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On Wednesday, President Donald Trump tweeted that he wouldn’t allow transgender individuals to serve in the military: After consultation with my Generals and military experts, please be advised that the United States Government will not accept or allow…… — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 26, 2017 ….Transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the…

How should the U.S. win the war of ideas against Islamism? That question understandably provokes strong differences of opinion. For example, honest people can disagree over the merits of the Obama administration’s Countering Violent Extremism policy, which George Selim, director of the Office of Community Partnerships, described as “the first federal assistance program devoted exclusively…

While much of the focus of President Donald Trump’s G-20 summit had to do with Europe, his trip could have big implications for Asia as well. The escalating tensions with North Korea, and the lack of demonstrable Chinese efforts in curbing North Korean efforts, are likely to be a continuing topic of conversations between Trump…

Western values, Judeo-Christian at base but also to some degree influenced by Greco-Roman views on philosophy and politics, are under threat from within by a nihilist “Hey, Hey, Ho, Ho, Western Civ has got to go” mentality. President Donald Trump told Poles fighting a version of that mindset that he was with them—and the American…

There is something about a crisis and a foreign venue that brings out the best in an American president. In June 1963, when the Berlin Wall seemed permanent and the Iron Curtain impenetrable, President John F. Kennedy traveled to West Berlin to reassure the captive peoples of Eastern and Central Europe they had not been…

A recent Reuters story reported that the Trump administration is drafting an executive order that would require 100 percent of U.S. food assistance to be shipped on U.S.-flagged vessels. CNBC has since reported that the Trump administration has reconsidered. Hopefully this is the case, as requiring U.S. food assistance to be shipped on U.S.-flagged vessels…

President Donald Trump spoke on Thursday about what can be done to help the commercial nuclear power industry as part of Energy Week. “A complete review of U.S. nuclear energy policy will help us find new ways to revitalize this crucial energy resource,” the president said in remarks at the Department of Energy. The timing…

“Drain the swamp!” It was the battle cry of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. Many Republican members of Congress echoed that call as well, riding it to victory—and control of both legislative chambers. The American people rallied around the cry because it reinforced their impression of what Washington had become: a swamp infested with special-interest groups and power-hungry bureaucrats. They rallied,…

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross was expected to conclude an investigation this week into whether steel imports pose a national security threat to the United States. The report has the potential to send major shockwaves not only across the U.S., but around the world. The investigation stems from the administration’s general suspicion of imports, which it…