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Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is now pushing for a new statement that the department's mission is to "Lead America's foreign policy through global advocacy, action, and assistance to shape a safer, more prosperous world." Some old hands at Foggy Bottom are in an uproar. They believe the new statement would mean the abandonment of American values. They are wrong. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

New direction — Tillerson at the tiller of the ship of State

Washington Examiner · August 10, 2017 7:40 pm

Tolerance, diversity, nondiscrimination, equality, and accommodation cannot all make absolute demands at the same time. (iStock)

At Google and in academia, liberal pieties clash

Washington Examiner · August 10, 2017 4:01 am

Washington Metro vows to ‘vigorously’ defend removal of Milo Yiannopoulos ads

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Washington Metro vows to ‘vigorously’ defend removal of Milo Yiannopoulos ads

Washington Examiner · August 9, 2017 8:06 pm

Tax reform will not be easy to pass through Congress. But by embracing a common-sense idea that has some popularity with liberal groups, and which won't give homeowners any reason to resist, Trump and Congress might improve their chances of accomplishing something positive and eliminating debilitating distortions from the tax code. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Lower the cap on the mortgage interest tax deduction

Washington Examiner · August 8, 2017 10:35 pm

Six in 10 people say the economy has improved under President Trump, and 38 percent give him some credit for it. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Donald Trump and Nikki Haley chalk up a victory on North Korea and China

Washington Examiner · August 7, 2017 10:08 pm

While everyone may think August is the right time to kick back, GOP lawmakers go home this summer with such a lamentable record of non-achievement that they need to use the next few weeks for hard work to ensure they do better when they return to Capitol Hill in September. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

August is not vacation, Republicans! Get to work.

Washington Examiner · August 7, 2017 1:08 pm

Economic mobility hinges not on forcible redistribution or on government programs, but on family values and involved communities. (iStock by Getty Images)

The American Dream is built on strong families

Washington Examiner · August 6, 2017 4:01 am

The bigger the government, the more the playing field is tilted to the big guys. (iStock by Getty Images)

To help the American Dream, get out of the way

Washington Examiner · August 4, 2017 9:48 pm

Russia is apoplectic about these sanctions. Russian President Vladimir Putin's right-hand man, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev attacked Presidnet Trump in vituperative terms on Facebook. (Alexei Druzhinin/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Congress isn’t souring our relationship with Russia. Russia is.

Washington Examiner · August 3, 2017 7:39 pm

President Trump's nomination of Richard Spencer as Navy secretary was set for a committee hearing in June but was postponed due to Senate work on repealing and replacing Obamacare, according to an Armed Services aide. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

An immigration bill Congress should work on

Washington Examiner · August 3, 2017 4:01 am

Trump threatened to sue for not being cast as president in ‘Sharknado 3’

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Trump threatened to sue for not being cast as president in ‘Sharknado 3’

Washington Examiner · August 2, 2017 9:56 pm

Insurers, doctor and hospital groups have teamed up with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to ask Congress to continue paying Obamacare subsidies amid reports that President Trump wants to do away with them. The organizations said the uncertainty is creating turmoil on the individual insurance market. The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Time for multilateral tax reform disarmament

Washington Examiner · August 2, 2017 1:06 am