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Debra J. Saunders

Debra J. Saunders, the Review-Journal's White House correspondent from 2017 to 2021, is the newspaper's Washington columnist. Her columns will appear two to three times weekly.
Team Trump puts the squeeze on the California High-Speed Rail boondoggle, which keeps spending big but shows no signs of ever being completed.
The number of border apprehensions was down in January — 29,116 illegal aliens were apprehended along the border, the lowest number since May 2020.
“Saturday Night Live” and “Face the Nation” show Big Media is out of touch and far outside the American mainstream.
The president, the richest man in the world and a House panel take on waste in humanitarian assistance. It’s a target-rich environment.
The Jewish state agrees to another asymmetrical hostage trade. Is it time to reconsider consequences?
The left-leaning legacy newsmagazine clearly felt it had to help Kamala Harris during the 2024 campaign — something it never would have done for Trump.
President Donald Trump out-talks Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his call to transform Gaza into the “Riviera of the Middle East.”
Israel’s missile defense system has been a huge success. Could it work for the USA, which is more than 400 times larger than the Jewish state?
The nominee for secretary of Health and Human Services wants to disrupt America’s health care system and ask questions the establishment won’t.
With 27-year-old Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt running the room, everyone was on their best behavior. Especially with “new media” in prime seats.
Surround yourself with people who have your back. Mix in some mavericks. Show the beltway class who’s boss. Go after the establishment. And much more.
Democrats join Republicans in cracking down hard on criminal illegal immigrants, and week one of President Donald Trump’s second term isn’t even over.
Trump is president again. Borders are back. Pardons are everywhere. And there will be more doing, less lecturing at the White House.
The “decency” trap blinded President Joe Biden. Did a lack of self-knowledge lead to his demise? Or was it bad policies and old age?
