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New Jersey prosecutor who let Ray Rice off the hook is throwing the book at a young mother of two

Beltway Confidential

New Jersey prosecutor who let Ray Rice off the hook is throwing the book at a young mother of two

Ashe Schow · September 8, 2014 9:26 pm

President Obama assured thousands at Berlin's Tiergarten in 2008 that their wall had come down because Ã¢â¬Åthere is no challenge that is too great for a world that stands as one. (AP File)

Obama’s delusions dispelled? Well, we can hope for change

Michael Barone · September 8, 2014 9:00 am

A navigator helps Min Lians, who is seeking help buying health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, at the Family Guidance Center in Springfield, Ill. (AP/Seth Perlman)

GOP governors’ cave-in on Medicaid is shortsighted

Philip Klein · September 8, 2014 9:00 am

This July 10, 2014 file photo shows President Barack Obama in a campaign style rally in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/The Dallas Morning News, Kye R. Lee, Pool)

The ‘Obama touch’ could doom Democratic candidates

Hugh Hewitt · September 7, 2014 9:26 pm

Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis speaks to reporters at the Wendy Davis campaign office in McAllen, Texas on Saturday, Aug. 30, 2014. (AP Photo/The McAllen Monitor, Gabe Hernandez)

Beltway Confidential

Wendy Davis reveals abortion decisions in new memoir

Ashe Schow · September 7, 2014 3:38 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin listens during Russian-Mongolian talks at the State Palace in Ulan Bator, Mongolia, on Wednesday. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky)

Energy and Environment

Ending Putin’s petro-politics

Chris Faulkner · September 7, 2014 10:00 am

Majority Leader Harry Reid and his Democratic colleagues have often accused Republicans of using the 60-vote requirement to obstruct the Senate. (AP File)

After years of bashing filibuster, will Senate Dems embrace it?

Byron York · September 4, 2014 10:11 pm

Iraqi security forces hold a flag of the Islamic State group they captured during an operation outside Amirli, some 105 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday. (AP Photo)

Ignorance fuels the calls for war

Steve Chapman · September 4, 2014 6:51 pm

It's really property rights that encourage good stewardship. If you pollute, it's your neighbors who are most likely to complain, not bureaucrats at the EPA.ÃÂ (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Government regulation is more harmful than helpful to the environment

John Stossel · September 4, 2014 6:38 pm

One of the central arguments of the lawyers defending gay marriage bans are that we should limit marriage to male-female couples because that's been the norm in Western cultures for millennia. It's an argument deeply rooted in conservative political philosophy, which has never really had much influence in the United States. (iStock Photo)

‘Tradition’ is not a good argument against gay marriage

Steve Chapman · September 3, 2014 9:28 pm

A recent Gallup poll indicates that 14 percent of the people "moderately disapprove" of President Obama's performance as president and 39 percent "strongly disapprove." (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Our next president should be chosen by qualifications, not demographic

Thomas Sowell · September 3, 2014 8:21 pm