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President Trump hasn't picked the final design for his border wall, but he's settled on a temporary model: flesh and blood. With a caravan of 1,000 immigrants marching toward the U.S. border, the White House decided to act — and soon. Almost immediately, the National Guard is being deployed to take up its positions on the southern border and stop the surge of illegals streaming into the United States, unchecked.
Believe it or not, Planned Parenthood's Cecile Richards is a huge believer in adoption. For dogs.
For combat pilot Leland Bohannon, it's been a turbulent year. One promotion shy of his first general's star, the Air Force colonel watched his 24-year career flash before his eyes last May when he was asked to sign a certificate of appreciation for a same-sex couple. When his religious accommodation wasn't granted, Bohannon asked a higher-ranking officer to sign it instead. Now, months after wondering if he'd ever be able to return to the military he loved, Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson gave him the answer he'd been waiting for: yes.
If you were hunting for eggs Sunday, you didn't find them on Google. For the 18th straight year, the site blackballed Easter, refusing to give Christians' holiest day the time of day on its homepage.
The latest episode of controversy over the public display of a cross was argued in the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals when the full court upheld an earlier ruling declaring the 40-foot-tall cross, known as the Peace Cross, as unconstitutional. Unless the Supreme Court intervenes, the memorial will have to come down.
Back home for Easter weekend, I'm hearing from plenty of members of Congress. Their constituents weren't happy with the $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill to begin with, but they're irate that Congress co-signed another massive check to America's largest abortion business.
There was a time, not too long ago, when both parties understood and respected the military's role. If you'd have asked most Democrats, even 10 years ago, to go on record in support of a pro-transgender policy, they would have said to you what Donald Trump is saying to them now: Are you kidding?
The vaulted ceilings are charred and gray, almost like a cemetery. A simple plastic chair sits where the altar once was, looking out into the rubble of an empty church where a single soldier stands, looking around.
It hasn't been the easiest of decades for the U.S. military. Eight years of living on a shoestring budget with a commander in chief who cared more about promoting the letters LGBT than preventing W-A-R took its toll. Now, 14 months into the gutsy leadership of President Trump, things are finally starting to change. And on Friday, Americans saw how much.
A chamber of groggy senators finally called it a night a little after 12 a.m. Friday, as overwhelmed by exhaustion as they probably are with the 2,232-page bill they just sent down Pennsylvania Avenue.
If Jason Heap is one thing, it's persistent. The DC-based humanist had already lost his bid to join the Navy chaplaincy under the Obama administration. He had to know that his application was an even longer shot under President Trump. Still, Heap filed again, hoping Navy officials would be more lax the second time around. Thanks two of the Hill's conservatives, they weren't.
Planned Parenthood is betting $20 million that it can change the outcome of the midterm elections.
Even a driving rain at the Supreme Court couldn't keep the crowd of pro-lifers away. Despite yesterday's downpour, they flocked to the marble steps — the final stop of a three-year battle to protect free speech. Abortion activists were there too, blasting their speakers every time a conservative got up to talk. It turned out to be the perfect example of what this case is all about. While we were fighting to be heard outside, attorneys inside argued why California shouldn't be allowed to drown pro-lifers out.
Imagine having two four-year-old twin daughters. You and your wife are desperately trying to get them out of Iran, where your faith could mean their torture, captivity, or murder. Finally, you get the news you've been praying for: The United States has handpicked your family to come to America. But somewhere in the process, things go horribly wrong. Your wife and daughters are admitted. You aren't. Months pass, and you desperately try to join them. Then, out of nowhere, you get a letter from U.S. officials: You've been rejected, and there is no appeal.
It's tough enough fighting the Left for things like religious liberty. Now imagine battling your own party!
If there aren't atheists in foxholes, why should we put them in the Chaplain Corps?
It's already being called a lot of things — an "embarrassment," a "blue blip," even an "earthquake." But the best description of Tuesday night's special House election in Pennsylvania may be "wake-up call."
With almost 14 months of the Trump administration behind us, few would attempt to counter the fact that Donald Trump has been an agent of change.
There was a time when secretaries of education could focus on things like curriculum and better learning environments. Betsy DeVos would probably like to trade places with some of her predecessors when the job's biggest demands were raising national test scores — not keeping children safe. Unfortunately for her and every other administrator in America, the world of education has changed — and it now has a lot more to do with combatting violence than fighting mediocrity.
Breaking the law doesn't help your chances for earning federal dollars -- but apparently, it doesn't hurt them either! If there's one thing Planned Parenthood's learned over the last few years, it's that crime does pay.
