Jun 21, 2018
Happy first day of summer from Washington, where President Trump hopes his executive order will defuse controversy over separating children from parents at the border. Fred Lucas reports. The president expects his team to fight for change, Mercedes Schlapp tells Ginny Montalbano. Your tax dollars pay to create recipes from the comic-book nation of Wakanda. Jarrett Stepman has the goods. Plus: Aaron and Melissa Klein on hope from the wedding-cake ruling, Riley Walters on paying more if it’s made in China, Michelle Malkin on a fact-checker’s callousness, and Mark Metcalf on the scandal of our immigration courts.
Oregon Forced Us to Close Our Cake Shop. Here’s What the Masterpiece Decision Means for Us.
Our business was shut down, our vehicles were vandalized, our home was broken into, and we have received more death threats than we care to count.
Food Stamp Program Funds Initiative Offering Recipes From Fictional Country
The federal government allocated $428 million in the 2019 budget to SNAP-Ed as a whole, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Exclusive Interview: Mercedes Schlapp on Trump’s Expectations and ‘Fighting’ Media Bias
“With President Trump, being able to see him work firsthand, he’s a driver. He’s results-oriented,” says the White House director of strategic communications. “He wants the team to take it to the next level. He doesn’t want you to think just inside the box. He wants you to think creatively. He wants to solve problems. He’s passionate about it.”
Trump Orders Fix to Family Separation on Border, Calls for ‘Comprehensive’ Immigration Solution
“We are going to have strong, very strong borders, but we are going to keep the families together,” says President Trump.
How Immigration Officials Cooked the Books and Fooled Congress for Years
Over the span of more than two decades of court business, nearly two-fifths (37 percent) of those who were let free before their trial ended up fleeing court.
Tariffs on Chinese Goods Will Only Punish Americans
The White House has suggested these tariffs will protect American jobs. Yet, one study estimates the effect the initial list of tariffs (and retaliatory tariffs) will have is a loss of roughly 134,000 American jobs.
New Yorker's 'Fact-Checker' Defamed a Combat Veteran. She Hasn’t Even Apologized.
Misidentifying a tattoo, the New Yorker’s fact-checker shared a tweet that insinuated a double amputee veteran-turned-ICE agent was an advocate of Nazism.
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