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Saunders</h1> </header> </div> <div class="rj-zone top"> <div id="rj-region-top" class="widget-area rj-region rj-left-side"> <div class="rj-category-image"><img width="900" height="550" src="https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/debra_saunders_980x550_04202018dg.jpg?w=900&h=550&crop=1" class="rj-category-img rj-lazy-load lazy-image" alt="Debra J. Saunders" data-lazy-src="https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/debra_saunders_980x550_04202018dg.jpg?w=900&h=550&crop=1&is-pending-load=1" srcset="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" /></div> <div class="rj-category-description"><p>Debra J. Saunders, the Review-Journal's White House correspondent from 2017 to 2021, is the newspaper's Washington columnist. Her columns will appear two to three times weekly.</p> </div> <div id="rj_widget_render_posts-299" class="rj-widget-num-1 rj-widget-first rj-widget-odd rj-gutter-mobile rj-widget rj_widget_render_posts"> <div class="rj-widget default top-news top-news-1-4"> <div class="field-col right"> <article id="post-3314096" data-post-id="3314096" class="rj-story rj-story-thumb7 has-image post-3314096 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-debra-saunders category-news category-opinion category-opinion-columns category-politics-and-government tag-mc-opinion rj_author-debra-saunders rj-main-category--debra-saunders rj-main-category-id--18"> <div class="entry-title field-title"><a href="https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/opinion-columns/debra-saunders/saunders-trump-and-zelenskyy-clash-how-did-we-really-get-here-3314096/?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=topnews&utm_source=opinion_opinion-columns_debra-saunders&utm_term=SAUNDERS%3A%20Trump%20and%20Zelenskyy%20clash.%20How%20did%20we%20really%20get%20here%3F" rel="bookmark">SAUNDERS: Trump and Zelenskyy clash. How did we really get here?</a></div> <div class="field-image"> <a href="https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/opinion-columns/debra-saunders/saunders-trump-and-zelenskyy-clash-how-did-we-really-get-here-3314096/?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=topnews&utm_source=opinion_opinion-columns_debra-saunders&utm_term=SAUNDERS%3A%20Trump%20and%20Zelenskyy%20clash.%20How%20did%20we%20really%20get%20here%3F" aria-label="SAUNDERS: Trump and Zelenskyy clash. How did we really get here?" rel="bookmark"> <img width="720" height="480" src="https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/20224711_web1_Trump-Zelenskyy-1-.jpg?w=720&h=480&crop=1" class="post-img field-img skip-lazy wp-post-image" alt="President Donald Trump, right, meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval O ..." decoding="async" srcset="https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/20224711_web1_Trump-Zelenskyy-1-.jpg 1200w, https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/20224711_web1_Trump-Zelenskyy-1-.jpg?resize=150,100 150w, https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/20224711_web1_Trump-Zelenskyy-1-.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/20224711_web1_Trump-Zelenskyy-1-.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/20224711_web1_Trump-Zelenskyy-1-.jpg?resize=360,240 360w, https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/20224711_web1_Trump-Zelenskyy-1-.jpg?resize=210,140 210w, https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/20224711_web1_Trump-Zelenskyy-1-.jpg?resize=720,480 720w, https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/20224711_web1_Trump-Zelenskyy-1-.jpg?resize=900,600 900w" sizes="(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px"><noscript><img width="720" height="480" src="https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/20224711_web1_Trump-Zelenskyy-1-.jpg?w=720&h=480&crop=1" class="post-img field-img skip-lazy wp-post-image" alt="President Donald Trump, right, meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval O ..." decoding="async" srcset="https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/20224711_web1_Trump-Zelenskyy-1-.jpg 1200w, https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/20224711_web1_Trump-Zelenskyy-1-.jpg?resize=150,100 150w, https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/20224711_web1_Trump-Zelenskyy-1-.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/20224711_web1_Trump-Zelenskyy-1-.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/20224711_web1_Trump-Zelenskyy-1-.jpg?resize=360,240 360w, https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/20224711_web1_Trump-Zelenskyy-1-.jpg?resize=210,140 210w, https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/20224711_web1_Trump-Zelenskyy-1-.jpg?resize=720,480 720w, https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/20224711_web1_Trump-Zelenskyy-1-.jpg?resize=900,600 900w" sizes="(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px" /></noscript> </a> </div> <div class="field-excerpt"> <p>“Regrettable.” Ukraine and U.S. presidents spar again. Zelenskyy’s now ready to sign a minerals deal. Can this marriage be saved?</p> </div> </article> </div> <div class="field-col left"> <article id="post-3312971" data-post-id="3312971" class="rj-story rj-story-thumb7-sm has-image post-3312971 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-debra-saunders category-news category-opinion category-opinion-columns category-politics-and-government tag-am-post tag-mc-opinion rj_author-debra-saunders rj-main-category--debra-saunders rj-main-category-id--18"> <div class="field-image"> <a href="https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/opinion-columns/debra-saunders/saunders-federal-workers-shocked-at-job-cuts-private-sector-been-there-done-that-3312971/?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=topnews&utm_source=opinion_opinion-columns_debra-saunders&utm_term=SAUNDERS%3A%20Federal%20workers%20shocked%20at%20job%20cuts.%20Private%20sector%3A%20Been%20there%2C%20done%20that" aria-label="SAUNDERS: Federal workers shocked at job cuts. Private sector: Been there, done that" rel="bookmark"> <img width="720" height="480" src="https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/20214622_web1_USAIDworker.jpg?w=720&h=480&crop=1" class="post-img field-img wp-post-image rj-lazy-load lazy-image" alt="Lucy Mize, second from right, a USAID health officer for 31 years, cries as she walks with fell ..." decoding="async" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/20214622_web1_USAIDworker.jpg?resize=150,100 150w, https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/20214622_web1_USAIDworker.jpg?resize=360,240 360w, https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/20214622_web1_USAIDworker.jpg?resize=210,140 210w, https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/20214622_web1_USAIDworker.jpg?resize=720,480 720w, https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/20214622_web1_USAIDworker.jpg?resize=900,600 900w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px" data-lazy-src="https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/20214622_web1_USAIDworker.jpg?w=720&h=480&crop=1&is-pending-load=1" data-lazy-transform="1" srcset="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" /> </a> </div> <div class="entry-title field-title"><a href="https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/opinion-columns/debra-saunders/saunders-federal-workers-shocked-at-job-cuts-private-sector-been-there-done-that-3312971/?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=topnews&utm_source=opinion_opinion-columns_debra-saunders&utm_term=SAUNDERS%3A%20Federal%20workers%20shocked%20at%20job%20cuts.%20Private%20sector%3A%20Been%20there%2C%20done%20that" rel="bookmark">SAUNDERS: Federal workers shocked at job cuts. Private sector: Been there, done that</a></div> <div class="field-info"> <div class="field-byline single-coauthor coauthor-has-image"> <span class="byline-text">By</span> <span class="byline-text"><a href="https://www.reviewjournal.com/staff/debra-saunders/" rel="tag">Debra J. Saunders</a></span> <span class="byline-text">/</span> <span class="byline-text">RJ</span> </div> <div class="field-update custom-field-update field-updated-time"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-03-01T05:00:13-08:00" style="display: none;">March 1, 2025 - 5:00 am</time><time class="entry-date updated" datetime="">March 1, 2025 - 5:00 am</time></div> </div> <div class="field-excerpt"> <p>Uncle Sam has $36 trillion in debt. So yes, President Donald Trump needs to reduce the federal workforce. Business employees know the drill too well.</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-3311623" data-post-id="3311623" class="rj-story rj-story-thumb7-sm has-image post-3311623 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-debra-saunders category-news category-opinion category-opinion-columns category-politics-and-government tag-mc-opinion rj_author-debra-saunders rj-main-category--debra-saunders rj-main-category-id--18"> <div class="field-image"> <a href="https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/opinion-columns/debra-saunders/saunders-jeff-bezos-stages-a-libertarian-intervention-at-the-washington-post-3311623/?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=topnews&utm_source=opinion_opinion-columns_debra-saunders&utm_term=SAUNDERS%3A%20Jeff%20Bezos%20stages%20a%20libertarian%20intervention%20at%20The%20Washington%20Post" aria-label="SAUNDERS: Jeff Bezos stages a libertarian intervention at The Washington Post" rel="bookmark"> <img width="720" height="480" src="https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20206345_web1_bezosLV2019.jpg?w=720&h=480&crop=1" class="post-img field-img wp-post-image rj-lazy-load lazy-image" alt="Jeff Bezos speaks at the the Amazon re:MARS convention in Las Vegas in 2019. (AP Photo/John Locher)" decoding="async" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20206345_web1_bezosLV2019.jpg?resize=150,100 150w, https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20206345_web1_bezosLV2019.jpg?resize=360,240 360w, https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20206345_web1_bezosLV2019.jpg?resize=210,140 210w, https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20206345_web1_bezosLV2019.jpg?resize=720,480 720w, https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20206345_web1_bezosLV2019.jpg?resize=900,600 900w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px" data-lazy-src="https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20206345_web1_bezosLV2019.jpg?w=720&h=480&crop=1&is-pending-load=1" data-lazy-transform="1" srcset="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" /> </a> </div> <div class="entry-title field-title"><a href="https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/opinion-columns/debra-saunders/saunders-jeff-bezos-stages-a-libertarian-intervention-at-the-washington-post-3311623/?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=topnews&utm_source=opinion_opinion-columns_debra-saunders&utm_term=SAUNDERS%3A%20Jeff%20Bezos%20stages%20a%20libertarian%20intervention%20at%20The%20Washington%20Post" rel="bookmark">SAUNDERS: Jeff Bezos stages a libertarian intervention at The Washington Post</a></div> <div class="field-info"> <div class="field-byline single-coauthor coauthor-has-image"> <span class="byline-text">By</span> <span class="byline-text"><a href="https://www.reviewjournal.com/staff/debra-saunders/" rel="tag">Debra J. Saunders</a></span> <span class="byline-text">/</span> <span class="byline-text">RJ</span> </div> <div class="field-update custom-field-update field-updated-time"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-02-26T17:21:04-08:00" style="display: none;">February 26, 2025 - 5:21 pm</time><time class="entry-date updated" datetime="">February 26, 2025 - 5:21 pm</time></div> </div> <div class="field-excerpt"> <p>Jeff Bezos has two new causes for his D.C. newspaper’s opinion pages: personal freedom and free markets. And hold the endorsements.</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-3310421" data-post-id="3310421" class="rj-story rj-story-thumb7-sm has-image post-3310421 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-debra-saunders category-news category-opinion category-opinion-columns category-politics-and-government tag-mc-opinion rj_author-debra-saunders rj-main-category--debra-saunders rj-main-category-id--18"> <div class="field-image"> <a href="https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/opinion-columns/debra-saunders/saunders-maine-defends-the-rights-of-boys-to-take-state-titles-from-girls-3310421/?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=topnews&utm_source=opinion_opinion-columns_debra-saunders&utm_term=SAUNDERS%3A%20Maine%20defends%20the%20rights%20of%20boys%20to%20take%20state%20titles%20from%20girls" aria-label="SAUNDERS: Maine defends the rights of boys to take state titles from girls" rel="bookmark"> <img width="720" height="480" src="https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20198515_web1_Maine-State-of-the-Budget.jpg?w=720&h=480&crop=1" class="post-img field-img wp-post-image rj-lazy-load lazy-image" alt="Gov. Janet Mills at the State House in Augusta, Maine, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. (Shawn Patrick O ..." decoding="async" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20198515_web1_Maine-State-of-the-Budget.jpg 1024w, https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20198515_web1_Maine-State-of-the-Budget.jpg?resize=150,100 150w, https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20198515_web1_Maine-State-of-the-Budget.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20198515_web1_Maine-State-of-the-Budget.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20198515_web1_Maine-State-of-the-Budget.jpg?resize=360,240 360w, https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20198515_web1_Maine-State-of-the-Budget.jpg?resize=210,140 210w, https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20198515_web1_Maine-State-of-the-Budget.jpg?resize=720,480 720w, https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20198515_web1_Maine-State-of-the-Budget.jpg?resize=900,600 900w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px" data-lazy-src="https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20198515_web1_Maine-State-of-the-Budget.jpg?w=720&h=480&crop=1&is-pending-load=1" data-lazy-transform="1" srcset="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" /> </a> </div> <div class="entry-title field-title"><a href="https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/opinion-columns/debra-saunders/saunders-maine-defends-the-rights-of-boys-to-take-state-titles-from-girls-3310421/?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=topnews&utm_source=opinion_opinion-columns_debra-saunders&utm_term=SAUNDERS%3A%20Maine%20defends%20the%20rights%20of%20boys%20to%20take%20state%20titles%20from%20girls" rel="bookmark">SAUNDERS: Maine defends the rights of boys to take state titles from girls</a></div> <div class="field-info"> <div class="field-byline single-coauthor coauthor-has-image"> <span class="byline-text">By</span> <span class="byline-text"><a href="https://www.reviewjournal.com/staff/debra-saunders/" rel="tag">Debra J. Saunders</a></span> <span class="byline-text">/</span> <span class="byline-text">RJ</span> </div> <div class="field-update custom-field-update field-updated-time"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-02-24T18:47:30-08:00" style="display: none;">February 24, 2025 - 6:47 pm</time><time class="entry-date updated" datetime="">February 24, 2025 - 6:47 pm</time></div> </div> <div class="field-excerpt"> <p>Who’s the bully? President Donald Trump, Maine Gov. Janet Mills, or the boy in the girls locker room?</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-3309233" data-post-id="3309233" class="rj-story rj-story-thumb7-sm has-image post-3309233 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-debra-saunders category-local category-news category-opinion category-opinion-columns category-politics-and-government category-traffic tag-mc-opinion rj_author-debra-saunders rj-main-category--debra-saunders rj-main-category-id--18"> <div class="field-image"> <a href="https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/opinion-columns/debra-saunders/saunders-blow-billions-on-a-train-to-nowhere-trump-says-enough-3309233/?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=topnews&utm_source=opinion_opinion-columns_debra-saunders&utm_term=SAUNDERS%3A%20Blow%20billions%20on%20a%20train%20to%20nowhere%3F%20Trump%20says%20%E2%80%98Enough%E2%80%99" aria-label="SAUNDERS: Blow billions on a train to nowhere? 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Trump says ‘Enough’</a></div> <div class="field-info"> <div class="field-byline single-coauthor coauthor-has-image"> <span class="byline-text">By</span> <span class="byline-text"><a href="https://www.reviewjournal.com/staff/debra-saunders/" rel="tag">Debra J. Saunders</a></span> <span class="byline-text">/</span> <span class="byline-text">RJ</span> </div> <div class="field-update custom-field-update field-updated-time"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-02-21T14:44:10-08:00" style="display: none;">February 21, 2025 - 2:44 pm</time><time class="entry-date updated" datetime="">February 21, 2025 - 4:00 pm</time></div> </div> <div class="field-excerpt"> <p>Team Trump puts the squeeze on the California High-Speed Rail boondoggle, which keeps spending big but shows no signs of ever being completed.</p> </div> </article> </div> </div> </div><div id="rj_widget_text-455" class="rj-widget-num-2 rj-widget-even hidden-desktop rj-widget rj_widget_text"> <div class="separator-horizontal"></div> <div class="rj-ads-wrapper"><div id="ad-infeed_3" data-match-media="(max-width: 1099px)"></div> </div> </div><div id="rj_widget_text-453" class="rj-widget-num-3 rj-widget-odd rj-widget rj_widget_text"> <div class="separator-horizontal"></div> </div><div id="rj_widget_render_posts-300" class="rj-widget-num-4 rj-widget-last rj-widget-even latest-news rj-gutter-mobile rj-widget rj_widget_render_posts"><div class="rj-widget-title">THE LATEST</div> <div class="rj-story-latest-news-wrap "> <article id="post-3307511" data-post-id="3307511" data-field-geo="" class="rj-story rj-story-thumb-list rj-thumb-list has-image post-3307511 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-debra-saunders category-news category-opinion category-opinion-columns category-politics-and-government tag-mc-opinion rj_author-debra-saunders rj-main-category--debra-saunders rj-main-category-id--18"> <div class="field-col left"> <div class="field-image"> <a href="https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/opinion-columns/debra-saunders/saunders-trump-backs-up-tough-campaign-border-promises-and-gets-results-3307511/?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=latest&utm_source=opinion_opinion-columns_debra-saunders&utm_term=SAUNDERS%3A%20Trump%20backs%20up%20tough%20campaign%20border%20promises%20%E2%80%94and%20gets%20results" aria-label="SAUNDERS: Trump backs up tough campaign border promises —and gets results" rel="bookmark"> <img width="210" height="140" src="https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20181923_web1_US-Immigration-Border-1.jpg?w=210&h=140&crop=1" class="post-img field-img wp-post-image rj-lazy-load lazy-image" alt="U.S. Marines deploy along the U.S.-Mexico border near the San Ysidro Port of Entry, Friday, Feb ..." decoding="async" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20181923_web1_US-Immigration-Border-1.jpg 1024w, https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20181923_web1_US-Immigration-Border-1.jpg?resize=150,100 150w, https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20181923_web1_US-Immigration-Border-1.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20181923_web1_US-Immigration-Border-1.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20181923_web1_US-Immigration-Border-1.jpg?resize=360,240 360w, https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20181923_web1_US-Immigration-Border-1.jpg?resize=210,140 210w, https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20181923_web1_US-Immigration-Border-1.jpg?resize=720,480 720w, https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20181923_web1_US-Immigration-Border-1.jpg?resize=900,600 900w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px" data-lazy-src="https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20181923_web1_US-Immigration-Border-1.jpg?w=210&h=140&crop=1&is-pending-load=1" data-lazy-transform="1" srcset="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="field-col right"> <div class="entry-title field-title"><a href="https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/opinion-columns/debra-saunders/saunders-trump-backs-up-tough-campaign-border-promises-and-gets-results-3307511/?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=latest&utm_source=opinion_opinion-columns_debra-saunders&utm_term=SAUNDERS%3A%20Trump%20backs%20up%20tough%20campaign%20border%20promises%20%E2%80%94and%20gets%20results" rel="bookmark">SAUNDERS: Trump backs up tough campaign border promises —and gets results</a></div> <div class="field-info"> <div class="field-byline single-coauthor coauthor-has-image"> <span class="byline-text">By</span> <span class="byline-text"><a href="https://www.reviewjournal.com/staff/debra-saunders/" rel="tag">Debra J. 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Saunders</a></span> <span class="byline-text">/</span> <span class="byline-text">RJ</span> </div> <div class="field-update custom-field-update field-updated-time"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-02-14T11:53:34-08:00" style="display: none;">February 14, 2025 - 11:53 am</time><time class="entry-date updated" datetime="">February 14, 2025 - 11:53 am</time></div> </div> <div class="field-excerpt"> <p>The president, the richest man in the world and a House panel take on waste in humanitarian assistance. It’s a target-rich environment.</p> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="rj-story-latest-news-wrap "> <article id="post-3284784" data-post-id="3284784" data-field-geo="" class="rj-story rj-story-thumb-list rj-thumb-list has-image post-3284784 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-debra-saunders category-news category-opinion category-opinion-columns category-politics-and-government tag-mc-opinion rj_author-debra-saunders rj-main-category--debra-saunders rj-main-category-id--18"> <div class="field-col left"> <div class="field-image"> <a href="https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/opinion-columns/debra-saunders/saunders-183-for-3-dont-do-math-on-israels-latest-hostage-trade-3284784/?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=latest&utm_source=opinion_opinion-columns_debra-saunders&utm_term=SAUNDERS%3A%20183%20for%203%3F%20Don%E2%80%99t%20do%20math%20on%20Israel%E2%80%99s%20latest%20hostage%20trade" aria-label="SAUNDERS: 183 for 3? Don’t do math on Israel’s latest hostage trade" rel="bookmark"> <img width="210" height="140" src="https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20153226_web1_hostageshelicopter.jpg?w=210&h=140&crop=1" class="post-img field-img wp-post-image rj-lazy-load lazy-image" alt="An Israeli military helicopter carrying Israel hostages arrives at the Sheba Hospital in Ramat ..." decoding="async" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20153226_web1_hostageshelicopter.jpg?resize=150,100 150w, https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20153226_web1_hostageshelicopter.jpg?resize=360,240 360w, https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20153226_web1_hostageshelicopter.jpg?resize=210,140 210w, https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20153226_web1_hostageshelicopter.jpg?resize=720,480 720w, https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20153226_web1_hostageshelicopter.jpg?resize=900,600 900w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px" data-lazy-src="https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20153226_web1_hostageshelicopter.jpg?w=210&h=140&crop=1&is-pending-load=1" data-lazy-transform="1" srcset="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="field-col right"> <div class="entry-title field-title"><a href="https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/opinion-columns/debra-saunders/saunders-183-for-3-dont-do-math-on-israels-latest-hostage-trade-3284784/?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=latest&utm_source=opinion_opinion-columns_debra-saunders&utm_term=SAUNDERS%3A%20183%20for%203%3F%20Don%E2%80%99t%20do%20math%20on%20Israel%E2%80%99s%20latest%20hostage%20trade" rel="bookmark">SAUNDERS: 183 for 3? Don’t do math on Israel’s latest hostage trade</a></div> <div class="field-info"> <div class="field-byline single-coauthor coauthor-has-image"> <span class="byline-text">By</span> <span class="byline-text"><a href="https://www.reviewjournal.com/staff/debra-saunders/" rel="tag">Debra J. Saunders</a></span> <span class="byline-text">/</span> <span class="byline-text">RJ</span> </div> <div class="field-update custom-field-update field-updated-time"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-02-10T17:41:56-08:00" style="display: none;">February 10, 2025 - 5:41 pm</time><time class="entry-date updated" datetime="">February 10, 2025 - 5:41 pm</time></div> </div> <div class="field-excerpt"> <p>The Jewish state agrees to another asymmetrical hostage trade. Is it time to reconsider consequences?</p> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="rj-story-latest-news-wrap "> <article id="post-3278353" data-post-id="3278353" data-field-geo="" class="rj-story rj-story-thumb-list rj-thumb-list has-image post-3278353 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-debra-saunders category-entertainment category-news category-opinion category-opinion-columns category-politics-and-government category-tv tag-mc-opinion rj_author-debra-saunders rj-main-category--debra-saunders rj-main-category-id--18"> <div class="field-col left"> <div class="field-image"> <a href="https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/opinion-columns/debra-saunders/saunders-trumps-fcc-goes-after-cbs-and-60-minutes-turnabout-is-fair-play-3278353/?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=latest&utm_source=opinion_opinion-columns_debra-saunders&utm_term=SAUNDERS%3A%20Trump%E2%80%99s%20FCC%20goes%20after%20CBS%20and%20%E2%80%9860%20Minutes.%E2%80%99%20Turnabout%20is%20fair%20play" aria-label="SAUNDERS: Trump’s FCC goes after CBS and ‘60 Minutes.’ Turnabout is fair play" rel="bookmark"> <img width="210" height="140" src="https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20145070_web1_AP24136782143053.jpg?w=210&h=140&crop=1" class="post-img field-img wp-post-image rj-lazy-load lazy-image" alt="FILE - Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to the Indian American Impact Project's Annual Summi ..." decoding="async" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20145070_web1_AP24136782143053.jpg 1200w, https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20145070_web1_AP24136782143053.jpg?resize=150,100 150w, https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20145070_web1_AP24136782143053.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20145070_web1_AP24136782143053.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20145070_web1_AP24136782143053.jpg?resize=360,240 360w, https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20145070_web1_AP24136782143053.jpg?resize=210,140 210w, https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20145070_web1_AP24136782143053.jpg?resize=720,480 720w, https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20145070_web1_AP24136782143053.jpg?resize=900,600 900w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px" data-lazy-src="https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20145070_web1_AP24136782143053.jpg?w=210&h=140&crop=1&is-pending-load=1" data-lazy-transform="1" srcset="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="field-col right"> <div class="entry-title field-title"><a href="https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/opinion-columns/debra-saunders/saunders-trumps-fcc-goes-after-cbs-and-60-minutes-turnabout-is-fair-play-3278353/?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=latest&utm_source=opinion_opinion-columns_debra-saunders&utm_term=SAUNDERS%3A%20Trump%E2%80%99s%20FCC%20goes%20after%20CBS%20and%20%E2%80%9860%20Minutes.%E2%80%99%20Turnabout%20is%20fair%20play" rel="bookmark">SAUNDERS: Trump’s FCC goes after CBS and ‘60 Minutes.’ Turnabout is fair play</a></div> <div class="field-info"> <div class="field-byline single-coauthor coauthor-has-image"> <span class="byline-text">By</span> <span class="byline-text"><a href="https://www.reviewjournal.com/staff/debra-saunders/" rel="tag">Debra J. Saunders</a></span> <span class="byline-text">/</span> <span class="byline-text">RJ</span> </div> <div class="field-update custom-field-update field-updated-time"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-02-07T13:21:37-08:00" style="display: none;">February 7, 2025 - 1:21 pm</time><time class="entry-date updated" datetime="">February 7, 2025 - 1:21 pm</time></div> </div> <div class="field-excerpt"> <p>The left-leaning legacy newsmagazine clearly felt it had to help Kamala Harris during the 2024 campaign — something it never would have done for Trump.</p> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="rj-story-latest-news-wrap "> <article id="post-3275862" data-post-id="3275862" data-field-geo="" class="rj-story rj-story-thumb-list rj-thumb-list has-image post-3275862 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-debra-saunders category-news category-opinion category-opinion-columns category-politics-and-government tag-mc-opinion rj_author-debra-saunders rj-main-category--debra-saunders rj-main-category-id--18"> <div class="field-col left"> <div class="field-image"> <a href="https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/opinion-columns/debra-saunders/saunders-trumps-tough-talk-on-gaza-is-not-what-we-expected-hamas-be-afraid-3275862/?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=latest&utm_source=opinion_opinion-columns_debra-saunders&utm_term=SAUNDERS%3A%20Trump%E2%80%99s%20tough%20talk%20on%20Gaza%20is%20not%20what%20we%20expected.%20Hamas%2C%20be%20afraid" aria-label="SAUNDERS: Trump’s tough talk on Gaza is not what we expected. Hamas, be afraid" rel="bookmark"> <img width="210" height="140" src="https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20136083_web1_APTOPIX-Trump-Netanyahu.jpg?w=210&h=140&crop=1" class="post-img field-img wp-post-image rj-lazy-load lazy-image" alt="President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speak during a news confer ..." decoding="async" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20136083_web1_APTOPIX-Trump-Netanyahu.jpg 1200w, https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20136083_web1_APTOPIX-Trump-Netanyahu.jpg?resize=150,100 150w, https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20136083_web1_APTOPIX-Trump-Netanyahu.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20136083_web1_APTOPIX-Trump-Netanyahu.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20136083_web1_APTOPIX-Trump-Netanyahu.jpg?resize=360,240 360w, https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20136083_web1_APTOPIX-Trump-Netanyahu.jpg?resize=210,140 210w, https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20136083_web1_APTOPIX-Trump-Netanyahu.jpg?resize=720,480 720w, https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20136083_web1_APTOPIX-Trump-Netanyahu.jpg?resize=900,600 900w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px" data-lazy-src="https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20136083_web1_APTOPIX-Trump-Netanyahu.jpg?w=210&h=140&crop=1&is-pending-load=1" data-lazy-transform="1" srcset="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="field-col right"> <div class="entry-title field-title"><a href="https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/opinion-columns/debra-saunders/saunders-trumps-tough-talk-on-gaza-is-not-what-we-expected-hamas-be-afraid-3275862/?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=latest&utm_source=opinion_opinion-columns_debra-saunders&utm_term=SAUNDERS%3A%20Trump%E2%80%99s%20tough%20talk%20on%20Gaza%20is%20not%20what%20we%20expected.%20Hamas%2C%20be%20afraid" rel="bookmark">SAUNDERS: Trump’s tough talk on Gaza is not what we expected. Hamas, be afraid</a></div> <div class="field-info"> <div class="field-byline single-coauthor coauthor-has-image"> <span class="byline-text">By</span> <span class="byline-text"><a href="https://www.reviewjournal.com/staff/debra-saunders/" rel="tag">Debra J. Saunders</a></span> <span class="byline-text">/</span> <span class="byline-text">RJ</span> </div> <div class="field-update custom-field-update field-updated-time"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-02-05T12:36:56-08:00" style="display: none;">February 5, 2025 - 12:36 pm</time><time class="entry-date updated" datetime="">February 5, 2025 - 12:36 pm</time></div> </div> <div class="field-excerpt"> <p>President Donald Trump out-talks Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his call to transform Gaza into the “Riviera of the Middle East.”</p> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="rj-story-latest-news-wrap "> <article id="post-3274718" data-post-id="3274718" data-field-geo="" class="rj-story rj-story-thumb-list rj-thumb-list has-image post-3274718 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-debra-saunders category-news category-opinion category-opinion-columns category-politics-and-government tag-mc-opinion rj_author-debra-saunders rj-main-category--debra-saunders rj-main-category-id--18"> <div class="field-col left"> <div class="field-image"> <a href="https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/opinion-columns/debra-saunders/saunders-trump-envisions-israel-inspired-iron-dome-for-america-3274718/?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=latest&utm_source=opinion_opinion-columns_debra-saunders&utm_term=SAUNDERS%3A%20Trump%20envisions%20Israel-inspired%20%E2%80%98Iron%20Dome%E2%80%99%20for%20America" aria-label="SAUNDERS: Trump envisions Israel-inspired ‘Iron Dome’ for America" rel="bookmark"> <img width="210" height="140" src="https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20129138_web1_Trump-Netanyahu.jpg?w=210&h=140&crop=1" class="post-img field-img wp-post-image rj-lazy-load lazy-image" alt="FILE- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and President Donald Trump on the South ..." decoding="async" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20129138_web1_Trump-Netanyahu.jpg 1024w, https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20129138_web1_Trump-Netanyahu.jpg?resize=150,100 150w, https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20129138_web1_Trump-Netanyahu.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20129138_web1_Trump-Netanyahu.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20129138_web1_Trump-Netanyahu.jpg?resize=360,240 360w, https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20129138_web1_Trump-Netanyahu.jpg?resize=210,140 210w, https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20129138_web1_Trump-Netanyahu.jpg?resize=720,480 720w, https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20129138_web1_Trump-Netanyahu.jpg?resize=900,600 900w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px" data-lazy-src="https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20129138_web1_Trump-Netanyahu.jpg?w=210&h=140&crop=1&is-pending-load=1" data-lazy-transform="1" srcset="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="field-col right"> <div class="entry-title field-title"><a href="https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/opinion-columns/debra-saunders/saunders-trump-envisions-israel-inspired-iron-dome-for-america-3274718/?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=latest&utm_source=opinion_opinion-columns_debra-saunders&utm_term=SAUNDERS%3A%20Trump%20envisions%20Israel-inspired%20%E2%80%98Iron%20Dome%E2%80%99%20for%20America" rel="bookmark">SAUNDERS: Trump envisions Israel-inspired ‘Iron Dome’ for America</a></div> <div class="field-info"> <div class="field-byline single-coauthor coauthor-has-image"> <span class="byline-text">By</span> <span class="byline-text"><a href="https://www.reviewjournal.com/staff/debra-saunders/" rel="tag">Debra J. Saunders</a></span> <span class="byline-text">/</span> <span class="byline-text">RJ</span> </div> <div class="field-update custom-field-update field-updated-time"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-02-03T18:49:29-08:00" style="display: none;">February 3, 2025 - 6:49 pm</time><time class="entry-date updated" datetime="">February 3, 2025 - 6:49 pm</time></div> </div> <div class="field-excerpt"> <p>Israel’s missile defense system has been a huge success. Could it work for the USA, which is more than 400 times larger than the Jewish state?</p> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="rj-story-latest-news-wrap "> <article id="post-3272858" data-post-id="3272858" data-field-geo="" class="rj-story rj-story-thumb-list rj-thumb-list has-image post-3272858 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-debra-saunders category-news category-opinion category-opinion-columns category-politics-and-government tag-mc-opinion rj_author-debra-saunders rj-main-category--debra-saunders rj-main-category-id--18"> <div class="field-col left"> <div class="field-image"> <a href="https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/opinion-columns/debra-saunders/saunders-lack-of-self-awareness-unhinged-democrats-are-actually-helping-rfk-jr-3272858/?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=latest&utm_source=opinion_opinion-columns_debra-saunders&utm_term=SAUNDERS%3A%20Lack%20of%20self-awareness%3A%20Unhinged%20Democrats%20are%20actually%20helping%20RFK%20Jr." aria-label="SAUNDERS: Lack of self-awareness: Unhinged Democrats are actually helping RFK Jr." rel="bookmark"> <img width="210" height="140" src="https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/20116984_web1_kennedy.2.jpg?w=210&h=140&crop=1" class="post-img field-img wp-post-image rj-lazy-load lazy-image" alt="Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., President Donald Trump's nominee to serve as Secretary of Health and Hu ..." decoding="async" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/20116984_web1_kennedy.2.jpg 1200w, https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/20116984_web1_kennedy.2.jpg?resize=150,100 150w, https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/20116984_web1_kennedy.2.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/20116984_web1_kennedy.2.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/20116984_web1_kennedy.2.jpg?resize=360,240 360w, https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/20116984_web1_kennedy.2.jpg?resize=210,140 210w, https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/20116984_web1_kennedy.2.jpg?resize=720,480 720w, https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/20116984_web1_kennedy.2.jpg?resize=900,600 900w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px" data-lazy-src="https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/20116984_web1_kennedy.2.jpg?w=210&h=140&crop=1&is-pending-load=1" data-lazy-transform="1" srcset="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="field-col right"> <div class="entry-title field-title"><a href="https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/opinion-columns/debra-saunders/saunders-lack-of-self-awareness-unhinged-democrats-are-actually-helping-rfk-jr-3272858/?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=latest&utm_source=opinion_opinion-columns_debra-saunders&utm_term=SAUNDERS%3A%20Lack%20of%20self-awareness%3A%20Unhinged%20Democrats%20are%20actually%20helping%20RFK%20Jr." rel="bookmark">SAUNDERS: Lack of self-awareness: Unhinged Democrats are actually helping RFK Jr.</a></div> <div class="field-info"> <div class="field-byline single-coauthor coauthor-has-image"> <span class="byline-text">By</span> <span class="byline-text"><a href="https://www.reviewjournal.com/staff/debra-saunders/" rel="tag">Debra J. Saunders</a></span> <span class="byline-text">/</span> <span class="byline-text">RJ</span> </div> <div class="field-update custom-field-update field-updated-time"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-01-30T15:45:50-08:00" style="display: none;">January 30, 2025 - 3:45 pm</time><time class="entry-date updated" datetime="">January 30, 2025 - 3:45 pm</time></div> </div> <div class="field-excerpt"> <p>The nominee for secretary of Health and Human Services wants to disrupt America’s health care system and ask questions the establishment won’t.</p> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="rj-story-latest-news-wrap "> <article id="post-3271752" data-post-id="3271752" data-field-geo="" class="rj-story rj-story-thumb-list rj-thumb-list has-image post-3271752 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-debra-saunders category-news category-opinion category-opinion-columns category-politics-and-government tag-mc-opinion rj_author-debra-saunders rj-main-category--debra-saunders rj-main-category-id--18"> <div class="field-col left"> <div class="field-image"> <a href="https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/opinion-columns/debra-saunders/saunders-thought-trump-press-briefings-would-be-free-for-alls-guess-again-3271752/?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=latest&utm_source=opinion_opinion-columns_debra-saunders&utm_term=SAUNDERS%3A%20Thought%20Trump%20press%20briefings%20would%20be%20free-for-alls%3F%20Guess%20again" aria-label="SAUNDERS: Thought Trump press briefings would be free-for-alls? 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