Tag: Commentary

North Carolina passed a law making sure no magistrates would be targeted for their religious beliefs and no one would be denied a prompt marriage. (iStock photo)

Beltway Confidential

Ruling shows faith, LGBT rights don’t have to be at odds

Nicole Russell · February 14, 2018 2:01 pm

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House conservatives threaten to upend leadership over immigration

Susan Ferrechio · February 14, 2018 1:06 pm

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., delivered a late-night filibuster last week of the bipartisan spending bill. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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No-compromise conservatives deserve blame for the new government spending boom

Michael Steel · February 14, 2018 1:00 pm

In a column for the Daily Mail, talk show host Piers Morgan said of former "Apprentice" co-star and ex-White House staffer Omarosa Manigault Newman, "I've never met anyone quite so relentlessly loathsome." (screenshot)

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If Piers Morgan and Omarosa were nations at war, who would win?

Tom Rogan · February 14, 2018 11:00 am

Rewire recently posted a short documentary entitled "Care in Chaos" about the disruption outside of abortion facilities in Charlotte, N.C., and Fargo, N.D. (screenshot)

Abortion workers need to know you care

Abby Johnson · February 14, 2018 5:01 am

President Trump is seeking to end the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy program, and to slash funding for the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy by $1.3 billion. Programs researching bioenergy technologies, fuel efficient vehicles, solar energy technology, and electric car technologies will all likely see significant cutbacks. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Energy and Environment

No, federally funded ‘green’ research does not spur innovation

Ross Marchand · February 14, 2018 5:01 am

The United Auto Workers union has long been trying to unionize Tesla's manufacturing facilities. Both Tesla and a lot of its employees have resisted this. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

The UAW’s weak case against Tesla

Ben Howe · February 14, 2018 5:01 am

Greece began to suffer its infamous, devastating debt crisis late last decade when its government debt began rising rapidly above 100 percent of its Gross Domestic Product. Now, the U.S. is set to boost its debt-to-GDP ratio significantly above its already dangerous level of 105.4. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

Beltway Confidential

Greece is the word: Fiscal recklessness portends a crash

Quin Hillyer · February 14, 2018 12:10 am

In this photo from Feb. 5, former White House staff secretary Rob Porter, left, walks with White House senior adviser Stephen Miller from Marine One across the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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White House should have prioritized Rob Porter allegations

Emily Jashinsky · February 13, 2018 11:17 pm

Anglo-Americanism is pure and good, its critics are sad and silly. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Beltway Confidential

Anglo-American Sympathy for Jeff Sessions

Siraj Hashmi, Tom Rogan · February 13, 2018 10:36 pm

This legislation would help mothers keep the kid. (Congress)

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Republicans propose tax credit for expecting mothers. Good.

Philip Wegmann · February 13, 2018 9:58 pm

Former Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz has accepted a post at Southern Co., the second-largest utility company in the U.S.
(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Quaker Oats lookalike and Obama energy secretary Ernest Moniz cashes out

Philip Wegmann · February 13, 2018 9:48 pm