Trump’s immigration proposal asks for a few big conservative immigration goals—border wall funding, ending chain migration and the visa lottery—in exchange for an amnesty for 1.8 million of those who illegally immigrated to the United States as children. In his State of the Union, the president's immigration talk was designed to infuriate the left and remind hardliners that he is on their side.
I was flying cross-country and didn’t see Donald Trump’s State of the Union Address Tuesday night. The instant reviews were predictably mixed. Trump supporters, even reluctant ones, seemed to like it. His critics all hated it.
I read it twice and mostly liked what was in there. But the most notable thing about the speech, to me anyway, was what it left out.
Trump said nothing about the country’s $20 trillion debt crisis. Literally not a word. It was a long, long speech but the president and his speechwriting team apparently couldn’t find any room for a mention of debt and the slow-motion crisis that is upon us.
The Associated Press reported Tuesday that Major League Baseball will expand its experiment of starting extra innings in certain games with a runner at second base.
Despite the inevitable freakout from baseball purists, there is one big takeaway: None of the games will count toward a team’s regular season or postseason record. The rule went into effect in the low minors last year, beginning in the 10th inning. It will be applied at the same point in spring training games (which are capped at 10 innings, anyway) this upcoming season. And it will go into effect in the 11th inning of the All-Star Game—and only seven contests in the 85-year history of the game have reached.
President Trump’s second annual address to Congress passed Tuesday night without him mentioning a sole word about entitlement spending, continuing a deviation from the economically conservative Congress he inherited.
During his first state of the union address Tuesday night, President Donald Trump repeatedly called for bipartisanship, painted hopeful images, and told inspiring stories about guests in the crowd. But a year’s worth of partisan battles cut through the president’s optimistic rhetoric.
It’s time for the January 2018 Hypocrite of the Month awards. The nominees are . . .
Jerry Brown and Andrew Cuomo, governors of the two largest states controlled by the Democratic party—which accuses the new Republican tax cuts of favoring the rich at the expense of the middle class. Brown and Cuomo are preparing to sue the federal government because the new tax law limits deduction for state income, sales, and property taxes to $10,000. Until now, the deduction has been unlimited. Clearly, this change hits people with large and expensive homes, none of whom are likely to be poor.
You may not believe this, but in the United States there are more weeks without football than with it. Considering only the contests that count—preseason games in the pros are inconsequential, as are spring games in college—each year has 23 weeks with football compared to 29 weeks without it. So savor the upcoming curtain call of this eventful season, and hope both contenders, the Eagles and Patriots, honor sports lore by saving the best for last.

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