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opinion
The United Nations Once Again Proves Its Anti-Semitism
The depraved totalitarians, nefarious barbarians, two-bit gangsters, odious scoundrels, and bigoted scum who run the United Nations recently set up a new “database” to help anti-Semites around the world target Jewish businesses in the disputed territories of Judea and Samaria—businesses that not only offer economic opportunities for Palestinians but opportunities that pay higher than most… -
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Pompeo Warns of China’s Hidden Influence in America
It sounds like an episode of “The Americans” or a best-selling Tom Clancy novel. But when Secretary of State Mike Pompeo looked into the faces of 40 governors and warned them that China had infiltrated their states, he wasn’t kidding. They’re hiding in the shadows of our schools, our lobbying meetings, even our business dinners…. -
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US Shouldn’t Rejoin UN ‘Tourism’ Agency, Despite Trump’s Budget Request
The Trump administration is continuing its curious fixation with rejoining a United Nations “tourism” agency, amid numerous reasons why the move wouldn’t help the U.S. diplomatically or economically. The State Department’s summary of its budget request for fiscal year 2021, including the U.S. Agency for International Development, contains a bullet point that reads: Engagement with… -
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Rebuking Russia, Turkey Pledges to Fund Ukraine’s Military
KYIV, Ukraine—Turkish President Recep Erdogan joined Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday outside Kyiv’s 18th-century Mariyinsky Palace to review an honor guard of Ukrainian troops. A band played the anthems of both countries. Along the nearby streets, Turkish and Ukrainian flags hung side-by-side on light poles. The Mariyinsky Palace originally was built as a residence… -
opinion
Banned in Britain: Franklin Graham’s Tour Dates Canceled Over Christian Beliefs
Evangelist and missionary Franklin Graham’s seven-city tour of the United Kingdom is now a trial, as all seven venues have dropped him. Graham’s canceled dates likely are due to an “an outcry over his homophobic and Islamophobic comments,” CNN reports. Although I don’t agree with everything Graham has said by any means, it’s disheartening to… -
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A Big Achievement for US Deterrence Posture Against Russia
On Tuesday, the Pentagon announced the U.S. Navy has deployed the W76-2 low-yield nuclear weapon on its Trident II submarine-launched ballistic missiles, an achievement that fills a critical gap in the United States’ deterrence posture against Russia. The official announcement marks the completion of a short-yet-controversial process of modifying the Navy’s W76-1 nuclear warhead to… -
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In UK, Starbucks Ad Celebrates Gender Transition
Starbucks UK has partnered with Mermaids, a nonprofit group that provides support for transgender youth, on an advertising campaign, #WhatsYourName, celebrating gender transition. Starbucks said in a press release that learning each customer’s name and calling it out with his or her order “creates a moment of connection between our baristas and customers,” and that… -
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Trump Lauds Black Pastor Who Is Rebuilding Church After Arson
President Donald Trump took time Thursday to recognize the pastor of one of three black churches in Louisiana burned last year by an arsonist. Trump, speaking at the National Prayer Breakfast, saluted the Rev. Gerald Toussaint, pastor of Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, a 140-year-old house of worship in St. Landry Parish. “Last year, Mount Pleasant… -
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After Her Husband Joined ISIS, She Started Fighting Islamic Extremism
For Tania Joya, who was raised Muslim in London, it was a long journey to life in the United States. “I wanted to be in America, but my husband … thought that was bad for my religion and he thought that I would teach my children the wrong values,” recalls Joya. “So he took us… -
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A General’s View of Why US Should Stay in Afghanistan
Despite overtures from the Taliban and declining interest among Americans, it is essential that the United States remain in Afghanistan, retired Army Gen. Jack Keane said this week at a Heritage Foundation event. Over the past 18 years, Keane said, the U.S. has made tremendous progress at preventing another attack on the U.S. from al-Qaeda… -
opinion
A Mistake Imperils the Privacy of Parents Who Back School Choice
Christy Cook hasn’t been singled out or harassed for the choices she makes for her son’s education. She’d like to keep it that way. Yet in an astounding administrative error, Arizona’s Department of Education put Cook’s family and thousands of others at risk by disclosing their personally identifiable information to a special interest group opposed… -
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Ukrainians Mark a Bittersweet Beginning to 2020
KYIV, Ukraine—The holidays are over and the winter doldrums have begun. For Ukrainians, the New Year has gotten off to a particularly bittersweet start, alternating between moments of monumental hope and tragedy. The year began on an optimistic note. The closing days of 2019 saw a landmark prisoner exchange between Ukrainian and Russian forces, marking… -
opinion
Russia’s Plan to Move on the Arctic
Aggression by Iran and trade with China may dominate U.S. foreign policy headlines, but a plan recently announced by Russia to increase its presence in the Arctic should command our attention. The Northern Sea Route Development Plan—known as Plan NSP—marks a 15-year effort by Russia to strengthen its involvement in the Arctic by focusing on… -
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Trump Offers Middle East Peace Deal: ‘We Have an Obligation to Humanity to Get It Done’
President Donald Trump, rolling out a Middle East peace plan Tuesday, acknowledged that other presidents since the 1960s have tried and failed to reach a lasting deal between Israel and the Palestinians. “I wasn’t elected to do small things or shy away from big problems,” Trump said to applause in the East Room of the… -
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State Department Right to Tackle ‘Birth Tourism’
“Birth tourism” has become big business. Today, hundreds of companies advertise to pregnant women—particularly upper-middle-class women from China, Nigeria, Russia, and Turkey—offering assistance to get visas that would allow them to visit the U.S. during the time they expect to give birth. The U.S. hosts tens of thousands of “birth tourists” every year. In 2015,… -
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Ukrainians React to Iran’s Admission of Guilt in Shooting Down Airliner
KYIV, Ukraine—Ukrainians of all generations know what it’s like to have a war in their homeland. In World War II, Ukraine was the deadliest battlefield of the deadliest war in human history. And today, just 400 miles southeast of Ukraine’s capital city of Kyiv, Ukrainian soldiers remain hunkered down in trenches and improvised forts, facing… -
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North Korean Christian Martyr: ‘Even If I Die, I Do Not Have Any Regrets’
Her name isn’t Hae Woo, but—like a lot of traumatized North Koreans—she doesn’t want to take any chances. “I’m a believer,” she says, “because of my husband, because of the things he told me and my children about Jesus. ‘You cannot see Him,’ he would say, ‘but He is alive and working.’” That became harder… -
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Why Putin’s Government Just Resigned
On Wednesday, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev announced that he and his government were resigning to allow for new constitutional changes by President Vladimir Putin. The announcement was completely unexpected, and yet the outlook for Russia’s future looks the way many have expected. Putin has been in power for 20 years and will probably continue… -
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Trump Administration Illegally Withheld Aid From Ukraine, GAO Finds
The Trump administration violated the law by withholding $214 million in security assistance to Ukraine in the summer of 2019, according to a legal opinion by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office. “Today, GAO issued a legal decision concluding that the Office of Management and Budget violated the law when it withheld approximately $214 million appropriated… -
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How Europe Made Itself Dependent on Nefarious Oil Powers
Despite its cool Green parties and ambitious wind and solar agendas, Europe remains by far the world’s largest importer of oil and natural gas. Oil output in the North Sea and off the coast of Norway is declining, and the European Union is quietly looking for fossil fuel energy anywhere it can find it. Europe…