Here is what is in the massive $1.3 trillion spending bill
House Republicans released the text of a $1.3 trillion spending bill that must pass both chambers of Congress in order to avert a government shutdown Friday evening at midnight.
Trump: Sanctuary state places ‘innocent Americans at the mercy of hardened criminals’
“California put innocent Americans at the mercy of hardened criminals, hardened murderers in many cases,” Trump said Tuesday. “Democrats’ priority is to protect criminals, not to do what’s right for our country.”
New study shows minimum wage puts a damper on long-run earnings
Higher minimum wages actually reduced the long-run earnings of teenagers who were exposed to the higher minimum, according to a new study from the Mercatus Center.
Roper: Those sneaky carbon tax supporters
Support for the carbon tax outside the Statehouse is driven primarily by influential big donors from the renewable energy industry. These folks would benefit mightily from a carbon tax.
Scott Pruitt will end EPA’s use of ‘secret science’ to justify regulations
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt will soon end his agency’s use of “secret science” to craft regulations. “We need to make sure their data and methodology are published as part of the record,” Pruitt said.
Student kicked out of Christianity class for challenging transgenderism wins case
The president of Indiana University Pennsylvania confronted recent campus challenges to the First Amendment on Monday and settled the case of a censored student.
Why this California city voted to defy state’s sanctuary law
A small California city has voted to exempt itself from a statewide sanctuary law, making it one of the few jurisdictions to formally reject the state’s resistance to President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda.
Trump backs death penalty for narcotics traffickers to combat opioid threat
President Donald Trump will continue his call to crack down on drug traffickers with the “ultimate penalty” as he discusses his strategy for combating the opioid crisis Monday.
Dartmouth professor to write intro to Antifa comic book
Arsenal Pulp Press commissioned Dartmouth lecturer Mark Bray to write the intro for The Antifa Comic Book: 100 Years of Fascism and Antifa Movements around the World by Gord Hill. Bray previously authored Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook and donated half of the book’s profits to Antifa.
Mike Lee: Americans don’t want Obamacare bailouts
The omnibus spending bill set to be released Monday will likely contain a provision that would send Obamacare insurers $10 billion in “reinsurance” payments a year for three years — 2019, 2020, and 2021. That’s a bailout.
Florida bans ‘free speech zones’ at state colleges
Florida Gov. Rick Scott has signed into law a bill banning so-called “free speech zones” at public universities and allowing students and speakers to sue the schools for violating their First Amendment rights.
Eight times law-abiding citizens saved lives with an AR-15
“Why would any law-abiding citizen need an AR-15?” This question has been a favorite talking point of gun control activists in recent months, grating the ears of many lawful owners of the popular semi-automatic rifle.