'War Is My Life': A Journey Along the Front Lines in Ukraine

March 10, 2016
Good morning from Washington, where a Common Core advocate approaches Senate confirmation as secretary of education. Melissa Quinn reports. Conservatives who support same-sex marriage urge understanding for those who don't. Kelsey Harkness has that story. From the front in Ukraine, war correspondent Nolan Peterson files a riveting dispatch. In commentary: House Speaker Paul Ryan on better IRS behavior, Sen. Mike Lee on how Obama grants amnesty to illegal immigrants, and Roger Severino on liberals and religious liberty.
News 'War Is My Life': A Journey Along the Front Lines in Ukraine Daily Signal foreign correspondent Nolan Peterson visited Ukrainian troops deployed at both the front line and the rear echelon. Combined Russian-separatist artillery, tank, mortar, and small arms attacks occur daily at hot spots in the Donetsk People's Republic, one of two breakaway territories. Read More
Commentary Republicans Deal a Blow to the IRS Thanks to the Republican majority in Congress, the IRS is being forced to start cleaning up its act, writes House Speaker Paul Ryan. Read More
Commentary Filibusted: Missouri Democrats Fail to Block Religious Liberty Bill Concerning Same-Sex Marriage Democrats filibustered for over 36 hours against a commonsense bill that would let Missouri citizens vote to ban government discrimination against people of faith because of their beliefs about marriage. Read More
News Senate Republicans Help Advance Obama Education Nominee Who Supports Common Core Despite opposition from former educators, school boards, and public officials for his "blind commitment" to Common Core, a Senate panel Wednesday voted in favor of confirming John King Jr. to serve as the secretary of education. Read More
Commentary Obama's Amnesty Loophole In 2012, President Barack Obama promised the American people about his new Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program that "this is not amnesty; this is not immunity. This is not a path to citizenship." Now more than ever, the president's statement has proven to be blatantly false, writes Sen. Mike Lee. Read More
News Conservative Gay Marriage Advocates Urge Tolerance for Religious Objectors "What coexistence really looks like in America today," argues Guy Benson, a conservative pundit who supports same-sex marriage, "is disagreeing with someone on marriage and not trying to sue their business out of existence because they disagree." Read More
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