April 10, 2017

ALAN KEYES — "The Trump administration rewarded Border Patrol agents for their support of Trump as president by picking an Obama holdover whom they despise to be their boss.... Many expressed regret for having supported Trump in the first place and for having believed he would actually listen to them and care about what they experienced while risking their lives for other Americans....... (more)

April 10, 2017

CLIFF KINCAID — The mainstream media have not challenged the claim that chemical weapons were used by Syrian and/or Russian forces. Hence, they have been forced to explain how they were used when Obama officials previously claimed they had been removed from Syria. It's another new low for a press corps that was eager to regurgitate whatever the Obama administration had claimed as a success in foreign policy.... (more)

April 10, 2017

WASHINGTON TIMES — The Supreme Court still has 13 cases it will hear this term, including a significant religious liberty case looming next week. This gives newly minted Justice Neil Gorsuch a chance to make his mark.... (more)

April 10, 2017

ROBERT KNIGHT — Less than three months into the Trump administration, the grand battle over the size, scope and purpose of the federal government is beginning. The seating of Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch will return the U.S. Supreme Court to a full complement and, it is hoped, respect for constitutional limitations on power -- including its own.... (more)

April 10, 2017

REP. KEN BUCK — In this exclusive excerpt from his new book, "Drain the Swamp: How Washington Corruption is Worse Than You Think," Rep. Ken Buck explains what really goes on behind closed doors in Congress.... (more)

April 10, 2017

NEWSMAX — National Security Advisor Gen. H.R. McMaster on Sunday said the U.S. seeks a regime change in Syria, the Washington Times reported. In his first televised interview, McMaster pointed to dual U.S. goals of defeating the Islamic State group and removing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. But he suggested that Trump was seeking a global political response for regime change from U.S. allies as well as Russia, which he said needed to reevaluate its support of Syria.... (more)

April 10, 2017

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley said Sunday that the Trump administration does not see a solution to the conflict in Syria with President Bashar Assad in power, but suggested his removal should be the collective responsiblity of the international community -- not just the duty of the U.S.... (more)

April 10, 2017

NEWSMAX — Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi declared a three-month state of emergency and created a powerful new anti-terrorism body after Palm Sunday church bombings claimed by Islamic State left at least 43 dead.... (more)

April 9, 2017

WORLDNETDAILY — A Pulitzer-Prize winning author says he discovered material in an unpublished manuscript Barack Obama wrote while in law school that was so damning it may have derailed his candidacy for the presidency in 2008. R... (more)

April 8, 2017

GARTH KANT — It's another GOP civil war. Two weeks ago, it was over health care. Now it's Syria. President Trump's first significant military action as commander in chief has divided prominent conservatives, some hailing the airstrikes on Syria, others condemning it. That's because the division isn't really over the attack. The big question is what comes next? Is the president leading America into war?... (more)

April 8, 2017

JOSEPH FARAH — I strongly disagree with President Trump's decision to attack Syria. For starters, I don't see any proof that Syrian President Bashar Assad was responsible for the sarin gas weapons detonation that prompted it.... (more)

April 8, 2017

ANDREW C. MCCARTHY — When it came to foreign policy, I was worried that the 2016 election would be a case of Clinton delivering the third Obama term. Instead, we have Trump giving us the third Clinton term.... (more)

April 8, 2017

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard said Friday that she is "skeptical" of the claim that Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime is behind a deadly chemical attack earlier this week that killed dozens of Syrian civilians, including children.... (more)

April 8, 2017

WASHINGTON TIMES — Russia and Iran expressed outrage and U.N. officials responded with caution to President Trump's punitive missile strike against Syria Thursday evening over its suspected use of chemical weapons, but Mr. Trump's first use of U.S. military force also was met with expressions of support for the action from around the world.... (more)

April 8, 2017

PHILIP KLEIN — A lot of the news coverage of President Trump's decision to attack a Syrian airfield focused on how this represented a huge about-face on Syria policy, but I think there is a way to square the attack with his broader campaign rhetoric.... (more)

April 8, 2017

WESLEY PRUDEN — Just about the time the fever on the nut left seems to be subsiding there's another outbreak of Trump Derangement Syndrome. Normal-looking folk who sound like they escaped a Marx Bros. movie fall into a relapse. The bombshell that Susan Rice, Barack Obama's chief source of intelligence, was guilty of "unmasking" Trump campaigners identified in intelligence findings, unhinged several commentators on the television networks. Colleagues and bystanders couldn't decide whether to call security or medics.... (more)

April 8, 2017

CHERYL K. CHUMLEY — President Donald Trump scored a big win Friday when Republicans in the Senate, despite the desperate wailings and push-back of Democrats, confirmed Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court This is Trump's biggest victory to date -- one that sends Democrats, tails tucked, back to their base for, no doubt, some panic-fueled fundraising.... (more)

April 7, 2017

FOX NEWS — The Senate confirmed Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court on Friday, filling the critical ninth seat that has been vacant for over a year and capping a tumultuous debate that saw Republicans overhaul the way the chamber operates in order to overcome what they described as an unprecedented Democratic filibuster. The 54-45 vote, in which three Democrats crossed party lines to support the appeals court justice, is expected to restore a 5-4 conservative tilt on the bench.... (more)

April 7, 2017

NBC NEWS — The United States fired 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles at Syria overnight in response to what it believes was a chemical weapons attack that killed more than 100 people.... (more)

April 7, 2017

DAILY MAIL — Donald Trump unleashed his Tomahawk barrage on one of al-Assad's key bases from the sea to avoid upsetting allies and using the huge US military arsenal built up off the coast of Syria. The US President last night fired 59 missiles at al-Shayrat military airfield near Homs overnight in retaliation for the Syrian leader's horrific chemical weapons attack on Idlib.... (more)

April 7, 2017

THE HILL — Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said Thursday night that President Trump needs congressional authorization for military action in Syria after Trump ordered an airstrike in retaliation for a deadly chemical attack earlier this week.... (more)

April 7, 2017

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — The fact-check website PolitiFact is reversing course on a 2014 ruling that said then-Secretary of State John Kerry was "mostly true" in stating that "100 percent" of chemical weapons had been removed in Syria.... (more)

April 7, 2017

POLITICO — In the weeks following her father's inauguration, Ivanka Trump quietly reached out to the president of Planned Parenthood seeking common ground on the contentious issue of abortion.... (more)

April 7, 2017

CHELSEA SCHILLING — A stunning Vogue cover model has been murdered by Muslim extremists in Bangladesh because she didn't wear Islamic clothing, her family says.... (more)

April 7, 2017

CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER — For euphemism, dissimulation, and outright hypocrisy, there is nothing quite as entertaining as the periodic Senate dust-ups over Supreme Court appointments and the filibuster. The arguments for and against the filibuster are so well known to both parties as to be practically memorized. Both nonetheless argue their case with great shows of passion and conviction. Then shamelessly switch sides -- and scripts -- depending on the ideology of the nominee.... (more)