July 26, 2017
Good morning from Washington, where President Trump shakes conservatives by turning on his attorney general. Fred Lucas reports on what some are saying, and Jarrett Stepman writes about the president's apparent failure to see loyalty as a two-way street. Some House conservatives signal displeasure with the Congressional Budget Office. Katrina Willis reports. Plus: Lucas on preventing the Pentagon from paying for transgender surgery, Elizabeth Slattery on a court victory for D.C. gun owners, and Rep. Jeb Hensarling on removing dead weight from the economy.
Even though Sessions has been one of President Trump's most stalwart, high-profile defenders since the early days of the GOP primary, his job running the Justice Department appears to be in jeopardy.
"There is a lot Trump supporters will forgive because they can say: At least Jeff Sessions is the attorney general," says Mark Krikorian of the Center for Immigration Studies. "If Jeff Sessions is not the attorney general, you don't have that clause at the end of sentences."
Lawmakers, especially conservatives, long have questioned the CBO's accuracy in predicting the costs and related consequences of legislation, especially predictions about Obamacare.
Earlier this month, 23 House Republicans joined Democrats to defeat an amendment by Rep. Vicky Hartzler, R-Mo., to block the funding for transgender treatments in the National Defense Authorization Act.
Dodd-Frank harms the very consumers Democrats claim to help. University of Maryland researchers concluded that Dodd-Frank "triggered a substantial redistribution of credit from middle-class households to wealthy households."
In a 2-1 decision reviewing dueling lower court rulings, a D.C. Circuit panel held that the D.C. law violates the Second Amendment and granted the challengers a permanent injunction.
Islamists use multiculturalism as a foot in the door to attack Western and Christian values from the inside.
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