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Jennifer Harper

jharper@washingtontimes.com

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

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News on the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists' famed "Doomsday Clock" will be revealed at the National Press Club on Thursday. (Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists)

Inside the Beltway: The Doomsday Clock hovers at midnight despite GOP enthusiasm

Let the handwringing begin. The iconic Doomsday Clock currently stands at three minutes to midnight, where it has been since 2015 -- a symbolic indicator of how close we are "to destroying our world with dangerous technologies of our own making," according to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, which created the grim but influential measurement in 1947.

January 24, 2017
Pro-life demonstrators are lining up for the annual March for Life on Friday, yet many pro-life organizations and supporters are doubtful the media will give the march the kind of coverage that attended the Women's March on Washington over the weekend to protest the policies of newly installed President Trump. (Associated Press)

Inside the Beltway: Hey, news media: Cover the March for Life

"This past weekend we saw an incredible case of anti-President Trump, anti-conservative bias with the breathless coverage of the pro-abortion, noninclusive Women's March on Washington. This event received wall-to-wall coverage, with lionizing words like 'historic' repeated in headlines ad nauseam," says Terry Schilling, executive director of American Principles Project, a nonprofit supporting the nation's founding principles.

January 23, 2017
President-elect Donald Trump and his wife Melania Trump attend a pre-Inaugural "Make America Great Again! Welcome Celebration" at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Inside the Beltway: Federal workers have Trump jitters

Almost two-thirds of federal employees voted for Hillary Clinton during the presidential election, according to a new survey conducted by Government Executive. It may come as no surprise that some may jettison their jobs once incoming President Donald Trump assumes office. Almost a third of federal workers -- 28 percent -- "will definitely or possibly consider leaving ... after Jan. 20 when Trump is sworn into office and becomes leader of the executive branch," the survey analysis noted.

January 19, 2017
Image: Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)

Trump, Twitter shift media power balance

The mainstream news media adored President Obama for eight years, and they continue to adore him as he leaves office. Incoming President Donald Trump, however, has faced both contempt and critical coverage from journalists and broadcasters throughout his campaign -- and the tradition continues. There's no press honeymoon now and not much chance for one in the future.

January 19, 2017
Jane Fonda will be hosting a "Love-a-Thon" public fundraiser for Planned Parenthood and the ACLU during incoming President Donald Trump's inauguration. (AP Photo)

Inside the Beltway: Democrats have a new phobia: Fear of Trump’s success

Although House Minority Whip Steny H. Hoyer will not be among them, 58 Democratic lawmakers -- and likely more -- plan to boycott incoming President Donald Trump's inauguration on Friday, right along with Secretary of State John F. Kerry. The practice is also much in fashion among celebrities like Jane Fonda, who will host a telethon to raise money for Planned Parenthood on the big day. What's driving it all?

January 18, 2017
In this Oct. 1, 2015 file photo, Bill O'Reilly of the Fox News Channel program "The O'Reilly Factor," poses for photos in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Inside the Beltway: Bill O’Reilly’s kindhearted army raises 600K for Talladega band

Many Fox News viewers were concerned following a recent appearance on "The O'Reilly Factor" by Billy Hawkins, president of Talladega College, a historically black campus in Alabama. Mr. Hawkins let it be known to prime-time host Bill O'Reilly that the college's famed Marching Tornadoes band had garnered "mean-spirited" criticism and "nasty emails" following their efforts to raise $75,000 to appear in President-elect Donald Trump's inaugural parade.

January 17, 2017
President-elect Donald Trump’s modest boyhood home in his old Queens, New York neighborhood has gone up for auction. (Paramount Realty USA)

Now up for auction: Trump boyhood home a potential historic landmark

Tuesday is a big day in Queens, New York. That's when President-elect Donald Trump's boyhood home in his old Jamaica Estate neighborhood will be auctioned off to the highest bidder, and likely for a pretty high price as well. The house itself is proof, of sorts, that Mr. Trump had modest beginnings: It is an attractive, tidy, five-bedroom, 2,500-square-foot Tudor-style home on a 40-foot-by-120-foot lot. But it just may fetch $1.5 million to $2 million, say some real estate analysts. And why is that?

January 16, 2017
One writer has criticized the fact that much coverage of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. often omits the late reverend's religious convictions. (Associated Press)

‘Secularization’ of Martin Luther King Jr: Media omits the source of his inspiration

As the nation celebrates Martin Luther King Day, one longtime political observer has an issue with the media coverage. There is a "deafening silence about the one element of King's life without which none of his efforts would have been possible: his devotion to his faith and his God -- his devotion to Jesus Christ," writes Lee Habeeb, vice president of content for the Salem Radio Network, in a lengthy essay for Lifezette.com, the news site founded two years ago by Laura Ingraham.

January 15, 2017