July 7, 2017
Good morning from Washington, where interest in Russian interference in the presidential election doesn't translate into curiosity about widespread voter fraud. Fred Lucas looks into why some states apparently don't care either. If Congress wants to help the poor, it will require the able-bodied to seek work in exchange for welfare, Jarrett Stepman writes. A dying British infant finds champions in pro-life leaders, Rachel del Guidice reports. Plus: Lucas on applying Texan sense to energy policy and Stepman on a Polish soldier who fought for America's freedom.
Left-wing detractors have been quick to attack a new welfare reform proposal, both claiming that the 1996 law didn't work and that the recent legislation is merely a way to provide tax cuts for the wealthy at the expense of the poor.
Some red states—whose voters solidly backed the president—are declining to collaborate and some solidly blue states are participating in the investigation.
Perry rejects what he calls a “false narrative” that the U.S. can't tap its natural resources while protecting the environment.
Tadeusz Kosciuszko, whom President Trump paid tribute to in his speech, fought alongside soldiers in the Continental Army and now has a statue standing in Washington, D.C.
Since 2004, young men have increasingly allocated more of their free time to playing video games and other computer-related activities, according to a study.
"Who do we think we are that we decide who gets to live and who doesn't? Whose life is valuable and whose is not? This is way beyond our pay grade," says Penny Young Nance of Concerned Women for America.
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