Tag: Commentary

This year's focus in the "1 in 3 Abortion Speakout," #JusticeforJane, refers to the undocumented teen, Jane Moe, who came to the United States last year, illegally, and tried to obtain an abortion. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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The 2018 ‘Abortion Speakout’ was a spectacular fail

Nicole Russell · March 1, 2018 7:32 pm

Kroger stores do not sell firearms or ammunition. Rather, Kroger's sister company, the West Coast-based Fred Meyer, does. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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No, Kroger grocery stores do not sell guns

Becket Adams · March 1, 2018 7:19 pm

The president's bipartisan meeting on gun control this week caught some observers by surprise, as Trump signaled openness to measures not typically backed by Republicans, and repeatedly jabbed at the National Rifle Association while also lauding the group. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

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On gun control, Trump is back in ‘Apprentice’ mode

Emily Jashinsky · March 1, 2018 6:55 pm

Mercedes Schlapp.

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Mercedes Schlapp should replace Hope Hicks as White House communications director

Tom Rogan · March 1, 2018 6:34 pm

As President Trump's tweets continue to shock, the shock seems to always serve Trump's purpose. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Thanks to Trump’s anti-Jeff Sessions tweet, we might get another special counsel

Margot Cleveland · March 1, 2018 6:26 pm

It's clear why Vladimir Putin wants to develop his hypersonic missile forces: they will give him the gradual ability to render impotent advanced U.S. ballistic missile defense platforms such as THAAD. (RU-RTR Russian Television via AP)

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Putting Putin’s new missile threats in perspective

Tom Rogan · March 1, 2018 5:55 pm

Ben Carson seems to be making an honest effort at doing away with an ugly scandal. He deserves some credit. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

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Ben Carson declutters his decorating debacle with new statement

Philip Wegmann · March 1, 2018 5:18 pm

Excessive spending tends to compound. By the end, a good faith actor like Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson could be ruined by indiscretion. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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Ahead of oversight hearing and after dropping $31,000 on a dining room set, Ben Carson needs to start shopping at IKEA

Philip Wegmann · March 1, 2018 4:09 pm

We've come to learn that this is just the way Trump is. He says things he doesn't really mean in order to be civil while discussing tough issues with people who obviously disagree with him.
(AP Photo/John Minchillo)

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No, Trump’s not going to take away your guns

Siraj Hashmi · March 1, 2018 2:17 pm

In this 2017 photo, a flame burns at the Shell Deer Park oil refinery in Deer Park, Texas. The last time Americans received tax cuts, the benefits were wiped out by oil price spikes. But the Trump administration has an opportunity, with its recent passage of the Tax Cut and Jobs Act, to avoid these past mistakes. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Energy and Environment

Trump can defend America’s renewed economic growth, improve fuel standards

james-conway, frederick-smith · March 1, 2018 5:01 am

In October of 2010, the Obama administration, with the blessing of the State Department run by Hillary Clinton, allowed the Russians to purchase a company called Uranium One, which controls more than 20 percent of American uranium. (AP Photo/Kelly P. Kissel)

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Uranium too: Did the Clintons finagle a twofer, including a land-grab?

William Perry Pendley · March 1, 2018 5:01 am

American trade negotiators ought to make strengthening IP rights their top priority. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

A new NAFTA deal must halt intellectual property theft

Peter J. Pitts · March 1, 2018 5:01 am