WASHINGTON EXAMINER — The Republican chairmen who demanded Congress get access to James Comey's memos blasted him late Thursday, saying the revelations they contain show he "was blind to biases within the FBI and had terrible judgment with respect to his deputy Andrew McCabe."... (more)

ANDREW C. MCCARTHY — In yesterday's column, I contended that it was outrageous for federal district judge Kimba Wood to direct that talk-radio and Fox News host Sean Hannity be publicly identified as Michael Cohen's third client. Cohen, whose law practice is, shall we say, less than thriving, is under criminal investigation by the FBI and federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York (SDNY). He claims only three clients. The other two, President Trump and GOP fundraiser Elliott Broidy, acknowledge retaining Cohen. Hannity denies ever having had a formal attorney-client relationship with him.... (more)

ANDREW C. MCCARTHY — At a hearing in Manhattan federal court Monday afternoon, a judge denied a request by President Trump and his lawyer, Michael Cohen, to prevent investigators from reviewing materials seized from Cohen's office and residences.... (more)

NATIONAL REVIEW — The Southern Poverty Law Center has removed the "Field Guide to Anti-Muslim Extremists" from their website after attorneys for Maajid Nawaz, a practicing Muslim and prominent Islamic reformer, threatened legal action over his inclusion on the list.... (more)

PHILIP KLEIN — When Republicans fail to advance a limited government agenda when they have power, it does not merely entrench the status quo -- it paves the road for liberals to fulfill their expansionist dreams when they're in charge. There is no better example of this than on healthcare policy. For decades, Republican inaction and acquiesce has allowed liberals to make uneven yet substantial progress toward their ultimate goal of imposing government-run healthcare on the United States. This time, Republican dithering may just enable Democrats to reach that promised land.... (more)

ALAN KEYES — Alan Keyes says Congress needs to do more than 'just listen to these jokers'... (more)

KYLE SMITH — For months, the media and President Trump's loudest opponents convinced themselves that James Comey's much-anticipated book was the ticking bomb that would blow up the Trump administration. Instead: No boom.... (more)

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — Former FBI Director James Comey's highly anticipated weekend TV interview fell flat for key members of the press. The one-hour interview, which aired Sunday on ABC ahead of the publication of Comey's book "A Higher Loyalty," received extensive coverage in the national press for Comey's sharp rebukes of President Trump, but there were almost no revelations in his answers, and some critics said Comey came across as self-serving.... (more)

WASHINGTON TIMES — Acrimony between the FBI and Department of Justice was so bad in the waning days of the Obama Administration some agents quit the bureau, a former G-man said. Feuds over the direction of investigations -- and particularly some of the high-profile politically-involved probes -- began to build up as the 2016 election approached, and as the FBI felt pressure from its political masters at the department.... (more)

ROBERT KNIGHT — Federal judges sit on the bench for life and can either uphold the law or rule like tyrants. This puts judicial appointments right near the top of the most important things a president can do. The newest Supreme Court justice, Neil Gorsuch, has already shown what a difference a constitutionalist can make. But we need many more to counter the hundreds of Clinton, Obama and Jimmy Carter-appointed judges who issue zany rulings that override common sense and thwart democratically enacted popular will.... (more)

WASHINGTON TIMES — President Trump formally notified Congress Sunday that he had constitutional authority as commander-in-chief to order the military strikes against Syria Friday night. In a letter, Mr. Trump said missile strikes against Syrian chemical-weapons facilities were "in the vital national security and foreign policy interests of the United States to promote the stability of the region, to deter the use and proliferation of chemical weapons, and to avert a worsening of the region's current humanitarian catastrophe."... (more)

JOHN TIERNEY — Imagine if the head of a federal agency announced a new policy for its scientific research: From now on, the agency would no longer allow its studies to be reviewed and challenged by independent scientists, and its researchers would not share the data on which their conclusions were based. The response from scientists and journalists would be outrage. By refusing peer review from outsiders, the agency would be rejecting a fundamental scientific tradition. By not sharing data with other researchers, it would be violating a standard transparency requirement at leading scientific journals. If a Republican official did such a thing, you'd expect to hear denunciations of this latest offensive in the "Republican war on science."... (more)

JOSEPH FARAH — Former Rep. Steve Stockman, R-Texas, will be sentenced Tuesday following conviction on 23 felony counts related to using charitable donations for personal and campaign expenses. Wait a minute! Didn't Hillary Clinton do that? Oh, yes, in spades, but I digress. I've known Steve for many years. There's not a corrupt bone in his body. Don't believe anything else you read about this case anywhere -- including Fox News, which hung him out to dry. Steve went to Washington to do one thing -- defeat the Deep State.... (more)

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — The film "Chappaquiddick," which premiered last Friday, concerns the efforts of the late Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., to save his career and reputation after the accident that killed Mary Jo Kopechne, a young, pretty aide to his dead brother Bobby.... (more)

WASHINGTON TIMES — "A Quiet Place" is an oddity for a No. 1 box office attraction -- a family-focused horror movie that has no profanity, nudity, sex, gore or R rating and offers a subtle pro-life message. Directed, co-written and co-produced by John Krasinski (Jim from the NBC sitcom "The Office"), the $17 million, PG-13 production rocked Hollywood last weekend with its $50 million box office haul -- and could crack the $100 million mark this weekend, Forbes.com predicts.... (more)

BBC NEWS — John Corcoran grew up in New Mexico in the US during the 1940s and 50s. One of six siblings, he graduated from high school, went on to university, and became a teacher in the 1960s - a job he held for 17 years. But, as he explains here, he hid an extraordinary secret.... (more)

REUTERS — Western powers said on Saturday their missile attacks struck at the heart of Syria's chemical weapons program, but the restrained assault appeared unlikely to halt Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's progress in the 7-year-old civil war.... (more)

NEWSMAX — Targeted airstrikes early Saturday morning against three Syrian chemical weapons facilities took out "fundamental components of the regime's chemical weapons warfare infrastructure" and set Syria's programs back "for years," Pentagon officials said during a briefing Saturday morning.... (more)

FOX NEWS — Andrew McCabe, onetime acting FBI director, leaked a self-serving story to the press and later lied about it to his boss and federal investigators, prompting a stunning fall from grace that ended in his firing last month, says a bombshell report released Friday by the Justice Department's internal watchdog.... (more)

NEWSMAX — The title of James Comey's new Trump-bashing book should be changed from "A Higher Loyalty" to "Liar's Remorse," former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay told Newsmax TV on Friday. DeLay said he is disgusted by Comey's new memoir and his interviews promoting it, which include talk about the infamous dossier that alleges Trump watched Russian hookers engage in perverse acts in a Moscow hotel room and how Trump allegedly was worried about his wife Melania's reaction to it.... (more)

BOB UNRUH — ABC's promotion of its scheduled Sunday interview with FBI Director James Comey -- who leaked his notes of his private conversations with President Trump to the media apparently to prompt an investigation of the commander-in-chief -- has sparked a media frenzy.... (more)

NEWSMAX — The American Civil Liberties Union [ACLU] has "sunk to a new low," becoming a "cheerleader" for the violation of civil liberties of political opponents, evidenced in the FBI raid earlier this week to obtain documents from President Donald Trump's attorney Michael Cohen, said Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz.... (more)

THE HILL — Former CIA Director John Brennan on Friday went after President Trump over his attacks on former FBI Director James Comey, tweeting that Trump's "kakistocracy is collapsing after its lamentable journey." "As the greatest Nation history has known, we have the opportunity to emerge from this nightmare stronger & more committed to ensuring a better life for all Americans, including those you have so tragically deceived," Brennan tweeted at Trump.... (more)

WORLDNETDAILY — Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J.: Pursuant to your questioning of secretary of state candidate Mike Pompeo, I'd like to ask you some forthright questions. I understand you might never read this article. Or, if you do read it, you might choose not to respond. At the least, though, we can put these questions on public record.... (more)

CHERYL K. CHUMLEY — Newt Gingrich, former speaker of the House, ripped into the FBI for its raid on President Donald Trump's personal attorney, Michael Cohen, comparing the federal action to the Nazi regime. And insofar as the rather ridiculous raids on Cohen's files go -- he's got a bit of a point. These are moves that ring more of Gestapo, less of constitutional America -- more of police state, less of republic, land of the law.... (more)