We’re roughly two-and-a-half months out from election day, and I’m frequently struck by the dissonance in the midterm tea leaves. On one hand, Democrats continue to outperformtheir traditional metrics — often significantly — in off-year and special elections, likely pointing to a very blue November for Republicans. Last week’s apparent, narrow victory for the GOP in Ohio fit…
Well, for those of you wondering how disgraced FBI Agent Peter Strzok is still employed with the bureau, you don’t have to ask yourselves any longer. The FBI fired him over his anti-Trump texts. The FBI has fired Agent Peter Strzok, who helped lead the bureau’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election until…
As the European Union decries America’s restoration of Iran sanctions, the Islamic regime is rewarding Europe’s support by ramping up its terror operation on the continent — allegedly plotting attacks against Iranian dissidents there and politicians who back them. The Trump administration restored sanctions on the rogue regime this week, a consequence of the U.S.…
Jim Brown, Hall of Fame running back and civil rights champion, said Tuesday that he would always stand for “The Star-Spangled Banner” — and would prefer if players would, too. Brown, 82, who spoke before the HBO premiere of “Hard Knocks,” said: “I’ll never kneel and I will always respect the flag.” “I am not…
Thirty-nine year old Siraj Wahhaj was arrested at a New Mexico compound on Friday after authorities discovered 11 starving children, three women and another man living together in squalor. The children range in age from 1-to-15 years old. Remains of a young child were also found on the property. Wahhaj abducted his three-year-old son from…
During a conference in Austin, TX Friday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott warned listeners about the renewed interest in socialism in the U.S. and dismissed the idea of a blue wave flooding Texas in the upcoming general elections. “What is it with all these new candidates who are socialist coming out of nowhere? You know, we…
Buoyed by a dramatic last-minute rally by President Trump, Republican State Senator Troy Balderson appeared to be inching closer to beating back a challenge by insurgent Democrat Danny O’Connor in Ohio’s special election for a vacant House seat Tuesday. A victory in the race for the Ohio’s historically conservative 12th Congressional District would deny Democrats…
Tuesday’s primaries a test of Trump’s influence, hold potential for upsets: A look at the races to watch Several states are holding primary elections Tuesday, including some contests that could prove pivotal in determining which party controls the Senate next year. A tight special U.S. House election also is being held in Ohio as a…
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders and CNN’s Jim Acosta had an intense exchange during Thursday’s press briefing over her refusal to disavow the president’s labeling of the medias as the “enemy of the people.” “It would be a good thing if you were to state right here, at this briefing, that the press…
President Trump unspooled a wide-ranging defense of his foreign policy — including recent meetings with the leaders of Russia and North Korea — during a rally to boost support for U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta’s Senate campaign. In front of a full arena in Wilkes-Barre on Thursday, Trump mocked Barletta’s Democratic opponent — two-term incumbent Bob…
Oh my God we had a doozy yesterday during a hearing on child separations on the Hill. The Senate Judiciary Committee asked officials from Immigration and Customs Enforcement about the policy and Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) seemed to know jack about our current immigration laws. I mean, basic stuff, like the fact that it’s a…
The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing Tuesday on the separation of illegal immigrant families at the U.S.-Mexico border. At one point, the question of abolishing the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency came up. A handful of Democrats in Congress and several progressive politicians see no more need for the “terrorist” agency (Cynthia Nixon’s words.)…
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…
