She Got Pregnant at 18 and Did Something That Today, Few Teens Do

April 9, 2018
Good morning from Washington, where Congress returns amid the left's toxic campaign to oust EPA chief Scott Pruitt. Many conservative leaders, including lawmakers, urge calm, as Rachel del Guidice reports. The war in Ukraine provides lessons in how Russia operates, Nolan Peterson finds. One teen mom's choice to buck the culture over an unexpected pregnancy is the subject of a moving feature by Kelsey Harkness. Plus: Alexis Mrachek and Nathaniel DeBevoise on getting tough with Putin, David Harsanyi on liberal indignation about one media bent, and Amy Swearer on the wrong narrative in the YouTube shooting.
Feature She Got Pregnant at 18 and Did Something That Today, Few Teens Do When Kelly Clemente saw that pregnancy test, she thought: "My life is over." Read More or Watch the Video
News Conservative Leaders, GOP Lawmakers Voice Support for Scott Pruitt "Conservatives stand behind Scott Pruitt as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency … and thank him for the significant actions he has taken to implement President Trump's deregulatory agenda," says a letter signed by 113 conservative leaders. Read More
Commentary YouTube Shooting Matters, but Not for the Reasons the Media Thinks Since 2000, when California first began imposing more restrictive firearms legislation, the state has suffered through more mass public shootings than any other state. Read More
Commentary Liberals Finally Find Some Media Bias They Dislike The concept of free will has little part in any of our national conversations these days. You'd think that Russian bots, Facebook posts, and local news anchors all have the preternatural ability to burrow into your brain and make your choices for you. Read More
News A Lesson for NATO From Ukraine: In a War With Russia, Smartphones Might Be the Safest Way to Communicate Russia's modern hybrid warfare doctrine combines use of conventional military force with other nonkinetic means such as cyberattacks and propaganda to sow chaos and confusion among the enemy—both on the battlefield and deep behind the front lines. Read More
Commentary Time to Turn Up the Heat on Putin The West's lenient attitude toward Russian acts of aggression has served only to embolden Russian President Vladimir Putin. Read More
Commentary How an Obscure Author Made Chappaquiddick a National Story If anyone ever truly deserved a Profiles in Courage Award, it was the late Leo Damore, author of the book "Senatorial Privilege: The Chappaquiddick Cover-Up." Read More
Commentary We Hear You: Progressives' Sour-Grapes Assault on the Electoral College "With a national popular vote that does away with the Electoral College, only the interests of large populations of urban dwellers will count as big city votes overwhelm suburban and rural voters," writes Chas Bassos. Read More
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