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PARIS—This will be my second consecutive Fourth of July spent outside the United States. Last year, I celebrated our nation’s birthday in Mariupol, Ukraine. It's a city only a few miles from the front lines of the still-simmering war in Ukraine. I had burgers and beer with an eclectic group that evening—a Swedish sniper, two…

Legislation that would prevent the Internal Revenue Service from requiring tax-exempt organizations to include the names, addresses, or identifying information of donors in yearly returns could end up on President Barack Obama’s desk. The House passed the bill, introduced by Rep. Peter Roskam, R-Ill., by a vote of 240-182. The White House Office of Management…

Exxon Mobil Corp. fended off two of the investigations launched by liberal attorneys general into the oil giant’s alleged campaign to mislead the public on global warming.   U.S. Virgin Islands Attorney General Claude Walker has withdrawn the subpoena he sent Exxon Mobil as part of his anti-racketeering investigation, and Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey’s office has…

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill caused an outcry when it published “microaggression guidelines” on a college forum. Although UNC quickly removed the post from public view, some students say the standards represent positive change. The post on microaggressions, removed quickly after it was published last week on UNC’s online Employee Forum, cautioned…

The case of Weldon Angelos is well-told. His prison sentence of 55 years for selling marijuana while possessing a gun helped spark the criminal justice reform movement, and even inspired the conservative Koch brothers to lead the effort to see him freed. But Angelos, a 36-year-old father of three from Salt Lake City, has not…

Conservatives’ campaign to impeach IRS Commissioner John Koskinen has yielded hearings but little else. As the congressional calendar slips by, some accuse House Republican leaders of dragging their feet on the issue. “We’re running out of time” to impeach Koskinen, Rep. Raúl Labrador, R-Idaho, recently told The Daily Signal. House leadership isn’t serious about impeachment…