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It was supposed to be a hearing about the Office of Management and Budget. But the only deficit people are talking about is the Left's deficit of tolerance.
The thousands of Middle East families living in tattered refugee tents barely have food — let alone televisions — but you can bet they were cheering the news of Donald Trump's election.
Tuesday morning, Vice President Mike Pence didn't just speak about prayer — he was the proof that prayers are answered!
An ocean away, another seven caskets tell the story of a war the West is desperate to end. For the British, who've watched the tide of terrorism swell to three attacks in as many months, the time for sensitivity is over. There's been "too much tolerance" of Islamic extremism, Prime Minister Theresa May warned, as police searched for clues to another ISIS-inspired rampage. Just days after families put 22 loved ones to rest after the Manchester Arena bombing, three men slammed their van into a crowd of people while others hacked through a local market with foot-long machetes.
Donald Trump is more committed than anyone to cleaning up the environment -- at least the one Barack Obama left behind. Mopping up an eight-year mess is no easy task, but the new president kept at it Thursday, pulling America out of a dollar-sucking, job-crushing climate treaty that wouldn't have made a degree's worth of difference in the earth's temperature!
Want to make more for doing less? Ask Planned Parenthood how. The abortion giant is sitting on piles of cash according to their latest annual report — and not because they earned it! It was a record year for abortions and profits, but not much else.
It's a good thing the House and Senate are out this week. Judging by the headlines, they'll need their rest to navigate choppy waters of the health care repeal when they return. Like Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI), who managed to hold the shakiest of coalitions together for a May 4 vote, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has his hands full juggling the personalities and agendas of 52 very different Republicans.
Memorial Day seems to come every day for our hurting brothers and sisters in the Middle East. Friday morning, a world that was already grieving the loss of so many lives in Manchester was heartbroken to hear about the senseless slaughter of a bus of Egyptian Christians in cold blood.
Yesterday, never-before seen video footage from inside the National Abortion Federation conference was released by the lawyers of David Daleiden of the Center for Medical Progress. In 2015, Daleiden shocked the world with footage of Planned Parenthood top executives and other abortion industry leaders discussing the sale and trafficking of baby body parts.
It took four days, but President Trump completed a religious trifecta — traveling deep into the heartlands of Islam, Judaism, and Catholicism this week. His first foreign trip has been an eventful one, capped off yesterday by his visit to the Vatican to meet Pope Francis with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in tow. Away from the flashbulbs and cameras, the two men excused themselves from the press and met privately for a half-hour.
Barely 24 hours earlier, Donald Trump had stood in the company of the world's Muslim leaders and declared, "If we do not act against this organized terror, then we know what will happen." And late Monday night, to everyone's horror, it did. In a terrifying scene at the Manchester Arena, the president's words played out in the worst attack on British soil in 12 years. In an instant, the lives of hundreds of people were changed forever — casualties of the unspeakable evil making its slow march across Europe.
The best part of President Trump's speech in Saudi Arabia may have been what was missing: an apology. After eight years of Obama-sponsored groveling, Americans probably forgot what leading from a position of strength looks like. And while a 34-minute speech can't undo almost a decade of servility, it was a good start to reasserting our place as the unapologetic leader of the free world.
For those questioning the claim that the public expression of faith is under attack, actions by public school administrators in Augusta, Maine should school them well on the issue. School officials have assumed the authority to decide that teachers are not allowed to let their colleagues know they are praying for them — even in private conversations. It makes you wonder if they are still allowed to pray for them at all. Perhaps the school's next steps will be to investigate their thoughts!
With only an hour's notice, Deputy Attorney General of Justice Rod Rosenstein appointed Robert Mueller III as special counsel for the Russian investigation, given political blowback over President Trump's firing of FBI Director James Comey.
There are two men in the news today: one who is accused of sharing new intelligence with world leaders that might stop terrorists and another who risked countless lives by leaking America's top secrets to terrorists. Can you guess which one's being criticized?
Democrats dug themselves into quite a hole with the party's hardline social platform last summer. And climbing out hasn't exactly been easy. By almost everyone's estimation (including Nancy Pelosi's, D-Calif.), the Left's extremism on issues like abortion and transgender bathrooms cost them the White House. But months after the loss no one saw coming, the party is still struggling to rebound.
This president doesn't think small. From a border wall to beefing up the military, Donald Trump's vision is like his larger-than-life personality. And for pro-lifers, who are used to some politicians doing the bare minimum, that's been a pleasant surprise. Today, they'll be thrilled to know the administration went big on something else: the Mexico City Policy.
If you've been to the Grand Canyon, you know there isn't exactly a shortage of stones. The 227-mile natural wonder is a geologist's paradise — unless, apparently, you're a Christian.
It's been less than a week since President Trump signed an executive order saying his administration would protect and promote religious freedom. And now, USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue — who was at the Rose Garden signing of the order last Thursday — is doing his part to make that promise possible. In a policy statement sent to all Department of Agriculture employees, Perdue promised a new day for religious freedom.
"We have come to drink your blood." The angry arc of graffiti leapt off the wall, screaming its hatred at the Christians who walked through the ruins of the church where they used to worship. "You love life," ISIS scrawled in the Mosul sanctuary, "We love death." And over and over again, the enemies of the West have proven it — with charred pews and bloody beaches stained in the killing of God's children. Rev. Franklin Graham, who tells the story of touring that Iraqi church in USA Today, could only stare at the message that was meant for all believers: we are coming for you.
