Tag: Commentary

White House counselor Kellyanne Conway said former President Barack Obama's administration was responsible for the regulatory oversight that first made "bump stocks" legal. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Beltway Confidential

Trump White House has a new ‘bump stock’ strategy: Blame Obama

Philip Wegmann · October 5, 2017 1:37 pm

Sen. John McCain's actions this summer against the Republican healthcare bill may well have saved his party. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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How John McCain saved the Republican Party by killing Obamacare repeal (for now)

Quin Hillyer · October 5, 2017 12:52 pm

One might get the impression that large segments of both parties are determined to lose the next congressional and presidential elections. And that both deserve to. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Michael Barone: Both parties’ extremists seem determined to lose the next elections

Michael Barone · October 5, 2017 4:01 am

The Obama administration's so-called fiduciary rule makes it harder for people to build a secure retirement. (iStock by Getty Images)

Obama’s fiduciary rule is already hurting small savers. Here’s how to roll it back

phil-roe, Virginia Foxx · October 5, 2017 4:01 am

There is only one reason this case is being heard now. It is that Democrats still haven't accepted their loss in the 2016 election. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Democrats find excuses for election losses in lawsuits

Washington Examiner · October 5, 2017 4:01 am

More than half of Americans pray every day, according to Pew Research. When they offer prayer, they offer to use this most valued relationship to help others in need. While many see prayer as impactful in a time of crisis like the Las Vegas shooting, unfortunately, many on the Left launched an attack on its legitimacy and its impact. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Why are Democrats systematically minimizing the impact of prayer?

Ron Meyer · October 5, 2017 4:01 am

For all the stories we saw about Trump's budget deal, very few hinted at the dishonest accounting tricks behind the granite façade of the Treasury Department. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

The accounting fraud behind the debt ceiling

Sheila Weinberg · October 5, 2017 4:01 am

Jourdan Rodrigue of the Charlotte Observer asked Newton a perfectly normal question about wide receiver Devin Funchess that caused him to bust into a wide grin and offer a response destined for viral infamy. (Winslow Townson/AP Images for Panini)

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Let’s drop the Cam Newton outrage

Emily Jashinsky · October 5, 2017 1:09 am

His live-in girlfriend arrived in the Philippines on Oct. 1st. (Courtesy of Eric Paddock via AP)

Beltway Confidential

The Daily Mail gets the scoop: Las Vegas shooter owned a gun safe

Becket Adams · October 4, 2017 10:43 pm

In Catalonia, independence extends beyond technical questions of sovereignty. (AP Photo/Bob Edme)

Beltway Confidential

We are all Catalonians now: Why the Spanish crisis matters for all nations

Yael Ossowski · October 4, 2017 9:28 pm

Newsweek has retracted a story alleging that the girlfriend of the man who shot and killed 59 people this weekend at a country music festival in Las Vegas had two Social Security numbers. (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department via AP, File)

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Newsweek retracts story containing significant error about Las Vegas shooter’s girlfriend

Becket Adams · October 4, 2017 9:09 pm

Bump fire stocks are made from relatively cheap polymers that can be 3D printed. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)

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3D printing could make Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s proposed ‘bump stock’ ban obsolete

Philip Wegmann · October 4, 2017 9:02 pm