WASHINGTON — As “60 Minutes” prepares to air its interview with adult-film actress Stormy Daniels, conservative Christians are being accused of hypocrisy. How can so-called “values voters” continue to stand with President Trump despite revelations that he allegedly had affairs with a porn star and a Playboy model, and paid them for their silence? No […]
Marc Thiessen
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It's OK to have a difference of opinion
WASHINGTON — I am a rock-ribbed conservative who wants Republicans to keep control of Congress. But I am not unhappy that Republican state Rep. Rick Saccone appears to have lost the special election in Pennsylvania’s 18th Congressional District. Why? Because he insulted my mother. Trailing his Democratic opponent in a district Donald Trump won by […]
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Trump must be prepared for meeting with Kim
WASHINGTON — With the nomination and likely confirmation of Mike Pompeo as secretary of state, President Trump will soon have a trusted adviser who can prepare him for his upcoming summit with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. Pompeo’s first job is to make sure Trump understands one thing going into those talks: North Korea […]
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Babies with Down syndrome have a right to life
WASHINGTON — When Karen Gaffney’s mother found out she would be born with Down syndrome, the doctor said Karen probably would not be able to tie her own shoes. Instead, as Karen explained in a moving and eloquent TEDx talk, she has become an accomplished open-water swimmer who has crossed the English Channel in a […]
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Supreme Court hearing arguments on union coersion practices
WASHINGTON — The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) is ostensibly a public worker union. In truth, it is nothing more than an appendage of the Democratic Party. One hundred percent of its political contributions go to Democrats, and it works tirelessly to increase government spending and stop Republicans who want to […]
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Attacking the NRA is really attacking everyday Americans
WASHINGTON — A few weeks before the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar (Texas) invited a special guest to attend the State of the Union address: Stephen Willeford, the hero who just months earlier had stopped a mass shooter at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas. An ordinary citizen who […]
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GOP tax reform gaining in popularity
WASHINGTON — When the Republican-controlled Congress first approved its tax bill in December, most Democrats believed it would be a political loser for the GOP. Indeed, a New York Times poll found that just 37 percent of Americans approved of the plan. “To pass a bill of tax cuts and have it be so unpopular […]
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Democrats should stop politicizing the Russia investigation
WASHINGTON — The indictment issued on Friday by special counsel Robert Mueller shows a conspiracy of stunning sophistication by Kremlin-connected Russians, posing as American citizens or using stolen U.S. identities, to influence the 2016 presidential election. What it does not show is any evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. Quite the opposite, […]
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Despite the Olympic glow, half of Korea remains in darkness
WASHINGTON — Watching the media fawning over the North Korean delegation at the Pyeongchang Olympics, I recalled a picture that my old boss, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, kept under the glass of a table in his office — a satellite photo of the Korean Peninsula at night. At the bottom, awash in light, is […]
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Claims in the Nunes memo can't be overlooked
WASHINGTON — After House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, R-California, sent his memo laying out potential abuses of the FISA process by the FBI to the White House, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-California, demanded that he be removed as chairman. Nunes was “deliberately dishonest” in pushing to release a “bogus memo,” Pelosi declared, and had “disgraced […]