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Oct 15 2020
Perspectives Blog
Story of the Week: Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court Senate Hearings
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President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett faced four days of confirmation hearings this week, taking questions from senators about her position on various issues and possible future stances as a Supreme Court justice. Barrett declined to directly answer many questions, often citing a
Micaela Ricaforte
Mar 20 2019
News
Here's How Republicans Plan to Keep SCOTUS at Nine Seats
We've recently reported on the Democrats' intentions of trying to expand the Supreme Court in hopes of getting revenge on Mitch McConnell. The Senate Majority Leader blocked President Obama nominee Merrick Garland, who he intended to replace the late Antonin Scalia. McConnell kept the seat open for President Trump to appoint a more conservative individual. And then another after that. With the
Townhall
Oct 31 2013
News
Did Sebelius skate at ObamaCare hearing? Whatever
Drudge broke out the huge type to call Kathleen Sebelius “The Most Hated Woman in America,” which seems ridiculous.
Everyone knows it’s Miley Cyrus.
Sebelius was certainly the most televised woman in America yesterday as the cable networks went wall-to-wall with her House grilling. And the Health and Human Services secretary came prepared with a sorry strategy.
Fox News Digital
Mar 25 2017
News
WHO WILL TAKE THE FALL FOR TRUMPCARE’S FAILURE?
So Paul Ryan has had a rough week, and not just Paul Ryan. The failure of Ryancare has made Donald Trump angry, and when Trump is angry, Steve Bannon gets upset, and when Steve Bannon gets upset, people die. Or, at the very least, helicopters leave for Mar-a-Lago without Reince Priebus. Granted, last time Trump got furious with his staff, Bannon suffered too, but this time is different.
Vanity Fair
Oct 30 2013
News
Coburn attacks National Park Service for wasteful spending while parks themselves fall into disrepair
Taxpayers shell out $52,000 a year to maintain the home of Black History Month founder Carter Woodson. Yet the tiny, dilapidated row house in northwest Washington D.C., with a "No Trespassing" sign and iron bars blocking the front door and windows hasn’t seen a visitor in the seven years since the National Park Service bought it for $2.1 million and designated it a National Historic Site.
Fox News Digital
Jan 19 2014
News
Film Gives a Peek at the Romney Who Never Quite Won Over Voters
“Mitt,” the documentary about Mitt Romney’s failed quest for the presidency, begins on Christmas Eve 2006, with Mr. Romney, his wife, Ann, and their five sons sitting in their Park City house, weighing the pros and cons of a Romney candidacy.
“I feel like if people really get to know who you are,” said Craig Romney, the youngest of the brood at 25 then, “it could be a successful
New York Times (News)
Jun 04 2019
News
Medicare for all – why supporters can’t agree what it should mean
American ideas about what universal health coverage should look like aren’t exactly universal. Between the dickering over “single payer” versus “public option” models lies a deeper debate about how Americans value health care.
When the House Rules Committee recently took up a controversial topic – shifting U.S. health care onto the shoulders of government as a “single payer” – the voice
Christian Science Monitor
Jan 18 2014
News
Chris Christie Aides Subpoenaed In Bridge Scandal
More than a dozen New Jersey officials, including top aides to Governor Chris Christie, were served with subpoenas on Friday as the state assembly begins its investigation into a massive bridge traffic jam that was apparently politically motivated.
Christie, seen as a likely Republican candidate for the White House in 2016, has denied any involvement in the so-called "Bridgegate"
HuffPost
Jun 11 2014
News
Cantor’s defeat, mythbuster edition
A lavish mythology has already arisen around the shocking defeat of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, who despite a 28-to-1 cash advantage, a late-game media blitz and 13 years of incumbency, lost to an economics professor at a small college in the district. To know what happened, we first ought to know what didn’t happen.
Myth - Cantor was upended in a low-turnout election by a small
Fox News Digital
Apr 13 2015
News
Deportations of illegal immigrants plummet on Obama’s watch
The federal government’s chief deportation agency has seen its success plummet under President Obama, and its chief, Sarah R. Saldana, will tell Congress on Tuesday that they’ve had trouble adapting to the changing face of illegal immigration and a lack of cooperation from both American cities and from foreign countries.
Ms. Saldana, director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Washington Times