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.
"Make no mistake about it, we're going to build that wall," the vice president assures the nation's largest annual gathering of conservatives.
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.
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.
"The left's answer is always, always, always restrict Second Amendment rights," Sen. Ted Cruz says in the aftermath of the Florida school massacre.
About 100,000 political prisoners of the communist regime are subject to inhumane living conditions, as well as torture, starvation, rape, and execution.
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.
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."
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.
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