May 26, 2017
Here in Washington, almost daily intelligence leaks continue to vex President Trump. But finding and punishing the leakers won't be easy, Fred Lucas reports. The president's overseas tour puts America out front again, Helle Dale observes, while Russia's bad behavior draws a budgetary response from the commander in chief, as Nolan Peterson reports. Plus: Ricardo Pita on socialism's terrible toll on his fellow Venezuelans, and Katie Tubb and Nick Loris on drying up spending for climate change. Enjoy the weekend leading to Memorial Day, when we remember those who died to preserve our freedoms.
"As a kid, the crisis was evident to me when it was no longer safe to play baseball in the streets, when my parents whispered about yet another kidnapping in the neighborhood, or when my grandmother returned home teary-eyed after being mugged," writes Ricardo Pita.
"The deep state, or shadow government, is something this administration should know to expect retaliation from," says American Center for Law and Justice's Jordan Sekulow.
Unlike the Obama years, Trump's first four months in office have shown no trace of apology for the history of the United States and the global role that it plays.
President Trump wants to boost spending for an Obama-era buildup of U.S. military forces in Europe meant to deter Russia from military provocations and show NATO and its European partners that the U.S. is committed to their defense.
At least 18 federal agencies administer climate change activities, costing at least $77 billion between 2008 and 2013.
A College Republicans chapter in California has come under increasing faculty scrutiny since December, when the group released a video depicting a professor calling President Trump's election an "act of terrorism."
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