Sometimes, an old media fabrication is used to justify a new one. Such is the case with the response to President Donald Trump’s executive order on refugees that created a firestorm on Saturday. Several courts ordered a halt to provisions of Trump’s order, prompting members of the media to speculate that this could create a […]
Why? It has been argued, apparently by Egyptian and Jordanian leaders, that such a move would inflame the Arab world, especially the Palestinian Arabs, and expose Americans to attack, while causing disorders for these regimes. It is even said that Israel’s subterranean contacts and quiet cooperation with certain Arab states, united by fear of a […]
A look at Neil Gorsuch, Thomas Hardiman and William Pryor, the federal appeals court judges who are seen as the leading candidates to be President Donald Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court. Each was appointed to the appellate bench by President George W. Bush, appeared on Trump’s list of 21 possible choices that he made […]
President Donald J. Trump recently reiterated a pledge to build a team that will provide him, in his administration’s first 90 days, with a plan to “aggressively combat and stop” cyber-attacks. Topping the list of the new administration’s priorities should be the need to articulate a comprehensive strategy of cyber deterrence. In outlining policies to […]
by Daniel Pipes Middle East Quarterly Spring 2017 Donald Trump issued an executive order on Jan. 27 establishing radically new procedures to deal with foreigners who apply to enter the United States. Building on his earlier notion of “extreme vetting,” the order explains that to protect Americans, the United States must ensure that those admitted […]
By Robert Laurie President Trump launched into his second full week by signing a new Executive Order aimed at cutting the regulatory burden faced by small businesses. Basically, if a federal agency wants to impose any new regulations, it must first identify two other regulations it will eliminate. As ABC reports: President Donald Trump […]
Iran conducted a ballistic missile test in violation of a binding UN Security Council resolution, Trump Administration officials told Fox News Monday. The launch took place Sunday at a well-known test site outside the city of Semnan, approximately 140 miles east of Tehran. According to the officials, the test was of a Khorramshahr medium-range ballistic […]
The 2017 Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards were held on Sunday night in Los Angeles, and many of the actors took the opportunity to make political speeches. The speeches were critical of President Trump’s recent executive order which calls for careful vetting of refugees entering the United States. “Good evening fellow SAG-AFTRA members and everyone at home, and everyone […]
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday aimed at slashing regulations on American small businesses. The order will expand regulatory review with the goal of dramatically peeling back federal regulations. The order is the Trump administration’s first step in repealing two regulations for every new regulation put forth, CNBC reports. The measure also sets a $0 budget […]
Some Republican lawmakers are beginning to have doubts about the GOP’s plans to repeal and replace Obamacare, they revealed in a closed-door gathering Thursday in Philadelphia. But those lawmakers find themselves at odds with conservatives who have for years pushed for repeal of the Affordable Care Act—as well as the top Republican in the House. […]
