On Making a Deal with Democrats

Philip H. DeVoe

Yesterday, the White House delivered a list of items to Congress, which are what it expects to receive in exchange for preserving DACA and keeping DREAMers in the country.

The White House on Sunday delivered to Congress a long list of hard-line immigration measures that President Trump is demanding in exchange for any deal to protect the young undocumented immigrants known as Dreamers, imperiling a fledgling bipartisan push to reach a legislative solution.

Before agreeing to provide legal status for 800,000 young immigrants brought here illegally as children, Mr. Trump will insist on the construction of a wall across the southern border, the hiring of 10,000 immigration agents, tougher laws for those seeking asylum and denial of federal grants to “sanctuary cities,” officials said.

Trump’s new conditions raise questions -- especially in light of the deal the president made with Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer three weeks ago, an unlikely alliance for an unlikely cause (protecting DREAMers and preserving ...

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Facing the Iranian Challenge in the Middle East

Kenneth M. Pollack

Editor’s Note: On October 4, 2017, Kenneth M. Pollack testified before members of the House Affairs Committee about Iran’s regional strategy. The following is adapted from his remarks with...

Dear Supremes, Stay Out of the Gerrymandering Business

Jay Cost

Dear Supremes, Stay Out of the Gerrymandering Business

The Intellectual Roots of the War against Columbus

Jennifer C. Braceras

Bashing Christopher Columbus has long been de rigueur among the liberal elite. Today, it has infiltrated our nation’s classrooms and poisons our public discourse. You know the mantra: Columbus...

Mysterious Sonic Attacks in Cuba May Be Quite Logical

Maria Werlau

For ten months, covert “attacks of an unknown nature” have caused a variety of injuries to at least 22 U.S. employees at U.S. diplomatic residences and hotels in Havana. The U.S. government has...

John McCain: Appreciating America’s ‘Imperfect Servant’

Matthew Scully

In early 1982, one of my several housemates at the time informed me that he would be leaving our place in Tempe, Ariz., and moving into a spare room in the home of a newly married couple nearby,...

The Problem with Trump’s Calling for More Positive Coverage of Himself on TV

Katherine Timpf

      On Saturday, President Trump called for television programs to give “equal time” to positive coverage of him and his viewpoints. It’s honestly one of the most unsettling things...

Savage Continent: Europe in the Aftermath of World War II

Keith Lowe

'Deeply harrowing. Moving, measured, and provocative. A compelling picture of a continent physically and morally brutalized by slaughter.. ' - The Sunday Times (London)

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