Tag: Commentary

Maduro's latest sham election requires a U.S. response. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

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Time to sanction Venezuelan oil exports

Tom Rogan · October 16, 2017 6:37 pm

Harvard University will host a panel Monday with four former Obama administration officials. It seems at Harvard that racial and gender diversity are the end-all and be-all defining perspectives, but there is no quarter given to ideological diversity. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

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Harvard demonstrates what’s wrong with universities in one single-minded panel

Michael Rubin · October 16, 2017 6:02 pm

Iraqi state media say federal troops have entered disputed territories occupied by the nation's Kurds. The move comes three years after Kurdish militias seized the areas outside their autonomous region to defend against an advance by the Islamic State extremist group. (APTN via AP)

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What’s happening in Kirkuk and how the US should respond

Tom Rogan · October 16, 2017 5:53 pm

The Alabama Republican probably isn't part of a Soviet sleeper cell. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

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Roy Moore campaign doesn’t know why Russian Twitter bots are following him

Philip Wegmann · October 16, 2017 5:49 pm

In a much-anticipated Friday speech, President Trump decertified the 2015 nuclear pact between Iran and world powers and declared tough sanctions on Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Trump sets the stage for new policy toward Iran

Washington Examiner · October 16, 2017 5:32 pm

A pregnant 17-year-old was caught crossing the U.S.-Mexico border and was transferred to the Office of Refugee Resettlement. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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Undocumented pregnant teen seeking an abortion in Texas could set new legal precedents

Penny Nance · October 16, 2017 4:41 pm

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With Roy Moore endorsement, Mike Lee opens the door for a mini-Trump in the Senate

Philip Wegmann · October 16, 2017 4:41 pm

Miami congressional candidate Bettina Rodriguez Aguilera, a Republican, claims she has been aboard an alien spaceship.

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Christine O’Donnell 2.0 pops up in Florida (because of course)

Becket Adams · October 16, 2017 2:22 pm

For decades, the SALT deduction has encouraged liberal states to raise their taxes without making their taxpayers feel they're actually paying more. When state income taxes rise, taxpayers are simply able to deduct it from their federal taxes to offset. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Cut SALT from the GOP tax reform diet

Washington Examiner · October 16, 2017 1:44 pm

This summer, workers at a Nissan plant in Mississippi voted against UAW representation by a nearly 2-to-1 ratio. Millions of dollars were spent courting workers who clearly want no relationship with them. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

The UAW is helping itself at US workers’ expense

Terry Bowman · October 16, 2017 4:01 am

Democratic California Gov. Jerry Brown signed landmark "sanctuary state" legislation Thursday, limiting who state and local law enforcement groups can detain, question, and transfer at the request of federal immigration authorities. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

California’s ‘sanctuary state’ policy exposes disconnect between Democrat elites and ordinary Californians

Assemblyman Travis Allen · October 16, 2017 4:01 am

Shortly after the House Financial Services Committee passed a slate of reforms to the National Flood Insurance Program over the summer -- four of which passed unanimously -- a couple dozen House Republicans suddenly bucked. In mid-July, 26 members signed a letter to House leadership to "respectfully express concerns with the current package of flood insurance bills that have recently passed the House Financial Services Committee." (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

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Coastal conservatives battle Republican leadership on flood insurance reform

Emily Jashinsky · October 16, 2017 4:01 am