Why Trump's Not Replacing Bureaucrats Enables the ‘Deep State’

Oct. 19, 2017
Good morning from Washington, where the permanent government known as the deep state is causing major headaches for President Trump. It's why the president has to buckle down and make key appointments, Jarrett Stepman writes, and one reason his pick to oversee the federal workforce is so important, as Fred Lucas reports. The EPA is one agency where new leadership is taming a corrupt bureaucracy. Daren Bakst shows how. Plus: Rachel Greszler on how the GOP could mess up your tax cuts, and Daniel Davis on a shortsighted decision to muzzle "Mockingbird."
Commentary Why Trump's Not Replacing Bureaucrats Enables the 'Deep State' A recent review of select federal agencies revealed that contributions from employees overwhelmingly have gone to Democrats in the 2018 election cycle. Read More
Commentary EPA Pushes Back on Practice That Environmentalist Groups Used to Dictate Agenda Under a practice known as sue and settle, environmental pressure groups were able to file cases, meet with the agency in private, and then settle, effectively dictating the agency's agenda. Read More
Commentary 5 Ways Republicans Could Ruin Tax Reform In addition to benefiting high-tax states, the state and local tax deduction benefits high-income taxpayers. Read More
News The Trump Nominee Poised to Be Point Man on Draining Government Swamp "Every day, career bureaucrats are issuing decisions on guidelines and making interpretations of regulations. We need management there to take the bull by the horns," says The Heritage Foundation's Bob Moffit. Read More
News House Conservative Leader Calls Obamacare Bailout Bill 'Unacceptable' "The GOP should focus on repealing and replacing Obamacare, not trying to save it. This bailout is unacceptable," says Rep. Mark Walker, R-N.C. Read More
Commentary Why Pulling 'To Kill a Mockingbird' From the Classroom Hurts Students Mississippi eighth-graders stopped reading "To Kill a Mockingbird." Why? Because, according to the school board's vice president, it "makes people uncomfortable." Read More
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