29 Facts About Nikki Haley, Picked to Give the GOP Response to the State of the Union

Nikki Haley, South Carolina’s 116th governor, will deliver the Republican response to President Barack Obama’s last State of the Union address. This will be the third year in a row a woman provides the nationally televised GOP response. Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, delivered the response last year. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., chairwoman of the Republican conference, gave the remarks. […]

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California Teachers Gear Up to Take Fight Against Unions to Supreme Court

On Monday, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the case Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association. Rebecca Friedrichs and nine teachers are calling into question the agency fees that public-sector workers are required to pay to unions, which they say violate their First Amendment rights. If the Supreme Court rules in Friedrich’s favor, it […]

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Background Checks for Guns ‘Don’t Solve the Problem,’ This House Republican Says

Fresh off recess, House Republicans spent little time back in Washington before denouncing President Obama’s latest executive actions to restrict gun ownership. “Anyone who watched the president yesterday had to be struck by the unbelievably partisan nature of his remarks,” Rep. Andy Harris said Wednesday. “It’s not like he wanted us to solve this problem as […]

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22 Tweets About the Occupiers of the Oregon Wildlife Refuge

As armed, anti-government protesters continued to occupy a remote wildlife refuge in Oregon, Twitter had no shortage of commentators assessing the situation. “If you’re occupying with guns, it’s terrorism,” one observer tweeted. “Unless you’re left-wing, then it’s ‘social justice,’” another offered. The group, called Citizens for Constitutional Freedom, said it was protesting to protect land rights and oppose the […]

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Celebrating the U.S.-Israeli alliance

Ted Cruz | 10:56 a.m. CST December 31, 2015 In August 1979, a Republican candidate for president named Ronald Reagan published an op-ed in the Washington Post titled “Recognizing the Israeli Asset.” The piece examined the Middle East from Reagan’s fundamental perspective on American foreign policy as a “We win, they lose” fight against totalitarian Communism; […]

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Why Obamacare Is on the Road to Repeal

This week, the House of Representatives will clear a bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) and send it to President Barack Obama’s desk. Although it faces certain veto, it’s becoming increasingly clear that the president is only buying time for a dying law. Obamacare is in bad shape – both economically and ethically. If it […]

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