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Trump Will Be First President Since Reagan to Address the NRA

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On April 28 in Atlanta, Georgia, President Trump will be the first sitting president since Ronald Reagan to address the NRA’s Leadership Forum. Trump received the NRA’s endorsement for President in 2016, and Trump has promised to reduce the burden of regulation on firearms owners. In January, Associate Deputy Director of the Bureau of Alcohol […]

Trump’s Next Few Months Won’t Be Any Easier

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If you think Donald Trump’s first months in the White House has had its fair share of ups and downs, hold on, writes Michael Tanner, senior fellow at the Cato Institute. We haven’t seen anything yet. Don’t look now, but the next big legislative battles of the Trump presidency may be just a few weeks […]

Buchanan: To Influence Russia, Recognize its Core Interests

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Unless America is willing to go to war with a nuclear super-power with the ability to destroy all life on earth, its leaders must understand how they can influence Russia by other means. Pat Buchanan says that can’t happen unless American leaders recognize Russia’s core interests and use those interests to get what they want. […]

These Big Hotels are Trying to Tank Your Vacation

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Growing competition from short-term home rentals like those found on Airbnb are threatening the business of big hotel chains like Marriott, Hilton, and Hyatt. To fight against the home rentals, the big hotel chains have used their lobbying association, the American Hotel and Lodging Association, to cause trouble for home owners and their customers. The […]

The Trump Administration is Strangling the Flow of Illegal Immigrants

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Wall or no wall, the actions of the Trump administration are slowing the flow of illegal immigrants across the southern border to a trickle. Some illegal immigrants who have already made it inside the country are even fleeing north to Canada. Saagar Enjeti writes at The Daily Caller: “There has been an increase in illegal […]

What the Primary Job of the Supreme Court Justices Is Not About

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Originally posted March 21, 2017. Not upholding the will of the majority of the moment. Not reflecting the popular opinions of the day. Senator Ben Sasse (R., Neb.) at the Judiciary Committee’s confirmation hearings for Justice-designate Neil Gorsuch: It’s a strange thing that judges wear robes. . . . Why do the robes—often unfashionable and unflattering—persist? […]

U.S. Navy’s Plans for Future Martine Domain Awareness

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Long endurance unmanned aircraft systems will soon take on a larger role in missions at sea and along the coast.  The U.S. Navy’s MQ-4C Triton, developed by Northrop Grumman, is sure to give commanders an advantage in any future conflict at sea. Northrop recently reported a successful test flight employing the MQ-4C’s improved software suite. […]

Will the Fallout in Russian Relations Over Syria Cause a New Cold War?

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Cato Institute scholar Ted Galen Carpenter says America was fortunate to survive the first Cold War, the last thing the country needs is another one with the only country on earth that could “eradicate American civilization.” After a tense set of meetings between Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov, and […]