Trump Administration Takes on Unions Over ‘Skimming’ Medicaid Funds

Plus: The Reasons Women Aren't Happy Today

Jul 24, 2018   Good morning from Washington, where the Trump administration proposes to rein in government unions and pull security clearances for bad behavior. Fred Lucas reports. The State Department's conference on religious freedom opens today, and Katherine Rohloff has a preview. Conservative commentator Mona Charen visits the podcast to explain why sex matters. Plus: David Harsanyi on how the left helps Putin win, Thomas Jipping and Dominic Bayer on the newest Supreme Court nominee's way with words, and Fred Lucas and Jarrett Stepman on seven major political dramas at the high court.     News Trump Administration Takes on Unions Over 'Skimming' Medicaid Funds In 11 states, state governments work with public-sector unions to automatically deduct a portion of the Medicaid stipend and divert it to unions representing state employee unions. More Commentary The Reasons Women Aren't Happy Today "I … resist this idea of having it all because I believe that to be our fullest and best selves, we have to also focus on giving to others and not just living for ourselves," says Mona Charen, author of "Sex Matters." More Commentary The Left's Unhinged Opposition to Trump Plays Into Putin's Hands On MSNBC, a contributor compared President Trump's meeting in Helsinki with Russian President Vladimir Putin to Pearl Harbor and Kristallnacht. More Commentary What Brett Kavanaugh's Speeches Tell Us About His Judicial Approach Three speeches reveal that Kavanaugh understands the role of judges in our system of government to be defined and limited. More News Victims of Religious Persecution Tell Their Stories at International Conference in DC Iren Fogel was only 13 when her family was brought to Nazi Germany's Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland. More News Trump Targets Security Clearances of Brennan, Comey, Other Antagonists "If you take [a security clearance] away, there has got to be a reason. It can't just be that the president is ticked off because you said bad things about him," says The Heritage Foundation's Steve Bucci. More Commentary Right Side of History: The 7 Biggest Supreme Court Political Controversies One Founding Father's nomination to become chief justice was torpedoed, which drove him to depression and attempted suicide. More News Muslim Who Squeezed $3M Out of SPLC for Calling Him an Anti-Muslim Extremist Says Others Also Wrongly Labeled The Southern Poverty Law Center has been in the news in recent years for labeling mainstream conservative organizations, including the traditional values group Family Research Council and the Christian legal group Alliance Defending Freedom, as hate groups. More           The Daily Signal is brought to you by more than half a million members of The Heritage Foundation. Donate to The Daily Signal Find us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter How are we doing? We welcome your comments, suggestions, and story tips. Please reply to this email or send us a note at comments@dailysignal.com. The Daily Signal 214 Massachusetts Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 (800) 546-2843     Add morningbell@heritage.org to your address book to ensure that you receive emails from us. You are subscribed to this newsletter as johnmhames@comcast.net. If you want to receive other Heritage Foundation newsletters, or opt out of this newsletter, please click here to update your subscription.

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