The Washington Standard

The Tens Of Millions Of Forgotten Americans That The U.S. Economy Has Left Behind

The evidence that the middle class in America is dying continues to mount.  As you will see below, nearly half the country would be unable “to cover an unexpected $400 expense”, and about two-thirds of the population lives…

Notre Dame Valedictorian Commencement Speech: “Our generation must stand against scapegoating Muslims”

The poisonous fruit of the leftist/Islamic takeover of our nation’s universities. Who will speak for the scapegoating of counter-jihadists, counter terrorism experts and voices for freedom? Who will speak for the victims of jihad, Muslim hoax hate crimes…

Pentagon Overcharged Its Own Armed Forces On Fuel Prices, Used Money To Fund Syrian Rebels

The Pentagon has reportedly excessively charged its own armed forces for fuel and used the surplus generated to fund Syrian rebels, among other ventures. A new investigation by The Washington Post has discovered that the Pentagon is using…

Are We Being Distracted from Bigger Issues In Media’s Obsession Over Fake Trump/Russia Collusion?

The entire media has been up in storm about the alleged intelligence leak by President Trump to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in a meeting in the Oval Office. The Washington Post, was the outlet that first broke…

Congress Must Strengthen Whistleblowers Protections

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Rutherford Institute has joined with a broad spectrum of nearly 30 organizations to urge that federal law be strengthened to protect federal employees who speak out against government waste, fraud and misconduct and who…

Group Plans 108-Mile Run For Memorial Day To Reduce Veteran Suicide

A group of active and retired servicemembers is taking part in a 108-mile Memorial Day run to raise awareness and reduce the extraordinarily high rate of 22 veteran suicides a day. The group of 17, known as the…

U.S.-Saudi Arabia Ink ‘Largest Single Arms Deal in American History’

Trump is disregarding the law of unintended consequences. He is selling all this weaponry to Saudi Arabia in order to counter the Iranian threat, but it’s Israel that is in the cross hairs. Islamic Jew-hatred: it’s in the…