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Is abortion the key to winning Arizona for Biden-Harris ticket?
One hour after news began circulating that an abortion law written in 1864 would take effect in Arizona, Vice President Kamala Harris announced she was traveling to the state to make a speech. She had...
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House GOP vote counter herds cats with little legislative cushion
PITTSBURGH — House Republicans aren’t the most unified political family, to put it mildly. This has kept Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA) plenty busy over the past 16 months as a chief vote counter. As...
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Digital privacy legislation gets a bipartisan push
A proposal for comprehensive digital privacy policy, one of the most contentious matters of the online era, is being floated in Congress by lawmakers in key positions to get it enacted. If passed, the...
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Sen. Jacky Rosen emphasizes bipartisan credentials as GOP aims to flip her seat
When Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) launched her reelection campaign in April 2023, she sought in the video announcement to emphasize her bipartisan credentials. “I know what Nevada families are going...
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Franchises unbowed by Biden’s push for easier workplace unionization
Business franchising in America continues to increase, with almost a solid decade of recent growth. The number of franchise establishments grew from 697,943 in 2013 to 806,270 a decade later, and will...
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GOP defense hawks chafe under budget caps they imposed on themselves
There’s an annual rite of spring in Washington, whereby the administration submits the largest defense budget in the history of the nation and it’s summarily denounced as wholly inadequate. It happened...
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A Trump return would mark a major foreign policy shift from Biden
In his first epistle to the Corinthians, the Apostle Paul writes, “The one who prophesies speaks to people for their strengthening, encouraging and comfort.” While written in a global rather than godly...
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Lessons from the battle of the Black Sea
The debate over the vulnerability of aircraft carriers has raged for decades, ever since their emergence in World War II as the ultimate naval warfighting platform. “The aircraft carrier is vulnerable...
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Biden’s big tent problem: The mushrooming encampments on college campuses and...
America is currently lousy with tents in public, from city sidewalks to college campus quads, sheltering the dispossessed and the dissidents and everyone in between. For many officials, this is...
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Fierce fights for control of state legislatures loom
The Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision, effectively ending a federal guarantee of abortion access, raised the stakes for both parties to win power in state capitals....
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The old switcheroo: A House incumbent revives filing deadline game to ensure...
Like a latent virus that roars back to life or an old infection thought to be quelled, the candidate switcheroo has made a dispiriting return. The body politic came under attack most recently in...
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Whose sea is it anyway? China’s expansive maritime claims could be the spark...
The conventional wisdom in Washington these days is that if the United States were to ever go to war with China, it would likely be over Taiwan. But there’s another scenario that is at least just as...
View ArticleBipartisan FAA reauthorization bill takes flight
On the day that Federal Aviation Administration funding was set to expire, Congress and the White House reauthorized it — and then some. “It’s a massive porkfest,” Gary Leff, author of the influential...
View ArticleThree’s a crowd: One way history shows RFK Jr.’s popularity spells doom for...
President Joe Biden looks nervous about what effect Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is having on his chances for reelection. When he threw down the gauntlet to offer terms of debate to former President Donald...
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Nebraska Electoral College vote a key brick in Biden’s needed blue wall
OMAHA, Nebraska — The road to President Joe Biden’s reelection bid runs through … deep-red Nebraska? It may sound strange, considering the Midwestern state last backed a Democratic presidential...
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Navigating troubled waters onboard the USCGC William Tate
The Washington Examiner steps onboard the USCGC William Tate, one of the crucial vessels that helped clear the channel for cargo ship Dali to move for the first time in 55 days. (Graeme Jennings /...
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In ‘punishment drills,’ China stages dress rehearsal of military assault on...
As China surrounded Taiwan with a massive naval and air armada for a large-scale rehearsal for an attack, Adm. Jon Leonard was being briefed at the Hawaii headquarters of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command....
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Milwaukee’s deep-blue hue contrasts sharply with GOP faithful set to nominate...
MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin — While the political identities of most major cities lean at least slightly Democratic and progressive, Milwaukee swims in a unique shade of steeped indigo blue. Now, that...
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Will Biden move left on healthcare in a bid to stave off defeat?
During the 2020 Democratic presidential primaries, Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) vowed, if elected, to implement Medicare for All, which is another name for an overall...
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Long-standing online liability shield under scrutiny by lawmakers
Leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee recently released a draft proposal that would repeal the tech industry’s long-standing liability shield in early 2025. The bipartisan proposal comes...
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