June 20, 2016
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It's Monday in Washington, where the Senate returns to vote on a series of gun control measures. Bridget Mudd explains why this is the wrong response to the Orlando massacre. Texas leads 10 states challenging President Obama's transgender bathroom mandate, and the state attorney general goes on camera with Kelsey Harkness. A Confederate general's campground complicates a property rights case, Kevin Mooney finds. Plus: Valerie Huber on teens saying no to sex and Scott Yenor on the left's fixating on choice. Welcome to summer: The sun is the highest it climbs in the sky tonight at 6:34 p.m. ET. |
NewsTexas AG Explains 11 States' Lawsuit Over Obama's School Bathroom PolicyOfficials in 11 states have filed a federal lawsuit against the Obama administration's transgender bathroom directive issued to public schools nationwide. Watch the Video |
Commentary7 Ways US Can Prevent Another Orlando AttackGun control will not stop the rise in Islamist terror attacks, and the president is wrong to suggest so. Read More |
NewsDid 'Stonewall' Jackson Sleep Here? Farmer Sues Green Group Over ClaimThe current owner of a Virginia farm, Martha Boneta, has sued the Piedmont Environmental Council, a nonprofit land trust, accusing the organization of knowingly making a false historical claim when selling her the property. Read More |
CommentaryWhat Liberals Get Wrong About the FamilyThe left's understanding of autonomy does much damage to marriage and family life. Read More |
CommentaryNumber of Teenagers Having Sex Has Dramatically DeclinedNearly 6 in 10 teens are making the healthiest choice by waiting for sex. Read More |
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Daily on Defense: Jeffries plots end run for Ukraine aid, Austin back working from home, Ukraine donor group meets, Russian warship sunk, Putin’s poor memory
Follow us on Twitter View this as website BY JAMIE MCINTYRE ADVERTISEMENT JEFFRIES: ALL LEGISLATIVE OPTIONS ARE ON THE TABLE: The pressure is on House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) to find a way to bypass House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to bring the $95 billion foreign aid bill that sailed through the Senate 70-29 to a vote on the House floor, where it would surely also pass with a wide bipartisan majority. "There are clearly more than 300 members of the House of Representatives, the overwhelming amount of Democrats and a significant number of Republicans, who would support the national security legislation, were it to receive an up-or-down vote on the floor of the House," Jeffries said on CNN yesterday. Jeffries’s best bet is a long shot, a rarely successful legislative maneuver known as a "discharge petition," which would require at least four Republicans