BALTIMORE—Republicans retreated to the Baltimore Inner Harbor to talk strategy for their 2016 legislative blitz. But when they return to Washington, they’ll have to settle a skirmish in their own ranks. The disagreement revolves around the budget deal negotiated in October by President Obama and then-House Speaker John Boehner. That agreement locks in government spending […]
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback announced Tuesday he intends to terminate state Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood. Kansas will be joining seven other states that have taken action to prevent the nation’s largest abortion provider from receiving taxpayer dollars. “Ensuring the health and safety of Kansans means protecting all Kansans at every stage of life,” Brownback, […]
Director Michael Bay’s “13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi” is a dramatic recounting of the half-dozen CIA security contractors (former SEALs, Marines, and an Army Ranger) who responded to the Sept. 11, 2012, attacks on the U.S. diplomatic mission compound in Benghazi, Libya, and a nearby covert CIA intelligence collection facility. Bay does a credible […]
On Tuesday night, President Barack Obama laid out his agenda in his final State of the Union. On Wednesday morning, Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, and Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, outlined the policy issues conservatives plan to pursue in 2016. Most of their priorities didn’t match the president’s legislative initiatives, except in the case of passing […]
Many of President Obama’s executive actions—whether the most recent ones calling for more gun control or past ones extending amnesty to millions here illegally—are already or will one day be challenged in the courts. This is why it’s encouraging to see reports this week that lawmakers may finally make a real effort to checkmate the […]
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. […]
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 […]
President Barack Obama made some interesting claims over the past week about why America needs more gun control. We take a look at some of his statements to see how they stand up to the facts. 10 Myths About Guns Source material can be found at this site.
Republican lawmakers hold on to hope of repealing Obamacare and defunding Planned Parenthood, despite President Barack Obama’s veto Friday of a bill to do just that, at least in part. “Because of the harm this bill would cause to the health and financial security of millions of Americans, it has earned my veto,” Obama said […]
Emanuel Lutchman was arrested on Dec. 30th for his support of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and planned attack for New Year’s Eve in Rochester, N.Y. Lutchman planned to attack a local restaurant/bar armed only with a machete, knives, and supplies to take hostages. This marks the 76th Islamist inspired terror […]
