7 Unexpected Takeaways From James Comey's Testimony

The Daily Signal
June 9, 2017
Good morning from Washington, where fired FBI chief James Comey's testimony offers ammo to President Trump's political friends and foes alike. Fred Lucas reports. House conservatives pitch ideas to overhaul taxes, welfare, and health care. Rachel del Guidice previews today's Heritage Foundation event. Our series on the opioid epidemic concludes with Josh Siegel's look at overdose deaths through the eyes of first responders—and a mother. Plus: Paul Larkin on an attorney general who protects taxpayers, Lee Edwards on remembering communism's victims, and Marguerite Bowling on inspiration from Hollywood's Wonder Woman.
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7 Unexpected Takeaways From James Comey's Testimony

Comey talked mostly about Trump, but also about the president's vanquished opponent Hillary Clinton and political pressure from Loretta Lynch, Obama's second attorney general.

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Commentary

How Jeff Sessions Just Stopped the Justice Department From Robbing the Public

In March, the House Judiciary Committee concluded that the Justice Department "funneled third-party groups over a billion dollars in just the last 30 months of the previous administration."

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Meet the First Responders Who Encounter Death by Opioid Overdose

"Jason said he didn't want to live that way anymore," Bonnie Hammond says of her stepson, who was 23 when he died. "He wanted to know what it was like to be normal, because it had been so long. … Now that he's up there in heaven, he must be normal and not heavily medicated."

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Commentary

30 Years Ago, the Berlin Wall Began to Crumble. Now, We Honor the Victims of Communism.

White House aide Peter Robinson, who drafted Reagan's Berlin Wall speech, has recounted how the State Department and the National Security Council fought to delete the words "tear down this wall!" on the grounds they were overly provocative.

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House Conservatives Float Ideas for Tax Overhaul, Welfare Reform

"Our measure of success is how many people we get back in the workforce and off of federal programs," says Rep. Dave Brat, R-Va.

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Trump: 'We Don't Worship Government, We Worship God'

President Trump spoke to a gathering of conservatives yesterday.

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Commentary

If Wonder Woman Can Get the Job Done Pregnant, So Can You

Marguerite Bowling, who is five months pregnant herself, writes about how Israeli actress Gal Gadot was five months pregnant when she had to reshoot scenes for the hit movie, including a battle scene.

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