By Rick Manning As originally published at http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/presidential-campaign/286916-clinton-not-sophisticated-enough-to-understand-email FBI Director James Comey testified before Congress that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton may not have been “sophisticated enough” to understand what the classified markings on emails meant. This lack of “sophistication” was used to explain Clinton’s lack of knowledge that she […]

By Natalia Castro In 2014 the House of Representatives passed the Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development (THUD) appropriations bill by a vote of 229 to 192. In 2015 , the support for the bill was narrower, passing 216 to 210. However, this year it may not have the votes […]

By Nathan Mehrens When FBI director James Comey announced this week that that Hillary Clinton’s actions regarding her official email were not worthy of prosecution, his decision had ramifications far beyond the national security context and how officials handle classified material. Essentially he has signed […]

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By Natalia Castro Within an hour of the New York Times posting to their Facebook page an article about the FBI recommending no charges against Hillary Clinton for her use of personal emails, there were hundreds of comments of every day American giving their opinion. The most prevalent idea — readers were not shocked, after all, […]

By Robert Romano “Although there is evidence of potential violations of the statutes regarding the handling of classified information, our judgment is that no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case.” That was FBI Director James Comey explaining to the nation why the FBI would not be recommending that Hillary Clinton be charged with any crime for storing and disseminating classified information from her private email server — even though, as Comey […]

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By Robert Romano In days leading up to the UK’s historic June 23 vote to leave the European Union, almost every single opinion poll had the Remain side winning. Populus gave Remain a 55 to 45 percent lead. YouGov gave Remain a 51 to 49 percent edge. Ipsos Mori had it […]

By Robert Romano Often times Congress does not get praised when members do the hard work on behalf of the American people to protect their interests. The House Financial Services appropriations bill is one such notable bill that you will hear almost nothing about. The House Financial […]

By Natalia Castro As liberals around the country celebrate Whole Women’s Health v. Hellerstedt, a decisively pro-choice Supreme Court ruling on abortion, they may want to consider how the precedent set would apply to gun rights. Whole Women’s Health v. Hellerstedt was a 5-3 decision ruling on the concept of […]