Most of Obama's Green Policies Persist at Department of Defense

July 17, 2017
Good morning from Washington, where Obama's green energy policies have a surprisingly strong hold on the Trump Pentagon. Fred Lucas reports. Lawyers for a florist hope the nation's highest court will listen to her when the justices hear from a cake maker, consolidating two cases of Christians declining to be part of same-sex marriage. Kelsey Harkness has the latest. Plus: Elle Rogers on one Arab nation's bid for democracy, Jay Hobbs on forcing pregnancy centers to promote free abortions, and Vijay Menon on the wisdom of exchanging food stamps for work.
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Commentary Reinstating Work Requirements for Food Stamps Is the Right Path Forward A new bill would establish the principle that welfare assistance should not be a one-way handout. Read More
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Commentary We Hear You: The Minimum Wage, Welfare, Medicaid … and Walling Off the Eiffel Tower "The whole minimum wage thing is a bad idea pushed by Seattle's liberals thinking … they are being compassionate and helping the poor get jobs. Wrong again," writes Edmund Hickey of Oak Harbor, Wash. Read More
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