Smoking Out Islamists via Extreme Vetting

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 […]

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Trump’s small biz order: If you want a new regulation, first you have to eliminate two others

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 […]

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Iran conducts ballistic missile test in violation of UN ban

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 […]

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‘We Will…Punch Some People in the Face’ — Spoiled Celebrity Speeches Turn Violent at the SAG Awards

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 […]

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Trump Signs Executive Order Slashing Small Business Regulations

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 […]

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Republicans Express Doubts Over Obamacare ‘Repeal and Replace’ Plan

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. […]

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Why the Electronic Immigration System Is Broken

On Monday, the Department of Homeland Security inspector general took the extraordinary step of speaking out against the reinstatement of the Electronic Immigration System to process naturalization benefits for immigrants. Though the system should theoretically streamline immigration and naturalization processes by automating immigration applications and adjudication, it has become a sinkhole of government funds in […]

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The Showdown Over Sanctuary Cities

In the 1940s, Jan Ting’s parents faced a difficult path to American citizenship following a U.S. immigration ban on Chinese workers that lasted 61 years. Today, Ting is a law professor at Temple University—after serving as a top immigration official under President George H.W. Bush. Ting is also a strong opponent of sanctuary cities that […]

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Instead of Coddling, Universities Should Let Students Grow Up

One wonders just how far spineless college administrators will go when it comes to caving in to the demands of campus snowflakes. For those unfamiliar with the term “snowflakes,” it is increasingly being used to characterize college students easily traumatized by criticism and politically incorrect phrases. They demand safe spaces and trigger warnings so as […]

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