By: David French – nationalreview.com – January 16, 2019 Yesterday, Beto O’Rourke made news. In her Washington Post article yesterday on O’Rourke’s immigration stance, Jenna Johnson made the rather interesting point that he often favors proposing debates and raising questions rather than proposing policies. “O’Rourke says he is being open-minded, as he wishes more politicians would be,” Johnsons writes. Exhibit...

By: Tal Axelrod – thehill.com – January 15, 2019 Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) panned House Republican leaders on Tuesday for their criticism over remarks he made in an interview with The New York Times last week regarding white supremacy. “[House Minority Leader Kevin] McCarthy [R-Calif.] decided he’s going to believe The New York Times over Steve King, and that’s a...

By: Rich Lowry – nationalreview.com – January 15, 2019 The FBI took it upon itself to determine whether the president of the United States is a threat to national security. No one had ever before thought that this was an appropriate role for the FBI, a subordinate agency in the executive branch, but Donald Trump isn’t the only one in...

By: Lathan Watts – dailysignal.com – January 14, 2019 This new year will quickly reveal to the American people whether some Democrats in Washington have resolved to abandon their overused—and unconstitutional—religious test for office. Two Democrats in the Senate, Sens. Mazie Hirono of Hawaii and Kamala Harris of California, recently objected to the nomination of Brian Buescher to a U.S....

By: Elizabeth Vaughn – redstate.com – January 13, 2019 USA Today has never been a “must read” publication for me, but the title of an article listed at the top of the Real Clear Politics home page happened to catch my eye. So I clicked. The op-ed, written by Paul Brandus, was entitled “6 Real Emergencies That Should Be More...

By: Eli Yokley – morningconsult.com – January 10, 2019 Three Republican senators who could face primary challenges next year are beginning 2019 on the upswing with their party’s base after playing pivotal roles in the successful confirmation of President Donald Trump’s controversial Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh. Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, whose fiery speech defending Kavanaugh at a...

By: Carrie Severino – nationalreview.com – January 9, 2019 The 116th Congress has officially begun, and it has a lot of work to do on the judicial nominations front. The 115th Congress confirmed an impressive 85 new federal judges—including two Supreme Court justices and a record-breaking 30 circuit court judges. But thanks to former Senator Jeff Flake’s hold at the...

By: Victor Davis Hanson – townhall.com – January 10, 2019 Estimates suggest that there are 11 million to 13 million Mexican citizens currently living in the United States illegally. Millions more emigrated previously and are now U.S. citizens. A recent poll revealed that one-third of Mexicans (34 percent) would like to emigrate to the United States. With Mexico having a...

By: the Editors – nationalreview.com – January 10, 2019 President Trump says he is considering declaring an emergency at the border to unlock military funds to build a fence (a.k.a. wall). It’s not clear how serious he is, although anonymous White House aides have been quoted saying they believe this will be his ultimate way out of the shutdown fight....

By: the Editorial Board – wsj.com – January 9, 2019 The U.S. Senate is back in session, and therefore so is the Democratic nominations blockade. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer demanded Wednesday that President Trump withdraw his nomination of Bill Barr as Attorney General, even though Mr. Barr served with distinction as President George H.W. Bush’s AG. The question is whether...