May 21, 2018
Good morning from Washington as special counsel Robert Mueller enters week one of the second year of his supposed probe of the Trump campaign and Russia. Enough is enough, Justice Department veteran Hans von Spakovsky writes. Now what, with the U.S. out of the Iran deal? Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will outline next steps today at The Heritage Foundation, Fred Lucas reports. Plus: Nolan Peterson on Russia’s menacing grip on Crimea, Luke Coffey on staying the course in Afghanistan, Monica Burke on cutting off abortion providers, and Jarrett Stepman on Seattle’s wrong left turn.
As businesses express concern over the tax, labor group Working Washington calls for criminal prosecution of businesses that threaten to leave the city.
The yearlong special counsel investigation seems to have raised more questions about the possible misbehavior by Mueller’s investigators and other government officials than by the Trump campaign.
This is a major victory for pro-lifers who objected to their tax dollars being used to fund abortions.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo today will present a “diplomatic road map” for pursuing a “new security architecture” for dealing with Tehran after the U.S. pullout from the Iran nuclear deal.
“For the Kremlin, the new bridge represents the physical reunification of Crimea and Russia,” says Agnia Grigas of the Atlantic Council.
No major terrorist attack originating from Afghanistan has been successful in the United States since 2001.
“We have been very lucky to have a man in that job who is trying to help people to better themselves,” writes Russell D. Remmert of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
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