Tag: Commentary

Without birthright citizenship, the illegal population would have exploded past its current 11 million to at least 17 million. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Trump and Cruz’s immigration plans will backfire

David Bier · February 3, 2016 5:03 am

Beltway Confidential

Cruz wins as Rubio and Trump prepare for battle

Timothy P. Carney · February 3, 2016 5:01 am

Charter schools now serve almost 6 percent of the public school student population. That's up from just over one percent in the 2001-02 school year. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

250K students ditch traditional public schools for charters

Jason Russell · February 3, 2016 5:01 am

Iowa confirms Dems’ lack energy for 2016

Washington Examiner · February 3, 2016 5:01 am

Questions for Obama’s first U.S. mosque visit

Steve Emerson, Pete Hoekstra · February 3, 2016 12:02 am

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Reporter fired for fabricating quotes, impersonating sources

Ashe Schow · February 2, 2016 9:19 pm

Cruz busted the myth that you can't mess with the ethanol lobby and still win Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Cruz kills the ethanol lobby

Timothy P. Carney · February 2, 2016 7:19 pm

After the caucuses concluded, Ben Carson and his campaign accused Texas Sen. Ted Cruz's camp of stealing voters by telling them Carson planned to drop out of the race. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Top 5 conspiracy theories from the Iowa caucuses

Ashe Schow · February 2, 2016 7:13 pm

Danny Harris, the Education Department's chief information officer, gave a government contract to a friend's company, improperly worked with two subordinates on a side business and failed to pay taxes on the profits earned for that side business. (AP Photo)

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Ed. Dept. official acknowledges ‘unacceptable’ behavior; still employed

Jason Russell · February 2, 2016 6:29 pm

Significantly more women than men voted in the Democratic caucus, while the sexes voted pretty evenly in the Republican caucus, according to CBS News. (Mike Burley/Telegraph Herald via AP)

Beltway Confidential

How women in Iowa voted

Ashe Schow · February 2, 2016 6:02 pm

One of the major stories of the Iowa caucuses was the large Republican turnout. (AP photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Beltway Confidential

More observations on the Iowa Republican results

Michael Barone · February 2, 2016 3:47 pm

Hillary Clinton has been losing in New Hampshire polls, but now she can weather a loss in New Hampshire without too much embarrassment to her campaign. (AP Photo)

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Clinton escapes, avoids huge blunder in Iowa

Jason Russell · February 2, 2016 3:25 pm