The Real Reason for the Left's All-Out Assault on Jeff Sessions

Jan. 12, 2017
Good morning from Washington, with eight days to go before Donald Trump's inauguration as president. Fred Lucas and Josh Siegel report on confirmation hearings for the president-elect's picks for the Justice and State departments, respectively. Nolan Peterson files a dispatch from Ukraine on an ammo issue that could hold up new combat rifles. Plus: J. Christian Adams on why the left targets Trump's choice for attorney general, John-Michael Seibler on the progressive politics that twist Obama's view of the law, and much more.
Commentary The Real Reason for the Left's All-Out Assault on Jeff Sessions The institutional left is afraid it may soon lose enormous power because the Sessions Department of Justice will no longer participate in its radical agenda. Read More
Commentary In Revealing Article, Obama Puts 'Progressive Goals' Before Due Process This month, President Obama published in the Harvard Law Review a 56-page commentary expressing his personal views on criminal law and justice. Read More
News 4 Big Concerns From Day 2 of Jeff Sessions' Confirmation Hearings In the hearings Wednesday, race and civil rights issues took center stage. Read More
News Ukraine's Plan to Manufacture US M16 Combat Rifles Hits a Snag Over Ammunition Earlier this month, as part of a long-term plan to adopt NATO military standards, Ukraine took a step toward ditching Kalashnikov assault rifles, a Soviet military carryover. Read More
News 9 Issues Discussed at Rex Tillerson's Confirmation Hearing to Be Trump's Secretary of State Tillerson portrayed his views on America's place in the world order as "indispensable in providing the stability to prevent another world war, increase global prosperity, and encourage the expansion of liberty." Read More
Flashback Obamacare a Factor in IHOP Owner's Decision to Sell His 16 Restaurants When he sold his restaurants in 2014, Scott Womack employed more than a thousand people. Read More
News Newt Gingrich Explains Why the Media Can't Comprehend Trump "There's a huge gap between the world as reported by the news media and the world as it really exists," says Newt Gingrich. Read More
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