Read the Bill: Senate Gang of Eight Releases Immigration Legislation
Early this morning a group of eight U.S. senators filed comprehensive immigration reform legislation that totals 844 pages and addresses a range of policy issues…. Read More
TIMELINE: Margaret Thatcher’s Remarkable Life in Pictures
Today we remember former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, a bold leader who committed her life to defending individual liberty and freedom. She used her… Read More
John Kerry Faces Tough Questions on U.S. Security Abroad
Secretary of State John Kerry will be under scrutiny by the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) Wednesday morning at 9:30 a.m., testifying at a hearing… Read More
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Air Force to Ground 1 in 3 Aircraft Over Budget Concerns
Just days before President Obama released his fiscal year (FY) 2014 budget request, the Air Force reported that it will have to ground one-third of… Read More
Why We Pay the Income Tax
As millions of Americans scrambled this week to get their taxes filed on time, they probably didn’t spend much time wondering how we got here…. Read More
The High Cost of Offshore Wind: Is Cape Wind the Next Solyndra?
Opponents have called it “another Solyndra waiting to happen.” An estimated $2.6 billion offshore wind project near Massachusetts could be awarded a $350 million Department… Read More
Keystone XL Pipeline Hearing Tuesday
President Obama has been holding up the Keystone XL Pipeline. Could Congress go ahead and clear it for construction–and prevent environmental activists from tying the… Read More
Schumer-Toomey-Manchin Gun Control Bill: Undercover Busts of Innocents at Gun Shows
One begins to wonder if Senators Charles Schumer (D-NY), Pat Toomey (R-PA), and Joe Manchin (D-WV) didn’t just take whatever verbiage Attorney General Eric Holder’s… Read More
Schumer-Toomey-Manchin Gun Control Bill: Feel Free to Run a Secret FBI Check on Job Applicants
The gun control legislation proposed by Senators Charles Schumer (D-NY), Pat Toomey (R-PA), and Joe Manchin (D-WV) lets firearms dealers secretly run government background checks… Read More
Do Beyonce and Jay-Z Deserve Praise for Visiting Cuba?
In an opinion piece this week, Heritage’s Mike Gonzalez called for a “Dennis Rodman Rule” for celebrities who travel to repressive countries for enjoyment. Rodman,… Read More
John Kerry’s Words Don’t Match Obama Administration Actions on North Korea
During his trip to South Korea, Secretary of State John Kerry affirmed that the United States “will, if necessary, defend our allies and defend ourselves”… Read More
Schumer-Toomey-Manchin Gun Control Bill: Cuts HIPAA Privacy for Mental Health Records
American society has long recognized the importance of mental health and has encouraged those in need of mental health care to seek it. Effective provision… Read More
DeMint: It’s Up to Us to Tell the Story of Gosnell Horrors
The murder trial of Kermit Gosnell has touched all Americans who have heard about it and brought home to them the unspeakable cruelties that have… Read More
Media Ignore Abortion Provider Gosnell’s House of Horrors
“Infanticide” is perhaps too soft a term to describe the brutality that became commonplace at the corners of N. 38th St and Lancaster Ave. in… Read More
North Korea: Assessing Its Nuclear Capabilities
Questions over North Korea’s nuclear capabilities have again skyrocketed into the headlines—not because of another threat by Pyongyang but instead by a U.S. intelligence assessment…. Read More
WATCH: Google+ Hangout on What You Don’t Know About Heritage
Where did The Heritage Foundation come from? How did it grow from just a few local patriots to hundreds of thousands of members across the… Read More
Behind Closed Doors: The Kentucky Wiretap
The latest news report on the surreptitious recording of a strategy session in the Kentucky campaign headquarters of Senator Mitch McConnell (R) indicates that federal… Read More
The Outrageous Statements of Obama’s EPA Nominee
Today the Senate held a confirmation hearing for Gina McCarthy, President Obama’s nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Heritage has provided its own… Read More
Obama Budget Increases Taxpayer Funding of Abortion
President Obama’s fiscal year (FY) 2014 budget released yesterday persists in entangling taxpayer dollars in the abortion industry. Obama’s budget includes $327 million for Title… Read More
Health CareNews
Americans Continue to Oppose Obamacare’s HHS Mandate
On Monday, hundreds of thousands of public comments flooded the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), as individuals and groups expressed concern with the… Read More
The Obama Budget in One Infographic
President Obama released his 2014 budget more than 60 days late. Heritage’s team of policy experts spent the better part of yesterday combing through it… Read More
Heritage Analysts: What We Saw in Venezuela
The situation encountered by Heritage analysts on the ground in Venezuela last week was of a country that has been looted and is falling apart—literally… Read More
Damaging Policies Add Up to $1 Trillion Tax Increase in Obama Budget (UPDATED)
UPDATE: The official total tax increase in President Obama’s budget is now available in the Treasury Department’s “Green Book.” Treasury scores the total net tax… Read More
Margaret Thatcher Made Great Leaps, Avoided Compromise
The life of the late Margaret Thatcher, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, offers many interesting and instructive examples of statesmanship. Not only for… Read More
VIDEO: Jim DeMint Outlines Vision for Heritage Foundation
At today’s Bloggers Briefing, Jim DeMint, the new president of The Heritage Foundation, talked about the crucial role he sees Heritage playing in the lives… Read More
MSNBC Host Claims Society Should Raise Children, Not Parents
MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry’s words in a new “Lean Forward” ad are breathtaking: We have to break through our kind of private idea that kids… Read More
Energy Secretary Nominee Faces Tough Natural Gas Decision
If confirmed as the next Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary, Dr. Ernest Moniz will take over an agency that has increasingly injected itself into making… Read More
Heritage Remembers Margaret Thatcher (VIDEO)
Margaret Thatcher — a woman of character, leadership and a convicted spirit. A woman dedicated to individual freedom. The Heritage Foundation is proud of our… Read More
Jim DeMint on Margaret Thatcher: “The World Has Lost One of Its Greatest Champions of Freedom”
Heritage has lost one of her greatest friends, and the world has lost one of its greatest champions of freedom. Margaret Thatcher led Great Britain… Read More
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Heritage Mourns Loss of Lady Margaret Thatcher, “Intrepid Warrior for Freedom”
Great Britain and the world have lost a great leader. The Heritage Foundation, like all of America, has lost a faithful ally. And, speaking personally,… Read More
