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Jennifer Harper

Jennifer Harper

jharper@washingtontimes.com

Jennifer Harper wrote the daily Inside the Beltway column for The Washington Times.

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President Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price make their way past a gaggle of reporters at the U.S. Capitol. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Inside the Beltway: Remember your original mission, Mr. President

Aggression, hostility, bias: The news media's unapologetic war on President Trump has been going full force since he was inaugurated. Manipulative headlines and unfair coverage require strategic countermeasures -- and the heart of a lion perhaps.

March 29, 2017
President Trump's boyhood home in Queens, New York, was sold last week to an unnamed buyer for $2.14 million at a 54 percent profit. (Paramount Realty USA)

Trump boyhood home in Queens, New York, sells for $2.14 million

At long last, the numbers have been revealed about the sale of President Trump's boyhood home, located in a pleasant neighborhood of Queens, New York. The attractive Tudor home was sold five days ago to an unnamed buyer for $2.14 million -- a tidy 54 percent profit for Michael Davis, the local real estate investor who purchased the property for $1.39 million through public auction only three months ago.

March 28, 2017
President Trump, flanked by Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price and Vice President Mike Pence, reveals his decision to recall the American Health Care Act. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Inside the Beltway: ‘Trump should let his actions do the talking’

"Don't worry." That is what President Trump told Americans after the American Health Care Act -- Trumpcare -- was recalled on Friday. It is good advice, particularly as the news media and giddy Democrats return to their favorite old claims that the White House and the GOP are in disarray.

March 26, 2017
Republican elation at the moment Donald Trump won has continued: A Gallup poll finds the party with much optimism about money. (Associated Press)

Inside the Beltway: It pays to be a Republican: 77% are happy with their finances says Gallup

"Republicans have become significantly more positive about their financial situation, while Democrats have grown more negative about theirs. Seven in 10 Republicans and Republican leaners are feeling 'pretty good' about the amount of money they have to spend, up from 44 percent in October 2016. Meanwhile, the percentage of Democrats and Democratic leaners feeling good about their money has dropped from 66 percent to 51 percent," reports Frank Newport, director of the Gallup Poll.

March 23, 2017
Some pundits are applauding President Trump's push to defund arts organizations like the National Endowment for the Arts, arguing that "culture" comes from the home and not from government funding. (Associated Press)

Inside the Beltway: The yearn to return to 1950s-era culture

There's some hearty applause out there for President Trump's recent decision to defund the nation's large-scale cultural providers that have held sway over public broadcasting, environmental film festivals and other creative outlets for decades. Those opposed to the idea have already staged multiple public rallies and organized public petitions. MoveOn.org has taken on the cause. Those who will lose their funding now fear that America will revert back to the dark ages — or worse.

March 22, 2017
NRA Executive Vice President and CEO Wayne LaPierre has a clear message for his organization's 5 million members. (NRA)

Inside the Beltway: Wayne LaPierre: ‘Media has thrown out the rules of journalism’

Along with other conservative stalwarts, National Rifle Association Executive Vice President and CEO Wayne LaPierre was summoned to the White House in early February for a strategy session with particular focus on the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court. Mr. LaPierre was seated right next to President Trump. The significance was not overlooked.

March 21, 2017
A new documentary series on Ronald Reagan is planned at the USA Network, and it includes his daughter Patti Davis, as executive producer. (Associated Press)

Inside the Beltway: Staying power: Still learning from Reagan

Angry Democrats, biased news media, plus strategically manufactured outrage and "chaos" make for shrill politics these days. The political narrative appears to be constantly mutating from one thing to the next, willy-nilly. Luckily, there are still historians who pluck out valuable insights from those stalwarts who navigated difficult terrain in times past. Such is the case of Craig Shirley, whose fourth book on Ronald Reagan arrives Tuesday. Titled "Reagan Rising," it covers the pivotal events leading up to The Gipper's victory in the 1980 presidential election following a failed bid four years earlier.

March 20, 2017
President Trump is doomed to fail with his first major initiative on Capitol Hill, according to radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh. (Associated Press)

Healthcare narrative strategically twisted against Donald Trump

It's a simple question: Why is health care legislation so difficult for a nation rumored to have the finest health care on the planet? That has frustrated talk radio kingpin Rush Limbaugh as lawmakers spin their wheels on Capitol Hill and take potshots over the American Health Care Act, commonly called TrumpCare, released just 10 days ago.

March 15, 2017
Conservative talk radio host Michael Savage has a new book titled "Trump's War: His Battle for America," arriving Monday. (Hachette Book Group)

Inside the Beltway: Michael Savage does battle in new book ‘Trump’s War’

One of the nation's most outspoken conservative talk radio kingpins is also one of the nation's most prolific writers. Michael Savage has a new book arriving Monday that is timely indeed: "Trump's War: His Battle for America" - the author's 26th book. Mr. Savage himself spent much of 2016 parsing out President Trump's campaign for his 10 million listeners and motivating undecided voters to back Mr. Trump - a frequent guest on the show.

March 12, 2017
President Trump on Feb. 28 at his first address to a joint session of Congress. (Associated Press/File) **FILE**

Inside the Beltway: Voters reject Obama’s ‘shadow presidency’

In recent weeks talk of a "shadow presidency" has been percolating in the news media, exploring the possibility that a potential "soft coup" against the Trump administration is underway. It is disquieting stuff, considering that President Trump has been in office for a mere seven weeks as of Friday. American voters, however, do not appear happy with the idea that the new administration could be undermined so quickly.

March 9, 2017