Tag: Commentary

Oliver Schwab, the longtime chief of staff of Rep. David Schweikert, R-Ariz., broke federal law by "receiving earned income in excess of the outside earned income limit for senior staffers," according to new reports. (AP Photo/Matt York)

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Rep. David Schweikert faces new ethics complaint

Philip Wegmann · February 15, 2018 2:31 am

More than a dozen New York Times employees, including an editor, vented their frustrations with the "microaggressions" of Bari Weiss, an opinion editor, in a Slack conversation, a transcript of which was leaked to Huffington Post. (Scott Eells/Bloomberg)

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New York Times employees privately complained about ‘microaggressions’ after editor’s tweet

Emily Jashinsky · February 14, 2018 11:50 pm

A Wednesday report indicated that Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin (pictured above), along with his staff, had misled ethics officials about a European trip that he and his wife, Merle Bari, along with Shulkin's chief of staff Vivieca Wright Simpson took in the summer of 2017. But he is not the only official in the Trump administration to face similar problems regarding air travel and spending. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Controversy at the VA and EPA prove Trump is on the losing end of draining the swamp

Siraj Hashmi · February 14, 2018 11:23 pm

Just as the news broke indicating Mitt Romney (pictured above) will announce his candidacy for Orrin Hatch's, R-Utah, Senate seat on Thursday, Utah's Republican Party chairman, Rob Anderson, slammed the former presidential candidate. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

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Slammed by Utah GOP chairman, Mitt Romney’s Senate candidacy could be rougher than expected

Emily Jashinsky · February 14, 2018 9:21 pm

President Trump floated the idea of a 25 cent gas tax during a bipartisan meeting with senior administration officials and a bipartisan delegation of lawmakers. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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Trump threatens to light Republican majorities on fire with 25-cent gas tax

Philip Wegmann · February 14, 2018 9:09 pm

If necessary, the American social media companies should shut down their Russian operations. (AP Photo/Evgeny Feldman)

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YouTube and Instagram must reject Putin’s demand to censor Alexei Navalny

Tom Rogan · February 14, 2018 7:23 pm

Elizabeth Warren cherry-picked the pain and suffering of millions of Native Americans at the hands of western settlers in order to score political points. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Elizabeth Warren continues to embarrass herself over Native American heritage

Siraj Hashmi · February 14, 2018 6:45 pm

On Tuesday, three top Israeli police officers recommended that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu be charged with accepting bribes and engaging in fraud. (Abir Sultan/Pool via AP)

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Benjamin Netanyahu’s future, and Trump’s peace process, now rests in Israeli prosecutors’ hands

Tom Rogan · February 14, 2018 6:41 pm

Rep. Matt Gaetz says Rep. Bob Goodlatte has helped him write, and has promised to co-sponsor, a bill that would ease restrictions. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Rep. Matt Gaetz partners with Bob Goodlatte to write medical marijuana bill

Philip Wegmann · February 14, 2018 6:21 pm

White House chief of staff John Kelly walks with former White House staff secretary Rob Porter on the South Lawn of the White House. After Porter resigned last week, internal dissatisfaction with Kelly's leadership appears to be growing. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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It’s time to pay attention to the White House’s staffing problem

Emily Jashinsky · February 14, 2018 6:16 pm

In this frame-grab from South African Broadcasting Corporation state-run television, President Jacob Zuma is interviewed on Wednesday. The speaker of South Africa's parliament wants to hold a motion of no confidence in Zuma on Thursday afternoon. saying the timing of the vote by open ballot must be agreed upon by the parliament's program committee later Wednesday. Both the ruling African National Congress party and opposition parties are pushing for a parliamentary vote against Zuma, who has not responded to an order from his own party to leave office. (AP Photo)

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President Jacob Zuma is desecrating Nelson Mandela’s legacy and South Africa’s future

Tom Rogan · February 14, 2018 6:12 pm

The bill includes an extension of the "7-year recovery period for motorsports entertainment complexes." (AP Photo/Terry Renna)

That bipartisan budget deal was loaded with bipartisan corporate welfare

Timothy P. Carney · February 14, 2018 2:54 pm