Nov. 14, 2017
Good morning from Washington, where you usually can’t lose a government job even if you try. Legislation is set to change that, Rachel Greszler writes. House conservatives are itching for the attorney general to begin Justice Department probes of Clinton and Obama scandals, Fred Lucas reports. Not sure how the House and Senate tax bills differ? Adam Michel has the facts. Plus: Melanie Israel on pro-lifers’ hope in a Supreme Court case, Amy Swearer on a “white nationalist” lie, and Brian Kilmeade talks Andrew Jackson on our “Right Side of History” podcast.
Numerous Republicans have expressed frustrations about why the Justice Department hasn’t delved into Russia-related scandals surrounding Hillary Clinton.
In the federal government, it’s almost impossible to fire an employee after the one-year probationary period.
The Battle of New Orleans was a defining moment in our history, in which a little-known American general leading a ragtag group of militia, pirates, and regular soldiers defeated a professional British army that had beaten Napoleon.
If you can’t force the American Lung Association to promote cigarettes and tell people where to buy them, you certainly can’t force pro-life organizations to direct people to taxpayer-subsidized abortions.
The recently released Senate bill improves on the House bill in many places and misses important opportunities elsewhere.
According to an article in Vox, the "language of small government" is really just "a handmaiden to ethno-nationalism."
GOP presidents keep trying to stop taxpayer funding of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for a simple reason: While public broadcasters create what is unquestionably a quality product, that product skews to the left.
The media narrative built around the widely reported “Hands up, don’t shoot” scenario that fueled protests was contradicted by key witnesses and by physical and forensic evidence, according to what the grand jury heard.
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