Commentary

The revised wording states "persons under the age of 16 and persons who have a physical or mental impairment and are unable to communicate are unable to give consent." (iStock photo)

Beltway Confidential

University updates policy stating that students with disabilities cannot consent to sex

Ashe Schow · July 20, 2015 1:26 pm

The strikes are being carried out by Joint Special Operations Command using CIA intelligence. (AP file)

National Security

Drones and the epoch of one-click wars

Benjamin Friedman · July 20, 2015 4:01 am

President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks to members of the media in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 16, 2015, on the shooting in Chattanooga, Tenn. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

National Security

On Iran, Obama must not circumvent Congress

Washington Examiner · July 20, 2015 4:01 am

San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro greets guests after a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing. (CQ Roll Call via AP Images)

HUD’s ‘disparate impact’ war on suburban America

Michael Barone · July 20, 2015 4:01 am

News interns run with a decision across the plaza of the Supreme Court in Washington, Monday June 29, 2015. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

It’s time to end life tenure on the Supreme Court

Gabe Roth · July 20, 2015 4:01 am

British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, 2nd right, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, right, and European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini, left, talk to Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. (Carlos Barria, Pool Photo via AP)

A nuclear Iran is now guaranteed

Hugh Hewitt · July 19, 2015 9:00 pm

Barring Trump from the debates would do more harm than good. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)

Beat Trump, don’t ban him from the debates

W. James Antle III · July 19, 2015 4:14 pm

Rand Paul is the only major GOP presidential candidate for whom there is political downside to opposing the Iran nuclear deal. Now Ron Paul is increasingly outspoken in his support for the pact. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Rand Paul: Like father, like son?

W. James Antle III · July 18, 2015 5:40 pm

An FBI investigator investigates the scene of a shooting outside a military recruiting center on Friday, July 17, 2015, in Chattanooga, Tenn. Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez of Hixson, Tenn., attacked two military facilities on Thursday, in a shooting rampage that killed four Marines. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Terror in Tennessee

Washington Examiner · July 18, 2015 4:02 am

In his speeches and remarks this week, Obama mentioned a wide array of reforms -- from the elimination of mandatory minimum sentences to the end of voting prohibitions for convicted felons. (AP Photo)Â

Beltway Confidential

Obama finds his voice on criminal justice reform

Daniel Allott · July 18, 2015 4:01 am

Former U.S. Seceratary of State Hillary Clinton speaks at the 10th National Automobile Dealers Association Convention on January 27, 2014 in New Orleans, Louisiana. According to reports, Clinton said during a question and answer session at the convention that he biggest regret was the attack on Americans in Benghazi. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

Clinton email answers don’t answer key question

Byron York · July 17, 2015 11:40 pm

Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina greets potential voters, Monday, July 6, 2015, at a campaign town hall event in Barrington, N.H. (AP Photo)Â

Beltway Confidential

With Buzzfeed video, Carly Fiorina continues her millennial outreach

Ashe Schow · July 17, 2015 4:37 pm