December 15, 2016

CLIFF KINCAID — Isn't it strange how the left suddenly finds the CIA to be a worthwhile organization now that it has been turned into a weapon against Trump? We need congressional investigations into the politicization of the CIA under John Brennan, whose claim to fame has been bringing sexual "diversity" to the agency. Perhaps he should have been doing his job, which is to defend the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.... (more)

December 15, 2016

NEWSMAX — In telephone conversations with Donald Trump, FBI Director James Comey assured the president-elect there was no credible evidence that Russia influenced the outcome of the recent U.S. presidential election by hacking the Democratic National Committee and the emails of John Podesta, the chairman of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign.... (more)

December 15, 2016

ANDREW C. MCCARTHY — The hypocrisy oozing from the peddling of this week's narrative about Russian "meddling" in the U.S. presidential election is thick even by the sorry standards of modern American politics.... (more)

December 15, 2016

WASHINGTON TIMES — A WikiLeaks figure is claiming that he received leaked Clinton campaign emails from a "disgusted" Democratic whistleblower, while the White House continued to blame Russian hackers Wednesday for meddling in the presidential election and asserted that Donald Trump was "obviously aware" of Moscow's efforts on his behalf.... (more)

December 15, 2016

BYRON YORK — The Electoral College meets one week from today in what will be the final step in Donald Trump's improbable rise to the presidency. But it will also be the last chance for #NeverTrump dead-enders to keep Trump out of the White House. And now, the anti-Trump effort has been given new fuel by allegations of Russian attempts to interfere with the presidential election.... (more)

December 15, 2016

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — Newly re-elected Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson isn't supposed to be here. After all, Washington's political-media-donor clique had written off the businessman in a rematch against former Democratic Sen. Russ Feingold in a state the pundits said tilts Democratic.... (more)

December 15, 2016

WASHINGTON TIMES — President Obama is delivering a generous parting gift to Planned Parenthood in the form of a rule prohibiting states from divesting millions of dollars from the nation's largest abortion provider. The final version of the rule, issued by the Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday, requires states to distribute dollars from Title X of the Public Health Service Act without taking into account whether recipient clinics perform abortions.... (more)

December 15, 2016

BOB UNRUH — Several Planned Parenthood affiliates have been referred by a Senate committee to the Department of Justice for investigation and possible prosecution for their involvement in a baby body parts trade that was exposed in 2015 through a video sting operation.... (more)

December 15, 2016

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — Outgoing President Obama and first lady Michelle will leave the White House with close to the highest public opinion since the president took office, according to a Pew Research Center poll.... (more)

December 14, 2016

WALL STREET JOURNAL — Russian officials greeted President-elect Donald Trump's choice of a Russia-friendly executive as secretary of state as an opportunity to reboot U.S. ties and push for an end to punitive economic sanctions.... (more)

December 14, 2016

THINK PROGRESS — On Tuesday morning, Condoleezza Rice, secretary of state for George W. Bush from 2005 to 2009, issued a statement applauding President-elect Donald Trump's choice of ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson as his secretary of state nominee.... (more)

December 14, 2016

CNN — President-elect Donald Trump leaned on a collection of Republican foreign policy veterans for guidance in selecting ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson as his nominee for secretary of state, according to sources familiar with the process.... (more)

December 14, 2016

BOB UNRUH — As the names popped up on President-elect Donald Trump's list of Cabinet nominees, conservatives and Christians mostly have been pleased.... (more)

December 14, 2016

NEWSMAX — Both Russia and Ecuador may have known that Edward Snowden was planning to steal millions of documents from the National Security Agency before he took off with them, according to documentation from a meeting of spies from both countries.... (more)

December 14, 2016

JOSEPH FARAH — May I be so bold as to present some key, undisputed facts with regard to the kerfuffle over allegations -- including some by the CIA -- the Russian government hacked into the computers of the Democratic National Committee to find embarrassing emails in hopes of swaying the 2016 presidential election to Donald Trump?... (more)

December 14, 2016

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — President-elect Trump's pro-life allies are embarking on a campaign to narrow his Supreme Court short list to ensure a pro-choice nominee does not replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia.... (more)

December 14, 2016

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH — While describing himself as a champion for the sanctity of life, Gov. John Kasich vetoed a bill Tuesday that would have forbidden abortions once a fetal heartbeat could be detected.... (more)

December 14, 2016

POLITICO — There aren't many people on the planet who hate Donald Trump -- and love Hillary Clinton -- with the Savonarola intensity of a David Brock. But the Democratic dark-arts impresario has come to believe, in the harsh light of last month's bitter loss, that Clinton's biggest problem was simply not being more like Trump, at least when it came to dealing with the press.... (more)

December 14, 2016

HUFFINGTON POST — Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein's attempts to recount the election results in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania are now over. Although Stein only secured a complete recount in Wisconsin, she is claiming to have won a victory for voters by exposing weaknesses in the voting system.... (more)

December 12, 2016

CLIFF KINCAID — You couldn't fault Donald J. Trump for concluding that the CIA is out to get him even before he starts his presidency. Former CIA officials Michael Morell, Michael Hayden and Philip Mudd have all denounced him. Plus, former CIA operations officer Evan McMullin ran against him as an independent presidential candidate.... (more)

December 12, 2016

JOSEPH FARAH — I'm glad someone as distinguished as former U.N Ambassador John Bolton said it first and not me. On Fox News Sunday, he said he doesn't trust Barack Obama's heavily politicized intelligence agencies to make a clear, objective conclusion that the Russians hacked the Democratic National Committee and released tens of thousands of emails to WikiLeaks to help Donald Trump defeat Hillary Clinton for the presidency last month.... (more)

December 12, 2016

BLOOMBERG — Senators signaled that President-elect Donald Trump's leading choice for secretary of state, Exxon Mobil Corp. chief Rex Tillerson, could have trouble winning confirmation because of his ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin.... (more)

December 12, 2016

JOHN FUND — The biggest surprise Donald Trump has provided as president-elect is just how conservative a cabinet he is putting together. "This is a more conservative cabinet than Reagan assembled in 1980," says Ed Feulner, a key Trump transition adviser. As president of the Heritage Foundation at the time, Feulner provided guidance for Reagan's choices.... (more)

December 12, 2016

ASSOCIATED PRESS — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he believes U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will be a good friend to Israel and hopes the two countries can work together to dismantle the international nuclear agreement with Iran.... (more)

December 12, 2016

PAUL BREMMER — Like seeds in a garden, refugees are being planted in cities and towns all across America. But the fact that it's being done in secret should set off alarm bells, according to veteran WND reporter Leo Hohmann.... (more)