President Trump is headed to Arizona Tuesday where he will tour the Yuma sector of the southern border with Mexico and hold a campaign style rally in Phoenix. During a recent interview with Fox News, Trump said he was seriously considering a presidential pardon for former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Arpaio was recently found in…
President Trump outlined a comprehensive new strategy Monday night for achieving a “lasting peace” in Afghanistan – rejecting what he called “arbitrary timetables” for the U.S. troop presence, ratcheting up pressure on Pakistan to stop harboring militants and vowing to refocus the mission on “killing terrorists,” not nation-building. “From now on, victory will have a…
The Texas House quit early and went home after refusing to negotiate true property tax reform and relief. With 27 hours to go, they walked off the job. I held a press conference with the senators after the final gavel. Watch it here:
President Trump “came out against bigotry, against racism, against hatred” after the deadly violence in Charlottesville, Va. — but nothing he says will ever silence some of his critics, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich reacted. More than a dozen people were injured and one woman was killed amid clashes between white nationalists and counter-protesters at the…
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President Trump specifically condemns “white supremacists” and other extremist groups as forces behind the deadly protests and counter-protests this weekend in Virginia, a White House spokesperson said Sunday. “The president said very strongly in his statement yesterday that he condemns all forms of violence, bigotry and hatred. Of course that includes white supremacists, KKK Neo-Nazi…
White House National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster called the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, Saturday “terrorism.” Speaking to ABC’s “This Week,” McMaster said “anytime that you commit an attack against people to incite fear, it is terrorism.” One person died during the white supremacist rally after a car crashed through a crowd of protesters, killing one…
President Trump issued yet another warning to North Korea Friday morning, saying the U.S.’s military solutions are ready to respond. “Military solutions are now fully in place,locked and loaded,should North Korea act unwisely,” the president tweeted. “Hopefully Kim Jong Un will find another path!” The president on Thursday told reporters his threat of “fire and…
In the event of a North Korean nuclear attack on Guam, Japan’s new defense minister said Thursday that his country’s military could shoot down the missiles before they reach the U.S. territory. In such a scenario, Japan has the right to activate its Aegis destroyer missile defense system, Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera said during a session of…
Lawmakers are back in their home states after leaving Washington D.C. for August recess last week. During a town hall style meeting Tuesday night, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell argued President Trump has an unreasonable expectation of how long it takes for the democratic process to work on Capitol Hill. “Our new president, of course, has…
President Trump’s warning of coming “fire and fury” was meant to send “a strong message” to North Korean despot Kim Jong Un, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Wednesday. Tillerson said Trump’s brawny rhetoric putting the rogue regime on notice was needed, given North Korea’s disregard of international alarm over the country’s nuke program.…
When retired U.S. Marine Corps Gen. John Kelly was sworn in as White House chief of staff last week, he took command of a Trump administration that now has more military commanders in top spots than any since Eisenhower’s. The generals hand-picked by Trump — Kelly, National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster and Defense Secretary James…
Less than a day after North Korea threatened that the United States would pay dearly “thousands of times” for pushing new sanctions to cripple the rogue nation’s economy, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley told Fox News that America has the iron-clad upper hand. “It was a gut-punch to North Korea, to let them know…
President Donald Trump has announced a new immigration policy that will seek to shift attention away from low-skilled labor. It’s called the Reforming American Immigration for Strong Employment Act, RAISE, which Katie noted would amount to the biggest overhaul in immigration policy since the 1960s. “Struggling American families deserve an immigration system that puts their needs first.…
Sen. John Cornyn took to the Senate floor Wednesday to talk about the backlog of President Trump’s executive nominations, saying he’s “never seen anything quite like it.” As Cortney reported last month, if the current pace continues, it would take 11 years for all of the president’s nominees to be confirmed—long after he’d be out of office…
The media may be awash in stories describing the White House as being in chaos — especially with a communications director who lasted 11 days — but President Trump has a drastically different view: “Highest Stock Market EVER, best economic numbers in years, unemployment lowest in 17 years, wages raising, border secure, S.C.: No WH chaos!”…
After the “skinny repeal” bill failed to pass the Senate, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell lamented that more couldn’t be done to help Americans who are dealing with Obamacare’s failures, but that it was “time to move forward. “The American people are going to regret that we couldn’t find a better way forward,” McConnell said on…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House stepped up demands Sunday for revived congressional efforts on health care and suggested senators cancel their entire summer break, if needed, to pass legislation after failed votes last week. Aides said President Donald Trump is prepared in the coming days to end required payments to insurers under the Affordable…
In the wake of North Korea’s latest ICBM launch, US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley said Sunday the US is not seeking a Security Council emergency session to discuss the matter. Seeing that the North Korean regime repeatedly violates existing Security Council resolutions, there is no point in having another session and producing another…
The 2016 Democratic National Committee email leak proved to be one of the most scandalous and high-profile leaks of all time. Collusion among the heads of the DNC against Bernie Sanders’ campaign headlined the massively damning leak. So, what’s something that could be leaking even more air than the DNC? That’s right… your windows. Keep…
