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Elizabeth Warren to Teen Vogue: Abortion Is About ‘Functioning of Our Democracy’
Abortion is about “the functioning of our democracy,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., told Teen Vogue in an interview published Monday. Warren told the teen publication that “voting and access to abortion are basic” rights that are “about the functioning of our democracy and about the protection of personal autonomy.” “Protection of the vote means your voice gets… -
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Croatia’s Overdue Inclusion in Visa Waiver Program Highlights Allies Left Out
Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s nomination of Croatia to join the Visa Waiver Program is a long overdue but welcome move that will advance U.S. security and strengthen bilateral ties with an important NATO ally in the Balkans. The Visa Waiver Program allows citizens of approved countries to come to the U.S. without a visa… -
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9 Things to Know About Senate’s $1.1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill
The Senate unveiled its long-awaited $1.1 trillion infrastructure bill on Monday. In a textbook example of Washington dysfunction, members and the public will only have a few days to review 2,702 pages of programs and provisions before it’s voted on. Analysts from The Heritage Foundation have found a variety of flaws that should give pause… -
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Liberals Blame Trump, Capitalism for Family Alienation
In my last column, I published comments written by New York Times subscribers about how proud they were of their children for deciding not to have children of their own. Though they acknowledged how much they ached to be grandparents, they nevertheless reveled in the fact that this would never happen. Why did these parents… -
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Beijing’s Bomb Buildup
The bad news from Beijing just keeps on coming. In late June, the press reported that some researchers using commercial satellite imagery uncovered more than 100 new Chinese intercontinental ballistic missile silos being constructed in its northwestern desert. And then in July, the news reported another shocking discovery by researchers again using commercial satellite imagery…. -
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Congress Continues Spending Spree With Irresponsible Infrastructure Deal
Impulsiveness, one of the defining features of a spending spree, happens when a person stops caring about cost, value, or financing for a period of time. This person just wants as many things as possible. Reckless spending tends to occur when someone did not obtain the money through hard work or smart investing. There are… -
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China’s 100 Years of Humiliation Left an Everlasting Footprint on Its Ambitions and Aspirations
When you look up “Why is history important?” on Google, the answer you are given is that “studying history allows us to observe and understand how people and societies behaved.” While history does indeed give us insight on the past, it also grants the ability to make inferences about the present and future. This is especially true… -
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Here’s Better Way to Actually Lower Drug Costs, Help Patients
As chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, Sen. Ron Wyden wants to see his ideas on how to reduce drug prices become law in the multitrillion-dollar spending bill that Congress will soon consider. The first item on the Oregon Democrat’s list is to allow Medicare to directly negotiate prices with drug manufacturers. Wyden also wants… -
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Among ‘Multiple Women,’ Cuomo Sexually Harassed State Trooper Assigned to Protect Him, Probe Finds
An investigation into New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo found that the governor sexually harassed a state trooper assigned to protect him. Cuomo, a Democrat, met “Trooper #1” at an event in November 2017 on the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge where he requested that she be transferred to the Protective Services Unit of the New York… -
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Building on an Effective Africa Development Strategy
With President Joe Biden’s intent to “revive” the Trump administration’s approach to relationship-building in Africa, to deliver effective commercial engagement across African markets, the Biden administration must build on recent successes and continue the strong starting point. The administration announced on July 29 its intent to engage Africa through commercial diplomacy and to reinforce its… -
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America Not So Racist After All, Black Ex-Cop Concludes in Reality Check
Brandon Tatum, a black former police officer in Tucson, Arizona, says he used to be a liberal but became a conservative through a personal evolution. “I started out like most young, black men in the country, where default is being liberal. Default is being a Democrat,” Tatum explains, adding: All of the Democrat positions that… -
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Pelosi Asks Biden to Extend Eviction Moratorium in Violation of Supreme Court Ruling
Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other leading House Democrats have called on the White House to disregard a Supreme Court ruling and extend the national moratorium on evictions imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Pelosi and the other top House Democratic leaders urged President Joe Biden’s administration to extend the eviction moratorium until Oct. 18, and said… -
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Report ‘Proves’ Coronavirus Leaked From Wuhan Lab, GOP Lawmakers Say
The coronavirus that causes COVID-19 entered the human population in a leak from China's Wuhan Institute of Virology by mid-September 2019, according to a new report from Republican members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. “[W]e now believe it’s time to completely dismiss the wet market as the source of the outbreak,” says the report, released… -
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Economic Freedom Best Path to Women’s Equality, Empowerment
Women’s battle for equal rights under the law has progressed significantly in a number of countries, but many other nations still have much room for improvement to establish societies that uphold women’s equality and dignity. So, what’s the solution to decreasing this gender gap worldwide? There’s considerable evidence that the best environment to promote equality… -
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DC Mayor Denies Breaking Own Mask Mandate, Despite Photo
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser denied breaking her own mask mandate at a wedding Saturday night, despite photo evidence showing her seated maskless at a table. The Washington Examiner first reported late Saturday that Bowser, a Democrat, had officiated a wedding attended by “hundreds of unmasked guests” at the five-star hotel The Line DC in the Adams… -
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Hong Kong Pro-Freedom Protester Gets 9 Years in First Trial Under New Law
A Hong Kong pro-democracy protester was sentenced to nine years in prison Tuesday in the first prosecution under the country’s new national security law, The Associated Press reported. Tong Ying-kit was convicted on charges of inciting secession and terrorism for driving his motorcycle into a group of police officers at a July 2020 rally, carrying a… -
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Senate Republicans Release Contents of Redacted Fauci Email on Chinese Lab
A group of Republican senators released the full contents of an April 2020 email between Dr. Anthony Fauci and the leader of a nonprofit group with close ties to China's Wuhan Institute of Virology. The email previously had been redacted. The federal government had said the redacted version of the email, released to the public… -
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Donors Bash UNC Over Marxism, BLM Affiliation as Creator of 1619 Project Sought for Tenured Job
Donors to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill criticized the university for perceived sympathy toward radical ideas of Marxism and Black Lives Matter during debate over whether to offer New York Times writer Nikole Hannah-Jones a tenured position, according to emails seen by Fox News. The emails, sent to various UNC faculty, fault… -
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Why States Should Tune Out Washington’s COVID-19 Noise
The federal government continues to offer garbled COVID-19 messages that undermine its credibility and sow confusion about the pandemic. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now thinks there are more infections among the vaccinated than it did previously (35,000 weekly with symptomatic infections) and suggests that vaccinated people are helping spread what President Joe… -
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Accountability Not Clear for Cuomo in New York’s COVID-19 Nursing Home Deaths
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is celebrating the U.S. Justice Department decision to drop an investigation into his policy that sent COVID-19 patients into nursing homes. But with several other probes ongoing, the Democratic governor's legal situation is still unclear. The Justice Department announced July 17 that it would not investigate Cuomo’s March 2020 order…