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Philip Klein is a senior editorial writer for the Washington Examiner. He is the author of "Conservative Survival in the Romney Era."

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  • CBO lowers deficit projections

    By Philip Klein | 05/14/13 07:20 PM

    On Tuesday, the Congressional Budget Office said that the federal government would run a $642 billion deficit in 2013, which is about $200 billion lower than previously forecast due to “higher-than-expected revenues and an increase in payments to the Treasury by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. ”...

  • Chart: The growth of Obamacare

    By Philip Klein | 05/14/13 06:25 PM

    Earlier Tuesday, I reported that the Congressional Budget Office’s latest estimates anticipate that the gross cost of President Obama’s health care law will be $1.8 trillion over the next decade. But this estimate alone doesn’t provide a full understanding of the program’s growing costs...

  • CBO: Obamacare costs double to $1.8 trillion in first decade

    By Philip Klein | 05/14/13 03:40 PM

    When President Obama was selling his health care legislation to Congress, he declared that, “the plan I’m proposing will cost around $900 billion over 10 years.” But with the law’s major provisions set to kick in next year, a new analysis by the Congressional Budget Office projects that...

  • Obtaining AP phone records required Holder’s approval

    By Philip Klein | 05/13/13 06:20 PM

    On Monday afternoon, the Associated Press reported that the U.S. Department of Justice had “secretly obtained two months of telephone records” from 20 phone lines assigned to reporters and editors from the global news organization. The shocking revelation comes on top of news that the IRS...

  • List of red flags that attract IRS scrutiny

    By Philip Klein | 05/13/13 12:35 PM

    On Monday morning, ABC News reported that, “The targeting of conservatives by the IRS started earlier and was more extensive than the IRS acknowledged last week…” Accompanying its story, ABC has posted a draft IRS inspector general report.

  • Newseum to ‘re-evaluate’ inclusion of Hamas members in Journalists Memorial

    By Philip Klein | 05/13/13 11:50 AM

    On Friday, I reported that the Newseum had planned to honor two deceased members of the terrorist group Hamas along with other journalists who had died while covering news in 2012. But on Monday morning, the journalism museum said it would “re-evaluate” the decision. Here is the...

  • Obama: $1 trillion in Obamacare spending is historic 'tax cut'

    By Philip Klein | 05/10/13 04:20 PM

    As part of a Mothers’ Day weekend defense of his signature legislative accomplishment, President Obama claimed that the law represented the “largest health care tax cut for working families and small businesses in our history. “

  • Newseum’s decision to honor Hamas cameramen not just outrageous, but dangerous

    By Philip Klein | 05/10/13 02:50 PM

    In previous posts, I’ve reported that the Newseum is honoring employees of a Hamas-controlled television station that has been designated as a terrorist group by the U.S. government. The decision is certainly outrageous, but more importantly, it’s dangerous. As part of its justification...

  • Newseum to honor Hamas employees on its Journalists Memorial

    By Philip Klein | 05/10/13 01:10 PM

    Each year, the Newseum honors journalists who were killed in the line of duty the previous year and adds them to its Journalists Memorial. But this year, the Newseum shockingly announced it was honoring two employees of the terrorist group Hamas. The Newseum website shows photos of Mahmoud...

  • This is what the Newseum considers to be a legitimate news channel

    By Philip Klein | 05/10/13 01:00 PM

    Earlier, I reported that the Newseum was standing by its decision to honor two employees of Al Aqsa TV as part of its memorial for journalists who were killed in duty even though the station has been designated a terrorist group by the U.S. government for being financed and controlled by Hamas....


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