Jun 25, 2019
Good morning from Washington. Our White House correspondent Fred Lucas reports on President Trump’s new Iran sanctions and his health care executive order. Will the left ever acknowledge the border crisis—or provide the funding the government needs to shelter people? Heritage Action’s Jessica Anderson says it’s an emergency and Congress needs to do its job. And Rachel del Guidice talks to Brandon Judd, a Border Patrol agent, about what he’s seeing on the border. One hundred and forty-three years ago today, the Battle of the Little Bighorn—or Custer’s Last Stand—was fought.
Retraction of 13 ‘Glowing’ Disaster Reports Throws Light on Dysfunction of Bureaucracy
Another bureaucratic fiasco simply reinforces why the nine most terrifying words in the English language are still: “I’m from the government and I’m here to help.”
The Border Crisis Is Getting Worse. Why Are Democrats AWOL?
It seems lawmakers on the left don’t feel an urgent need to help our hard-working law enforcement, keep our border secure, or provide humanitarian aid for immigrants caught in the morass at our border.
Trump Ratchets Up Sanctions on Iran’s Top Ayatollah, His Inner Circle
“We have sanctions against bad behavior, and there is no question that locking this money up worked last time, and there is no question locking the money up works now,” Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin tells The Daily Signal.
A Border Patrol Agent Shares What It's Really Like at the Border
Brandon Judd, a Border Patrol agent and president of the National Border Patrol Council, says it amazed him “how bold these individuals are when they're crossing the border, giving themselves up knowing that they're going to get released [into the U.S.] … and that they're going to be able to disappear.”
5 Myths About the State and Local Tax Deduction’s Cap
Ever since the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act passed, liberals have decried how the law’s $10,000 cap of the state and local tax deduction harms schools, local communities, home values, first responders, and middle-class families. Here are the facts.
Trump Executive Order Aims for More Hospital Pricing Transparency
President Trump signed an executive order that he said would “fundamentally” change the health care market by requiring hospitals to disclose in an easy-to-read format what patients actually pay out of pocket for services.
After a Lawsuit, Los Angeles County Begins to Clean Up Its Voter Rolls
Litigation by Judicial Watch asserted that 1 in 5 registered voters in Los Angeles County are ineligible and that the county took no action to remove them from voter lists or check their status.
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By Tony Perkins
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals used to be the closest thing Democrats had to a sure thing.
By Luke Rosiak
The ties between Rep. Omar’s supposedly long-lost ex-husband and her sister appear to contradict Omar’s sworn testimony and add to the body of evidence that the ex-husband may be her brother.
By Anthony B. Kim and Bradley Devlin
The reality is that the uncertainty surrounding Brexit has had little obvious effect on the British economy.
By Diane Katz
Every so often, a case comes along that screams government misuse of power. The Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust lawsuit against Qualcomm Inc. is just such a case, and thus warrants scrutiny.
By Amy Swearer and Lucas Drill
Gun control laws fail to address how actual criminals get their firearms, and impose a real burden on ordinary citizens’ Second Amendment rights. They even risk making felons out of otherwise law-abiding citizens.
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