Jan 15, 2019
Good morning from Washington, where Senate confirmation hearings begin for William Barr, the president’s nominee for attorney general. Fred Lucas looks at what Democrats are expected to throw at him. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wants to give transgender Americans a “vice grip” on medical doctors, Emilie Kao writes. Plus: Tara Ross on the fake link between the Electoral College and slavery, Hans von Spakovsky on the credibility of Trump’s ex-lawyer, and Jim Campbell on state harassment of a Christian baker. Ninety years ago today, Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta.
Pelosi’s Equality Act Could Lead to More Parents Losing Custody of Kids Who Want ‘Gender Transition’
Last year in Ohio, a judge removed a biological girl from her parents’ custody after they declined to help her “transition” to male with testosterone supplements.
No, the Electoral College Is Not a ‘Shadow of Slavery’s Power’
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently labeled the Electoral College a “shadow of slavery’s power on America.”
The Barr Exam: 5 Expected Issues for Trump’s Attorney General Pick
President Trump’s nominee for attorney general faces a Senate committee today in what could turn into a proxy fight and speechifying over the probe of Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election.
A Christian Baker’s New Legal Fight: Proving Government Officials' Bias
State officials’ ongoing “disparate treatment” of Jack Phillips reveals “hostility … sufficient to establish they are pursuing the discrimination charges against Phillips in bad faith,” motivated by his religion, a federal court finds.
Podcast: Reaching Minority Students
We feature an interview with C.J. Sailor of the Gloucester Institute, a nonprofit that works to engage minority students on campus.
Cohen's History of Falsehoods Makes His Upcoming Congressional Testimony Worthless
Former Trump lawyer MIchael Cohen is already convicted of lying to Congress—among other felonies.
Meet the Nation’s Youngest Black Legislator, Caleb Hanna
Gun rights is one of the first issues 19-year-old Caleb Hanna of West Virginia wants to dive into as a legislator by co-sponsoring a campus carry bill.
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Jan. 14, 2019
Extending tax subsidies that primarily benefit wind and solar power as the top Senate Democrat proposes would cost nearly $32 billion over four years, the Joint Committee on Taxation estimates, including more than $7 billion this year.
“Tennesseans and the American people do not want their tax dollars funding abortions,” Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., says.
In 2013, critics accused President Barack Obama of political theater after he fenced up war memorials, preventing veterans from honoring their fallen brethren.
A tag team of liberal extremists and feminists are joining forces to bring the famous piece of ’70s propaganda back from the grave.
The secretary of state says the Trump administration has learned from mistakes of the Obama administration and reasserted the traditional U.S. role as a “force for good” in the Middle East and reliable ally for Arab states threatened by Iran or Islamist terrorists.
Can the president act unilaterally to build a barrier? Let’s look at the relevant facts.
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