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President Obama will be meeting Tuesday with congressional leaders and military advisers on his strategy for battling ISIS overseas. Better late than never. But his plan reportedly sees it taking three years to destroy ISIS, and Obama still has said nothing about stopping jihadists from bringing their terror here. It’s up to Congress to act

President Obama said last Thursday that he doesn’t “have a strategy yet” to combat ISIS in the Middle East. Worse is what he didn’t say — not one word about how to prevent ISIS from attacking us here at home. That’s despite security experts warning Congress repeatedly that we should take seriously ISIS’ gory threats to spill

The House and Senate shouldn’t wait for President Obama to ask for formal authority for a military campaign against ISIS. Congress should reconvene immediately and get the ball rolling now.   Customarily, a president takes the first step, presenting a draft Authorization for the Use of Military Force (similar to a declaration of war), then

Most Americans want government off their back. A whopping 59 percent say they’d like to send a “leave me alone” message to Washington, while only 32 percent say their message is “lend me a hand.” People are fed up with government bossing them around. This, according to an August 14th Fox poll of registered voters.

Seeing health care workers from the U.S. and other countries rush to care for Africans stricken with Ebola is proof of remarkable progress toward achieving color blind medicine. It’s a spectacle of heroic humanitarianism. But this week, powerful voices leveled false charges of racism. Here are the facts. There is no cure for Ebola. There

President Obama is golfing on Martha’s Vineyard and Congress is adjourned for a five week vacation. So who’s minding the nation’s capitol? No one. Truth is, no one is ever minding that store. A string of disgraceful revelations in the weeks before politicians packed up for vacation shows that Washington is permanently mired in a

Ebola poses virtually no risk to most Americans, but hospital workers and their patients could face real danger if someone unknowingly infected with the deadly virus travels to the U.S. and comes to an emergency room here for care. Many hospitals are poorly prepared to contain any pathogen. That’s why at least 75,000 people a

Members of Congress are rushing to pass a bill “fixing” the deadly Veterans Administration backlog before they go on vacation. Don’t fall for it: This bill won’t save sick vets languishing on wait lists. The “Veterans Access, Choice and Accountability Act” doesn’t provide access, choice or accountability. It leaves vets at the mercy of the VA

On Monday Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew urged Congress to provide more resources for the  exploding number of people on permanent disability (SSI).  It’s another example of Washington D.C.’s   “give away the store” mentality, encouraging the masses to sign up for government programs at taxpayers’ expense. Even without Congress’ complicity, the administration is doing everything it can to expand

The nation’s No. 2 court on Tuesday slapped down the Obama administration in a 2-1 decision that could kill the president’s signature health-care law. A less-prestigious federal appeals court issued a contradictory opinion the same day, but if the Supreme Court upholds the DC Circuit’s ruling, it will force Congress back to the drawing board