Andrew C. McCarthy
Bestselling author. Contributing Editor at National Review & Fellow at NR Inst. Former Chief Asst. U.S. Attorney
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Tensions Rise as U.S. Warplanes Skirt North Korean Coast, Pyongyang’s Envoy Sharpens Threats
In a new escalation of hostility between Washington and Pyongyang, North Korea’s foreign minister warned in a United Nations speech that a rocket attack on the U.S. mainland was “inevitable” while U.S. warplanes flew off the east coast of North Korea
Tom Price to halt taxpayer-funded travel on private jets pending review
“We’ve heard the criticism. We’ve heard the concerns," Price said.
Mueller Scorches the Earth
Special counsel Robert Mueller's pre-dawn raid was meant to intimidate Paul Manafort as much as it was meant to gather evidence ...
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#Mueller Scorches the Earth. My weekend @NRO column
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Mueller team under fire for 'brass-knuckle' tactics in bid to squeeze Manafort
The intensity of the focus on Paul Manafort is widely seen as a potential effort by Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team to pressure him into providing information on others in the Russia probe. But the “brass-knuckle” tactics have raised eyebrows i
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Mueller team under fire for 'brass-knuckle' tactics in bid to squeeze Manafort via the @FoxNews app
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Sovereignty Is Not a Dirty Word
To listen to the commentary, Donald Trump used an inappropriate term at the U.N. - not just Rocket Man, but 'sovereignty.'
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Trump reminds post-sovereign #UNGA2017 about sovereignty, as @RichLowry explains
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America's soaring rates of suicide, addiction, and broken families won't be solved by politics; only culture can fix the problem ...
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Politics is a hammer so every problem is a nail, right? @DavidAFrench points to culture & explains why it ain't so
2d ago
James Clapper’s Non-Denial Denials, Revisited
If you scrutinized what Clapper actually said, you knew the media were overplaying their hand ...
The former Trump campaign head is in major legal trouble ...
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#Manafort Is in Jeopardy ... but Trump may not be. My @NRO column on what to make of latest revelations.
4d ago
Candidate John Kerry Was Right About Terrorism and Afghanistan; President Donald Trump And His Generals Are Wrong
Last week I explained how the foreign-policy establishment, both Democratic and Republican, has used Donald Trump to whitewash a bipartisan catalog of catastrophic failures abroad dating back to Sept. 11, 2001. Whichever party’s recent-vintage foreig
Eric Schneiderman Needs to Recuse Himself from Trump Investigations
Eric Schneiderman has failed to maintain impartiality & should recuse himself from any criminal investigation of Trump ...
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Compelling case by @baseballcrank: @AGSchneiderman has ethical duty to recuse himself from Trump investigation.
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Americo vs. Abid Awan
Abid Awan is accused of unlawfully accessing Congress' computer networks, and now his stepmother said he wiretapped her and used his position to threaten her violently in order to steal cash
On Criminal Justice, Sessions Is Returning DOJ to the Rule of Law
Two former top Obama-appointed prosecutors co-author a diatribe against Trump attorney general Jeff Sessions for returning the Justice Department to purportedly outdated, too “tough on crime” charging practices. Yawn. After eight years of Justice Dep
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On Criminal Justice, #Sessions Is Returning #DOJ to the Rule of Law. My weekend @NRO column
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AG #Sessions is right to return #DOJ charging policy to rule of law. My weekend @NRO column
5d ago
Democrats Follow Bernie Sanders Off a Cliff
How rudderless is the Democratic party? Its membership is so bereft of leadership and policy direction that 16 of its senators have signed on to a health-care bill sponsored by a self-avowed independent democratic socialist from Vermont.
The “Medi
Dear Ta-Nehisi Coates: I read your book Between the World and Me, an elegant and poetic elegy written to your son on “the question,” as ...
Terror in London . . . Again
The terrorist threat in Europe has heightened with the defeat of ISIS in Iraq and Syria ...
The Chuck and Nancy Amnesty
President Trump had dinner Wednesday night with Chuck and Nancy, as he familiarly calls the Democratic leaders he apparently hopes will become his new governing partners.
Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi left the repast and promptly announced that t
Trump Talks, Schneiderman Sues
Judges can’t override the president’s authority on ‘Dreamers’ just because he says offensive things.
Trump’s ‘Never Mind’ DACA Tweet
Trump wants to be the restrictionist ideal of his base as well as an amnesty enthusiast like a New York City Democrat ...
DACA: Trump Does the Full Obama on Prosecutorial Discretion
The Donald’s renewed romance with old pals (and donees) “Chuck and Nancy” is already paying more dividends . . . for Democrats. If the president’s tweet on Thursday morning is to be believed (not always a sure thing), he has fully adopted the unconst