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Judges list binds conservatives to Trump

President Trump would likely not be in the Oval Office today if not for his pledge to appoint conservative judges to federal courts...  Read more

Repeal Obamacare now, or not at all

Human beings are change averse. We get a job, it's not the best job in the world, but it's interesting enough, so we settle down and stop looking...  Read more

Macron Faces Challenges After Winning the French Election

The opposition is strong, and he may have to form a coalition government...  Read more

H1-B overhaul gaining bipartisan support in Congress

Even the high-tech industry, which uses the majority of the visas, says that reform is needed —" but only to update the program...  Read more

All the ways Trump’s policies are stuck in the swamp

At the end of President Trump's first 100 days, only 27 of 556 political appointments had been confirmed, as compared with 69 former President Barack Obama and 35 for former President George W. Bush...  Read more

All the geopolitics creating the disaster in the Mediterranean

More than 5,000 people died trying to cross the Mediterranean last year, the deadliest on record...  Read more

The Voice in His Ear

When Reince Priebus wants to talk with the most powerful aide in the West Wing, he steps out of his corner office, walks down the hall toward the Oval Office, and knocks on the door of Jared Kushner—sometimes twice...  Read more

Trump and the House GOP Celebrate a Health Care Win

As President Donald Trump and House speaker Paul Ryan spoke on the phone Thursday morning, hours before the House would vote on the American Health Care Act, they discussed an idea  Read more

How Cops and Clergy Are Working Together in Baltimore

After Freddie Gray's death led to violent riots, the city's police force developed an ecumenical corps...  Read more

Trump, GOP face urgent decision on health insurer subsidies

The House's passage offered no clues as to what the Trump administration might choose to do with the payments...  Read more

Saying good riddance to Obamacare

Congress doesn't have the luxury of doing nothing, and we hope it follows through in sending something workable to President Trump's desk...  Read more

Cultural appropriation: A modest proposal

"Cultural appropriation" has become the latest evil denounced by soi-disant Social Justice Warriors, on campus and off...  Read more

Another Day, Another $8 Billion for Pre-Existing Conditions

The new Upton-Long amendment isn't the GOP health bill's only funding source for the issue...  Read more

House Obamacare repeal bill faces Senate makeover

The GOP plans to pass the bill using a budgetary tool that blocks a Democratic filibuster...  Read more

How many Republicans does it take to repeal Obamacare?

They don't have anywhere near the votes the Democrats had to pass the healthcare law in the first place...  Read more

No US president should bow or scrape

A meeting with the president is something earned, not given away casually...  Read more

The time has come to restore access to offshore energy resources

The U.S. is now the world's largest producer of oil and natural gas even as carbon dioxide emissions are at 20-year lows...  Read more

McFarland Waiting Out Her Replacement at National Security Council

What's the holdup? Deputy national security advisor K.T. McFarland is waiting to leave the White House to prepare for her new assignment as the U.S. ambassador to Singapore...  Read more