Washington Examiner / Magazine
May 14, 2019 Issue
May 14, 2019 Print Edition
Cover Story
Dan Crenshaw knows exactly where he is
Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, has a congressional office in Washington, D.C., but he remains ever a Navy SEAL. The 35-year-old refuses to sit down when he arrives for our interview. “We’re too exposed,” Crenshaw tells me as he approaches the outdoor table I’ve chosen for our interview. It’s a Houston breakfast spot called Snooze. He points to a table on the perimeter covered in pollen. “Let’s sit there.” We sit in bright orange chairs, and now, from his vantage point, Crenshaw can see the entire outdoor patio, the adjacent patio, and the street. He instantly relaxes, orders a double shot mocha with a little less chocolate and the “Smashed Avocado Benny,” and answers questions on a variety of topics, including President Trump, immigration, national security, his military service, his beer preferences, and “Saturday Night Live”...

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Your Land

Like the rest of us, Diana Ross hates the TSA
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Siamese, if you don’t please
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Word of the Week: ‘Camp’
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And the winner is …
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And the winner is …
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Business

Ride-share drivers run up debt to keep jobs in Uber ‘casino’
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Facebook purge reignites censorship claims
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Facebook purge reignites censorship claims
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Washington Briefing

Immigration
Lawsuit would limit device searches at border
Two civil liberties groups contend that recent policy changes give U.S. agencies nearly unfettered ability to search travelers’...
Energy and Environment
Sheldon Whitehouse’s long game
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., says that the oil and gas industry, spooked by shareholder advocacy, public pressure, and...
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Banking regulators grapple with evolution of financial technology
A variety of banking and finance technologies have been introduced or popularized by upstarts since the 2008 financial...
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What Democrats lost, or threw away
The two main parties say the other has betrayed its principles. Their switch, to appeal to those not once seen...
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Resistance media can’t handle the truth
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Life & Arts

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How I like my martini
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Ready, aim, fire?
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Outfoxed in springtime
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Nations have souls
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Why the Jews — again?
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