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The Iran Deal, explained

IranDealJokeOf abundant analysis of the nuclear negations with Iran, the Weekly Standard’s Noah Pollak Wednesday best summarized what the two sides conceded and gained.

Pollack writes, “The reader is free to make up his own mind about the merits of the deal and the extent to which it advances U.S. interests and U.S. security, and that of our allies.

“Forget how far away the terms of the deal may be from the ones President Obama insisted on two years ago, last year, or even last month. The saga of U.S. concessions to Iran is what’s known as a “process story,” and one thing the Obama years should teach us is that process stories – stories about how the administration achieves its policy objectives, as opposed to the policies themselves – have increasingly little purchase on our political debates. So, without further ado:

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Baby parts a cash crop?

babyUnbornPro-life organizations are calling for investigations and prosecutions after a Planned Parenthood official admitted during an undercover filming that the abortion group harvests and sells aborted baby parts.

The Tulsa Planned Parenthood clinic does not provide abortion, but does refer women to abortion service providers.

The undercover pro-lifers posed as buyers for a human biologics company that was seeking body parts. What they recorded was sickly details of abortionists harvesting baby organs such as livers, brains and hearts.

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Rand Paul sues Obama over foreign banking law

Senator Rand Paul

Senator Rand Paul

Ralph Z. Hallow writing for The Washington Times Tuesday reports that Sen. Rand Paul officially sued the Obama administration, seeking to stop it from enforcing a federal banking law that has led large numbers of Americans overseas to renounce their citizenship.

Paul joined six other plaintiffs in a suit filed by Republicans Overseas Action (ROA), arguing that the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) is unconstitutional.

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OK AG Scott Pruitt sues EPA over WOTUS overreach

OkFarmPond2Attorney General Scott Pruitt filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the Environmental Protection Agency alleging that the redefinition of the “Waters of the United States” is executive overreach, flatly contrary to the will of Congress.

The lawsuit alleges that the EPA’s broad redefinition of long-standing regulatory jurisdiction places virtually all land and water under an untenable regulatory burden. The EPA’s regulatory jurisdiction has historically been limited to the “navigable waters” – a term that has always been understood to include only large bodies of water capable of serving as pathways for interstate commerce.

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In Egypt the real war on terror has begun

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, right, greets Jordan's King Abdullah II on his arrival to attend an Arab summit, in Sharm el-Sheikh, South Sinai, Egypt, Saturday, March 28, 2015. In a speech to Arab leaders, Yemen's embattled president on Saturday called Shiite rebels who forced him to flee the country "puppets of Iran," directly blaming the Islamic Republic for the chaos there and demanding airstrikes against rebel positions continue until they surrender. (AP Photo/MENA/Washington Times)

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, right, greets Jordan’s King Abdullah II on arrival to an Arab summit, in Sharm el-Sheikh, South Sinai, Egypt, Saturday, March 28, 2015. (AP Photo /MENA/Washington Times)

It has been one year since Egyptian President Abel Fattah El Sisi was elected in a landslide vote. Egypt’s economy is projected to grow at 5 percent in fiscal year 2015/2016, unemployment is down and rating agencies are positive about Egypt. Foreign investors, including BP and Siemens, have signed multibillion dollar deals with Egypt. Early on in the presidency, the government implemented reforms such as cutting subsidies and tackling bureaucracy. This is no small feat.

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