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Michal Conger is a Washington Examiner Opinion staff writer. She attended school at Hillsdale College and previously worked at the Washington Times.

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  • Texas AG to Obama: Ratify UN arms treaty and I’ll sue

    Michal Conger

    Published: Tue, Apr 2, 2013

    If President Obama signs the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty approved today and the Senate ratifies it, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbot will sue, he told Obama in a letter today. “The Arms Trade Treaty agreed to today by the United Nations (UN) is a threat to Americans’ Constitutional...

  • Store owner arrested for using food stamps to stock shelves

    Michal Conger

    Published: Tue, Apr 2, 2013

    A convenience store owner in Daytona Beach, Fla.was arrested Monday for running a food stamp scam, using tax dollars to stock his shelves. Bassam Abu Diab and his son Matthew were buying food stamp cards for 20 to 40 cents on the dollar and using them to shop at Walmart and Save-A-Lot stores...

  • Obama to scientists: You didn’t build that

    Michal Conger

    Published: Tue, Apr 2, 2013

    President Obama suggested today that innovation needs government to become successful. Announcing his “BRAIN Initiative,” which will fund research on the human brain, the president attributed American scientists’ success to research and development made possible by the government from...

  • Georgia town votes to require gun ownership

    Michal Conger

    Published: Tue, Apr 2, 2013

    Nelson, Ga., a tiny town near Atlanta, is putting public safety in the hands of its 1,300 residents with a new law requiring gun ownership. City council members unanimously approved the Family Protection Ordinance on Monday night, both as a safety measure and a means of protecting residents’...

  • Gas trade group wants ethics probe into Yoko Ono’s anti-fracking group

    Michal Conger

    Published: Tue, Apr 2, 2013

    A gas trade group has filed a formal ethics complaint against an anti-fracking group that includes such celebrities as Lady Gaga, Alec Baldwin and Yoko Ono. The celebrity coalition was under scrutiny last month for failing to register as a lobbying organization in New York, and now the Oil &...

  • Stockton, Calif. eligible for bankruptcy in pension test case, judge rules

    Michal Conger

    Updated: Mon, Apr 1, 2013

    Stockton, Calif., became the most populous U.S. city to enter bankruptcy proceedings when a judgeaccepted the city’s application for bankruptcy on Monday, saying it would not be able to provide basic services otherwise. The ruling is the latest in a case that pits...

  • Automakers: EPA gas rules good for environment, bad for wallets

    Michal Conger

    Updated: Mon, Apr 1, 2013

    The Environmental Protection Agency’s stringent new gasoline rules will be good for the environment but will cost both car manufacturers and consumers more money, automakers say. The Tier 3 standards, released Friday, will require carmakers to reduce emissions and reduce the sulfur content...

  • Budget expert who helped craft Obamacare, stimulus exits White House

    Michal Conger

    Published: Fri, Mar 29, 2013

    Keith Fontenot, one of President Obama’s top budget experts who had a hand in shaping Obamacare, is leaving the White House for the Brookings Institution. Fontenot joined the Office of Management and Budget with President Obama’s first budget director, Peter Orszag, and was a major...


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