President Trump recently stated on the Dan Bongino show: “I won that [2020] election by so much. Everybody knows it.” Even at the National Prayer Breakfast (4 Feb. 26) he alleged that Democrats “do something to win. Do you know what it is? They cheat!"

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In American cities surging with ICE agents, relationships between citizens and law enforcement have been stretched beyond the breaking point. It's unwise of Administration officials to pour gasoline on the fire by making prejudicial statements prior to impartial and transparent investigations.

Jared Golden (D-ME), an avowed centrist, is walking away from elected office citing death threats to his family. The federal government must dedicate abundant resources to prosecuting those who threaten to murder citizens who heed the call to public service.

However, Republicans could have avoided the current shutdown by simply allowing the Democratic minority to bring amendments to the Senate floor. A proposal to extend ACA subsidies only for households earning less than, say, $90,000 a year would surely be supported by more than 60 Senators.

The Senate must take immediate action to prevent future shutdowns. It should require members to stay in session and consider no other legislative votes until appropriations are completed (as Sen. Lankford, R-OK, has long advocated).

This is the best way for Republican leaders to neutralize accusations they are delaying the inevitable passage of a discharge petition to release the Epstein Files.

Arizonans elected Adelita Grijalva to Congress more than a month ago. House Speaker Mike Johnson should let her be sworn-in immediately during a pro forma session — just as he did for two new Republican members of Congress.

This Independence Day, the Founders are rolling in their graves.

Adding trillions of dollars to our nation's debt burden while simultaneously eliminating healthcare and food assistance for millions of Americans reveals the paramount importance of short-term political expediency and self-preservation to the current Majority in Washington.

The US is already borrowing $9B a day and the federal debt is $37T and growing. Yet the House approved a budget that adds $30T of new debt over the next 10 yrs. We salute Sen. Ron Johnson for saying what his Republican colleagues know is true: "We are stealing from our children and grandchildren."

The US accounts for just 15% of global imports. If other major economies (i.e., the G20 countries) resolved to expand trade between and among themselves -- and reduce trade with the protectionist United States -- Mr. Trump's "trade war" would end quickly. And with a whimper.

Attempts by the federal government to control what information can be discussed at institutions of higher education are inconsistent with bedrock American values.

Let the market decide what students learn at Harvard or any other college. If students or faculty are displeased with the curriculum, they can vote with their feet by studying or teaching at other schools that might be a better fit and a better bargain.

It would be premature and widely irresponsible for Congress to enact $6 trillion in tax cuts over 10 years when our nation already has annual budget deficits approaching $2 trillion and neither party has shown any appetite for reforming entitlements.

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