For merely suggesting that we can get back to that level [3 percent annual growth], the administration has been criticized as unrealistic. That’s fine with […]
Rep. Liz Cheney: “Lessons of the past” support increased defense spending
Mr. Speaker, in closing, I want to read something that Ronald Reagan said back in 1982 on an issue when they were having similar issues […]
Sen. Marco Rubio: “Democracies very rarely start wars”
We look at the history of our hemisphere, here in the Western Hemisphere, and we see that up until about 25 years ago, most of […]
White House: “Clear parallel” between US-France WWI alliance and “what we’re doing today”
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: Well, let’s keep in mind what the, sort of, centerpiece of the trip is, which is the French National Day and its […]
Marc Short: “The Senate is conducting the slowest confirmation process in American history”
This is a common White House refrain that has been extensively discussed and fact-checked. See here, here, and here, and see also an earlier claim […]
White House: Trump Poland speech “best” since Reagan, “most important” in decades
In Poland, President Trump gave a powerful and historic speech in Warsaw that was widely praised both in Poland and the United States as one […]
Trump: “Fight for the West” akin to Warsaw Uprising
The memories of those who perished in the Warsaw Uprising cry out across the decades, and few are clearer than the memories of those who […]
Sen. Mike Lee: We’ve lost sight of founder’s vision of federalism
Senator Lee made the comments below while discussing his new book, Written out of History. Historians Andrew Burstein and Nancy Isenberg reviewed Lee’s book here. […]
Sen. Ben Sasse: Kids today are more “insulated from work” than any time in history
How do we raise our kids better in an era of perpetual adolescence? Because that’s the new thing, right? Adolescence is a gift, the idea […]
Trump: Claims of energy scarcity were “fake” and a “big, beautiful myth”
For over 40 years, America was vulnerable to foreign regimes that used energy as an economic weapon. Americans’ quality of life was diminished by the […]