WASHINGTON TIMES — Former FBI Director James Comey's decision to leak memos of his interactions with President Trump could come back to haunt him in a challenge to his New York bar membership. Ty Clevenger, a lawyer who filed a grievance against Mr. Comey, said in a letter Friday to the New York lawyers' disciplinary committee that if the fired director ended up leaking classified information it should bolster the case against him.... (more)

BOB UNRUH — After several years of various courts forcing Christian pregnancy centers and counseling groups to promote abortion -- even though it violates their faith -- it appears the tide is turning.... (more)

BOB UNRUH — An expert on military readiness is warning that the Department of Justice's decision not to go directly to the U.S. Supreme Court in the dispute over transgenders in the ranks "allowed judges to run the military," which violated the U.S. Constitution.... (more)

WORLDNETDAILY — After issuing an executive order late Wednesday closing his commission to investigate voter fraud, President Donald Trump now stresses the need for more voter identification and has tasked the Department of Homeland Security with ensuring the integrity of elections.... (more)

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — I have no problem with President Trump's tweet on nuclear weapons. Of course, many others reacted with pathetic uproar. The perpetually enraged liberal think-tanker Neera Tanden led the way in attempting to persuade U.S. enemies that we are psychologically weak.... (more)

MICHAEL OBERNDORF — A whole lot of us Deplorables, who had the unmitigated temerity to vote for the interloper, Donald Trump, have served in capacities which required us to take an oath to uphold the Constitution and protect it not only from foreign enemies, but domestic ones as well. Over the 229 years that have elapsed since the Constitution was ratified in June of 1788, we have endured and overcome numerous attempts by foreign nations to defeat us militarily, and some economically. However, domestic threats have been rare. Other than the occasional traitor, we have had no serious, well organized threats internally, the Civil War being the obvious exception, until the communists. However, the Soviet Union collapsed, and the "mainstream" media declared the Cold War over and communism defeated, and thus, all the communists in the U.S.A., aka, Stalin's Useful Idiots, magically disappeared. Poof.... (more)

PETER LEMISKA — On December 25th, the New York Times published an editorial by liberal columnist Paul Krugman. It was entitled "America Is Not Yet Lost," and it was a message wrapped in hope, but filled with hate. Still fuming about the 2016 election and its aftermath, Krugman ranted that Donald Trump has proven himself unfit for office -- morally and intellectually, and that the Republican Party is composed of "cynical apparatchiks, willing to sell out every principle -- and every shred of dignity -- as long as donors get big tax cuts."... (more)

TWINCITIES.COM — Tina Smith raised her right hand and swore to uphold the U.S. Constitution this morning, replacing Minnesota U.S. Sen. Al Franken after a series of allegations that he engaged in sexual misconduct. The former Minnesota lieutenant governor took her oath at 11:04 a.m. Central time to be followed by a reenactment in the historic former Senate chamber. Smith becomes the 22nd female senator, a record number of women serving at the same time in the 100-member body.... (more)

HAARETZ.COM — In the summer of 2009, as the forces of the Iranian government brutally repressed mass demonstrations protesting a stolen election, the United States sent the people of Iran an unmistakable message. The man regarded as an international beacon of hope offered them no encouragement.... (more)

ANDREW C. MCCARTHY — The New York Times' Russian Reset continues. My weekend column argued that the Democrats and the media are scrambling to pull together a new origination account of the Trump-Russia collusion narrative. The original origination account has become a political liability because it centered on Carter Page, a former Trump campaign adviser who featured prominently in the so-called Steele dossier.... (more)

LEO HOHMANN — Pictures and videos coming out of Iran are starting to look more like a full-on revolution than a protest movement, but American news agencies continue to be slow to react, describing the historic protests as mostly about the country's weak economy and chastising President Trump for cheering them on. That's woefully under-reporting the depth of what is really going on in Iran, say experts on the country's history and current political environment.... (more)

BEN SHAPIRO — Last week, former Obama national security advisor Susan Rice -- she of the infamously shifting Benghazi explanations -- published an op-ed in the New York Times dedicated to the proposition that Trump's "America first" foreign policy has "relinquish[ed] the nation's moral authority in these difficult times." According to Rice, Trump has shifted away from seizing "opportunities to expand prosperity, freedom and security" around the globe.... (more)

THE HILL — Republicans on key congressional committees say they have uncovered new irregularities and contradictions inside the FBI's probe of Hillary Clinton's email server. For the first time, investigators say they have secured written evidence that the FBI believed there was evidence that some laws were broken when the former secretary of State and her top aides transmitted classified information through her insecure private email server, lawmakers and investigators told The Hill.... (more)

PAGE SIX — The federal grand jury handing down indictments for special counsel Robert Mueller doesn't appear to include any supporters of President Donald Trump, according to one witness who recently testified before the panel.... (more)

PATRICK BUCHANAN — What caused the FBI to open a counterintelligence investigation into the Trump campaign in July 2016, which evolved into the criminal investigation that is said today to imperil the Trump presidency? As James Comey's FBI and Special Counsel Robert Mueller have, for 18 months, failed to prove Donald Trump's "collusion" with the Kremlin, what was it, in mid-2016, that justified starting this investigation?... (more)

ALICIA POWE — Leftists are demanding Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee Devin Nunes, R-Calif., be put in prison for probing how federal law enforcement conspired to stop Donald Trump from becoming president.... (more)

DAILY CALLER — Huma Abedin forwarded sensitive State Department emails, including passwords to government systems, to her personal Yahoo email account before every single Yahoo account was hacked, a Daily Caller News Foundation analysis of emails released as part of a lawsuit brought by Judicial Watch shows.... (more)

WASHINGTON TIMES — President Trump called on Huma Abedin, a former Clinton aide, Tuesday to be jailed for allegedly giving out classified information. "Crooked Hillary Clinton's top aid, Huma Abedin, has been accused of disregarding basic security protocols. She put Classified Passwords into the hands of foreign agents. Remember sailors pictures on submarine? Jail! Deep State Justice Dept must finally act? Also on Comey & others," Mr. Trump tweeted.... (more)

NEWSMAX — The acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says politicians who run sanctuary cities should be charged with crimes. Thomas Homan said in an interview Tuesday with Fox News Channel's Neil Cavuto that the Department of Justice needs to file charges against municipalities that don't cooperate with federal immigration authorities and deny them funding.... (more)

NEWSMAX — Sen. Orrin Hatch's retirement announcement Tuesday triggered an outpouring on Twitter from both critics and admirers of the Utah Republican. The Washington Post's conservative columnist, Jennifer Rubin, tweeted she was glad to see the veteran and "apologist" for President Donald Trump retire.... (more)

NEWSMAX — Former Texas congressman and House Majority leader Tom Delay said Tuesday the race for retiring Utah GOP Sen. Orin Hatch's seat might end up being a contest about President Donald Trump. In an interview on Newsmax TV's "Newsmax Now," DeLay said both 2012 GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney and former Utah congressman Jason Chafetz could be interested in the veteran's Senate spot.... (more)

JOE KOVACS — In the wake of Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch's announcement that he would retire early next year at the end of his term, there have been numerous reports suggesting former Massachusetts Gov. and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney was considering running for that seat.... (more)

NEWSMAX — Six senators, including both Democrats and Republicans, have introduced a bill in the Senate that would eliminate paperless voting machines from U.S. elections, while also calling for audits to reduce dangers of foreign government interference.... (more)

NEWSMAX — North Korea announced Wednesday that it will reopen a cross-border communication channel with South Korea, officials in Seoul said, another sign of easing animosity between the rivals after a year that saw the North conduct nuclear bomb and missile tests and both the Koreas and Washington issue threats of war.... (more)

ALAN KEYES — A few days before Christmas, I went to Union Station in Washington, D.C., to sing Christmas carols with a group of folks organized by my friend, Jack Ames, a co-founder of the Defend Life organization. I arrived a little late, to find the group singing in a spot outside the entrance on the west side of the station, near stairs leading down to the Metro. They were gathered 'round a nativity scene, regaling passersby with infectious enthusiasm. I quickly caught their good spirit and joined in.... (more)