Tag: Commentary

President Trump stands with many of the Pennsylvania delegation during an official visit at H&K Equipment, a rental and sales company for specialized material handling solutions in Coraopolis, Pa., on Jan. 18, 2018. (Photo by Justin Merriman for the Washington Examiner)

Groundhog Day in America

Salena Zito · January 21, 2018 5:01 am

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Olympic Gold Medal gymnast Dominique Dawes on Larry Nassar: ‘the culture of the sport made it ripe for a predator to do what he did’

Timothy P. Carney · January 21, 2018 2:20 am

In the following op-ed, President Trump discusses his first year in the White House. (AP Photo)

President Trump: A year of real change

President Donald J. Trump · January 20, 2018 2:14 pm

Without a spending deal between Democrat and Republican lawmakers, the U.S. government entered a partial shutdown Friday night. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Government shutdowns prove America is the greatest country on Earth

Pete Kasperowicz · January 20, 2018 5:35 am

The Trump-sympathetic parts of the conservative movement are right that the president's first year has produced some policy victories, but the first year should not have calmed anyone who was concerned about his erratic behavior. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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A reckoning for #NeverTrump? Trump’s first year has not been a disaster

Kevin Glass · January 20, 2018 5:01 am

President Trump was written off before inauguration day even happened. And yet, looking back on the first year of his presidency, it was one of consequence and accomplishment. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump’s first year: He has delivered on his promises

Dan K. Eberhart · January 20, 2018 5:01 am

In the case that vulnerable Democratic incumbents - think Sens. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., (pictured) Joe Donnelly, D-Ind., and Joe Manchin, D-W.V. - are pressured into taking a vote to shut down the government over DACA protections getting left out of a spending bill, it won't soon be forgotten by their opponents. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Shutdown blame game will be different for vulnerable Democrats in Trump Country

Emily Jashinsky · January 20, 2018 2:51 am

People participate in the March for Life in Washington. The march falls each year around the anniversary of the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that recognized a legal right to abortion and intends to pressure Congress and the White House to limit legal access to the procedure. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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The marching band that rocked the March for Life

Philip Wegmann · January 20, 2018 12:46 am

On Friday, President Trump gave a live video address to those attending the March for Life. In the video below, pro-lifers share their thoughts about the president and his first year in office. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Marchers for Life may not fully embrace President Trump, but they appreciate his pro-life policies

Siraj Hashmi · January 20, 2018 12:36 am

The debate over the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program has devolved into a fixation on crass words and shallow arguments while completely ignoring substantive discussion. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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Instead of ‘shitholes,’ this is the immigration conversation we should be having

Jenna Ellis · January 20, 2018 12:36 am

It's not the companies causing this. It's us. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)

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Suing oil companies for climate change is worse than childish

Tim Worstall · January 19, 2018 11:18 pm

A recent NARAL report released in the wake of this year's March for Life is almost as amusing as its accompanying graphic. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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NARAL loses its mind over the March for Life

Becket Adams · January 19, 2018 11:01 pm