Feb. 20, 2018
Good morning from Washington, where it seems lawmakers increasingly are eager to embrace the agenda of transgender activists. An Ohio case shows how badly that could go for parents and children, writes Ryan T. Anderson, drawing on his new book. What's next, now that Congress has thumbed its nose at budget caps? Steve Moore asks. The head of the VA adds to hacking claims related to travel expenses, Luke Rosiak reports. Plus: Elizabeth Slattery on some consequential Supreme Court cases, Amy Swearer on botched enforcement of gun laws, and David Kreutzer on fueling a climate change diet.
The justices will hear important oral arguments, including cases involving free speech, public employee unions, and digital privacy.
Americans can expect to see more cases like it as government officials side with transgender activists to promote a radical view of the human person and endorse entirely experimental medical procedures.
"Let me tell you, every FISA warrant based on facts submitted to that court [has] to be accurate," Attorney General Jeff Sessions says in an interview.
David Shulkin implied to a House committee that his chief of staff might not have been responsible for changes to an email about payments for his wife's trip to Europe.
Once again, it doesn’t seem that a lack of adequate gun control laws is to blame for gun deaths, but rather a failure to adequately enforce current laws and investigation protocols.
"If you’re dealt a bad hand, you still have to play it," the Supreme Court justice says.
With neither party at all committed to reducing debt and deficits, the worry is that the budget caps are, for all intents and purposes, gone forever.
A new study shows that if you aren’t ready to go vegan to save the world, then you should quit riding your bike and take a car.
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