Oct. 27, 2016
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Good morning from Washington, where Clarence Thomas marks 25 years on the Supreme Court with a "conversation" at The Heritage Foundation. We've got video and a report from Ken McIntyre. In Thomas' native Georgia, a medical doctor who also preaches refuses to give his sermons to the agency that fired him. Leah Jessen has the story. Taxpayers should beware the president's rush to bail out Obamacare insurers, William Wolfe argues. Plus: Sen. David Perdue on term limits for Congress, and Genevieve Wood on a six-pack of Obama's biggest mistakes. |
News17 Things on Clarence Thomas' Mind During Rare Public Remarks"You simply try to live up to the oath you took to show fidelity to the Constitution," the justice says, marking 25 years on the Supreme Court. Read More |
CommentaryWashington Should Be More Concerned About the Next Generation Than the Next ElectionNow, more than ever, we should usher in the return of the citizen legislator. It is finally time that we impose term limits on members of Congress. Read More |
CommentaryIn Desperate Push to Save Dying Obamacare, President Wants to Bail Out InsurersInstead of pulling the plug, Obama and the insurance companies want to put Obamacare on a costly life-support line of cash, all on the taxpayer's dime. Read More |
CommentaryDNC's 'Honest Mistake' Defense of Dumping Sewage Hasn't Worked for Average AmericansThis incident presents a familiar problem: The government must choose to either stop prosecuting ordinary citizens for "criminal negligence" or enforce the same laws against more powerful or well-known parties. Read More |
NewsThe Reason This Pastor Isn't Handing Over His Sermon Transcripts to the Government"I want to be able to protect the faith of others, so I really have no intention of turning over the sermons," Dr. Eric Walsh says. Read More |
Commentary6 of Obama's Biggest BlundersA look at the failures of Obama's eight years as president. Watch the Video |
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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