Tag: Commentary

Conor Lamb, the Democratic candidate for the March 13 special election in Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District, said he would have voted against a late-term abortion ban because he never learned the term "pro-life in" Catholic school. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Beltway Confidential

Conor Lamb’s whopper of a lie on Catholicism and abortion

Maureen Ferguson · March 7, 2018 6:25 pm

Theresa May embraces foreign policy realism, Jeremy Corbyn embraces fealty to Tehran. (AP)

Beltway Confidential

Theresa May smashes Jeremy Corbyn’s anti-Saudi Arabia idiocy

Tom Rogan · March 7, 2018 6:14 pm

Democrats are struggling to overcome internal differences, setting up a midterm primary season pitting establishment candidates against anti-establishment progressives. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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Beltway Democrats’ meddling in Texas primary totally backfires

Emily Jashinsky · March 7, 2018 5:52 pm

Peter Roskam sees the president as "a mercurial figure" in his re-election no matter what, adding that any hopes of Trump changing his Twitter habits before election day are fanciful. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Rep. Peter Roskam imagines a world without Trump Twitter: ‘What a glorious thing!’

Philip Wegmann · March 7, 2018 5:14 pm

For a president who regards himself as the bringer of great expectations, this week in the stock market should be a wake-up moment. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Beltway Confidential

The markets give Trump his King Canute moment

Tom Rogan · March 7, 2018 5:02 pm

Following the 2008 financial crisis, policymakers focused solely on stability while forgetting that we need both stability and economic growth. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Small business lending can rev America’s economic engine

David Hirschmann · March 7, 2018 5:01 am

It is quite clear Russia is trying to reclaim its superpower status from the last half of the 20th century by weakening the U.S. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Michael McCaul and Mark Meadows: Resist Russian manipulation and stay united

Rep. Mark Meadows, michael-mccaul · March 7, 2018 5:01 am

There’s a better way of protecting consumer data

stephanie-martz, Lyle Beckwith · March 7, 2018 5:01 am

Throughout his first year in office, President Trump promised to make the U.S. the dominant producer of oil and natural gas in the world. His new tariffs could derail that. (iStock)

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Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs could seriously derail his “Energy Dominance” agenda

Mark J. Perry · March 7, 2018 12:38 am

White House chief economic adviser Gary Cohn announced his upcoming resignation on Tuesday. But this comes as a whole group of other White House officials have resigned as well. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Beltway Confidential

With Gary Cohn’s departure, the White House’s anti-nationalist firewall keeps crumbling away

Emily Jashinsky · March 7, 2018 12:25 am

Former Trump campaign aide Sam Nunberg said he was concerned that special counsel Robert Mueller's team "is trying to make a case against Roger Stone." (Screenshot via YouTube / CNN)

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How useful is Sam Nunberg to Robert Mueller?

Emily Jashinsky · March 6, 2018 11:13 pm

Advocates from both sides are arguing about language, which can worsen the discourse of the gun debate. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Beltway Confidential

Is ‘gunsplaining’ really a thing? No, but speaking the truth is

Siraj Hashmi · March 6, 2018 10:32 pm