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Republicans warn Trump: Don't fire Jeff Sessions

Congressional Republicans on Tuesday warned President Trump not to fire Attorney General Jeff Sessions, fearing it could be the first step in an attempt to kill the federal investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 elections...  Read more

The Other Russia, Part III: Trump, Russia, and the Twilight of the West

Kara-Murza was late to our interview because he was at the hospital, receiving treatment for being poisoned, for the second time...  Read more

The Leaker-in-Chief

If Anthony Scaramucci wants to stop the gushing, we have an idea where he can start...  Read more

Trump, Sessions, and the whirlwind on the horizon

Presidents are entitled to choose their cabinet members, and Trump is entitled to fire Attorney General Jeff Sessions if he chooses. But the president's focus on this is inconsistent with his protestations that Russia is a red herring...  Read more

Single-payer would be a nightmare for Americans

The Affordable Care Act's insurance exchanges are collapsing...  Read more

The Other Russia: Poisonings, 'Accidents,' and Assassinations

Vladimir Kara-Murza was late to our interview because he was at the hospital, receiving treatment for being poisoned...  Read more

Iraq's great victory in Mosul is being undermined

Iraq's political, religious and military leaders are debating the future of the country's powerful Shiite militias after defeating the Islamic State group in Mosul...  Read more

GOP hurtles toward healthcare vote despite questions on bill details, vote count

Republicans plan to vote Tuesday on whether to begin debate on a healthcare bill...  Read more

Grim defeat for one child, his parents, and every family

The parents of 11-month-old Charlie Gard finally surrendered this week in their fight to assert their rightful control over the little boy's medical care. It's a fight they should have never had to wage, and the outcome is outrageous...  Read more

All in the (Presidential) Family

Opinions may vary about Donald Trump Jr., but nearly all can agree that his meeting with the mysterious Natalia Veselnitskaya—and two or four or seven other people in Trump Tower last summer—has done his father no good...  Read more

Scaramucci Reaches for a 'Cultural Reset Button'

But can the new communications director fix a problem that the president himself contributes to?...  Read more

US should stop coddling the Saudis on Qatar

Saudi Arabia demanding the closure of Al Jazeera is like China demanding the closure of Fox News. Instead, knowing which buttons to press in the West, they accuse Qatar of promoting jihad...  Read more

Congress moves to build Trump's border wall in face of Democratic opposition

Congress this week plans to help President Trump uphold his top campaign promise to build a wall along the southern border when it votes on allocating $1.6 billion for the project...  Read more

The whole truth

Republicans on the Intelligence Committee must not be satisfied with less than the whole truth, and must not protect their president with diversionary lines of questioning during the hearing...  Read more

Marc Kasowitz to take reduced role in Trump's legal team as part of shakeup of Russia probe defense team

Marc Kasowitz is taking a reduced role as part of a broader shakeup of Trump's legal team, according to reports Thursday...  Read more

True American Greatness

On Friday, July 17, 2015, Donald Trump called me at the offices of THE WEEKLY STANDARD...  Read more

Ben Carson's quiet life in a chaotic Cabinet

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson talks to the Washington Examiner. "I'm glad that Trump is drawing all the fire so I can get stuff done," Carson said...  Read more

Sessions forcing Congress' hand to reform civil forfeiture

Attorney General Jeff Sessions will compound problems the Obama adminisitration had already worsened. Law enforcement and local governments have a perverse incentive to use forfeiture in many jurisdictions because the forfeited money often goes straight into the police budget...  Read more