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    I Grew Up in Chavez’s Socialist Venezuela. Here’s What I Think About the Current Crisis.
    Venezuela’s air is thick with tear gas and its streets are stained with the blood of its youth. The South American nation has been reduced to a battlefield as government forces brutally pummel protestors. For the past 50 days, Venezuelans throughout the country have taken to the streets in anti-government uprisings. With approval ratings in…
    Ricardo Pita
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    America’s Social Fabric Is Eroding. Government Must Avoid Feeding the Problem.
    Our nation, today, faces very real economic challenges. Economic growth during the recovery has been meager and uneven. The U.S. economy has become less dynamic and innovative in recent decades. We miss the strong productivity growth America enjoyed in the mid-20th century and the unusually large wage gains it brought. However, in historical and comparative…
    Sen. Mike Lee
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    Ex-CIA Chief’s Testimony Fails to Move Trump Russia Probe, Watchdog Groups Say
    Former CIA Director John Brennan told Congress Tuesday he was aware of “intelligence that revealed contacts” between Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and Russians, giving Democrats new momentum in alleging collusion. “It raised questions in my mind, again, whether or not the Russians were able to gain the cooperation of those individuals,” John Brennan says. Still,…
    Fred Lucas
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    Sources: Democratic Aide Suspected of Major Security Breach Under Government Protection in Pakistan
    A criminal suspect in an investigation into a major security breach on the House of Representatives computer network has abruptly left the country and gone to Pakistan, where her family has significant assets and VIP-level protection, a relative and others told The Daily Caller News Foundation’s Investigative Group. Hina Alvi, her husband Imran Awan, and his brothers Abid and Jamal…
    Luke Rosiak
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    Veterans Claim They Were Duped Into Lobbying for Saudis
    With all the worry about Russian influence over U.S. elections it’s easy to overlook the many foreign interests working to impact U.S. policy every day–through paid lobbying. American lobbyists have made billions working for foreign entities. Who’s paying whom for what is subject to federal disclosure laws. But the system may not always work as…
    Sharyl Attkisson
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    EPA Official Invites Left-Wing Environmental Group to Agency for Talk on Science
    An official inside the Environmental Protection Agency invited an activist group currently locked in a lawsuit with the Trump administration to the agency’s office for a discussion about scientific integrity, according to documents obtained by the Washington Examiner. Francesca Grifo, the EPA's scientific integrity official, sent an invitation earlier this month to the Natural Resources Defense…
    Chris White
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    2 Republicans Battle in Razor-Tight Runoff Primary Ahead of South Carolina June Special Election
    In South Carolina’s hotly-contested primary runoff for Mick Mulvaney’s old seat, it looks like the Republican candidates are headed for a recount. Two GOP candidates, Ralph Norman and Tommy Pope, were running to fill a seat vacated by Mulvaney, who now serves as director of Office of Management and Budget. Norman received 50.3 percent of…
    Rachel del Guidice
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    Judges Who Fret Over Trump’s Motives Are Ignoring US Judicial History
    President Donald Trump’s revised executive order on immigration is back in court, and therefore back in the news. On Monday, a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments on the order’s constitutionality. Opponents of the order claim that it violates the Establishment Clause by setting up a ban on Muslim…
    Carson Holloway
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    As World Reels From Cyberattack, Trump Executive Order Could Help Counter Threats
    A new executive order from the White House could help the U.S. defend against future cyberattacks, much like the one currently affecting 150 countries. President Donald Trump signed the order Thursday after a series of delays, but it was ultimately overshadowed by the worldwide ransomware attack that hit thousands of computers across the globe. The…
    David Inserra
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    A Massive Cyberattack Has Hit Over 150 Countries. Here’s How to Protect Your Computer.
    A cyberattack is currently hitting countries from Great Britain to Russia, affecting hospitals, businesses, and home computers. The attack, also known as WannaCry, has reportedly affected over 200,000 businesses across 150 countries since initially being reported on Friday. In Great Britain alone, 16 National Health Service hospitals were hit. The number of those affected is likely…
    Riley Walters
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    ICE Spent Tens of Thousands of Dollars Sending Officials to Tolerance Seminar
    Immigration and Customs Enforcement spent tens of thousands of dollars to send its officials to a “tolerance seminar” put on by the Simon Wiesenthal Center, a group known for opposing immigration control efforts. Documents provided by ICE to the Immigration Reform Law Institute in response to a Freedom of Information Act request indicate that several dozen…
    Jonah Bennett
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    VA Asks for Meeting With Whistleblowers to Find Out How They Face Retaliation
    The Department of Veterans Affairs is reaching out to whistleblowers for a meeting on the challenges they’ve faced when exposing wrongdoing at their facilities, following the establishment of an office to protect whistleblowers. Whistleblowers Kuauhtemoc Rodriguez from the Phoenix VA and Sean Higgins from the Memphis VA have been contacted by the Central Whistleblower Office for a conference…
    Jonah Bennett
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    Younger Judicial Nominees Give Trump Chance for Legacy in Courts
    President Donald Trump will begin to leave his mark on the lower courts of the federal judiciary with 10 nominees named Monday, many of them judges still in their 40s. “The president followed the principles that were used to guide that list to select the additional eight individuals,” @PressSec says. Shortly after 7:30 p.m. Monday,…
    Fred Lucas
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    Dodd-Frank’s Days Are Numbered. Here’s the Financial Reform Bill America Needs.
    President Ronald Reagan once said, “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the government, and I’m here to help.” The Gipper understood that when the federal government tries to dictate economic outcomes, it distorts markets, harms consumers, and violates the laws of economics. Sadly, some lawmakers are still struggling to…
    Neil Siefring
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    CIA Confirmed Russians’ Role in Shooting of Pope John Paul II, Reagan Biographer Writes
    Contrary to what “pragmatists” in U.S. government agencies concluded, top officials with the Soviet Union were behind the 1981 assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II, a biographer of Ronald Reagan told The Daily Signal in an exclusive interview. Paul Kengor, a Grove City College political science professor and author, has acquired what he calls…
    Paul Runko
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    Obama Appointees Still Running the Show at Trump’s VA
    Obama-era appointees remain in top posts at the Department of Veterans Affairs three months into Donald Trump’s presidency. This includes Allison Hickey, disgraced former undersecretary for benefits, who is now helping choose her successor, The Daily Caller News Foundation’s Investigative Group has learned. Then-candidate Trump called the VA the “most corrupt” and “most incompetently run” agency and…
    Luke Rosiak
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    What Trump Has Done on Foreign Policy, National Security in First 100 Days
    In his first 100 days, President Donald Trump—who campaigned on an “America first” platform—has used the power of his office to act on the world stage. He’s approved the launch of 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles against the Syrian regime of Bashar Assad in retaliation for a deadly chemical weapons attack on civilians. He’s accelerated the…
    Josh Siegel
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    The Pentagon Has a ‘Ghost Soldiers’ Problem
    Since 2002, billions of U.S. tax dollars have been spent rebuilding Afghanistan after decades of war. A big chunk of that money pays Afghan soldiers and police. But it turns out a lot of those troops may not, in fact, exist. On “Full Measure,” we investigate how your tax money is being wasted on “ghost…
    Sharyl Attkisson
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    Former Obama Official Says Bureaucrats Manipulate Climate Stats to Influence Policy
    A former member of the Obama administration claims Washington, D.C., often uses “misleading” news releases about climate data to influence public opinion. Former Energy Department Undersecretary Steven Koonin told The Wall Street Journal Monday that bureaucrats within former President Barack Obama’s administration spun scientific data to manipulate public opinion. “What you saw coming out of…
    Chris White
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    How to Address the Looming Crisis of Physician Shortages
    As the struggle to repeal and replace Obamacare with a plan that will decrease fast-rising and exorbitant premiums as well as increasing consumer choice rages on, another health care crisis looms. Americans are facing an increasing shortage of primary care physicians, and the problem is only expected to get worse over the next 10 years. Imagine…
    Nicholas Poché | Kevin Dayaratna
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