Newt Gingrich, Once again, President Donald Trump is taking a reasonable action to correct enormous overreach from previous administrations, and once again, the media and the Left are going berserk. The Trump Administration decision this week to reduce the size of the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments in Utah was neither unique nor
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Who Polices the Police?
Victor Davis Hanson, Former FBI Director Robert Mueller was supposed to run a narrow investigation into accusations of collusion between the Donald Trump campaign and the Russian government. But so far, Mueller’s work has been plagued by almost daily improper leaks (e.g., “sources report,” “it emerged,” “some say”) about investigations that seem to have little
Social Conservatives Finally Find an Activist Judge They Can Embrace
Bernard Goldberg, For quite some time now conservative Republicans have been screaming about activist judges who put their own political opinions above the law. And they’ve been right to complain. But now, thanks to socially conservative voters in Alabama, we learn that they didn’t really mean it. What bothered them weren’t activist judges in general
FBI, DHS warned of increasingly violent Antifa clashes in 2016
Lucia I. Suarez Sang, Well before the deadly Aug. 12 rally in Charlottesville and the ongoing violent clashes with white supremacists and other groups, federal authorities warned local officials the actions of left-wing extremists were becoming increasingly confrontational and dangerous. Federal agencies warned of the growing likelihood of lethal violence between left-wing anarchists and right-wing
Virginia schools won’t rename buildings honoring Confederates
Victor Skinner, RICHMOND, Va. – Several Virginia schools report no plans to change the names of schools that bear ties to the Confederacy in the wake of a deadly clash between white nationalists and social justice crusaders in Charlottesville last weekend. Numerous social justice groups are applying pressure on city and school officials to erase
What’s ‘Reasonable’ When Preventing Vote Fraud?
Robert Knight, While Bill Clinton may still be pondering the meaning of the word “is,” a federal court in Miami is trying to define what the word “reasonable” means. The ruling in this historic case could well determine how secure elections are all over the United States for years to come. At issue in
School District forces some students to buy Chromebooks, while others get them for free
Victor Skinner, EAGNEWS.org ARVADA, Colo. – A Colorado school district is requiring high school students to purchase a laptop for class, and they must buy the devices from the district. Officials in Jefferson County Schools used to allow students to bring their own computers to school, but the situation apparently caused confusion with connectivity issues
I’m a Democrat but Nancy Pelosi is totally clueless about what Democrats need to do to win
Bryan Dean Wright, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi appeared Sunday on Fox News to defend herself and the Democratic Party’s new initiative – dubbed A Better Deal – aimed at rebuilding her party’s standing with the nation’s voters. Pelosi’s pitch was straightforward: our economy is rigged against America’s workers and only Democrats can fix it.
Media Bias: Skunks and Leakers
D.W. Wilber, It’s been interesting to note that in the back and forth between Trump administration officials and the news media over all of the leaks that continue to emanate from the White House and other government agencies, there’s one aspect that needs to be mentioned much more. And that is the fact that leaking
CIA Director Pompeo slams NY Times for outing covert officer
Samuel Chamberlain, CIA Director Mike Pompeo blasted the New York Times Thursday for publishing the name of the undercover officer in charge of the agency’s Iran operations. During a question-and-answer session at the Aspen Security Forum, an annual gathering of intelligence and national security officials and experts, Pompeo said the decision to publish the operative’s
US watched North Korea prepare for ICBM launch
U.S. officials watched North Korea prepare for the Tuesday launch of its first successful intercontinental ballistic missile, a well-placed senior U.S. official told Fox News – however, no anti-missile defense systems appear to have been activated to shoot down the rocket. The U.S. had watched North Korea fueling the rocket prior to launch, the official
Powerful synthetic opioid poses risk to first responders
A powerful synthetic opiate created to sedate elephants has been increasingly found across the country and can be dangerous not only to those taking the drugs, but to anyone who comes in contact with it, including police officers and first responders. Carfentanil is 100 times deadlier than fentanyl according to the Drug Enforcement Administration, and caused