President Trump‘s surprise move to threaten a government shutdown if Congress fails to fund his border wall shows he is embracing the hardline messaging of the House Freedom Caucus and not the more careful approach of GOP leaders ahead of the midterms. The threats appeal to Trump’s base, and could energize conservative voters in districts…
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents blasted Portland’s mayor, Ted Wheeler, for not only encouraging Occupy ICE protesters to keep demonstrating, but also ordering police to stand down. In a cease-and-desist letter sent to the city on Monday, which says Wheeler’s order “created a zone of terror and lawlessness,” agency employees argued that the mayor violated the…
President Donald J. Trump indicated today that he would be willing to “shut down the government” if Democrats refused to give him the necessary funding for the border security, including the long-promised “wall” along the southern border. President Trump has made similar remarks in the past. “[Democrats] don’t want the wall,” Trump said in May.…
The economy under President Trump is roaring and fresh GDP numbers prove it. According to data released by the Commerce Department Friday morning, U.S. GDP has climbed to 4.1 percent, finally breaking through years of Obama administration stagnation. “Real gross domestic product increased at an annual rate of 4.1 percent in the second quarter of…
President Trump and his legal allies fired back Wednesday at his former attorney Michael Cohen after the leak of a taped conversation in which the two appear to discuss the possibility of buying the rights to a Playboy model’s story claiming an affair with Trump. “What kind of a lawyer would tape a client? So…
A federal appeals court on Tuesday ruled that the Constitution’s Second Amendment grants people the right to openly carry a gun in public for self-defense. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals made the ruling while rejecting a claim from Hawaii officials that the right should only apply to guns kept at home. The ruling was issued…
CNN obtained and aired on Tuesday audio of a conversation between President Trump and his former lawyer Michael Cohen surrounding a payment tied to a Playboy model alleging an affair with Trump. The conversation confirms earlier reports that the men discussed buying the rights to the story of former Playboy model Karen McDougal’s alleged affair with Trump. McDougal sold…
North Korea has begun dismantling its main nuclear test site, research group 28 North said Monday. The group says analysis of commercial satellite images between July 20 and July 22 shows the Sohae launch site being dismantled and may be a sign the Hermit Kingdom is fulfilling its promise made to President Trump at the…
Rep. Trey Gowdy said Sunday that after 18 months of congressional investigations into whether there was collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government, no evidence has turned up. He knows this because as a member of the House Intelligence Committee and chairman of the Committee on House Oversight and Government Reform, Gowdy said he has…
President Trump warned Iran Sunday night that it better not continue threatening the United States or the country “will suffer consequences.” In a message to Iranian President Rouhani, Trump tweeted in all caps: “Never, ever threaten the United States again or you will suffer consequences the likes of which few throughout history have ever suffered before.…
he city is full of dirty needles and poop, but San Francisco thought it was pertinent to extend voting rights to illegal aliens and non-citizens. Yep, these people now allowed to be placed on the voter rolls for school board elections (via Sacramento Bee): San Francisco began registering non-citizens, including undocumented immigrants, to register to vote…
President-elect Donald Trump, two weeks before taking the oath of office in January 2017, was shown highly classified intelligence claiming Russian President Vladimir Putin personally ordered Russian interference efforts into the 2016 presidential election, according to a report. The data was backed up by emails and texts from Russian military officers and a top-secret source…
Speaking from the East Room of the White House Monday night, President Trump announced Brett Kavanaugh as his choice to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy. “Other than matters of war and peace, this is the most important decision a president can make,” Trump said, speaking directly to the American people in a prime…
President Trump suggested Monday that China could be “exerting negative pressure” on North Korea to stray from the denuclearization “deal” signed last month, amid trade tensions between the U.S. and Beijing. The president expressed confidence that North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un will “honor” the informal deal, despite tense talks with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo…
It’s the 2018 midterm season—and Montana is on the hit list. Incumbent Democratic Sen. Jon Tester is vulnerable and has earned the ire of the Trump White House for his character assassination of Rear Admiral Ronny Jackson. Jackson was nominated to be the next Veterans Affairs secretary, but Tester decided to push a false narrative that…
Today is the Fourth of July. It’s Independence Day. It’s America’s birthday and we’ve hit a record low concerning citizens who are proud to be Americans. Are you kidding me? What is it? Is it because Hillary Clinton lost the 2016 election? Make up your own conclusions on that point, but polling found that liberals…
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency joined the nationwide search for three men accused of kidnapping and raping two teen girls in Ohio, authorities said. A fourth suspect has been arrested and charged in the alleged crime, police said Tuesday. Bowling Green police are searching for David Ramos Contreras, 27, Juan Garcia Rios Adiel…
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) is so proud of her controversial remarks last weekend when she basically invited people to harass Trump supporters that she is shutting down members of her own party. Democratic leaders Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi (rightfully) both spoke out against Waters’s call for people to confront Trump supporters in the streets.…
Retiring U.S. Immigration and Customs Immigration Enforcement chief official, Thomas Homan, sat down with the Washington Examiner‘s Anna Giaritelli to discuss his time in the agency and what can be improved upon to increase border security. Homan remarked during the interview that, of the six administrations that he has worked for, no commander-in-chief has more positively impacted the…
DOJ staffer among socialist group that heckled DHS boss in public place: report One of the socialist protesters who accosted Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen on Tuesday at a Mexican restaurant has been exposed as a Department of Justice employee. Allison Hrabar, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America who attended the protest against…
