Tag: Commentary

This Feb. 1, 2013 photo shows a bump stock next to a disassembled .22-caliber rifle. (AP Photo/Allen Breed)

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Bump stocks no longer available online at Cabela’s after Las Vegas shooting

Philip Wegmann · October 4, 2017 4:43 pm

That Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was comfortable outright denying reports he ever considered quitting, but would not even address the veracity of the "moron" report suggests the latter is true. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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Rex Tillerson’s refusal to deny he called Trump a ‘moron’ is telling

Emily Jashinsky · October 4, 2017 4:15 pm

Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., isn't letting the former Health and Human Services secretary off the hook. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

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In letter to Steve Mnuchin, Sen. Patty Murray pressures Tom Price to follow through on his pledge to repay private flight costs

Emily Jashinsky · October 4, 2017 1:43 pm

For 75 years, the Bayview cross has stood silently in a quiet corner of the park. (Photo used for representation purposes only)

In Pensacola, we’re fighting to keep our memorial cross

Ashton Hayward · October 4, 2017 4:01 am

Fidel's brother and successor, Raul Castro, applauded former President Barack Obama's initiative to remove Havana from a U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan, File)

Cuba’s terror nexus

Sean Durns · October 4, 2017 4:01 am

Some clues about media bias are in a new report about Trump media coverage from the Pew Research Center. The study suggests that the bias of some media coverage is perhaps as much about the audience than the publication. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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Byron York: In Trump media coverage, audiences left and right get what they want

Byron York · October 4, 2017 3:05 am

In the aftermath of the horrific massacre in Las Vegas on Sunday night, Star Wars actor Mark Hamill is reentering the debate around gun control in the U.S. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

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Star Wars actor Mark Hamill is a force for Australian-style gun control

Stephen Kent · October 4, 2017 12:33 am

Paradise. That was the most used description of the Virgin Islands before category five hurricanes Irma and Maria devastated America's Caribbean. (Dash Coleman/Savannah Morning News via AP)

Don’t write a check to the Virgin Islands government

Dennis Lennox · October 3, 2017 11:55 pm

Let's see if we have this straight: Friedman believes the so-called Muslim Ban is both immoral and counterproductive, but he then writes a tongue-in-cheek column suggesting gun control advocates would be better off if more mass shooters were Muslim? (AFP / POOL / MANDEL NGAN)

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NY Times columnist: Would help gun control movement if more mass shooters were Muslim

Becket Adams · October 3, 2017 11:44 pm

A quick reminder: Equifax revealed in September that 148 million people were affected in a massive data breach of its systems. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

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What could go wrong? IRS awards no-bid fraud protection contracts to Equifax

Becket Adams · October 3, 2017 10:58 pm

Many radical progressive activists seem to believe Republicans such as DeVos and Carson bear evil intentions and actually believe in the genetic superiority of the white race. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

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Why do some Harvard students believe Betsy DeVos is a white supremacist?

Emily Jashinsky · October 3, 2017 10:35 pm

Ryan must kick Murphy out of conference and force him out of Congress. It's the only test of leadership that matters. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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John Boehner forced a philandering Republican out of Congress, now what will Speaker Ryan do with Rep. Tim Murphy?

Philip Wegmann · October 3, 2017 10:03 pm