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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, at the Organization of Islamic Cooperation summit in Istanbul, threatened to remove the U.S. from the Middle East peace process because of President Trump's decision to declare Jerusalem as Israel's capital. (Associated Press) **FILE**

How U.S. can stop Palestinian Authority from abusing Interpol

By Ted Bromund

In this Dec. 22, 2017, photo, Toby Lafferty, founder of Books Inside, selects books in Salt Lake City to be sent to a new prison in Texas. Men and women in 35 prisons and jails in 13 states nationwide depend on Lafferty and her Millcreek-based nonprofit, Books Inside, for a monthly supply of books to expand often decrepit libraries. (Ravell Call/The Deseret News via AP)

‘Whiplash’ book an antidote to the left’s caricature of conservatism

By Ed Feulner

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., right, shakes hands after presenting a pen to House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady, R-Texas, left, as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., second from left, watches after signing the final version of the GOP tax bill during an enrollment ceremony at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Conservatives still have their work cut out for them on health care, spending

By Ed Feulner

Military personnel hold flags before the performance of the national anthem before an NFL football game between the Oakland Raiders and the Baltimore Ravens in Oakland, Calif., Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

U.S. military dangerously underfunded

By Ed Feulner

Illustration on U.S. foreign aid by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

U.S. foreign policy needs 21st century updating

By James M. Roberts

Teen abstinence is up even as weekly religious attendance down

By Ed Feulner

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. listens on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 11, 2017, during the committee's confirmation hearing for Nay Secretary nominee Richard Spencer. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

John McCain vows to restore federal aid to Tunisia

By Nicole Ault - The Washington Times

EXCHANGE: Heritage Garden from 1860 still feeding the area

By DONNETTE BECKETT - Associated Press

Then-Heritage Foundation President Jim DeMint, a former South Carolina senator, addresses a forum at the organization in 2014. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Jim DeMint resigns as president of The Heritage Foundation, Ed Feulner to return as interim

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Illustration on government policies that keep the poor poor by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Government makes poor people poorer

By Stephen Moore

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer

Charles Schumer fights for Supreme Court ideology

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A C-SPAN poll finds 26 percent of Americans don't have an opinion on Supreme Court justice nominee Neil Gorsuch's qualifications and 43 percent support his confirmation. (Associated Press)

Neil Gorsuch Supreme Court nomination fight importance understood by ordinary Americans

By Hans A. von Spakovsky and Elizabeth Slattery

Senior project focuses on reading, boosts school library

By BY JAN SWOOPE - Associated Press

File - This Monday, Dec. 21, 2015 file photograph provided by the Israeli Ministry of Defense shows a launch of David's Sling missile defense system. A senior Israeli air force official says a joint U.S.-Israeli missile interceptor will be operational soon, completing the country's multi-layer defense system. He said Monday that David's Sling, meant to counter medium-range missiles possessed by Iranian-backed Hezbollah militants in Lebanon, will be operational in early April. (Ministry of Defense via AP, File)

Strategic Defense Initiative was visionary

By Ed Feulner

Illustration on the Baker/Schultz carbon tax plan by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Carbon tax will not help environment and make Americans poorer

By Stephen Moore

A tenure marked by earnest dedication and criticism, fair and unfair

By Ed Feulner

An American flag flies in front of a new courthouse annex, built with recovery funds from Hurricane Rita, which hit nearly ten years ago, in Cameron, La., Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015. A decade after Hurricane Rita, Cameron Parish in coastal, southwest Louisiana still bears the scars of her wrath. Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015 is the anniversary of Hurricane Rita. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

The 2016 Index of Culture and Opportunity comprises a gauge of social indicators

By Ed Feulner

Lockheed Martin's F-35 Lightning II is a family of single-seat, single-engine, all-weather stealth multirole fighters undergoing final development and testing by the U.S. military. The F-35A is the conventional takeoff and landing variant. (Lockheed Martin)

F-35 military aircraft and concurrent development

By John Venable

FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 27, 2014, file photo, a woman pays for merchandise at a Kohl's department store in Sherwood, Ark. A recent poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that two-thirds of Americans would have difficulty coming up with the money to cover a $1,000 emergency. But having a modest, immediately accessible emergency fund is critical to financial well-being. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File)

Welfare reform can work

By Ed Feulner

Informational Zika posters for pregnant woman are displayed as Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton takes a tour of a Miami health care center. (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton takes up Zika cause as mosquito-borne illness becomes political weapon

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times