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Larry O'Connor

loconnor@washingtontimes.com

Larry O'Connor was a columnist for The Washington Times.

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In this July 12, 2014, photo, Central American migrants ride a freight train during their journey toward the U.S.-Mexico border in Ixtepec, Mexico. The number of family units and unaccompanied children arrested by Border Patrol in the Rio Grande Valley has doubled in the first nine months of this fiscal year compared to the same period last year.  (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Flashback: Obama Administration placed border children with human smugglers

With all the histrionics from the media and the Democrats over the plight of children illegally crossing the US border, you'd think you would have heard something from them almost two years ago when the Obama Administration was discovered to have facilitated horrible abuses against these same children.

June 19, 2018
Republican primary senatorial candidate Corey Stewart gestures during a debate with E. W. Jackson and Del. Nick Freitas at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va., Thursday, April 19, 2018. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

RNC refuses to commit to supporting Virginia senate candidate Corey Stewart

Coorey Stewart won the Republican nomination for United States Senate in Virginia last week and will be squaring off against Hillary Clinton's running mate, Tim Kaine in November. Giving Kaine a run for his money or even defeating the Democrat could be a huge moral and symbolic victory for the party and the Trump Administration. But, Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel has not yet committed to giving financial support to Stewart's candidacy.

June 19, 2018
FILE - In this April 26, 2018 file photo, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt listens to questions as he testifies before the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. House Democrats are asking the Justice Department to investigate Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt for any potential criminal conduct. They allege he repeatedly violated federal anti-corruption laws by seeking to leverage his government position for personal gain.   (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

NY Times issues major correction in hit piece targeting EPA Pruitt’s daughter

The long knives (and brass knuckles) are clearly out for EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt. We wrote weeks ago about the organized Left's attacks on President Trump's most effective and influential cabinet secretary. His efforts in rolling back job-killing regulations have been a prime force in driving the Trump economy and the media and Democrats can't stand it.

June 18, 2018
The FBI seal is seen before FBI Director Christopher Wray news conference on the inspector general's report at FBI headquarters on Thursday, June 14, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Here’s your collusion: Leaking FBI agents got payouts from media

Finally, after two years of promises, we've found some real and tangible evidence of collusion in Washington DC during the 2016 presidential election. But, it's not exactly the Moscow-based Borscht bowl of collusion we've been promised. Unless the Kremlin was directing the American media to collude with the American Department of Justice.

June 15, 2018