July 31, 2017

WES VERNON — America needs to get its priorities straight. Picture this nightmare: Ex-President Barack Obama did (and out-of-office continues to) do his best to bring down America. Unlike other ex-presidents who had the courtesy to go home after their time in office was at an end and get out of their successor's way, Mr. Obama moved himself and his family into a mansion in a toney neighborhood in Washington, D.C. where he -- not satisfied with the damage he inflicted during the eight years the voters entrusted him the highest honor America can offer -- is now well-situated to undermine President Trump. He's like the rude house guest who never goes home.... (more)

July 31, 2017

ALAN KEYES — Recently, I read a column at WND by Lindy Daniel that proclaimed, "Diversity is not a strength in this country. In fact, it is difficult to find diversity as a strength anywhere. Let's get real. Diversity is a weakness." The author goes on to claim that diversity is at the root of practically all conflict and divisiveness, the cause of all wars.... (more)

July 31, 2017

WALL STREET JOURNAL — Anthony Scaramucci has been removed from his position as White House communications director, just 10 days after his appointment to the post. Scaramucci, who is nicknamed "The Mooch," was removed at the urging of former Marine Corps Gen. John Kelly, who was sworn in as White House chief of staff Monday morning. Mr. Kelly is seeking to impose more discipline in the White House, two administration officials said.... (more)

July 31, 2017

WASHINGTON TIMES — After their health care bill collapsed in spectacular fashion last week, Republican congressional leaders insist they won't make the same mistakes with tax reform, the other big-ticket promise they made to voters, and to which they will turn next.... (more)

July 31, 2017

WASHINGTON TIMES — Dozens of U.S. counties might not have any plans to choose from on Obamacare's insurance exchanges next year while consumers with options face double-digit rate increases in many places -- putting Congress to choose among bipartisan fixes to the program, doubling down on repeal or following President Trump's advice to "let it implode."... (more)

July 31, 2017

ROBERT KNIGHT — It took President Trump kicking a hornet's nest to provide a moment's distraction from the media's obsession with all things Russian. His tweeted reversal of President Obama's transgender military inclusion mandate didn't knock the Russians off the front pages or CNN for long. But it refocused the public on Mr. Trump's signature promise to "make America great again." twitter... (more)

July 30, 2017

NEWSMAX — President Donald Trump must show leadership by "washing out" Anthony Scaramucci's mouth "with a bar of soap" and escorting him "personally off the White House grounds," Family Leader CEO Bob Vander Plaats said.... (more)

July 30, 2017

WASHINGTON TIMES — President Trump will sign the Russia sanctions bill, the White House said late Friday, saying that he managed to win important changes to the legislation and is now satisfied with it.... (more)

July 30, 2017

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Ala., said Friday that it's time for new leadership in the Senate after Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., failed to bring a healthcare reform bill over the finish line.... (more)

July 30, 2017

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — Liberals are trying to mess with Texas. And they don't plan on stopping there. Still reeling from nearly a decade of devastating losses in statehouses across the nation as well as in the 2016 presidential election, Democrats in Washington, D.C. are plotting to pour hundreds of millions of dollars in state and local elections across the country.... (more)

July 29, 2017

WASHINGTON TIMES — In another staff shakeup, President Trump late Friday named Homeland Security Secretary Gen. John F. Kelly as White House chief of staff, forcing out the beleaguered Reince Priebus after only six months on the job.... (more)

July 29, 2017

NEWSMAX — Anthony Scaramucci's wife has filed for divorce after three years because of the new White House communications director's "naked political ambition," Page Six of The New York Post reported Friday. Citing "multiple sources" who have "exclusively" talked to Page Six, the report said that Deidre Ball, 38, worked as a vice president in investor relations for SkyBridge Capital, an investment banking firm.... (more)

July 29, 2017

PHILIP KLEIN — After Republicans failed to pass even a stripped down "skinny" Obamacare repeal bill to keep the legislative process alive, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., declared, in the wee hours of Friday morning, "it's time to move on." For now, it means that Republicans' seven-year promise to repeal and replace Obamacare has gone up in smoke. Though Obamacare was passed exclusively with Democratic support and amid fierce opposition from the GOP... (more)

July 29, 2017

CHERYL CHUMLEY — There are video clips floating about devoted entirely to showing the dramatic few seconds on the Senate floor when Sen. John McCain cast his no-vote to Obamacare repeal. Pick one and watch it. They're good visuals of what betrayal looks like. Title it: Traitor takes the stage.... (more)

July 29, 2017

NEWSMAX — Fusion GPS, the firm behind a scandalous anti-Trump dossier, was working for the Russian government and was on a Kremlin official's payroll, Hermitage Capital Management CEO Bill Browder said Friday, while discussing his Thursday testimony before members of the Senate Judiciary Committee.... (more)

July 29, 2017

SALT LAKE TRIBUNE — Should he be confirmed, former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman's role as U.S. ambassador to Russia could be even further hamstrung by actions Moscow took Friday to seize two U.S. properties in the country and limit the State Department's staff there.... (more)

July 29, 2017

NEWSMAX — Charlie Gard, a British baby who became the subject of a bitter dispute between his parents and doctors over whether he should be taken to the United States for experimental treatment, has died, the family announced Friday.... (more)

July 28, 2017

WASHINGTON TIMES — Drained by self-inflicted wounds, shifting aims and unrelenting protests, Republicans' push to kill off President Obama's signature health law sputtered out of gas early Friday, as Senate leaders failed to rally the votes for a significantly pared-down repeal bill in a vote after midnight.... (more)

July 28, 2017

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — Republican senators walked away from a narrow defeat of their effort to repeal Obamacare trying to figure out their next steps after a years-long effort collapsed early Friday morning.... (more)

July 28, 2017

NEWSMAX — Senate Republicans passed a measure on Thursday that would permanently repeal Obamacare's so-called Cadillac tax on high-cost employer-provided insurance without a single Democratic vote amid a broader debate to repeal the healthcare law.... (more)

July 28, 2017

NEWSMAX — Fox News commentator Charles Krauthammer condemned as "disgraceful" an expletive-loaded tirade by incoming communications director Anthony Scaramucci against White House rivals Reince Priebus and Steve Bannon.... (more)

July 28, 2017

NEWSMAX — House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., who was seriously wounded in a shooting at a Republican baseball practice last month, said five law enforcement officers who helped take down the shooter exhibited "selfless and brave actions."... (more)

July 28, 2017

MERCEDES SCHLAPP — Try as they might, Democrats can't even break through Trump fever. This week, top Democrats released their revamped agenda and it barely received any media coverage. It was the snoozer story of the week because the Democrats' "Better Deal for American Workers" lacks the innovation and boldness needed to win over many working-class Democrats and independents who voted for President Trump because they were in search of real change in Washington.... (more)

July 28, 2017

BYRON YORK — There's been a stark partisan divide over the Trump dossier -- the collection of "salacious and unverified" allegations about Donald Trump (the words are former FBI Director James Comey's) that was reportedly gathered by Trump's opponents, and later by the FBI itself, in both the Republican primaries and the general election.... (more)

July 28, 2017

WASHINGTON TIMES — Nobody is more excited about Friday's release of Al Gore's sequel to "An Inconvenient Truth" than climate skeptic Marc Morano, which comes as an ill wind for the movement to stop global warming, not to mention Mr. Gore.... (more)