Tag: Washington Examiner

Every single senator and most members of the House represent constituencies where President Trump's tariffs will endanger more jobs than they protect. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Override Trump’s veto and block his tariff power

Washington Examiner · March 8, 2018 5:01 am

Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., right, speaks during a press conference alongside Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., on Monday in Philadelphia. Toomey and Coons say they have introduced a bill that will require federal authorities to notify states when a felon or a fugitive attempts to buy a firearm but fails the National Instant Criminal Background Check System. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma)

Here’s what Congress can actually do about mass shootings

Washington Examiner · March 7, 2018 5:01 am

The letter from House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, R-Calif., to Attorney General Jeff Sessions indicates that the FBI might be in breach of its own regulatory guidance.

To fix FISA, appoint public advocates

Washington Examiner · March 6, 2018 5:01 am

On March 1, President Trump announced he would soon impose massive tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum imports. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Step back, President Trump, no one wins a trade war

Washington Examiner · March 5, 2018 5:01 am

In the wake of another mass shooting, young Americans have flooded streets, capitol buildings, and D.C. demanding additional gun control measures. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Government is not best done in a state of outrage

Washington Examiner · March 4, 2018 5:01 am

On Thursday, President Trump announced he would introduce tariffs on imported steel and aluminum. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump’s new taxes — a big tariff step backward

Washington Examiner · March 3, 2018 5:01 am

"I like taking the guns early," President Trump said at a recent roundtable on gun control and school safety. "Take the guns first. Go through due process second." (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump’s words will fade away, due process will not

Washington Examiner · March 2, 2018 5:01 am

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., sent a letter urging the BlackRock hedge fund to use its "financial leverage" to encourage "responsible actions" by gunmakers. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

Elizabeth Warren loves corporate America putting its thumb on the political scales

Washington Examiner · March 1, 2018 5:01 am

Federal courts should not be touching maps, let alone redrawing them in either party's favor just because the current ones look like a dog's breakfast. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

The dog ate my congressional district

Washington Examiner · February 28, 2018 5:01 am

A vast majority of gun murders are committed with hand guns, the type a mother might keep in her bedroom to defend against intruders. The most popular single weapon in the U.S. is the AR-15, and an overwhelming majority of them are never used in a crime. (iStock)

The right of self-defense is fundamental

Washington Examiner · February 27, 2018 2:02 am

The pain and fear the teenagers feel are pertinent to the debate on gun control and policy, driving home the truth that while any single student is unlikely to be a victim of a school shooting, such events are nevertheless monumentally traumatic for many of them. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

The debate we need on school shootings

Washington Examiner · February 26, 2018 5:01 am

The late evangelist Billy Graham transformed American religious life through his preaching and activism, becoming a counselor to presidents and the most widely heard Christian evangelist in history. (AP Photo, File)

Billy Graham pointed the way to God, not government

Washington Examiner · February 25, 2018 5:01 am