SocietyNews
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday the Senate will vote on a bill to defund Planned Parenthood before lawmakers leave Capitol Hill next week… Read More
SocietyNews
CONCORD, N.H. – Protests against Planned Parenthood took place nationwide today in light of three undercover videos released by the Center for Medical Progress showing… Read More
PoliticsNews
Days before the U.S. House is planning to adjourn for its month-long recess, Speaker John Boehner is facing yet another challenge from the right. Rep…. Read More
InternationalCommentary
At a hearing before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Secretary of State John Kerry was asked why the administration did not submit the Iran nuclear… Read More
InternationalCommentary
For eight consecutive weeks, tens of thousands of people have flooded the streets in Guatemala and Honduras to protest government corruption in what Hondurans are… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Turkey, a NATO member, conducted multiple airstrikes over the weekend in both Syria and Northern Iraq. Here’s what you need to know from Luke Coffey,… Read More
SecurityCommentary
In early July, Bangladeshi police arrested a dozen members of al-Qaeda’s branch in the Indian subcontinent (AQIS). The arrests bring the emerging al-Qaeda threat in… Read More
EconomyNews
In a blunt rejection of the Senate’s attempt to enact a longer-term fix for the nation’s roads, rails and bridges, the House of Representatives plans… Read More
SecurityCommentary
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the Islamic State (IS), the Daesh—these are various… Read More
SocietyNews
A new documentary-style video was released today about Planned Parenthood’s alleged “black market” in harvesting and selling fetal body parts. The 12-minute video, titled “Human Capital,” features… Read More
PoliticsNews
Conservative Sen. Mike Lee struck a deal Monday with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to repeal Obamacare through a budget tool known as reconciliation,… Read More
InternationalNews
As a child growing up in North Korea, Hyeonseo Lee believed that her country was the best on the planet. She believed that Americans were… Read More
EconomyNews
In light of recent undercover videos showing Planned Parenthood executives discussing the sale of donated fetal organs, conservative lawmakers are aiming to strip the organization… Read More
SocietyNews
An increased number of teenage girls—more than 20 percent—have used the morning-after pill, according to a new study by the Centers for Disease Control and… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Justice Samuel Alito joined Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol for a 90-minute conversation about life, baseball and a few recent Supreme Court decisions. Alito expressed… Read More
SocietyNews
The Fountain of Youth may just be sitting in a Winfield, Kansas Walmart. It’s there that Loren Wade, a Walmart employee since 1983, celebrated his… Read More
LawCommentary
The debate over the revelation of the referral to the Justice Department of Hillary Clinton’s email activities as Secretary of State missed several important points,… Read More
Health CareNews
Just two years after Obamacare’s implementation, a Louisiana nonprofit insurer that received nearly $66 million in taxpayer-funded loans is closing its doors. On Friday, the… Read More
LawCommentary
After multiple tries, the U.S. Supreme Court will have the opportunity next term to overturn an outdated ruling from a 1977 case, Abood v. Detroit… Read More
EconomyCommentary
For the last 30 years start-ups have been steadily declining as a share of total businesses in the U.S. This is especially worrisome given that… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
It’s hard to believe what happened in Washington this weekend. The U.S. Senate attached an amendment resurrecting a dead corporate welfare program to the highway… Read More
SecurityCommentary
The threat posed by Islamist terrorism continues to grow both at home and abroad, according to a panel of experts that met at The Heritage… Read More
SocietyNews
A new study has found that of the unauthorized immigrants in the U.S. already, most of them will be spared from deportation under Obama’s recent… Read More
SocietyCommentary
More teens are choosing to remain abstinent, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Since 1991, the percentage of… Read More
SecurityNews
Not content with wreaking havoc on the Middle East, ISIS is bringing its terrorism to the West in general, the U.S. specifically and the U.S…. Read More
SocietyCommentary
Recently at Forbes, John Farrell published an odd critique of an essay of mine that ran at First Things. The essay is an excerpt from my… Read More
PoliticsNews
Conservatives in the U.S. Senate are gearing up to challenge Republican leadership today, setting their sights on a plan to repeal Obamacare with 51 votes—a… Read More
InternationalNews
KYIV, Ukraine—A Department of Defense plan to send Ukraine advanced, long-range counter-battery radars highlights both an evolution of the Ukraine war and a ratcheting up… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Congress is once again debating a big-government, tax-and-spend bill that fails to fix a problem that’s plagued the federal government for a decade. It’s the… Read More
SecurityCommentary
The maxim that “personnel is policy” transcends partisan affiliations and political labels. Every president, including President Barack Obama, has the authority to staff federal agencies… Read More
