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‘Harder for Me to Live Under the USSR Than to Be in the War’: Old Ukrainian Soldiers Remember Communism
KYIV, Ukraine—Trench warfare is a true test of a soldier’s grit. The constant prospect of death—whether by artillery, rockets, or snipers—gnaws at you every waking moment. The truth is, there’s no way to stay safe, other than to hide underground. Some soldiers simply laugh at the danger and treat the war like a sport. Others,… -
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Liberals Are Too Committed to Collusion Narrative to Be Swayed by Evidence
The saga that is the Mueller report is a consequence of what happens when you begin with a conclusion and then desperately seek evidence you hope will confirm it. The conclusion: Donald Trump was illegitimately elected and that he and/or his campaign conspired with the Russians to undermine Hillary Clinton’s presidential candidacy. A summary of… -
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Here Are 5 Things the Senate’s 2020 Budget Would Do
The Senate Budget Committee will move one step closer to producing a new budget this week when it meets for a mark-up hearing on its fiscal year 2020 budget resolution. The proposal as it exists now would take steps to avoid another irresponsible budget deal and would eliminate one particularly egregious budget gimmick. Yet the… -
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Here Are 4 Egregious Ways the Left Wants to Transform American Politics
“When you can’t win the game, change the rules.” That seems to be the motto of the far left these days. Not content to play by the rules, it hopes to tilt the playing field to its own advantage and in the process transform American politics. Here are four ways it has proposed doing that…. -
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Charges Against Jussie Smollett Dropped
The Chicago Police Department is reportedly furious after the state dropped charges against actor Jussie Smollett, who allegedly staged a fake hate crime against his person. “Empire” actor Smollett, 36, was arrested and charged in February for allegedly filing a false police report, which claimed he was attacked, splattered with a chemical substance, and put into a noose-like rope. The… -
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Justice Department Says It Agrees With Judge Who Ruled Obamacare Unconstitutional
The Department of Justice sided with a district court ruling Monday that found the Affordable Care Act violated the Constitution. U.S. District Court Judge Reed O’Connor issued the ruling in December 2018, finding that the Obamacare individual mandate had been rendered unconstitutional due to the partial repeal Republicans passed in 2017. The ruling has been appealed to… -
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Rep. Rashida Tlaib Pushes Democrats to Investigate Trump for ‘Impeachable Offenses’
Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib is circulating a letter among her Democratic colleagues in the House that asks them to join a resolution seeking to investigate President Donald Trump for “impeachable offenses.” “The fact that President Trump has yet to comply with various clauses of our U.S. Constitution sets a dangerous precedent. Much of the allegations… -
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The Left’s Russian Collusion Hoax
From the beginning, I repeatedly said the charge that the Trump campaign colluded with the Russian government to defeat Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election was a lie. The president’s description of it as a “witch hunt” was accurate. I regularly acknowledged that I was putting my credibility on the line by stating that… -
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What the Mueller Report Revealed, and What’s Coming Next
Can the Justice Department release the full report from special counsel Robert Mueller? What are the main takeaways from what we know of the report so far? Will the left have any basis to keep up the Russia collusion allegations? John Malcolm, a legal expert at The Heritage Foundation, joins us to discuss. Read the… -
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Trump Recognizes Israel’s Right to Golan Heights During Netanyahu Visit
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday praised President Donald Trump as the greatest friend Israel has ever had in the Oval Office. Netanyahu’s comments at the White House came moments before the president signed a proclamation for the United States to recognize Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights, territory seized from Syria in a… -
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Repression of Religion in China Is Getting Worse. Here’s What Can Be Done.
It’s been a little more than a year now since new regulations on religious affairs went into effect in China in February 2018. Although Chinese people of faith have long faced persecution, last year still marked a notable turning point, as repression increased dramatically. Under the concept of “Sinicization,” the Chinese Communist Party is attempting… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Who’s Bankrolling the National Popular Vote Movement
The nonprofit organization building a coalition of states that favor choosing the president by popular vote promotes itself as nonpartisan, but is financed by millions of dollars from left-leaning groups. Some of the leaders of the movement are prominent Republicans, and most of the funding for the nonprofit, National Popular Vote Inc., has come from… -
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4 Ways Democrats Are Responding to Mueller Report
Democrats are considering next steps following the conclusion of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, which found that Donald Trump and his associates did not conspire with Russia to win the presidency. Mueller transmitted the results of his 22-month probe Friday to Attorney General William Barr without seeking any… -
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3 Takeaways From Trump’s Energy Budget Proposal
We can’t ignore the numbers when talking about the federal budget. Twenty-two trillion dollars in the hole is a scary place to be, and President Donald Trump’s budget proposes some good steps toward climbing up and out. But when we’re talking about the Department of Energy’s budget, there’s a lot more to be said. Congress… -
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Parents Embroiled in College Scam Gave Democrats Twice as Much as Republicans
When the college admissions scandal first broke, we opined that this was most likely just the tip of the iceberg and that there was much more to come. We were right. In the little more than a week since the indictments, during which several civil lawsuits were filed against the universities by former applicants, we… -
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These New Laws Will Strengthen US Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking
The U.N.’s International Labor Organization in 2016 estimated that there were 40.3 million victims of modern slavery throughout the world, including 24.9 million in forced labor and 15.4 million in forced marriages. It was with that as backdrop that President Donald Trump on Jan. 9 signed into law the reauthorization of the Trafficking Victims Protection… -
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Graham Calls for New Special Counsel to Probe Justice Department
Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., announced his committees will launch a probe into the Justice Department’s alleged abuse of spying, widely believed to be the predicate for investigations into alleged ties between President Donald Trump and Russia. “I’m going to get answers to this. If no one else cares, it seems that Republicans do,”… -
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The Fallen ISIS Caliphate Will Return
The last ISIS stronghold is no longer strong. Or held. The last recognized remnant of the terrorist group’s so-called caliphate is gone, Fox News reported Thursday. This is a milestone victory for the forces of counterterrorism. But it is not the end of the war on terrorism. Unfortunately, the bad guys will be back on… -
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A Glimpse of What the Green New Deal Would Cost Taxpayers
Implementing the Green New Deal resolution would place significant though hard-to-quantify costs on Americans, according to a preliminary analysis by The Heritage Foundation that hints at the total burden. Granted, generating a cost estimate for a plan that is nebulously defined and lacks specificity is a challenge, especially when technologies to achieve those goals simply… -
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Mueller Report Is a Damning Indictment of the Media
After over two years of speculation and endless media coverage, the Mueller report is here, and it arrived with a whimper. Questions will now turn to what’s shaping up to be the bigger scandal. The only indictment we’ll likely see in the coming weeks is of America’s media elite, who oversold the report, misled the…