Tag: Commentary

These beneficial reforms could be short-lived. The next Democratic president could simply issue an executive order reversing them. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Trump’s Association Health Plans are great, but Congress has to make them permanent

Joel Strom · October 19, 2017 4:01 am

Most Americans have never heard of National Popular Vote, but the California-based group has been operating quietly behind the scenes for years. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Truth catches up with the effort to abolish the Electoral College

Tara Ross · October 19, 2017 4:01 am

FILE - In this Sept. 29, 2017 file photo, California Gov. Jerry Brown gestures while speaking in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, file)

California, the sanctuary state, will reap the whirlwind

Washington Examiner · October 19, 2017 4:01 am

Congress and regulators have been lackluster at managing and upgrading the 24/7-business of air traffic control. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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Air traffic control might finally move into the 21st century

Marc Scribner · October 19, 2017 12:00 am

The coalition argues that if FERC were to follow Perry's guidance, it would be violating the Administrative Procedures Act. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

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‘Conservative’ clean energy group misleads GOP candidates with skewed survey

Kevin Mooney · October 18, 2017 10:38 pm

When the House Ways and Means Committee begins its mark up of the tax reform bill, it should adopt a rule requiring all amendments to the bill to be revenue-neutral. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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The simple way to save tax reform and the 20 percent corporate tax rate

Bruce Thompson · October 18, 2017 10:32 pm

President Trump should be ashamed it took him so long to respond to the deadly ambush. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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In the controversy over Trump’s handling of four slain Green Berets, we’re all losers

Becket Adams · October 18, 2017 10:26 pm

Comey's scores for 2017 dipped in some categories from 2016, but the former FBI director largely received similar scores in surveys from the past two years.

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Was James Comey’s FBI investigation into Hillary Clinton decided before she was even interviewed?

Emily Jashinsky · October 18, 2017 10:05 pm

Scandal is nothing new in Hollywood. In 1921, after a young starlet died after being raped at a drunken sex party, film star Fatty Arbuckle was charged with manslaughter, generating nasty headlines and salacious gossip. (AP Photo)

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Harvey Weinstein and Hollywood can learn damage control from mistakes made a century ago

J. Mark Powell · October 18, 2017 9:41 pm

"The communications between members of the Clinton email investigation team raise questions about the integrity of that investigation, and about the objectivity of Mr. Strzok's work for the Special Counsel and in the FBI's investigation of Mr. Flynn," Grassley wrote. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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If the White House worries about Chuck Grassley threatening the EPA over ethanol, wait till he starts taking judicial nominees hostage

Philip Wegmann · October 18, 2017 9:24 pm

McAuliffe's presidential dreams depend on Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam winning the Virginia gubernatorial election. (AP Photo/Mark Tenally)

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Terry McAuliffe’s 2020 fate will be decided by the 2017 Virginia gubernatorial election

Myra Adams · October 18, 2017 8:19 pm

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The sloppy senator: Claire McCaskill keeps attributing her factual and ethical lapses to ‘sloppy’ mistakes

Emily Jashinsky · October 18, 2017 8:11 pm