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Federal officials don't get to tell journalists how we are to hold them accountable. (AP Photo/Drew Angerer, File)

The Congressional Media Fairness Caucus can buzz off

Washington Examiner · November 20, 2017 5:01 am

Ultimately, the U.S. ground presence in Syria forces President Bashar Assad and his allies to recognize that they cannot, by themselves, decide what happens next. By staking an American flag in the ground, the U.S. lends credibility and power to those whom Assad would otherwise turn into terrorists. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Obama’s Iraq blunder nurtured ISIS; Trump’s Syria policy might prevent ISIS 2.0

Washington Examiner · November 19, 2017 5:01 am

All of these efforts to spin objectively horrible behavior and make it subjective based on your political affiliations seems egregious. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

For every Moore there’s a Franken, for every Clinton there’s a Trump

Washington Examiner · November 18, 2017 5:01 am

You, your friends, and your neighbors pay every dime of the corporate income tax. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

You should want to cut business taxes; after all, it’s you who has to pay them

Washington Examiner · November 17, 2017 5:01 am

Democrats are particularly distressed about the Trump administration's handling of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, in part because the agency is such a darling of the party. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., conceived it and Dodd-Frank created it. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

Democrats, help make Elizabeth Warren’s agency accountable

Washington Examiner · November 16, 2017 5:01 am

While is not proven beyond reasonable doubt that Moore sexually assaulted his female accusers, and it's also not a crime in Alabama for a 30-year-old prosecutor to date a 16-year-old girl, it goes to character and is not something conservatives should embrace. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Roy Moore should step aside, and Trump should push him

Washington Examiner · November 14, 2017 8:00 pm

President Trump spoke at a news conference in Hanoi, Vietnam on Sunday. Trump is on a five-country trip through Asia traveling to Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam, and the Philippines. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Here’s what Trump gets right on trade

Washington Examiner · November 14, 2017 5:01 am

To cut taxes is wisdom, to cut spending is genius

Washington Examiner · November 13, 2017 2:55 pm

The public wants to treat veterans right, no matter what the outcome of last week's elections or next year's elections. (iStock by Getty Images)

Honor veterans by demanding that Washington keep its promises to them

Washington Examiner · November 11, 2017 5:01 am

Nothing will guarantee the party gets the whole story, but perhaps Moore will manage to persuade his future colleagues if he is under oath with God as his witness. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Can Roy Moore put his hand on a Bible and swear he didn’t do it?

Washington Examiner · November 10, 2017 10:35 pm

President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend at a state dinner at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017. (Thomas Peter/Pool Photo via AP)

Trump crosses the line with praise of dictators

Washington Examiner · November 9, 2017 8:32 pm

Republicans ought to make the most of the time they have in power. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Ominous electoral warning for Republicans

Washington Examiner · November 8, 2017 9:40 pm