Feb 05, 2019
Good morning from Washington, where tonight President Trump will deliver his second State of the Union address before a House chamber now controlled by Democrats. We’ll have full coverage. Rachel del Guidice and Courtney Joyner introduce some of the evening’s special guests. Federal judges halt Trump’s actions at a historic rate, Fred Lucas reports. Plus: Mike Gonzalez on the identity politics played by the Democrat who’ll respond to the president, Amy Swearer on armed Americans who save the day, and Jessica Anderson on the left’s abortion radicalism.
6 of the Notable Guests Invited to the State of the Union Address
Democrats' invited guests to the State of the Union address include illegal immigrants and military service members who identify as transgender.
Federal District Judges Have Blocked Trump Actions 30 Times, a Record Rate
The average annual number of nationwide injunctions against the administrations of Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush was 1.5. That increased to 2.5 under Barack Obama. In Trump’s first year in office, however, judges issued 20 nationwide injunctions against administration policy.
Stacey Abrams’ Full Embrace of Identity Politics Is a Recipe for Disaster
Abrams’ recent essay on identity politics is a forthright defense of dividing America into groups based on identities such as race, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, and even disability status. The only thing that matters is the ability to claim a trait that bestows victimhood status.
Podcast: A Freshman House Member Shares What He Plans to Fight For
Rep. Denver Riggleman, R-Va., is a former distillery owner and a veteran. "If you don't fight for what you think is right, if you're not willing to stand up, you will get rolled over," Riggleman says.
Democrats’ Radical Push on Abortion Will Backfire
Under the guise of “protecting women’s health,” Democrats have proudly pledged their support for killing innocent babies at all stages of pregnancy and eliminating protections for those who have already been born.
Remembering Reagan’s Army Secretary, John O. Marsh Jr.
Marsh presided over the rebuilding of the Army, winning increases for the Army budget by 30 percent and throwing his support behind enhancement of special operations forces in the wake of the failed rescue attempt of Americans held hostage in Iran.
The Latest Crime News Provides Evidence in Favor of Armed Civilians
A 2013 report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention authorized by the Obama administration concluded that Americans use their firearms in defense of themselves or others between 500,000 and 3 million times every year.
Senate Democrat Blocks Infanticide Ban
“The Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act prohibits exactly the kind of infanticide that Gov. Northam was endorsing. That’s it," says Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb.
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The Democrat who will give the party’s response to the State of the Union address said on the PBS show “Firing Line” that she isn’t opposed to people who aren’t U.S. citizens voting in local elections.
“The death tax always adds an extra layer of tax to a family’s savings,” Heritage Foundation tax expert Adam Michel says.
Corbyn, who has been plagued with accusations of anti-Semitism, has a long history of condemning Israel while applauding anti-Jewish terrorist organizations and referred to two such groups, Hamas and Hezbollah, as “friends.”
The president’s nomination of filmmaker Michael Pack as the agency’s chief executive officer is back before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Social trends are evolving so rapidly that even the pseudoscientists of the sexual revolution are having a hard time keeping up.
How is it possible, as a recent poll found, that a stunning 52 percent of millennials would like to live in a socialist or communist America?
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