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The gallery at the House Judiciary Committee hearing Friday during which Democrats peppered acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker with questions about FBI special counsel Robert Mueller’s ongoing investigation literally gasped. It was when Whitaker reminded Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., the chairman of the committee, of the committee’s rules. “Mr. Chairman, I see that your five […]

As prescription and illicit opioid overdose deaths continue to rise in the United States, lawsuits against makers and distributors of the painkillers are also growing rapidly. According to an Associated Press report, health officials estimate that nearly 48,000 overdose deaths in the U.S. in 2017 involved some type of opioid. The drumbeat for accountability for […]

(Washington Examiner) Former Rep. John Dingell, whose nearly 60-year tenure in the House made him the longest-serving member of Congress, died Thursday at the age of 92. The Michigan Democrat had entered hospice care earlier this week, his wife, Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., tweeted. She confirmed his death to the Detroit News. John Dingell first […]

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, who famously redefined the Obamacare mandate as a tax to justify it constitutionally, has sided with the court’s liberals in an abortion-related case. The justices voted 5-4 on Thursday to suspend temporarily a Louisiana law that would require abortion business operators to have admitting privileges to nearby hospitals. Such […]

(Washington Examiner) A secretive working group is devising a plan to create a medical panel that would screen the health of the president and candidates in the hopes of determining that President Trump is not fit for office or stopping another like him. The public face of the five-person group, most of whom have decided […]

(Aleteia) Tradition and popular devotion have often portrayed Jesus and Joseph as carpenters, working together, sharing both workshop and tools while building chairs, stools, and tables. Even some Spanish Baroque paintings show a very young Jesus with a small wood splinter stuck in his finger, a tiny drop of blood flowing out of it, or […]

(Eternity News) A prominent American politician has been quoting a Bible verse not found in the Bible. After US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi addressed leaders of Christian Colleges this week, Slate magazine reported on the “Scripture” that Pelosi likes to refer to. “To minister to the needs of God’s creation is an act […]

(I News) A six-year-old girl has been called a hero after she rescued her two-year-old sister from their mother’s car, which had plunged into an icy river. Student Candice Hicks’ car hit a rut and flipped over into the river in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada, while her three children were strapped in the back. Candice, […]

(CNN) Former FBI Director James Comey called Thursday for the removal of Confederate statues in Virginia’s capital in the wake of blackface scandals involving top statewide elected officials, in an op-ed for The Washington Post. “Expressing bipartisan horror at blackface photos is essential, but removing the statues would show all of America that Virginia really […]

(Breitbart) On Tuesday night, former ESPN host and current Atlantic writer Jemele Hill, tweeted an assassination reference during President Trump’s State of the Union Address. On Wednesday, we found out the Secret Service is “aware” of Hill’s tweet, and stands by their obligation to “investigate all threats related to our protectees.” “While the Secret Service […]

(Virginian-Pilot) A Virginia Military Institute yearbook overseen by future state Senate Majority Leader Tommy Norment in 1968 features a host of racist photos and slurs, including blackface. The revelation about one of Virginia’s most powerful Republicans comes as the state’s Democratic governor and attorney general are facing calls to resign over their own admissions they […]

Sir Robert Baden-Powell began the Boy Scout movement in England in 1908, and two years later, the Boys Scouts of America was incorporated, Feb. 8, 1910. Robert Baden-Powell was educated at Charterhouse, London, and joined the English hussars in 1876. As a soldier for in British Empire, which was the largest empire in world history, […]

As the battle over abortion intensifies following Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s assent to infanticide and New York’s passage of an abortion-until-birth law, the U.S. Supreme Court is being asked to review a Colorado case involving frozen embryos. At issue are embryos created by Mandy Rooks and her ex-husband, Drake, during their marriage. Now that they have divorced, Drake Rooks wants […]

By Sam Cohen Reps. Jack Bergman, R-Miss., Roger Marshall, R-Kan., and Warren Davidson, R-Ohio, took square aim at Qatar as a chief sponsor of terror in the Middle East in comments on Wednesday, potentially foreshadowing trouble for the Persian Gulf emirate. “Qatar’s hedging support for extremists to the United States cannot and will not be […]

President Trump is “a projector,” declared House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday. “I am not commenting on what the president has to say about our work,” she told reporters at her weekly news briefing. “I always think whatever the president says about us, he’s projecting his own unruliness.” “He’s a projector,” she said, “and that’s […]

New Jersey lawmakers have revived a bill that would remove President Trump’s name from the 2020 ballot unless he discloses his federal tax returns. The legislation also “prohibits Electoral College electors from voting for candidates who fail to file income tax returns,” the Daily Wire reported. The disclosure of tax returns by presidential candidates is […]

It was an Inaugural Address in January 1961 when John F. Kennedy urged Americans to ask not what their country could do for them but, rather, what they could do for their country. It seemed like common sense to most Americans in those days. It wasn’t about Medicare for all. It wasn’t about universal basic […]

The Wall is crucial, but it’s not everything. Caravans of human cargo are filing into the United States because … they can. U.S. law allows it, even invites it. Here’s how: Provided you’re not a white, South African farmer – in other words, a real refugee – you may plonk yourself at an American “port […]

Note: Dr. Orient is a member of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, AAPS. While President Trump called for unity and cooperation in his 2019 State of the Union address, the views of the audience showed a sharp and bitter divide, especially on issues affecting the health and medical care of Americans. Most striking […]

Editor’s note: Do you need something to smile about? Every day, WND selects the best joke offered up by readers and contributors to its Laughlines forum and brings it to you as the WND Joke of the Day. Here is today’s offering: The Pentagon announced that its fight against ISIS will be called Operation Inherent […]

Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him. James 1:12

He’s a mainstay of WND’s Opinion page for a reason: Order A.F. Branco’s second book of brilliant political cartoons: “Make America Laugh Again”

The controversy over wearing blackface that has prompted calls for Virginia’s governor to resign is now roiling ABC’s daytime show “The View.” Critics are calling for co-host Joy Behar to be fired because of a 2016 clip from the show circulating on social media. She recounted dressing up as a “beautiful African woman” for Halloween […]

(CNBC) Stocks fell sharply on Thursday as it became clear that a trade meeting between President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping would not happen before a key March deadline. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 220.77 points to 25,169.53 as Apple and DowDuPont led the decline. The S&P 500 pulled back 0.94 percent […]

(CNBC) Wells Fargo said Thursday that customers are unable to log in to mobile and online banking and it was investigating the cause of the outage. In a post on Twitter, the San Francisco-based bank said, “We apologize to our customers who may be experiencing an issue with our online banking and mobile app. Thanks […]