May 15, 2017
Good morning from Washington, where President Trump lags behind recent predecessors in assembling his administration. Fred Lucas keeps score. What George Soros is doing in Hungary illustrates the need for a stronger U.S. presence overseas, Mike Gonzalez writes. America and France warn Russia that sanctions stay as long as its troops remain in Ukraine. Nolan Peterson reports from Kyiv. Plus: Josh Siegel on police strategy against the brutal MS-13 in a D.C. suburb, and Rachel del Guidice on preserving faith-based adoption agencies in Texas. It's Peace Officers Memorial Day.
"The swamp creatures have won the fight. Unless you control the bureaucracy, the bureaucracy controls you," warns Heritage's Bob Moffit.
"The university is just a pretense," Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban writes to U.S. senators. "The real issue," he says, is George Soros' desire for Hungary to open its borders to immigrants.
Two years ago, a suburban Maryland county began to see a dramatic rise in killings attributed to MS-13, a gang that the Trump administration has talked about curbing through enforcing immigration laws.
The intent of the legislation is to prevent faith-based organizations from being forced to violate their beliefs, such as by arranging for same-sex couples to adopt or provide foster care.
The Kremlin's gambit to secure sanctions relief by redrawing the political landscapes in Europe and the United States has, so far, been a failure.
"I grew up in communist Cuba, where I endured about eight years of daily Marxist, Leninist and Castroist propaganda," writes Rolando Menendez. "My father tried to undo the damage … with talks and alternate readings."
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