Tag: Commentary

Democratic Congressman Beto O'Rourke won the Democratic Senate nomination with 62 percent of the vote. But even though his home state, Texas, is turning bluer, it may not be ready to turn completely blue. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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Michael Barone: Primary shows Texas not yet turning blue

Michael Barone · March 7, 2018 10:08 pm

After Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf got word of an impending Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid in the Bay Area, she tweeted a warning to help potential targets of the operation prepare. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

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ICE says Oakland mayor’s warning to illegal immigrants protected convicted criminals

Emily Jashinsky · March 7, 2018 10:01 pm

The Right to Try Act allows terminally ill patients who have exhausted all other options to try medications that have passed basic Food and Drug Administration safety protocols but not completed the full, multiyear approval process. Such legislation has received overwhelming support nationally, becoming law in 38 states. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Andy Biggs and Brian Fitzpatrick: America needs the Right to Try, before it’s too late

Andy Biggs, brian-fitzpatrick · March 7, 2018 9:56 pm

it seems the early winds of the midterms continue to lay bare a Democratic Party beset with internal friction and a disconnected establishment in Washington that thinks they know better than the voters outside the Beltway. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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In 2018, it’s still good to be a political outsider

Capri Cafaro · March 7, 2018 9:49 pm

Some Democrats and Women's March organizers have faced scrutiny over their association with Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)

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Rep. Peter Roskam on Democrats’ embrace of Louis Farrakhan: The mask is off of the Left

Siraj Hashmi · March 7, 2018 8:37 pm

Rep. Peter Roskam, R-Ill., has taken a first step to ending abuses of privacy by introducing H.R. 4916, the Preventing IRS Abuse and Protecting Free Speech Act. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Don’t give the IRS personal information it doesn’t need

Bradley A. Smith · March 7, 2018 8:16 pm

In this photo from Tuesday, police officers secure the area as a police tent covers the spot in Salisbury, England, where former Russian spy double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter were found critically ill Sunday following exposure to a nerve agent. The two Russians are in critical condition. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

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Russia is almost certainly responsible for the Sergei Skripal attack, and Britain must respond aggressively

Tom Rogan · March 7, 2018 7:55 pm

In a 2-1 decision a federal court ruled that the Bladensburg World War I Veterans Memorial, built in memory of the 49 men of Prince George's County who died in World War I, was unconstitutional.

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Wide-reaching lawsuit aims to strip our religious heritage

Nicole Russell · March 7, 2018 7:26 pm

Rep. Beto O'Rourke, D-Texas, has so far been outpacing Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, in fundraising by as much as three times. (AP)

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Unless Ted Cruz kneels during the anthem, kicks a puppy, or shreds a pocket Constitution, he wins in November

Philip Wegmann · March 7, 2018 6:59 pm

"While gun control is not the answer, the best and most effective path forward, I believe, is one that safeguards our schools from becoming "soft targets," or areas with little to stand in the way of someone with bad intentions," said Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Mark Meadows proposes $1.5B to boost school safety after Florida shooting

Anna Giaritelli · March 7, 2018 6:52 pm

On Nov. 7, 2017, CMS Administrator Seema Verma spoke before the National Association of Medicaid Directors and announced steps the Trump administration was taking to modernize and improve the Medicaid program through Section 1115 Demonstration Waivers. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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Medicaid work requirements will make us healthy, wealthy, and wise

Elizabeth Wright · March 7, 2018 6:45 pm

There are nearly 15 million able-bodied adults on food stamps, nearly four million of whom have no kids at home. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

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Food stamp loopholes are rampant — here’s how to fix them

Kristina Rasmussen · March 7, 2018 6:43 pm