Obama’s Secret Iran Détente
Long before a nuclear deal was in reach, the U.S. was quietly lifting some of the financial pressure on Iran, a Daily Beast investigation reveals. How the sanctions were softened.
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Obama Camp Views 20-Week Abortion Ban as ‘Pretty Scary’ Pro-Life Tactic
President Obama’s old campaign operation rallied the troops today, warning of a “pretty scary” ban on abortions in the sixth month of pregnancy that voters in Albuquerque, N.M., might pass.
Issa Subpoenas Lew for Tea Party Targeting Docs
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), the chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, served Treasury Secretary Jack Lew with another subpoena relating to the IRS scandal in which the organization targeted Tea Party organizations, the committee announced on Friday.
ObamaCare Website Glitch Sending Private Information to Wrong People
It’s difficult to imagine what Sebelius was thinking. “The hub”—meaning the web portal that is HealthCare.gov —does not collect medical records to store away on government servers. But it does collect all sorts of data about you, which it keeps attached to your account.
Cuccinelli Only the Latest Conservative Candidate Targeted by G.O.P.
The Republican establishment continues to undercut the campaigns of conservative candidates. Ken Cuccinelli was just the latest. In early 2013, a Texas-based Tea Party website posted a series of articles that documented how the G.O.P. establishment, at the county, state and national levels, had worked against six candidates supported by Tea Party organizations — five […]
Anti-Semitism is on the Rise, Finds Survey of European Jewish People
Fear of anti-Semitic attacks or insults is at a higher level in France than other European countries, including Hungary, a poll of European Jews has found.
Anti-Obamacare Candidate Bridges Tea Party and Establishment Divide
Ben Sasse is doing what few Republicans have been able to accomplish: He’s uniting the GOP establishment with anti-establishment conservatives in his bid to become the next U.S. senator from Nebraska.
Military Must Do More with Less
We live in oxymoronic times. Everyone recognizes the need for a streamlined, more efficient Pentagon. Yet Congress won’t let the Department of Defense close another base or increase the copayments military families make for their very generous health insurance plans.
Barack Obama’s Machiavellian Side
Something tells me the president is not a regular reader of the New Criterion. But perhaps, in between his regular servings of Jonathan Chait, Ezra Klein, and Josh Barro, he snuck a peek at the October issue of the conservative arts magazine. He might have scanned an essay by Harvey Mansfield, “Machiavelli’s Enterprise,” on the legacy of the first modern philosopher. It’s a legacy that very much includes the president.
President Obama, John Kerry Negotiate with Iran as Abuse of Jailed American Pastor Increases
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s reputation as a moderate has convinced U.S. leaders to begin nuclear negotiations by easing sanctions on the rogue regime, even as Rouhani has permitted the increasing abuse of American pastor Saeed Abedini.