After the food stamp rolls swelled for years under the Obama administration, fresh figures show a dramatic reduction in states that recently have moved to restore work requirements.
States were allowed to waive those rules for able-bodied adults thanks to the 2009 economic stimulus. As the rules loosened and the economy sputtered out of the recession, food stamp enrollment soared to record levels – peaking at nearly 48 million nationwide in 2013.
But while that number has dipped gradually in recent years, some states have moved aggressively to push recipients who can work back into the job market and, in due time, off the program.
Alabama began 2017 by requiring able-bodied adults without children in 13 counties to either find a job or participate in work training as a condition for continuing to receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.
SEATTLE MINIMUM WAGE HIKE HURTING WORKERS?
According to AL.com, the number of those recipients declined from 5,538 to 831 between Jan. 1 and the beginning of May – an 85 percent drop.
Similar changes were implemented in select counties in Georgia and by the end of the first three months, the number of adults receiving benefits in three participating counties dropped 58 percent, according to the Georgia Public Policy Foundation.
‘Welfare was never intended to be a one-way handout, but a program based on the idea of reciprocity.’
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution recently reported that in 21 additional counties that restored the work requirement, there was a 62 percent drop in SNAP participants.
“Work requirements have been enormously successful at reducing the number of people on food stamps. And while they made sense in the early part of the recession when unemployment was higher, that is no longer the case,” said Robert Doar, a fellow in poverty studies at the American Enterprise Institute.
A key component of the 1996 welfare reform bill, the work requirement applies to able-bodied adults without dependents (ABAWD) between the ages of 18 to 49.
However, as part of his 2009 economic stimulus, then-President Barack Obama allowed states to waive SNAP work requirements, which resulted in the number of ABAWDs on food stamps more than doubling from 1.9 million in 2008 to 3.9 million in 2010, according to a 2012 Congressional Research Service study.
The number continued to rise but has since slipped to roughly 4.2 million. According to the USDA, most states still offer full or partial waivers.
Advocates for waivers argue that the flexibility is needed to help people get back on their feet in the wake of the economic crisis. And a call in the Trump administration’s budget to resurrect the work mandate and scale back SNAP’s budget has drawn fire from anti-hunger advocates.
“Parents will work just as hard at unforgiving jobs and see less food on the table for their families. Children will become sicker without the proper nutrition, ending up in hospitals or on the rolls of what social services remain. Some children will die,” Mariana Chilton, a professor of public health at Drexel University, predicted in a column for The Hill.
SNAP reform, however, could be bolstered by the developments at the state level.
“Welfare was never intended to be a one-way handout, but a program based on the idea of reciprocity,” said Robert Rector, a fellow at the conservative Heritage Foundation. “Those who receive benefits from the government should be required to work or participate in work-training as a condition.”
Doar and Rector cite reforms made by Republican Gov. Paul LePage of Maine.
In October 2014, LePage announced that able-bodied adults would have to find work, spend 20 hours per week in a work program, or perform community service for six hours a week.
Food stamp participation declined 14.5 percent from 235,771 in January 2014 to 201,557 in January 2015, according to the state.
An analysis of a group of 7,000 Mainers who left SNAP in 2014 found their total earnings increased from $3.85 million in the third quarter 2014 to $8.24 million in the last quarter of 2015.
Kansas saw a 75 percent decline after implementing work requirements in 2013. In addition, nearly 60 percent of former beneficiaries found employment within 12 months and their incomes rose by an average of 127 percent per year, according to the Foundation for Government Accountability.
The Maine model taken nationwide could save taxpayers over $8.4 billion per year, according to Rector.
That is the goal of Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, who have introduced a bill to require able-bodied adults without children to participate in “work activation” initiatives as a condition of their benefits. It also imposes time limits on SNAP participation.
“We should be incentivizing work, not providing a disincentive to find a job, which is a good thing both for the taxpayer as well as for the beneficiary,” Jordan said.
Jordan told Fox News he speaks with business owners in his district every day who cannot find workers to fill open positions.
“The focus of these programs should be on how we can help adults get their families to a better way of life,” Jordan said.
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DEMS REACT Schumer, Pelosi sound off on US airstrike in Syria
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Feminist leader Gloria Steinem to join anti-Trump inauguration march
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Philippine president says he can be 50 times more brutal than terrorists
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What? You Mean They Don't Care about Democrat Investigations…Again?
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CHANGES NEEDED GOP senators warn House health law may be DOA
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New Orleans starts to take down controversial Gen. Robert E. Lee statue
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POLICE CHIEF QUITS Minneapolis' top cop resigns in wake of shooting
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Trump leaves Russia out of the speech
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Wasserman Schultz Subverted Democracy
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Massachusetts boy called police to say dad had drugs in luggage
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British Prime Minister Theresa May thanks Trump for putting Churchill bust back
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Massive rockslide buries stretch of iconic California highway
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Full Senate heads to rare classified meeting at the White House on North Korea – DC plans 'full-scale' terror attack drill, amid North Korea tensions – Japan has only 10 minutes to take cover after North Korean missile launch, officials say
In an unusual move, all 100 senators were invited to attend a classified meeting later Wednesday at the White House ...
The Trump Effect on the Middle East
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IT’S A DOGFIGHT Bow Wow’s Melania tweet adds to Snoop/Trump feud
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2020 VISION Obama-tied group's census contract raises questions
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California's Jimmy Gomez wins Democratic fight for House seat
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Trump: The Unlikeliest Churchillian
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Trump orders two regulations cut for every regulation added
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CEO of IBM touts big hiring spree a day before meeting with Trump
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'I made it': Student with Down syndrome learns he's accepted to college
An Alabama mother captured the emotional moment that her son, who has Down syndrome, learned that he was accepted to ...
To Students: A Lesson on the Modern Left
As a teacher of public school (17 years), private school (7.5 years), and homeschool (11 years), I have a unique ...
Bill Clinton's lonely, one-man effort to win white working-class voters
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Is protein powder dangerous?
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Nervousness about Trump lingers among GOP governors
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ISIS surrenders control of key Syrian city of Tabqah, U.S. Central Command says
U.S. Central Command announced Thursday that the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a Kurdish and Arab force, recaptured the key ...
Texas mayor under fire for saying lack of faith in God leads to poverty
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JLo’s barely-there dress
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Robots diagnose concussions
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China knife attack: 18 injured in mass stabbing, suspect shot and arrested
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Congressional panel calls for U.S. women's history museum
WASHINGTON A congressionally-appointed panel on Wednesday called for the creation of a U.S. museum of women’s history, with preferred sites ...
KILLER KNOWN Swedish police identify suspect as Uzbek national
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Ailes Funeral: An 'Act of Defiance'…
On the day Ailes died, Rupert Murdoch had been advised that a condolence call to Ailes’ wife would not be ...
Top summer laptops
Microsoft and Apple both released new tablets in June, offering two solid – and very different – choices for consumers. ...
The media's anti-Trump sources talk so much and say so little
On every new article featuring leaks about the White House, editors should place a disclaimer: Anonymous officials cited in this ...
Trump says 'making progress' to keep Carrier Corp in U.S.
WASHINGTON U.S. Republican President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday said he was “making progress” to keep Carrier Corp’s heating, air conditioning ...
UN backs Syrian ceasefire deal
The United Nations Security Council approved a resolution supporting a ceasefire deal between the Syrian government and rebel armies which, ...
Supreme Court to hear case on race impact on redistricting
By Al Weaver (@alweaver22) • 12/3/16 10:49 AM Al Weaver Political Reporter The Washington Examiner http://s3.amazonaws.com/content.washingtonexaminer.biz/images/static/authors/HeadshotWeaver_Al.jpg The Supreme Court will ...
Pope Francis and Church Doctrine
The fake news media (FNM) lie, through omission and commission, all the time about anything that impacts their political agenda. Hence, ...
TODD STARNES: Patriots blast gov't move to ban 'offensive' Old Glory
For as far back as anyone can remember there’s been a roadside memorial honoring military veterans along Preston Fall City ...
Rare woolly dog hair found in blanket
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Sasha Obama missed her dad's farewell speech because she had an exam
By Caitlin Yilek • 1/10/17 11:54 PM Caitlin Yilek The Washington Examiner Sasha Obama, the youngest daughter of President Obama ...
Obama boosts Nancy Pelosi for House minority leader
By Jeremy Lott • 11/20/16 7:04 PM Jeremy Lott Night Editor The Washington Examiner At his final foreign press conference ...
To Win the Second Amendment War
Whether or not bump stocks end up banned is a trivial matter. The war over the Second Amendment will not ...
Smithsonian Magazine Exhumes Joe Pyne to Attack Today's Conservative Talkers
Pyne matured into an independent conservative with an in-your-face on-air persona. When he achieved fame starting in the 1960s, he ...
Congress could undo Obama-era student loan relief
By Lisa Lambert | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress could as soon as January start to dismantle President Barack Obama’s ...
Charlie Gard dies in hospice after legal battle
Charlie Gard, the critically ill British baby whose parents fought a highly publicized court battle to treat him with an ...
Report: Iowa's Branstad top choice for US ambassador to China
Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad is the front-runner to be named the United States ambassador to China, according to a report. ...
Trump Is Mistaken about a Peaceful Palestinian State
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Indiana roller-coaster weather tweet goes viral
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How Do Liberals Flunk Science? Let Us Count the Ways.
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Shaq furnishes home of girl who survived dog attack
ATLANTA – The family of a 5-year-old Atlanta girl who survived a dog attack that left another child dead received ...
Global Debt Soars to $169 Trillion: Will We Ever Learn?
Ten years have passed since the 2008 subprime mortgage crisis, the worst financial panic since the Great Depression. Now it seems ...
'GOOD FAITH EFFORT' Durbin floats bipartisan deal to rework ObamaCare
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Jenner makes shocking offer
Kris Jenner has offered to be Kim Kardashian’s surrogate for her third child after being told she’s healthy enough to ...
Airline strands 200 passengers
Around two hundred Allegiant Airlines passengers are stranded in Las Vegas. The airline canceled its flight to Oklahoma City and ...
Conway accuses WSJ editor of 'sexist' tweet against Fiorina
Kellyanne Conway, adviser and former campaign manager for President-elect Trump, accused a Wall Street Journal editor of sexism for a ...
LEAVING IT TO THE STATE Calif. AG may not handle Napolitano probe
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra suggested he would not independently investigate the University of California after a state audit claimed ...
Christopher 'Big Black' Boykin, star of MTV's 'Rob & Big,' dies at 45
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A Half-Century of Adolescent Agitators
The foul-mouthed children trying to run the national gun control debate have a fifty-year-old precedent. Source link
DC mayor signs assisted suicide bill
By Robert King • 12/20/16 9:47 AM Robert King Healthcare Correspondent The Washington Examiner http://s3.amazonaws.com/content.washingtonexaminer.biz/images/static/authors/King-3.jpg District of Columbia Mayor Muriel ...
GOP Would Rather Lose than Fight
America is at war. Not with a particular country, in spite of our endless entanglements in the Middle East. Instead ...
United Airlines passenger describes moment 'unconscious' man was dragged off plane
A United Airlines passenger who filmed the moment a fellow flyer was dragged off an overbooked flight at Chicago’s O’Hare ...
Baby born with 4 legs, 2 spines recovering after reconstructive surgery
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Liberals warn tech giants away from Muslim registry
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PORT AUTOMATION BATTLE Thousands of lucrative dock worker jobs threatened by tech upgrades
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Humpbacks stun scientists
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Grassley demands info from DHS on Ohio State attacker
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Man defends wife's parenting
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New Orleans ready to take down controversial Gen. Robert E. Lee statue
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How nose jobs change with time
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She lost 99 lbs. with no diet
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Trump travel ban: Bill Clinton-appointed judges to decide Hawaii appeal
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The Road to Global Oz
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Health Care's Four Horsemen
Should the Senate Republican health care reform legislation pass, it will usher in another house of horrors just like Obama’s ...
GOP asks states for help replacing Obamacare
By Pete Kasperowicz (@PeteKDCNews) • 12/5/16 11:20 AM Pete Kasperowicz News Editor The Washington Examiner http://s3.amazonaws.com/content.washingtonexaminer.biz/images/static/authors/HeadshotKasper_Pete.jpg House Republican leaders are ...
The Supreme Court: A Modest Proposal
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ICE agents detain workers after eating restaurant breakfast…
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Atari plans console comeback
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California park rangers search for 'promposal' vandal
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When Federal Prosecutors Go Bad
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Supreme Court nomination committee gear up for the fourth day of hearings – Trump team communications captured by intelligence community surveillance, Nunes says
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Liberal groups slam Trump speech: He's 'divorced from reality'
Several organizations sent out emails slamming President Trump minutes after his first speech to a joint session of Congress on ...
Canadian sniper sets world record with 2.2-mile pickoff of ISIS fighter
A Canadian sniper set what appears to be a record, picking off an ISIS fighter from some 2.2 miles away, ...
Bodybuilder happier these days
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On expensive Pentagon programs, McCain and Trump just might get along
President-elect Trump and the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee may be able to find common ground in 2017 ...
Sessions sworn in, warns of 'dangerous' rise in crime
By Kelly Cohen (@politicohen_) • 2/9/17 11:20 AM Kelly Cohen Criminal Justice Reporter The Washington Examiner http://s3.amazonaws.com/content.washingtonexaminer.biz/images/static/authors/HeadshotCohen_Kelly.jpg Former Sen. Jeff ...
Ivanka Trump shares photo of her and baby son in White House
Ivanka Trump shared a photo of herself and her smiling 10-month-old son Theodore in the White House on Tuesday. “Making ...
Skyrocketing deficit? So what, says new DC consensus…
Skyrocketing deficit? So what, says new DC consensus... (Third column, 1st story, link) Advertise here Source link
Oates reveals major regret
John Oates, of Hall & Oates, recalled a time when he went from owning four homes and a private plane ...
ISIS: The Embodiment of Islam
For the last few years, the world has been subjected with increasing regularity to bloody terrorism waged upon innocent civilians ...
An Integrated Healthcare Strategy
What’s missing from the healthcare efforts undertaken by the Trump administration is a political strategy aimed at defeating leftist efforts ...
Trying to move on from the U.S. election? Tune into November 2020
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Missing those presidential campaign highs and lows? Suffering post-U.S. election blues? Source link
New Orleans begins to take down prominent Confederate monuments
New Orleans planned to begin removing the first of four prominent Confederate monuments early Monday, the latest Southern institution to ...
US condemns 'Russian terror' in Syria
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power on Monday chronicled acts of “Russian terror” in Syria, escalating U.S. condemnation ...
Wages Are Actually Growing Faster Than They Should!
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Jack the Ripper grave mystery
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The Day that Transformed the World Forever
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St. Petersburg attack aftermath: Explosive device defused, 3 arrested
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Former President Jimmy Carter shakes passengers' hands aboard Atlanta flight
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TODD STARNES: The left's violent assault on an American president
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Katie: Trump win 'hurt' Suri
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Russian ambassador to UN Vitaly Churkin dies
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FLAKE BAKE: AZ Senator brutal, 2 1/2-hour town hall…
CLOSE Sen. Jeff Flake’s Q&A session at the Mesa Convention Center was his first in-person event of the year and ...
MEDIA BUZZ Three journalists quit CNN after Russia story retracted
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Schumer, McConnell elected top leaders in U.S. Senate
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Report: Pence is going to the Super Bowl
By Kyle Feldscher (@kyle_feldscher) • 2/3/17 12:01 PM Kyle Feldscher Breaking News Reporter The Washington Examiner http://s3.amazonaws.com/content.washingtonexaminer.biz/images/static/authors/Kyle2.jpg Vice President Mike ...
ICE calls controversial detainee 'self-admitted gang member'
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Pixel's exclusive feature
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Customers freak over haunted house 'mock rape'…
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Trump: If something bad happens, blame judge for halting immigration order
President Trump Sunday told Americans to blame the judge who halted his immigration order if any of those who enter ...
Trump’s Biggest Challenge in Seoul
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Neighbor kills Oklahoma man trying to drown twin children, police say
An Oklahoma man who was trying to drown his twin 3-month-old children was shot and killed by a neighbor Friday, ...
Jeff Sessions: I never chanted 'lock her up'
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White House brushes off Trump's United Nations reaction: 'There's one president at a time'
President Obama’s foreign policy advisers brushed off President-elect Trump’s opposition to the United Nations Security Council resolution condemning Israeli settlement ...
Texas police buy AC for WWII vet after call for help
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Washington worries Trump administration is dysfunctional
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Kellyanne's husband blasts Trump again…
Kellyanne's husband blasts Trump again... (Third column, 2nd story, link) Advertise here Source link
Water park sued after teen's brain-eating amoeba death
The family of an Ohio teen who died last year after contracting a rare brain-eating amoeba infection while rafting at ...
GOP rep calls for Spicer's resignation after Hitler comments
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On Getting Older and Turning into 'a Racist'
One thing I’m looking forward to as I get older is becoming more “racist.” I consider it one of the finer ...
Martin Shkreli trial: Prosecutors seek gag order on 'Pharma Bro,' his attorneys
Federal prosecutors want to silence “Pharma Bro” Martin Shkreli and filed a motion Monday asking that he and all attorneys ...
DC police investigating if Betsy DeVos was assaulted during protest
By Kyle Feldscher (@kyle_feldscher) • 2/10/17 3:44 PM Kyle Feldscher Breaking News Reporter The Washington Examiner http://s3.amazonaws.com/content.washingtonexaminer.biz/images/static/authors/Kyle2.jpg The D.C. police ...
Issa: Sessions must recuse himself, appoint special prosecutor
Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., on Friday said it would be necessary for Attorney General Jeff Sessions to recuse himself and ...
Federal Election Commission calls on Trump to share evidence of voter fraud
A member of the Federal Election Commission is calling on President Trump to share any evidence he may possess of ...
VERDICT IS IN (ALMOST) Nuclear option to help Gorsuch win confirmation
President Trump’s selection to replace Antonin Scalia is expected to win confirmation Friday and be sworn in soon after to ...
'Stranger Things' star condemns Trump is passionate SAG Award speech
“Stranger Things” actor David Harbour gave a passionate acceptance speech during the SAG Awards on Sunday. He never mentioned Donald ...
Mnuchin, Price nominations stalled after Democrats boycott vote
Democrats “boycotted” a scheduled Senate Finance Committee vote on Tuesday to advance the nominations of President Trump’s picks for the ...
Mississippi recruits homegrown doctors to cure shortage
In a state that ranks last in overall health care, politicians and doctors in Mississippi are implementing programs to handle ...
Feinstein: Two bills on the way to quash Trump's immigration ban
A Democratic senator says she is working on two bills to strike down President Trump’s executive order that temporarily bars ...
SANCTIONS FAILING? North Korea's night lights show improving economy
Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld kept a satellite picture of the Korean peninsula in his office that showed South ...
Rare parchment copy of Declaration of Independence found by Harvard researchers
An extremely rare copy of the Declaration of Independence has been found in an obscure records office in southern England. ...
Seacrest: The rumors are true
Ryan Seacrest is returning to the show that made him a household name. The TV personality will be joining the ...
2 bodies pulled from Central Park waters in 2 days, police say
A second man was found dead in Central Park waters Wednesday morning, just one day after authorities pulled an unidentified ...
Kate Upton sizzles for July 4
Kate Upton isn’t afraid to heat things up. The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model unveiled new glamour shots on Sunday where ...
Hits out at poor understanding of music…
As one of cinema’s greatest composers, he has written the music for hundreds of films, including classics such as A ...
Donald Trump's Cabinet: A guide
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US: Russia 'bears responsibility' for destroyed Syrian hospitals
By Ryan Lovelace (@LovelaceRyanD) • 11/19/16 5:08 PM Ryan Lovelace Campaign Reporter The Washington Examiner http://s3.amazonaws.com/content.washingtonexaminer.biz/images/static/authors/Lovelace-3.jpg U.S. National Security Adviser ...
Stuck on Stupid
A jab that has stood the test of time. A phrase that I’m going to use to apply to first, ...
Senate votes 98-1 to confirm Mattis as Trump's defense secretary
The Senate easily confirmed retired Gen. James Mattis to be the next defense secretary on Friday, shortly after President Trump ...
Trump bans foreign aid to groups that provide abortions
President Trump on Monday reinstated the “Mexico City policy,” which bans U.S. foreign aid from any groups that provide abortions. ...
'A DEVASTATION' 5 dead, including 3 kids, in New York City house fire
Five people — including three children — were killed Sunday after a fast-moving fire tore through a home in the ...
Trump directs federal agencies to waive Obamacare 'burdens'
President Trump has issued an executive order for federal agencies to lift all Obamacare requirements from states, individuals, healthcare providers ...
Brooke's major comeback
Brooke Shields is getting back in her Calvins. The 52-year-old actress is working with Calvin Klein again 37 years after ...
'King Arthur' flops in opening
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FOX NEWS INSIDER: Companies are bidding for contracts to build Trump's border wall
Companies are now submitting proposals to construct President Trump’s promised wall along the Mexican border. About 500 companies signed up ...
Identity Politics and the End of Meaning
It has been more than a year since Madonna proclaimed at the Women’s March in Washington, D.C. that: “Yes, I ...
Green meteor lights up sky
On Monday night, the San Diego night sky had a mysterious streaking light that has yet to be explained. Dale ...
US should take some of blame for massive cyberattack, Chinese media says
Chinese media pinned some of the blame for the massive global cyberattack that affected more than 300,000 computers over the ...
McCabe Should Sweat Prison, Not Pension
For the last year and a half, my family and I have been the targets of an unrelenting assault ...
'Anti-meme law' could see Mexicans jailed for posting…
Strict new cyberbullying laws could lead to internet users in Mexico being jailed for posting insulting memes, it has been ...
CA bans secret settlements in sex harassment cases…
California will require its workers to take regular sexual harassment training and forbid secret settlements when they sue their employers. ...
Whatever Happened to the Feminists' 'Hear Me Roar'?
What do true-believing activists do when the inevitable victory is unaccountably delayed? Source link
Katy Perry wears 'Persist' armband at Grammys
By Caitlin Yilek (@hausofcait) • 2/12/17 9:55 PM Caitlin Yilek The Washington Examiner http://s3.amazonaws.com/content.washingtonexaminer.biz/images/static/authors/headshotCAITLIN_YILEK.jpg Katy Perry wore a “Persist” armband ...
Rhodes' son: Why I left WWE
Cody Rhodes is wrestling royalty. The son of wrestling legend Dusty Rhodes spoke to Fox News on why he left ...
Roy Moore Gets the Herman Cain Treatment
It was déjà vu all over again as the Washington Post, who has endorsed his opponent in the Alabama Senate ...
HBO producer pleads guilty to moving doctor's body after overdose
An HBO producer pleaded guilty Tuesday to dragging a married Long Island doctor, unconscious from a cocaine overdose, to the lobby ...
The Fox Approach Triumphs in Another Cable Battle
After shocking the television news business by taking Fox News Channel from nowhere to cable news dominance, the same management ...
Media in mourning after Trump shocker
Hours after Donald Trump was elected the next president of the United States, news organizations and thought leaders in the ...
Why Companies Detest Customers
For a while in the 1990s, gurus on how to make a company great pushed aside traditional management chestnuts on ...
A guide to Trump's first 17 executive orders
From reauthorizing the construction of contentious pipeline projects to halting the progression of former President Obama’s pending regulations, some of ...
Wasserman Schultz: 'If I was trying to rig the outcome of the primary, trust me, I could have'
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz pushed back against critiques of her tenure as chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, insisting she ...
Police identity Fort Lauderdale airport shooting suspect as Esteban Santiago
Police in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., have identified 26-year-old Esteban Santiago as the suspect who was taken into custody following a ...
Here's what Trump's 'send in the feds' could mean for Chicago
President Trump has warned he may soon “send in the feds” to Chicago to help reduce gun violence there, and ...
Angelina Jolie Drug Tests…
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Conway: Why are people 'afraid' of Trump investigating alleged voter fraud?
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Nancy Reagan: A Complicated Woman
Melania Trump can learn from the example of Nancy Reagan, who was also made fun of by the press and ...
What Black Athletes Owe the Kids
Hey NFL kneelers. So you are upset that far too many poor black and brown kids are getting screwed by ...
Obamacare gut check: Do Republicans love freedom as much as Democrats love big government?
Republicans who now have the power to deliver on their central promise of the past seven years — repealing Obamacare ...
4 key Republicans come out against GOP health bill – GOP senators unveil ObamaCare overhaul – Key provisions of Senate's bill – Senate health care bill is ObamaCare-plus, says Sen. Rand Paul
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Man charged as run-over medic is mourned as job's matriarch
NEW YORK – A man accused of crushing a fire department medic to death under the wheels of a stolen ...
Missing 3-year-old boy found safe in national forest near Houston
A 3-year-old boy missing in the vast Sam Houston National Forest near Houston was found safe Sunday after a massive ...
NY Times columnist: Trump presidency is 'obscene'
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Indiana bikers honor dying man's last wish
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American UN official abducted with team in Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Trump's Red Line
Dennis Miller sets it out simply so we can see how preposterous a notion this is:
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Christian school defends banning 'immoral' pregnant teen from graduation
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Woman Receives Violent Threats After CNN Shames for Sharing 'Russian' Event Online…
A private citizen received online abuse after CNN tracked her down and publicly shamed her for unknowingly sharing a “Russian-coordinated event” on ...
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Russia retaliates against US following sanctions
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PLEA FOR POLITICAL UNITY Republicans, Democrats call to ease hostility after Scalise shooting
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Chris Evans blasts Trump
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Attacking the Past: The Removal of the Confederate Monuments
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Megyn Kelly: 'I have no doubts' of sexual allegations against Ailes
Star Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly said she has “no doubts” that her former boss is guilty of sexual misconduct ...
A Bridge to Nowhere in Israel
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Unworthy Abbas Honored in the White House
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DICTATOR'S END GAME Who is Kim Jong Un? And what does he want?
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TAKE IT, OR LEAVE IT Trump done negotiating, wants health care vote Fri.
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Toxic red tide algae moves north near Tampa Bay, killing hundreds of thousands of fish…
Alex Horton, The Washington Post Published 10:40 am CDT, Sunday, September 9, 2018 The toxic algae bloom that has carved a ...
Clinton 'rejects premise' husband meeting AG Lynch on tarmac critically hurt campaign – VIDEO: Comey accused of clearing Clinton before interview – Judge Jeanine: Hillary should not get a pass just because she lost an election – OPINION: Here's what really happened to Hillary
Hillary Clinton rejects the idea that a June 2016 meeting between her husband, former President Bill Clinton, and then-Attorney General ...
The United States Withdraws from UNESCO
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Male-to-Female Transgenders in Women's Sports
To get a feel for the level of craziness of today’s world, take a look at sports – women’s sports in ...
Vietnam War deserter found in Florida retirement community
MARION COUNTY, Fla. – It’s a story more than four decades in the making. Marion County deputies helped apprehend an ...
Justice Dept threatens sanctuary cities in immigration fight – Sanctuary school district: Illegal immigrant students welcome in Las Cruces
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'Bachelor in Paradise': New season in limbo after allegations of sex assault
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GOP: Schumer ripped Obamacare replacement before he read it
Two GOP senators say Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has dismissed their Obamacare replacement bill before he ever had a chance ...
DNC chief Perez has his own radical religious side
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SECURITY STUMBLE? Guest slips into Trump's Mar-a-Lago study for selfie
A guest at President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago mansion claims he gave Secret Service agents the slip to snap a selfie in ...
Kaepernick compares cops to fugitive slave patrols
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Watch: Little girl on television show tells Nigel Farage 'my mummy says you hate foreigners'
A young girl who “knighted” Nigel Farage on a comedy show told the former UKIP leader “my mummy says you ...
Dad with face tattoo rejects 45 job offers since going viral with desperate work plea
A teen dad with “DEVAST8” tattooed across half his face has turned down 45 job offers as he is “waiting ...
Large truck crashes into Christmas market in Berlin
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Officers shoot, kill cougar in downtown Salt Lake City – Shark attacks person at California's San Onofre State Beach
SALT LAKE CITY – The Department of Wildlife Resources chased down and killed a roaming cougar in downtown Salt Lake ...
Electric skateboard is FAST
Hailing from Switzerland, SoFlow has assembled a team of skateboard enthusiasts and tech lovers to develop a line of electric-powered ...
Trump supporter apologizes to protester he punched at rally
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Declassified: Did Rosenstein Make False Statements to the FISA Judge?
Journalist Paul Sperry tweeted on August 5, 2018 that we should look this month for President Donald Trump to “declassify ...
Utah woman arrested after allegedly locking kids in trunk to shop
A Utah woman was arrested Thursday after she allegedly locked her two young children in her car’s trunk while she ...
Senate passes Russia sanctions package
The Republican-led Senate voted decisively to punish Moscow for interfering in the 2016 election by approving a wide-ranging sanctions package ...
FBI searches for SC teen feared to have been fed to alligators
The FBI searched a remote location in South Carolina Friday in connection with the disappearance a teenage girl who investigators ...
Trump slashes prices for campaign gear for Black Friday
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Tom Brady's stolen Super Bowl jerseys, worth $800K, recovered in Mexico
Updated The case of Tom Brady’s stolen Super Bowl jersey took an unexpected twist Monday. The FBI recovered not one ...
What do your sex dreams mean?
Christine Lampard recently revealed that her hubby, Frank, has sex dreams about her sleeping with other men. While this scorching ...
Biometrics: A Different Kind of Border Wall
The liberal media rejoiced at the news that Donald Trump’s border wall received precious little money from the recent omnibus ...
