumph in the end is life,” said Fabiana Rosales, whose husband, Juan Guaido, is recognized as… -
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Trump Says Republicans Will Become ‘Party of Great Health Care’
President Donald Trump on Wednesday predicted the demise of Obamacare and that Republicans would become “the party of great health care.” Trump spoke to reporters in the Oval Office two days after his Justice Department opted not to defend the Affordable Care Act—better known as Obamacare—with an appeal after a federal judge in Texas ruled… -
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This Bill Would Close a Loophole That Robs Americans of Due Process
Lawmakers in the House of Representatives reintroduced sweeping bipartisan legislation to rein in and reform the nation’s abuse-prone civil forfeiture laws on Wednesday. If passed, the aptly-named FAIR, or Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration, Act—sponsored by Reps. Tim Walberg, R-Mich.; Tom McClintock, R-Calif.; Thomas Massie, R-Ky.; Jamie Raskin, D-Md.; Tony Cardenas, D-Calif.; and Bobby Rush, D-Ill.—would… -
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Post Mueller Report, the Left Embraces Fake News
Why get all caught up in whether something is true or not when the fantasy is so much more appealing? That seems to be the spirit of some on the left in light of the report by special counsel Robert Mueller, which found no collusion between Russia and President Donald Trump. You’d think that might…