May 31, 2017
Good morning from the nation's capital, where conservative lawmakers must decide how hard to push for budget cuts in exchange for raising the nation's debt limit. Fred Lucas has the story. Planned Parenthood's own annual report makes the case for Congress to defund the abortion giant, Melanie Israel writes. You'll see red at Luke Rosiak's account of the government's ongoing inability to fire a VA official for misconduct. Plus: Dennis Prager on conservatives who still have it in for Trump, and Katrina Trinko on a big city mayor who slaughters free speech over slayings.
"Any debt limit increase should be paired with spending cuts to address our debt," says Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, not pictured. "The federal government has a spending problem and it's time that Congress took meaningful steps toward getting it under control."
Planned Parenthood performed more abortions last year (328,348) compared to the previous year (323,999). In the same period, cancer screening and prevention services declined.
I believe that Trump may have saved the country. And that, in my book, covers a lot of sins—foolish tweets included, writes Dennis Prager.
Whistleblower Joseph Colon alerted officials that DeWayne Hamlin was arrested for intoxicated driving and found with painkiller pills for which he didn't have a prescription.
The greatest threat to mankind's prosperity is government, not population growth. For example, Zimbabwe was agriculturally rich but, with government interference, was reduced to the brink of mass starvation.
In a Facebook message, Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler made it clear he was going to fight to prevent the "Trump Free Speech Rally" and the "March Against Sharia" from going forward.
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