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    On Surprise Medical Bills, Congress Should Side With Consumers, Not Special Interests

    If you’re wondering why Congress still hasn’t protected consumers from surprise medical bills, ask Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas. “It’s troubling that it’s taking this long,” Doggett, a senior member of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, recently told Politico. “But this can’t be something that is 100 percent for the provider or 100 percent…
    Doug Badger
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    How Historically Black Colleges and Universities Aid Military Preparedness

    Historically black colleges and universities have been an integral part of the U.S. military’s competitive edge, according to participants in a panel discussion Thursday at The Heritage Foundation’s inaugural forum on HBCUs. The panel discussion—hosted by James Carafano, a national security expert at The Heritage Foundation—laid out the role HBCUs play in ensuring military readiness…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    Social Liberal Is Silenced Over Belief That There Are ‘Only 2 Sexes’

    Weeks after J.K. Rowling expressed disdain for a British employer firing an employee for stating sex is binary, another employer—this time in the U.S.—allegedly fired a freelance columnist for saying there are only two sexes. Jon Caldara, a regular columnist for The Denver Post, announced Jan. 17 in a Facebook post that the publication had…
    Nicole Russell
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    Why We Must Defeat Socialism

    Today, we find ourselves at a crossroads in the history of our great nation—a nation founded upon the simple, self-evident truth that we are endowed by our Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, and that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving…
    Rep. Andy Barr
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    Another Caravan Is Headed for the US Border, but DHS Says It’s Ready

    Hundreds of Central American migrants are headed toward the United States, but the Department of Homeland Security said the border programs it has put in place, along with international cooperation, will keep them at bay. A caravan of hundreds of migrants formed near San Pedro Sula, Honduras, on Wednesday and began traveling toward the Guatemalan border, the…
    Jason Hopkins
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    Kamala Harris, Advocacy Groups Push to Suspend Judicial Confirmations During Impeachment Trial

    Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., and a coalition of left-wing advocacy groups are pressing Senate Republicans to suspend consideration of judicial nominations during President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial. Harris, who sits on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said it would be “wholly inappropriate” to confirm judges while the Senate considers whether Trump should be removed from office. “The president…
    Kevin Daley
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    Congress’ Animosity for Trump Is a National Security Hazard

    What do the Iranian people, who have turned out in droves to protest their own government, know that many members of Congress don’t? They realize it’s their leaders who represent a grave threat to the future of their own country and world peace, not the president of the United States. Too many in Congress have let their personal disdain…
    Kay C. James
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    5 Top Iranian Officials You Should Know

    Tensions between the United States and Iran seem to be deescalating again, but the countries clearly are still at loggerheads.  Much media attention has been focused in recent days on President Donald Trump and his national security team, including Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Trump ordered the U.S. drone strike in…
    Fred Lucas
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    Trump Judicial Adviser Teams Up With Conservative PR Executive in New Initiative

    One of the leading voices behind President Donald Trump’s drive to appoint originalist judges to the federal courts is teaming up with an influential public relations executive in the Washington area to launch a new project.  Leonard Leo is leaving his post running the Federalist Society, a network of conservatives lawyers, and is partnering with…
    Fred Lucas
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    Toxic Politics Complicate President’s Obligation to Notify Congress of Military Strike

    The confrontational political environment in Washington made it more difficult for the president to give Congress advance notice of the U.S. drone strike that killed Iran’s chief terrorist in Iraq, national security experts contend.  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said she plans to introduce a war powers resolution to curb future strikes against Iran, and…
    Fred Lucas
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    Trump’s VA Chief Confronts Challenges Facing America’s Veterans

    Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie brings a personal and family history of military service to his high-profile job—characteristics that have helped him lead a government agency responsible for providing care for approximately 9.5 million of America’s veterans. Wilkie is the son of an Army artillery commander who grew up at Fort Bragg. Today, he is…
    Rob Bluey
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    Homeland Security Chief Orders Review of State Laws Allowing Driver’s Licenses for Illegal Aliens

    Chad Wolf, the acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, ordered a review of state laws that allow illegal aliens to obtain driver’s licenses and restrict data sharing with federal immigration authorities. Wolf on Tuesday ordered all of the components of DHS to conduct a department-wide review of the state laws to determine how…
    Jason Hopkins
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    Anti-Trump Christians, Would You Prefer a President Who Supports Secular Social Agenda?

    The battle between church and state is as old as church and state, as is the conflict within religious circles over who supposedly speaks for God. The latest dustup occurred after the departing editor of Christianity Today magazine, Mark Galli, wrote an editorial in which he said President Donald Trump is an immoral man and…
    Cal Thomas
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    A Win-Win Contracting Tool for the Pentagon and the Private Sector

    The Defense Department is taking measures to get new capabilities to warfighters more quickly, and they’re working. One of these tools is called Other Transaction Authority.  The Pentagon has made increasing use of this contracting method, which has existed since the space race but was expanded dramatically in the 2016 National Defense Authorization Act. The…
    Maiya Clark
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    • Opinion

    Problematic Women: Sex, Feminism, and Socialism

    From the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit in Palm Beach, Florida, “Problematic Women” dives into the history of feminism and the rise of socialism within the women’s movement. Hosts Lauren Evans and Virginia Allen explain how the women’s movement was hijacked by the sexual revolution. The right to vote, equal treatment in the workplace,…
    Virginia Allen
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    Netflix Refuses to Comment on ‘Holiday Special’ Implying Jesus Christ Is Gay

    Netflix refuses to comment on outrage from Christians over a “holiday special” portraying Jesus Christ as gay. More than 2 million people signed a petition against “The First Temptation of Christ,” a reportedly satirical representation of Jesus, his mother Mary, and his father Joseph created by the comedy group Porta dos Fundos and produced in Brazil. The…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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    DHS Chief Says Spending Bill Will Help Build ‘Significant Amount of Wall’

    The nation's acting homeland security secretary said Thursday that the $1.4 trillion spending package making its way through Congress will pay for an enormous amount of new barrier along the U.S.-Mexico border. The House passed a $1.4 trillion spending package Tuesday with days to go before the federal government would enter a shutdown. Included in the…
    Jason Hopkins
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    An Agenda That Corrupts Our Social Norms

    Here are several questions for biologists and medical professionals: At all levels, governments ignore biology and permit people to make their sex optional on a birth certificate, Social Security card, or driver’s license. If a person is found to have XY chromosomes (heterogametic sex), does a designation as female on his birth certificate, driver’s license,…
    Walter E. Williams
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    2020 NDAA Represents a Big Step Forward in Rebuilding Our Military

    The National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2020 is heading to President Donald Trump’s desk for signature. It represents a big step in the right direction in the long process of rebuilding our military. As the Index of U.S. Military Strength shows, it will take a military of sufficient quality and size to defend…
    Frederico Bartels
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    ‘This Will Protect Criminals’: Homeland Security Blasts New York Law Allowing Illegal Aliens to Get Driver’s Licenses

    The Department of Homeland Security rebuked a New York law that took effect Monday allowing illegal aliens to obtain driver’s licenses. The state’s “Green Light” bill, which Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed in June, makes it possible to apply for a driver’s license without a Social Security number, and makes foreign documentation valid for the…
    Peter Hasson
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