Month: May 2019

Attorney General William Barr testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., April 9, 2019 (Aaron P. Bernstein/Reuters) President Trump has given Attorney General Bill Barr the authority to declassify information having to do with “intelligence activities relating to the campaigns in the 2016 Presidential election and certain related matters.” The late senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan
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Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee Rep. Adam Schiff calls the move ‘dangerous’ and ‘un-American’; Ellison Barber reports from the White House. #AmericasNewsroom #FoxNews FOX News operates the FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX Business Network (FBN), FOX News Radio, FOX News Headlines 24/7, FOXNews.com and the direct-to-consumer streaming service, FOX Nation. FOX News also produces
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The only ‘cover-up’ is the division in a Democrat Party being driven over the edge, Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham says on ‘Fox & Friends.’ #FoxandFriends #FoxNews FOX News operates the FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX Business Network (FBN), FOX News Radio, FOX News Headlines 24/7, FOXNews.com and the direct-to-consumer streaming service, FOX Nation. FOX News
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Police officers in front of a cargo container ship at a port in Qingdao, China, in 2018. (Stringer/Reuters) We should be more worried about China’s export of totalitarianism than consumer products. The Dow plunged 450 points on the opening bell May 6 in response to this presidential tweet: “The Trade Deal with China continues, but
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (right) speak to the media after a meeting with President Trump at the White House, May 22, 2019. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) It’s now a permanent state of affairs. Somebody tried to play a dirty trick on Nancy Pelosi, slowing down and editing a video of her
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President Trump gives AG Barr authority to declassify intelligence on 2016 campaign spying. #Tucker #FoxNews FOX News operates the FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX Business Network (FBN), FOX News Radio, FOX News Headlines 24/7, FOXNews.com and the direct-to-consumer streaming service, FOX Nation. FOX News also produces FOX News Sunday on FOX Broadcasting Company and FOX
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“I don’t do cover-ups,” Donald Trump declared from the Rose Garden, surprising reporters who expected the president to be meeting with Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer. Instead, Trump walked out on the two Democrats after Pelosi accused him of being “engaged in a cover-up.” The proposed discussions on infrastructure investment, Trump told them, could take
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British Prime Minister Theresa May delivers a statement in London, England, May 24, 2019. (Toby Melville/Reuters) Hooray and good riddance. On Friday, Theresa May, perhaps the worst Conservative prime minister in recent history, announced her resignation outside of number 10 Downing Street. She will step down effective June 7. “I have done my best,” she
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Trump issues key directive on declassification; panel reaction and analysis on ‘Hannity.’ #Hannity #FoxNews FOX News operates the FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX Business Network (FBN), FOX News Radio, FOX News Headlines 24/7, FOXNews.com and the direct-to-consumer streaming service, FOX Nation. FOX News also produces FOX News Sunday on FOX Broadcasting Company and FOX News
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David Coleman, President and CEO of The College Board, speaks in Columbus, Ohio, September 22, 2016. (Jay LaPrete/Reuters) It will hurt everyone involved — including those it purports to help — in the name of a forced, false equality. Apparently the college-admissions industry hasn’t had its fill of controversy for the year. The College Board,
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Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York City, January 7, 2019. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters) Certainty, like dogma, is one of those things that people hate only when they disagree with what people are certain (or dogmatic) about. EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is Jonah Goldberg’s weekly “news”letter, the G-File. Subscribe
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Harvard philosophy professor Dr. Cornel West debates Blexit Movement founder Candace Owens on ‘The Ingraham Angle.’ FOX News operates the FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX Business Network (FBN), FOX News Radio, FOX News Headlines 24/7, FOXNews.com and the direct-to-consumer streaming service, FOX Nation. FOX News also produces FOX News Sunday on FOX Broadcasting Company and
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Detail of Scene at the Signing of the Constitution of the United States by Howard Chandler Christy, 1940 (Wikimedia) It’s our Constitution and our culture. The United States of America has flummoxed socialists since the nineteenth century. Marx himself couldn’t quite understand why the most advanced economy in the world stubbornly refused to transition to
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Protest signs outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., April 25, 2018. (Yuri Gripas/Reuters) 2017—By a vote of 10 to 3, the en banc Fourth Circuit affirms a district court’s nationwide injunction on President Trump’s executive order that temporarily bars immigration from six majority-Muslim countries. That order spells out that each of the six countries
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On Tuesday, the Los Angeles police commission ruled that two LAPD officers had violated department policy in an officer-involved shooting that occurred last June.  The ruling itself comes as no surprise, as the shooting resulted in the death not only of the suspect but also, sadly, of a hostage. On June 16, officers from the
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House Oversight Committee ranking member Rep. Jim Jordan on Democrats’ growing calls for President Trump’s impeachment. FOX News operates the FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX Business Network (FBN), FOX News Radio, FOX News Headlines 24/7, FOXNews.com and the direct-to-consumer streaming service, FOX Nation. FOX News also produces FOX News Sunday on FOX Broadcasting Company and
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Ohio Republican Rep. Jim Jordan says there is nothing Republicans could reasonably offer to appease Democrats. #AmericasNewsroom #FoxNews FOX News operates the FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX Business Network (FBN), FOX News Radio, FOX News Headlines 24/7, FOXNews.com and the direct-to-consumer streaming service, FOX Nation. FOX News also produces FOX News Sunday on FOX Broadcasting
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(Unsplash) A federal judge on Friday blocked enforcement of a new Mississippi law that bans abortion after a fetal heartbeat can be detected. “By banning abortions after the detection of a fetal heartbeat, the law prevents a woman’s free choice, which is central to personal dignity and autonomy,” wrote Judge Carlton Reeves of the U.S. District Court for
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Christopher Hitchens, journalist and author, poses in N.Y., June 7, 2010. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters) Yesterday morning Pete Buttigieg spoke with Washington Post reporter Robert Costa, a National Review alumnus. They spent a few minutes talking about abortion. Buttigieg, who supports abortion rights, made no surprising arguments or observations. He repeated three common fallacies that have long
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Psilocybin mushrooms (Wikimedia) If we can get past their undeserved cultural stigma, we’ll find that these drugs have the potential to greatly benefit society. Mention magic mushrooms to a social conservative and expect a patronizing stare. Magic is for wizards; fungi are for stews. Mixing the two leads teenagers to jump out of windows. Such
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When we started our careers, it was considered an honor to be a member of professional societies that helped practitioners keep up with the latest developments in their fields through relevant meetings and publications. Senior author Dr. Jay Lehr had the privilege of leading one of these societies long ago. But things are different now.
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Transparency is un-American? Donald Trump’s executive order granting William Barr the authority to declassify evidence and documents related to the origins of Operation Crossfire Hurricane might present opportunities for reasonable criticism. A lack of patriotism would not be among those issues, and yet that’s where House Intelligence chair Adam Schiff immediately went: President Trump has
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