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Paul Ryan Blames Defense Budget for Military Accidents

When he announced he wouldn’t run for reelection, House Speaker Paul Ryan cited his role in increasing defense spending as one of his two major accomplishments (the other was cutting taxes). The speaker justified these massive hikes in the FY2018 defense budget—which…

A Push for President Pompeo?

Bill Kristol, editor of The Weekly Standard, told me in November that not only did he like the idea of a Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, but that he should aim higher. “Pompeo-Haley in 2020!” he emailed, adding on neoconservative…