Pence Touts Tax Cuts, Border Wall at CPAC

Feb. 23, 2018
Happy Friday from Washington, source of some of the star power at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference—topped by President Trump in his scheduled appearance today at the gathering just outside town. We'll cover the action into the weekend, including reports below on Mike Pence's triumphant speech on "promises kept," Ted Cruz's remarks on gun control, and Betsy DeVos' call for "education freedom." Plus: Tiffany Bates and Elizabeth Slattery on the hounding of Clarence Thomas, Olivia Enos on North Korea's Olympic mask, Michelle Malkin on the passion of youth in the gun debate, and Kelsey Harkness with a CPAC edition of "Problematic Women." Enjoy the weekend.
News Pence Touts Tax Cuts, Border Wall at CPAC "Make no mistake about it, we're going to build that wall," the vice president assures the nation's largest annual gathering of conservatives. Read More
News Betsy DeVos Urges Americans to Embrace 'Education Freedom' President Donald Trump is "very eloquent" in helping students to understand they can pursue many avenues as alternatives to a four-year college, his education secretary says. Read More
Commentary The Clarence Thomas Witch Hunt Must Stop The former executive editor of The New York Times pens a scurrilous article, "The Case for Impeaching Clarence Thomas," that is the latest in a long line of shameful attacks on the Supreme Court justice. Read More
News More Gun Control Not the Answer, Ted Cruz Insists "The left's answer is always, always, always restrict Second Amendment rights," Sen. Ted Cruz says in the aftermath of the Florida school massacre. Read More
Commentary Look Beyond the Olympic Facade. The Real Face of North Korea Is a Prison State. About 100,000 political prisoners of the communist regime are subject to inhumane living conditions, as well as torture, starvation, rape, and execution. Read More
News Congressional Investigators Struggle to Find Source for Anti-Trump Dossier House and Senate committees investigating Russian interference in the presidential campaign have tried to track down a Belarus-born translator who runs a small Russian-American trade group. Read More
Commentary Problematic Women: Can You Be a Conservative and a Feminist? We address NRA spokeswoman Dana Loesch under fire on CNN, plus the shallow feminism of Sports Illustrated and more in a special CPAC edition of "Problematic Women." Listen to the Podcast
Commentary Do Not Let Children Lead the Gun Debate There's a reason we don't elect high school sophomores and juniors to public office or allow them to cast ballots. Many, many reasons, actually. Read More
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