Exposing the EPA's Gold King Mine Cover-Up

June 16, 2017
Happy Friday from Washington, where Republicans and Democrats alike pray for the recovery of House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, shot in an intended massacre of GOP lawmakers. So why can't some on the left find their moral bearings? Katrina Trinko wonders. Conservatives like the House's new corruption buster. Rachel del Guidice reports. Speaking of which, Robert Gordon lays out the EPA's cover-up of a toxic spill. Plus: Ken Klukowski on the assault on public prayer, and Mike Gonzalez on undoing Obama's capitulation to Cuba. Sunday is Father's Day.
Commentary Exposing the EPA's Gold King Mine Cover-Up The Environmental Protection Agency is hiding its incredible recklessness in the affair by giving official accounts that are clearly contradicted by ample evidence in the government's possession. Read More
Commentary The Shameful Response of the Left to Attempted GOP Massacre Democrats championed gun control the same day as the shooting, and The New York Times decided to spread a lie about Sarah Palin influencing the shooter of Rep. Gabby Giffords. Read More
News Why Conservatives Put Trust in Trey Gowdy as House's Corruption Fighter "I think there are opportunities for accountability for misconduct in the Obama administration that should be taken advantage of," says Judicial Watch's Tom Fitton. Read More
Commentary Trump Will Reverse the Damage Done By Obama's Cuba Policy If "America First" means anything, it must mean preventing a virulently anti-American criminal enterprise from perpetuating its existence next door and reproducing itself throughout the hemisphere. Read More
Commentary 2 Cases Threaten to Shut Down Public Prayer. Why the Supreme Court May Need to Act. In one case, a self-described pagan sued the board of commissioners of Jackson County, Michigan, arguing that its tradition of beginning monthly board meetings with an invocation violates the Constitution's Establishment Clause. Read More
Commentary Without This Woman, America Might Not Have a Bill of Rights Mercy Otis Warren's "Observations" attacked the proposed new Constitution left and right, giving voice to concerns that a new, strong, and distant federal government could trample the rights both of the individual states and of the people. Read More
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