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The Heritage Foundation is the nation’s most broadly supported public policy research institute, with more than 453,000 individual, foundation and corporate donors. Heritage, founded in February 1973, mission is
to formulate and promote conservative public policies based on the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and a strong national defense.
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Let’s be clear—we don’t want terrorists buying guns in this country
Tall Tales Gun Grabbers Tell
June 20, 2016
Gun Show loophole
Everybody, but especially young men, needs to feel like they’re part of something bigger than themselves, a sense that we’re all in this together.
The IRS will send letters to people involved in 700 cases who had money seized by the tax agency based on allegations of structuring
Supporters of this ban say such “neutrality” protects smaller firms from their rivals. But in practice, it will do the opposite
The U.S. alone has been the target of at least 85 Islamist-related terrorist plots since Sept. 11, 2001.
Obama’s Shameful Pivot to Gun Control After Orlando
June 13, 2016
President Obama should not have pushed gun control in his statement after the shooting at an Orlando gay nightclub.
“We actually have two branches of government at stake in this election. The courts are at risk here too.”
The Justice Department has come under fire for directing banks to pay financial penalties directly to third parties. Conservatives say that's unconstitutional and wrong.
The Waste Report, released by Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., “is an ongoing project cataloguing egregious examples of waste within the U.S. government.”
The administration warns that “not recognizing children’s cultures and languages as assets” may be hurting them with school work
Rep. Gary Palmer, R-Ala., is right to take on the crony capitalists who back the Jones Act
“It makes sense the president would appoint a transgender activist as a faith adviser,” Travis Weber, director of the Center for Religious Liberty at the Family Research Council, says
The GOP Plan to End Wall Street Bailouts
June 7, 2016
Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, proposes a reform package to repeal and replace most of the president's marquee financial regulations
These were battles and a war worth winning. If there was ever a war for freedom’s sake, World War II was certainly it.
So far in this litigation, the Justice Department and the Obama administration have had a steadily losing hand. We will have to see if that continues
The government does not count people not looking for work as unemployed. Their exit caused the labor force participation rate to drop 0.2 percentage points
The president argued his administration deserves credit for the recovery thus far. If so, he has engineered the weakest recovery of the post-war era.
“The bottom line that labor’s share of income hasn’t fallen, that worker pay has tracked worker productivity over time—those are crucial conclusions,” Manhattan Institute fellow Scott Winship says.
Already, 13 of Obamacare's 24 co-ops have closed their doors. As insurers prepare to submit rates to states, more could shutter.
The U.S. Public Interest Research Group’s effort to explain why it should not be regulated—while everyone else is—fails
One woman who died in 1988 has been voting for 26 years, including in the 2014 election
Health Care News Under Obamacare
It also entered the space of locker rooms, showers, dorms, overnight hotels, and other places you might not expect
The Labor Department says this regulation will help workers. It is much more likely to make balancing work and family even more difficult.
In 2013, the IRS seized more than $68,000 from the Connecticut bakery David Vocatura and his family own. The IRS returned the money, but is still pursuing a tax investigation
The IRS took more than $90,000 from Calvin Taylor. Taylor settled with the government and received $41,000 back
It at times circumvents the State Department as well as even the Department of Defense.