U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz thinks convicted Mexican drug cartel Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmánshould finance President Donald Trump’s long-promised border wall. “America’s justice system prevailed today in convicting Joaquín Guzmán Loera, aka El Chapo, on all 10 counts,” Cruz tweeted Tuesday shortly before the Sinaloa cartel boss was convicted on drug trafficking, weapons violations and money laundering charges in a federal…
In four days the government will shutdown unless lawmakers, specifically Democrats, can come up with some kind of reasonable deal that includes funding for border security. Talks broke down over the weekend when House Democrats introduced what Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is calling a poison pill. “Here’s what happened: House Democrats decided to add a poison-pill…
President Trump drew a clear line Tuesday night between his party’s policies and the creeping socialism some see on the left, declaring at the State of the Union “America will never be a Socialist country” as many nonplussed Democrats appeared to shift uncomfortably in their seats. The vow from Trump, whose speech was delayed a week amid a partial government shutdown, came…
There used to be a time when Democrats and Republicans could come together and agree on the most basic principles–a prosperous middle class, for example, or low unemployment rates among minorities–but no, many Democrats despise President Trump so much that past unifiers have become divisive issues. Below is a list of surprising topics many of…
The second Central American caravan has been heading towards the United States-Mexico border for awhile. This new caravan was originally supposed to have roughly 2,000 people on it. According to Mexico, that number has multiplied and currently sits around 12,000. The caravan is expected to arrive at the border on Monday, in plenty of time for President…
mong the five Houston police officers injured during a shooting on Monday was a 54-year-old supervisor, described as being “tough as nails.” The unidentified senior officer, a 32-year veteran of the force who “breached the door” while serving a search warrant at a home of suspected drug dealers, “made entry” because he knew “his partners were down,”…
President Trump announced late Wednesday night he will give the State of the Union Address when the government shutdown comes to an end. The announcement comes just hours after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi disinvited the President from giving the address. “I am writing to inform you the House of Representatives will not consider a concurrent…
The Kentucky high school student seen in a viral video standing-face-to-face with a Native American protester at a Washington rally spoke out for the first time Sunday evening, claiming in a statement that he and his classmates were taunted by a group of African-American protesters and saying that he and his family had received death…
One of Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee’s former employees has filed a lawsuit against the representative’s office and the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation over an alleged rape that took place back in October 15. According to the woman, who’s going by “Jane Doe” in the case, she was allegedly raped when she was an intern for…
The majority of American Millennials identify as socialist, according to surveys by both Reason-Rupe and the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation. That’s the bad news. The good news is that just 32 percent of Millennials can define socialism. The frequently-wrong but never-in-doubt freshman Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., may indeed be the voice of her ignorant generation.…
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi might want to confiscate someone’s selfie stick. CNN’s Jim Acosta was mocked across social media on Thursday for posting a video that was meant to downplay President Trump’s claims of a border crisis — but ended up supporting his argument that border barriers improve security. “Here are some of the steel slats that the…
President Trump used his first-ever prime time address from the Oval Office on Tuesday night to make his case for funding a southern border wall — as well as to emphasize the human cost of what he called the “growing humanitarian and security crisis” of surging illegal immigration. Watch the latest video at foxnews.com The speech,…
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Monday announced President Donald Trump’s Tuesday’s plans to travel to the border and give a primetime press conference. After the announcement was made TV networks began to contemplate whether or not they would air the primetime address. Part of the problem is the lack of consistency between presidents. NBC,…
he growing socialist wing of the Democratic Party will flex its muscle Thursday with the seating of the new Congress, as more self-described Democratic Socialists join the ranks and dozens of sitting and incoming members – including likely 2020 hopefuls – embrace a massive government expansion that would make FDR look like a penny pincher.…
More than 500 migrants were released Wednesday onto the streets of Texas and New Mexico, U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement said, as the government struggles to detain illegal immigrants amid an influx of Central Americans trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border. The release on Wednesday followed days of other mass releases by the agency in…
Everyone’s favorite reporter, CNN White House Correspondent Jim Acosta, filled in for Wolf Blitzer on Wednesday. During the program, Acosta went into detail about why he thought President Donald Trump violated ethics and campaign laws during his trip to Iraq to visit American troops. Troops lined up to meet the president and some of them had Make…
he White House appears to be backing off its demand for $5 billion to fund a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border. “At the end of the day, we don’t want to shut down the government,” White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said on Fox News Tuesday. “We have other ways that we can get to that $5…
Fireworks erupted in the White House today over border security. President Trump met with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi—and it went off as expected. There were jabs traded over the recent midterm election, but the issue over the border wall remains the one that divides both parties, and you saw in it…
Two groups of Central American migrants marched to the U.S. Consulate in Tijuana on Tuesday with a list of demands, with one group delivering an ultimatum to the Trump administration: either let them in the U.S. or pay them $50,000 each to go home, a report said. Among other demands were that deportations be halted and…
If you’ve been watching television recently, you’ve probably heard the bad news: The Trump administration is over. Toast. Cooked. Done for good, along with it any hope of the middle class revolution 63 million Americans voted for two years ago. The reason for this tragedy is simple: The president has been caught committing felonies. Legal…
