Trump budget aims to jump-start construction, cut red tape

President Trump is calling to pump $1.5 trillion into fixing America’s infrastructure while streamlining the often-cumbersome permitting process, as part of a $4 trillion-plus budget plan unveiled Monday.  “World-class infrastructure is possible for the American people,” Trump said in his budget message to Congress. In the runup to the release, the president also tweeted: “This…

In Olympics, let’s focus on the winner of the race — not the race of the winner

Unless it’s changed overnight, the motto of the Olympics, since 1894, has been “Faster, Higher, Stronger.” It appears the U.S. Olympic Committee would like to change that to “Darker, Gayer, Different.” If your goal is to win medals, that won’t work. A USOC official was quoted this week expressing pride (what else?) about taking the most diverse U.S. squad…

Conservatives Line Up Against McConnell-Schumer Spending Deal

Sens. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Chuck Schumer (D-NY) may be patting themselves on the back for brokering a compromise on the budget Wednesday, but conservative groups are not impressed with its contents. The deal would add $500 billion in federal spending – for both defense and non-defense spending. Conservatives lawmakers and organizations are decrying the…

FBI lovebirds’ newly revealed texts appear to show Obama involvement in Clinton email case

FBI lovers’ latest text messages: Obama ‘wants to know everything’ Newly revealed text messages between FBI paramours Peter Strzok and Lisa Page include an exchange about preparing talking points for then-FBI Director James Comey to give to President Obama, who wanted “to know everything we’re doing.” The message, from Page to Strzok, was among thousands of texts…

Trump Says He’d ‘Love to See a Shutdown’ If No Deal is Reached on Immigration

President Trump said Tuesday that he’d “love to see a shutdown” if no immigration deal is reached between Republicans and Democrats to tighten border security.  Trump spoke during a White House meeting on the violent MS-13 gang. “If we don’t get rid of these loopholes,” he said, “if we don’t change it, let’s have a…

Trump slams ‘Little’ Adam Schiff as ‘one of the biggest liars and leakers’ in Washington

President Trump blasted the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee Monday amid the mounting fight over the panel’s ‘surveillance’ memo, calling “Little Adam Schiff” one of the “biggest liars and leakers in Washington.”  The president’s early Monday tweet came as Democrats, led by Schiff, continued to condemn majority Republicans for publishing the memo claiming…

Democrats Latest Attempt To Block Release Of FISA Memo

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-CA) allegedly gave the White House a “secretly altered” version of the GOP-crafted memo about government surveillance abuses, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) claimed late Wednesday. In a letter to Nunes, the ranking Democrat on the committee accused him of making significant changes to the memo, which he said were…

Trump: Dems Aren’t Doing Anything About DACA Even Though Deadline ‘Rapidly Approaching’

President Trump called out Democrats Thursday morning for “doing nothing” about the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program even though the deadline is “rapidly approaching.” “Heading to beautiful West Virginia to be with great members of the Republican Party. Will be planning Infrastructure and discussing Immigration and DACA, not easy when we have no support…

State of the Union: Trump extends ‘open hand’ to Dems, but is met with glum stares, scant applause

President Trump appealed for unity in his first State of the Union speech, declaring a “new American moment” even as many glum Democrats in the audience sat on their hands and refused to acknowledge economic gains or calls to honor veterans. While Trump held firm on his demands for border security and used the grand…

Dems Boo When Trump Notes Illegal Immigrant Crime, Get Quiet When He Points to Grieving Parents in Balcony

In one of the most heartbreaking and poignant moments of President Trump’s first State of the Union address, the 45th president acknowledged two sets of parents whose children had been killed by illegal immigrants. Nisa Mickens, 16, and Kayla Cuevas, 15, were killed by MS-13 gang members in Long Island in September 2016. Their parents,…

FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe ‘removed’ from the bureau

Top FBI official Andrew McCabe has been “removed” from his post as deputy director, Fox News is told, leaving the bureau after months of conflict-of-interest complaints from Republicans including President Trump. A source confirmed to Fox News that McCabe is taking “terminal leave” – effectively taking vacation until he reaches his planned retirement in a…

DOJ Official to Nunes: Releasing the Memo Would Be ‘Extraordinarily Reckless’

Assistant Attorney General Stephen Boyd is urging House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes to keep the memo about government surveillance abuses within the halls of Congress.  “We believe it would be extraordinarily reckless for the Committee to disclose such information publicly without giving the Department and the FBI the opportunity to review the memorandum and…

The FBI Lost 5 Months Worth of Text Messages Between Anti-Trump Agents

The Daily Caller reports that the FBI “failed to preserve five months of text messages” exchanged between two anti-Trump FBI employees who may have compromised on going investigations such as the Clinton e-mail scandal and the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. The Daily Caller’s Chuck Ross reports that “The disclosure was made Friday…

PA, OH Voters On Trump’s First Year: He’s Doing “Better Than I Ever Would Have Dreamed”

Well, for liberals, year one was the darkest era in human history. It was the return of Lord Voldemort, the resurgence of Sauron from the land of Mordor, or the Galactic Empire reigning hellfire from the Death Star, whatever terrible cultural villain suits the narrative that was it. Frankly, it was probably the former because…

Schumer in 2013: Democrats Would Never Be So Reckless as to Shut Down the Government Over, Say, Immigration

You already knew that both parties are trading hypocritical barbs over the current ‘Schumer Shutdown,’ but this clip from the archives is really quite special and simply too delicious not to share immediately.  Back when Republicans pushed a flawed shutdown strategy over Obamacare in 2013, a certain Senator from New York pronounced himself aghast.  The GOP’s disgraceful ‘hostage taking’…