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Democrats are refuting a crude, straw man argument that says if corporate rates are cut, businesses will have more money, and out of the goodness of their corporate hearts, they'll give it to workers. One only has to state the argument to know it's rubbish. It refutes itself. Of course, businesses don't have to behave that way. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats’ straw man fights tax cuts

Washington Examiner · December 4, 2017 5:01 am

Whatever the injustice of the verdict in this case, it is right that our Constitution leaves such questions in a juryâs hands. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

No jury can acquit our deadly, lax immigration enforcement

Washington Examiner · December 2, 2017 5:01 am

Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, and Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., have proposed an amendment to the Senate tax cut bill that would expand the child tax credit and allow taxpayers to claim it against their federal payroll taxes, not merely against their federal income taxes. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

Marco Rubio and Mike Lee are right: Expand the child tax credit

Washington Examiner · December 1, 2017 12:46 am

While matters of political import seem to be cropping up everywhere in the early half of the week, President Trump been tweeting. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

At the last trump, will our president take to Twitter?

Washington Examiner · November 30, 2017 5:01 am

Democrats for Prohibition, and other absurdities

Washington Examiner · November 29, 2017 5:01 am

Leandra English, who was elevated to interim director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau by its outgoing director, met with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., on Monday to discuss the fight for control of the CFPB's fate. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Lawless Democrats launch a coup at the CFPB

Washington Examiner · November 28, 2017 5:01 am

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai announced last week that the FCC would roll back "net neutrality," which led to many complaints from Democrats. But they need to answer this: Why is it better for the federal government rather than customers to decide how networks should handle data? (Federal Communications Commission via Wikimedia Commons)

Why Ajit Pai’s decision killing Obama’s net neutrality FCC regulation is good

Washington Examiner · November 27, 2017 5:01 am

The House's current legislation to reform the National Flood Insurance Program is not perfect. But at this point, it's the least Congress can do to change a broken system.

An accomplishment! House passes good flood-insurance reform

Washington Examiner · November 25, 2017 5:01 am

While President Trump has his fair share of opponents in the States and South Korea, the president's aggressive strategy with North Korea, including his recent decision to declare the hermit kingdom a state sponsor of terrorism, appear to be working. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Trump’s fitting label of North Korea

Washington Examiner · November 24, 2017 5:01 am

The official posthumous White House portrait of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the U.S., as painted by G.P.A. Healy in 1869. (White House Collection/White House Historical Association via Wikimedia Commons)

President Abraham Lincoln’s Proclamation of Thanksgiving

Washington Examiner · November 23, 2017 5:01 am

If the stories about Rep. John Conyers are true, and they are corroborated by many sources, this is a tale of a man who exploited his power and used government resources to harass women and carry on many affairs. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The people’s business? Congress pays off sex victims to protect lawmakers

Washington Examiner · November 22, 2017 11:00 am

Much of "Me Too" was driven by the mantra, "Believe women." If partisans get their way, that mantra will be, "Believe women, but only if it helps our side." (AP)

Al Franken, Bill Clinton, Roy Moore, and Donald Trump: Sex and cynical politics

Washington Examiner · November 21, 2017 5:01 am