June 12, 2017

ALAN KEYES — We have now completed a survey of the structure and powers of the executive department...which combines, as far as republican principles will admit, all the requisites to energy. The remaining inquiry is: Does it also combine the requisites to safety, in a republican sense -- a due dependence on the people, a due responsibility?...... (more)

June 12, 2017

CLIFF KINCAID — The Russia-gate scandal means big ratings for the media. For the American people, it means the likelihood of more terrorist attacks. It stands to reason that all of the money, resources and personnel that are being used to investigate President Donald Trump could be used elsewhere, such as rooting out the corruption in the intelligence community that has prevented the United States from identifying and defeating the Islamic terrorist threat.... (more)

June 12, 2017

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — Forlorn liberals took refuge at the American Constitution Society's national convention in Washington this week, discussing whether to encourage the growth of the "deep state" resistance inside the government or fight President Trump from outside.... (more)

June 12, 2017

NEWSMAX — Former Attorney General Michael Mukasey told Newsmax TV on Friday that former FBI Director James Comey's Senate testimony was "quite clear" that President Donald Trump did not obstruct justice regarding the Michael Flynn investigation.... (more)

June 12, 2017

WASHINGTON TIMES — Sen. Mike Lee said Sunday that he hasn't seen any evidence from former FBI Director James B. Comey of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, or obstruction of justice, so "it's time to wrap this thing up and it's time to move on."... (more)

June 12, 2017

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — Delta Air Lines announced Sunday it is revoking its sponsorship of this year's "Shakespeare in the Park" play in New York City that appears to depict the assassination of President Trump.... (more)

June 12, 2017

NEWSMAX — Melania Trump and 11-year-old son Barron have officially moved into the White House. The two were living in New York during the first six months of Donald Trump's presidency as 11-year-old Barron finished out the school year. Amalija and Victor Knavs, Melania Trump's parents, were with the family Sunday evening and are expected to visit Washington often. They currently live in the Trump Tower penthouse in New York City.... (more)

June 12, 2017

JOSEPH FARAH — When I first heard about Donald Trump's solar-powered border wall, I really thought it was a joke. Question: "So how did Trump sell the idea of a border wall to 'progressives'?" Answer: "By covering the wall with solar panels." But it turns out it's no joke.... (more)

June 12, 2017

WASHINGTON TIMES — Conservative activists are expressing disappointment that the Trump administration is continuing President Obama's sexual revolution agenda for the military by, among other moves, hosting an LGBT pride celebration on Monday at the Pentagon.... (more)

June 11, 2017

WASHINGTON TIMES — Vice President Mike Pence on Saturday said eliminating Obamacare remains the chief priority for the administration, as it works with congressional Republicans to replace the law before the summer is over. Mr. Pence said Congress has no choice but to scrap the 2010 Affordable Care Act, as insurers pull out of the marketplace and request double-digit premium increases.... (more)

June 11, 2017

ANDREW C. MCCARTHY — He believed that the FBI director misled the public to think that the president was under investigation. At last, at least for your humble correspondent, this week's big hearing brought clarity. I now believe President Donald Trump fired Federal Bureau of Investigation director James Comey because he believes Comey intentionally misled the public into believing Trump was under investigation by the FBI. There is enough support for this theory that, had the president been forthright in explaining it when he dismissed Comey on May 9, there might have been considerably less uproar. Instead, Trump dissembled, as he seems hardwired to do. He thus bought himself a debilitating special-counsel investigation, despite its being increasingly patent that there is no crime to investigate.... (more)

June 11, 2017

BYRON YORK — The danger President Trump faces from the various investigations into the Trump-Russia matter has changed dramatically in recent weeks. If you're a Republican and you still believe the critical question is whether Trump or his associates colluded with Russians to influence the 2016 election -- if you still think that, you're behind the times. So now, a few notes on where the Trump affair is today:... (more)

June 11, 2017

CHERYL CHUMLEY — Sharia law, which is taken from the Muslim holy book of the Koran as well as from the Hadith -- traditions and sayings handed down from Muhammad that have become enshrined in Islam as law -- is incompatible with the West, with the Constitution and with America.... (more)

June 11, 2017

NEWSMAX — Former Vice President Joe Biden reportedly said he knew a month before the 2016 presidential election that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton would lose the race, The New York Post reported Saturday.... (more)

June 10, 2017

WASHINGTON TIMES — President Trump's personal attorney plans to file a complaint against fired FBI Director James B. Comey with the Justice Department over his leaking of memos on his conversations with the president, a source close to the president's legal team said Friday.... (more)

June 10, 2017

ART MOORE — In less than three hours Thursday morning, "it all came apart," according to Chris Matthews. The left-leaning MSNBC host was referring to the allegation consuming Capitol Hill that the Trump team colluded with the Russian government to win the 2016 election.... (more)

June 10, 2017

JOSEPH FARAH — Are you still trying to sort out the purpose of testimony by former FBI Director James Comey on Capitol Hill this week? After everyone else in the world has had his or her say, allow me to bottom-line this for you:... (more)

June 10, 2017

TIMOTHY P. CARNEY — When Democrats blame James Comey for costing Hillary Clinton the election, they refer to the Oct. 28 letter he sent to members of Congress informing them that the FBI had found new emails of Hillary Clinton's -- they were on the computer of Democratic former congressman Anthony Weiner, husband of Clinton confidant Huma Abedin.... (more)

June 10, 2017

GREG COROMBOS — Attorney General Jeff Sessions is pulling the plug on a Justice Department policy instituted during the Obama years that effectively forced corporations to settle lawsuits by, in part, funding Obama's favorite leftist political organizations, a practice many critics considered a liberal slush fund.... (more)

June 10, 2017

BOB UNRUH — Citing his links to Planned Parenthood, a motion has been filed in U.S. District Court for Northern California asking that Judge William H. Orrick III be removed from a case involving undercover videos revealing the U.S. abortion industry's trade in unborn-baby body parts.... (more)

June 9, 2017

NEWSMAX — Republican Rep. Trey Gowdy, who led a two-year investigation into the deadly 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya, is set to take over leadership of the powerful House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.... (more)

June 9, 2017

WASHINGTON TIMES — MSNBC's Chris Matthews says the "big story" to come from former FBI Director James Comey's testimony on Capitol Hill is the unraveling of Trump-Russia collusion theories. The host of "Hardball" told his peers on Thursday that President Donald Trump can rest easy on one issue favored by his critics -- the idea that his presidential campaign worked with Russian state actors to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election. He said such theories "came apart," even if other criticisms of the president remain.... (more)

June 9, 2017

NATIONAL REVIEW — In testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee, former FBI director James Comey revealed that a February New York Times article, which asserted that Trump associates and campaign members had "repeated contacts with Russian intelligence" was mostly false.... (more)

June 9, 2017

BYRON YORK — At about the moment fired FBI Director James Comey was sitting down to testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee, Steve Scheffler, a well-known Iowa social conservative activist, was waiting in a Washington hotel to hear President Trump speak to a crowd of about 700 at the annual meeting of the Faith & Freedom Coalition.... (more)

June 8, 2017

GARTH KANT — Testifying under oath before the Senate Intelligence committee Thursday morning, James Comey submitted remarks confirming the key assertion made repeatedly by President Trump that he had not pressured the former FBI director to drop the Russia investigation.... (more)