At 200-Day Mark, Trump Still Trails Predecessors in Filling Jobs
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| Aug. 7, 2017 |
Good morning from the nation's capital, gone quiet with Congress out and President Trump on working vacation. Before leaving town, the Senate confirms 78 more of the president's nominees, but he has a ways to go. Fred Lucas keeps score. Republicans' state-level strength gets another boost as a governor changes parties. Rachel del Guidice reports. In a dispatch from Ukraine, Nolan Peterson reveals what U.S. weapons mean to those fighting Russian aggression. Plus: Luke Rosiak on Debbie Wasserman Schultz's changing story, Ana Quintana on tyranny in Venezuela, and Jacob Roth on the left's moralizing. |
NewsAt 200-Day Mark, Trump Still Trails Predecessors in Filling Jobs"You can't get change if you don't have change agents," Heritage Foundation policy expert Robert Moffit says of the Trump administration's slow buildup. |
CommentaryWhen It Comes to Helping People, Facts Don't Care About Your IntentionsConservatives don't disagree that the left's intent to help others is good. We disagree that their ideas will actually help. |
NewsValue of US Weapons Goes Far Beyond Battlefield, Ukrainian Troops Say"Support from the United States of our struggle for independence undoubtedly raises the fighting spirit of our soldiers," says Ukrainian sniper Alexander Pochynok, left. "And the supply of advanced weapons systems such as Javelin will only accelerate our victory." |
NewsGovernor's Party Switch Shows 'Momentum' for RepublicansWith West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice's announcement, Republicans control both the governorship and legislature in 26 states, while Democrats can claim that in only six states. |
CommentaryThe World Must Turn Back Venezuela's Growing DictatorshipThe U.S. must ratchet up the pressure on Nicolas Maduro more than ever, and we can't do this alone. It will take a coordinated effort by many nations. |
NewsWasserman Schultz Says Laptop She Sought to Keep From Police Was IT Aide's, Not Hers"This was not my laptop," the former Democratic Party chief says in a newspaper interview. "I have never seen that laptop. I don't know what's on the laptop." |
Commentary5 Ways to Convince College Students That Free Speech MattersUnless we want the depressing campus trends to continue until free speech has been completely shuttered, Americans must rediscover the case for free speech. |
CommentaryWhy Is HHS Contraception Mandate Still Standing?Nearly three months after President Trump's White House remarks, the Department of Health and Human Services' contraceptive mandate still stands as part of Obamacare. |
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