WASHINGTON EXAMINER — The U.S. fertility rate fell to a record low in 2018 and the number of births declined for a fourth consecutive year, the National Center for Health Statistics reported Wednesday.... (more)

PETER LEMISKA — ou've got to hand it to Jerry Nadler and the Democrats. They know just how to sound righteous, patriotic, and even noble when they want to. For two years, they posed as champions of democracy, railing about treason at the highest levels of government. "America deserves better," they proclaimed. And today when they're pontificating about abuse of power, threats to our democracy, the rule of law, and congressional oversight responsibility, why it's nothing less than inspirational.... (more)

REAL CLEAR POLITICS — In his Monday night monologue, FNC's Tucker Carlson said that when it comes to allegations of Trump-Russia collusion, "the Democratic base has been emotionally incontinent for quite some time." "But the people who run the Democratic party are not crazy. They are coolly rational; they always have been. They want power," he continued. "That's all they want. Whatever it takes. These people don't throw fits unless it's to serve some higher political purpose. And this fit does serve a higher purpose. They're trying to divert attention from a much bigger story."... (more)

NEWSMAX — Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates is calling out Joe Biden's national security and foreign policy credibilility -- and says age would be "problematic" for both Biden and rival Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.... (more)

BREITBART — Street artist Sabo lampooned Pete Buttigieg with Mad Magazine Cartoon only days after President Donald Trump laughed off the candidacy of "Mayor Pete" Buttigieg by comparing the former Indiana mayor to the cartoon character Alfred E. Neuman of Mad Magazine fame.... (more)

NBC - SAN DIEGO — If a new Mississippi law survives a court challenge, it will be nearly impossible for most pregnant women to get an abortion there. Or, potentially, in neighboring Louisiana. Or Alabama. Or Georgia. The Louisiana legislature is halfway toward passing a law -- like the ones enacted in Mississippi and Georgia -- that will ban abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected, about six weeks into a pregnancy and before many women know they're pregnant. Alabama is on the cusp of approving an even more restrictive bill.... (more)

REUTERS — A Venezuelan general called on the country's armed forces on Sunday to rise up against President Nicolas Maduro, who has relied on the backing of the military to hold on to power despite an economic collapse.... (more)

DAILY WIRE — Google is one of the largest traffic drivers for news websites and, according to the Columbia Journalist Review, its influence is growing as Facebook's traffic referrals decline.... (more)

MATTHEW CONTINETTI — And you thought that Democrats won the House out of fear Republicans would drop coverage of preexisting conditions. That they wanted to spend this Congress addressing the cost of prescription drugs, building roads and bridges, resolving the legal status of DACA recipients, expanding gun background checks. Don't be silly! Rashida Tlaib let spill the real Democratic agenda back in January, when she said they were going to "impeach the motherf***er."... (more)

ANDREW MCCARTHY — Russiagate has always been a political narrative masquerading as a federal investigation. Its objective, plain and simple, has been twofold: first, to hamstring Donald Trump's capacity to press the agenda on which he ran (immigration enforcement, conservative judicial nominees, deregulation, and a military build-up, along with skepticism about military interventions, free trade, and NATO); and ultimately, to render him unelectable come autumn 2020.... (more)

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON — Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, who has been critical of President Donald Trump's immigration policies, previously expressed similar views, saying a barrier at the southern border was needed to stop "tons" of drugs from coming into the United States.... (more)

NEWSMAX — A federal judge on Friday struck down a Kentucky abortion law that would halt a common second-trimester procedure to end pregnancies. The state's anti-abortion governor immediately vowed to appeal.... (more)

NEWSMAX — House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., said Friday that he's working to forgive the man that shot him in 2017 with the advice of a pastor whose church was burned down and forgave the alleged arsonist. Scalise, a Catholic, met the pastor at a reception last week with pastors from three predominantly black churches that were burned down in his district.... (more)

WORLDNETDAILY — This week, supporters of Asia Bibi celebrated the Christian mother's exit from Pakistan, where she spent eight years on death row for "blaspheming" Islam's prophet then went into protective custody amid death threats after the nation's Supreme Court overturned her sentence.... (more)

WORLDNETDAILY — Since 9/11, when Islamic terrorists killed nearly 3,000 people, Muslim advocacy groups in the United States have had considerable success promoting the notion that Islam is a religion of peace. Al-Qaida, ISIS and other such violent groups have nothing to do with Islam, goes the narrative. But Hamed Abdel-Samad, an Egyptian-born political scientist and author who emigrated to Germany, insists otherwise, arguing one need only examine the sacred texts and the founder of Islam.... (more)

3 ABC WEAR TV — At first glance, it looks like an abandoned dump. But this plot of land in Macon County, Alabama is described in an FBI search warrant as a "makeshift military-style obstacle course" belonging to a small group of terrorists led by Siraj Wahhaj who owned the property up a long dirt road but just a few miles from downtown Tuskegee.... (more)

WES VERNON — The left seems to get closer and closer to using its ultimate hammer to tame conservatives into obeisance to its commands. Years ago, according to a writer at the time, a group of "intellects" with Ph.D.s -- as reported by another writer at this website -- were casually discussing the possible ultimate need to consign resisters to hard left rule to "re-education camps." Obviously, even the most anti-freedom leftist would know that such an incursion into a nation whose people still relish their freedoms would put up a fierce resistance.... (more)

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — Mike Pompeo has forged a uniquely tight bond with President Trump during his time as CIA director and then as secretary of state, deploying a direct style appreciated by Trump and seeking to understand the president's wishes rather than stampede Trump with his own agenda.... (more)

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON — Democrats have grown infuriated by Attorney General William Barr's indifference to their hysteria over the Trump-Russia collusion narrative.... (more)

NATIONAL REVIEW — As Congressional Democrats prepare to hold attorney general William Barr in contempt over his supposed lack of transparency, it's worth remembering that he has made available to top Democrats the entirety of volume II of the Mueller report, save for two full and seven partial lines, which were redacted to protect grand jury secrecy in keeping with federal law.... (more)

PRNEWSWIRE — In another significant legal win for vaccine risk awareness non-profit Informed Consent Action Network (ICAN), a new Freedom of Information Act disclosure from the Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has revealed that the MMR vaccine was licensed based on clinical trials which in total had less than 1,000 participants and far more adverse reactions than previously acknowledged.... (more)

WORLDNETDAILY — Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., held a committee vote Wednesday to move forward with his plan to cite Attorney General William Barr with contempt even as the White House put the contested Mueller report under executive privilege.... (more)

BYRON YORK — At a contentious hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Attorney General William Barr dropped a big hint about his investigation into the conduct of the Trump-Russia investigation.... (more)

NATIONAL REVIEW — The Pentagon said Wednesday that it has enough funding to build 256 more miles of border wall in the near future, and will start construction at a rate of about a half mile a day over the next six months. "We now have on contract sufficient funds to build about 256 miles of barrier," Acting Secretary of Defense Pat Shanahan said in testimony to the Senate Defense Appropriations subcommittee. "How you will see this materialize in the next six months is that about 63 additional new miles of wall will come online, so about a half a mile a day will be produced."... (more)

MEDIAITE — With rare exception, special counsel Robert Mueller has emerged from the past two years unscathed -- seemingly immune to cable news criticism. But on Monday, one man who previously ran a high-profile independent investigation of a president came after him with a blistering take.... (more)