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Trump heading for big struggle on tax reform

Sean Spicer suggested this week that Trump would lead the Republican effort to overhaul the tax code...  Read more

Renewed Republican healthcare effort plagued by same old conflicts

House Republicans struggled Tuesday to revive legislation to repeal Obamacare but were no closer to bridging the intraparty differences that killed the initiative just days earlier...  Read more

Another Reason to Drill

One of President Donald Trump's most urgent policy priorities is to cut taxes for businesses and workers...  Read more

Democrats using Devin Nunes to undermine House Intelligence Committee investigation

Democrats decided to only ask for Nunes' recusal — not his resignation — as a tactical move...  Read more

Trump's 'Art of the Deal': a free-market framework

The free market must be protected, not from competition but from rule breakers who mock capitalism's principles...  Read more

Conservatives can't just lean on a debunked Churchill line, hoping millennials start leaning right

No, Winston Churchill did not say, "If you're not a liberal when you're 25, you have no heart. If you're not a conservative by the time you're 35, you have no brain."...  Read more

Senators: Defend our troops by defending the BLM methane waste rule

We strongly believe that natural gas waste is a matter of our energy security...  Read more

Gowdy, Defending Nunes, Says Even 'Jesus Would Not Be a Satisfactory Chairperson' to Democrats

Republicans reject calls for the House intel chairman to recuse himself from Russia-related investigations...  Read more

Healthcare fail threatens to cost Republicans a Georgia House seat

The race could reveal a lot about how worried Republicans should be about Trump's low approval ratings...  Read more

The futile pursuit of negotiations with North Korea

Sanctions must be increased and enforced and North Korea should be re-designated a state sponsor of terror...  Read more

Working with Democrats means new political risks for Trump

President Trump gave every indication he was more interested in tax reform than Obamacare...  Read more

Infrastructure special report: $1 trillion up for grabs

It's one of the most popular pieces of legislation in Washington despite, or perhaps because of, the fact that it does not exist...  Read more

State Department Condemns Russian Government's Response to Peaceful Protests

The State Department censured Russian authorities for detaining peaceful protesters Sunday as anti-corruption demonstrations swept the country, according to a statement provided to THE WEEKLY STANDARD...  Read more

Trump's 'soft power' budget cuts draw hard opposition

President Trump's proposed reduction in funding for foreign aid has emerged as one of the most controversial elements of a budget filled with cuts that have rankled interest groups of all stripes...  Read more

'Originalism' — another word for the rule of law

Throughout the weeks leading up to Judge Neil Gorsuch's Supreme Court confirmation hearings, the Left took aim at his "originalist" view of the law, the philosophy he candidly shares in common with the late Justice Antonin Scalia...  Read more

The real danger to democracy

I'm ashamed to say that I can't remember whether or not I met PC Keith Palmer, the policeman murdered by Khalid Masood in Parliament last week...  Read more

A New Work College on the Block

Paul Quinn College students farm the football field in South Dallas...  Read more

Why 'The Circus' is the greatest political show on TV

Due to popular demand and political savvy, Showtime's three-ring Circus is back with a new ringmaster who is participating and avidly watching  Read more