President Trump’s decision earlier this month to assassinate Iran’s top military general on Iraqi soil – over the objection of the Iraqi government – has damaged the US relationship with its “ally” Iraq and set the region on the brink […]
Happy New Year!
Congress has returned!
Because we did not have the opportunity to post a this week in Congress preview, we will do a wrap-up.
The big event of the week was a resolution (H.Con.Res. 83) introduced under the War Powers Act […]
Campaign for Liberty Chairman Ron Paul issued a statement regarding recent revelations that the FBI has potentially been spying on domestic organizations, including Campaign for Liberty.
CATO Institute scholar Patrick Eddington submitted a […]
President Trump and his Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told us the US had to assassinate Maj. Gen. Qassim Soleimani last week because he was planning “Imminent attacks” on US citizens. I don’t believe them.
Why not? Because Trump and the […]
Political correctness recently took a dangerous turn in the United Kingdom when the North Bristol National Health Service Trust announced that hospital patients who use offensive, racist, or sexist language will cease receiving medical care as […]
The bickering over impeachment did not stop the president and Congress from coming together last week to avert a government shutdown by passing a 1.4 trillion dollar spending package.
The bipartisan agreement has something for everyone — a […]
The House passed H.R. 1865, the omnibus containing the Labor-Health and Human Services-Education, Agriculture, Energy and Water Development, Interior-Environment, Legislative Branch, Military Construction-Veterans Affairs, State-Foreign […]
One of the few good provisions in the massive spending bill that passed the House on Tuesday and will be voted on by the Senate today or tomorrow is that it contains the ban on Unique Patient Identifiers. The ban has been in place for over […]
Looking for a last-minute stocking stuffer for a liberty-minded friend or relative? Or are you already thinking of how you’re going to spend that Amazon gift card you get every year from friends and family who know your second favorite thing to […]
It’s the last week of the first session of the 116th Congress. The Senate came in yesterday to start working on the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
Following the NDAA, the next major item on the Senate’s agenda will be the […]
“We were devoid of a fundamental understanding of Afghanistan. We didn’t know what we were doing.” So said Gen. Douglas Lute, who oversaw the US war on Afghanistan under Presidents Bush and Obama. Eighteen years into the longest war in US […]
The rush of events this week prevented me from doing a preview, so here’s a wrap up.
On Wednesday, the U.S. House passed the conference report on the National Defense Authorization Act by a vote of 377-48. Six Republicans voted no—Ken Buck […]
While the ongoing partisan battle over impeachment dominates the headlines, Congress is quietly working on a bipartisan matter to expand government and take your liberties.
Case in point: the Republican scheme to “solve” the […]
In a few hours, the House of Representatives will vote on the conference report for the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
Like in years past, this year’s NDAA is a disaster for liberty. . .
At a time when the federal deficit […]
It’s happening every day.
Americans think they won’t face huge medical bills if they undergo medical treatment at a hospital that is within their insurance network.
But after their treatment they receive a bill for thousands of dollars […]