Tag: Washington Examiner

Republican Party is a broken marriage

Washington Examiner · October 25, 2017 4:01 am

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., told "Meet the Press" viewers, "I didn't know there was a thousand troops in Niger." Graham, who sits on the Armed Services Committee, has attempted for years to cultivate his image as a knowledgeable foreign policy hawk.

Congress AWOL in the War on Terror

Washington Examiner · October 24, 2017 4:01 am

Congressional Republicans should return to the table with a simple demand that if Democrats get subsidies for insurance companies, states get the freedom to set up a free market in health insurance. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

GOP’s chance to get health insurance market freedoms

Washington Examiner · October 23, 2017 4:01 am

Members of the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) celebrate at stadium that was the site of Islamic State fighters' last stand in the city of Raqqa, Syria, Friday, Oct. 20, 2017. Syrian Kurdish-led forces backed by the U.S. declare victory in the devastated northern city of Raqqa days after it cleared it from members of the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Asmaa Waguih)

Destruction of the Islamic State is not yet mission accomplished

Washington Examiner · October 22, 2017 4:01 am

The notice of denial would appear to be the final chapter in a protracted attempt by former Trump adviser Carl Icahn to change the rules so that fuel retailers, instead of refiners, would have to meet the EPA blending requirements. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Trump’s EPA falls off the wagon, and demon ethanol wins again

Washington Examiner · October 21, 2017 4:01 am

White House chief of staff John Kelly explained in an emotional briefing Thursday that he advised Trump to praise a fallen soldier's bravery when calling the soldier's family (although he advised Trump against calling at all), because it was what his son's friends told him over the phone when his son died in Afghanistan in 2010. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump’s counterproductive counterpunching

Washington Examiner · October 20, 2017 4:01 am

FILE - In this Sept. 29, 2017 file photo, California Gov. Jerry Brown gestures while speaking in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, file)

California, the sanctuary state, will reap the whirlwind

Washington Examiner · October 19, 2017 4:01 am

President Donald Trump, accompanied by Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin, center right, and veterans, signs an Executive Order on "Improving Accountability and Whistleblower Protection" at the Department of Veterans Affairs, Thursday, April 27, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

A good start at reforming the Veterans Administration

Washington Examiner · October 18, 2017 4:01 am

The President wrongly sees international trade as a zero-sum game and appears dead set on America winning by defeating Mexico and Canada. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Art of the free-trade deal doesn’t require losers

Washington Examiner · October 17, 2017 4:01 am

By advocating censorship, Trump sways his supporters and followers towards the censorious views that have taken over academia and much of the Left. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Presidential pining for censorship hurts the country

Washington Examiner · October 16, 2017 3:43 pm

For decades, the SALT deduction has encouraged liberal states to raise their taxes without making their taxpayers feel they're actually paying more. When state income taxes rise, taxpayers are simply able to deduct it from their federal taxes to offset. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Cut SALT from the GOP tax reform diet

Washington Examiner · October 16, 2017 1:44 pm

President Trump signed an executive order Thursday ruling the Department of Health and Human Services may not dole out subsidies to insurance companies that Congress has not first appropriated. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Constitution trumps Obamacare

Washington Examiner · October 14, 2017 4:01 am